59th Academy Awards

THE FILMS OF 1986

Best Picture

WINNER

Children of a Lesser God

Hannah and Her Sisters

A Room with a View

Best Directing

Oliver Stone
Platoon

WINNER

Woody Allen
Hannah and Her Sisters

James Ivory
A Room with a View

Roland Joffé
The Mission

David Lynch
Blue Velvet

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Paul Newman
The Color of Money

WINNER

Dexter Gordon
Round Midnight

Bob Hoskins
Mona Lisa

William Hurt
Children of a Lesser God

James Woods
Salvador

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Marlee Matlin
Children of a Lesser God

WINNER

Jane Fonda
The Morning After

Sissy Spacek
Crimes of the Heart

Kathleen Turner
Peggy Sue Got Married

Sigourney Weaver
Aliens

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Michael Caine
Hannah and Her Sisters

WINNER

Tom Berenger
Platoon

Willem Dafoe
Platoon

Denholm Elliott
A Room with a View

Dennis Hopper
Hoosiers

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Dianne Wiest
Hannah and Her Sisters

WINNER

Tess Harper
Crimes of the Heart

Piper Laurie
Children of a Lesser God

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
The Color of Money

Maggie Smith
A Room with a View

Best Original Screenplay

Woody Allen
Hannah and Her Sisters

WINNER

Paul Hogan
Ken Shadie
John Cornell
Crocodile Dundee

Hanif Kureishi
My Beautiful Laundrette

Oliver Stone
Platoon

Oliver Stone
Rick Boyle
Salvador

Best Adapted Screenplay

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
A Room with a View

WINNER

Hesper Anderson
Mark Medoff
Children of a Lesser God

Richard Price
The Color of Money

Beth Henley
Crimes of the Heart

Raynold Gideon
Bruce A. Evans
Stand by Me

Best Cinematography

Chris Menges
The Mission

WINNER

Jordan Cronenweth
Peggy Sue Got Married

Robert Richardson
Platoon

Tony Pierce-Roberts
A Room with a View

Donald Peterman
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Best Film Editing

Claire Simpson
Platoon

WINNER

Ray Lovejoy
Aliens

Susan E. Morse
Hannah and Her Sisters

Jim Clark
The Mission

Billy Weber
Chris Lebenzon
Top Gun

Best Costume Design

Jenny Beavan
John Bright
A Room with a View

WINNER

Enrico Sabbatini
The Mission

Anna Anni
Maurizio Millenotti
Othello

Theadora Van Runkle
Peggy Sue Got Married

Anthony Powell
Pirates

Best Art Direction

Gianni Quaranta
Brian Ackland-Snow
Brian Savegar
Elio Altramura
A Room with a View

WINNER

Peter Lamont
Crispian Sallis
Aliens

Boris Leven
Karen O’Hara
The Color of Money

Stuart Wurtzel
Carol Joffe
Hannah and Her Sisters

Stuart Craig
Jack Stephens
The Mission

Best Music, Original Score

Herbie Hancock
Round Midnight

WINNER

James Horner
Aliens

Jerry Goldsmith
Hoosiers

Ennio Morricone
The Mission

Leonard Rosenman
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Best Music, Original Song

“TAKE MY BREATH AWAY“

Giorgio Moroder
Tom Whitlock
Top Gun

WINNER

“GLORY OF LOVE“

Peter Cetera
David Foster
Diane Nini
The Karate Kid Part II

“LIFE IN A LOOKING GLASS“

Henry Mancini
Leslie Bricusse
That’s Life!

“MEAN GREEN MOTHER
FROM OUTER SPACE“

Alan Menken
Howard Ashman
Little Shop of Horrors

“SOMEWHERE OUT THERE“

James Horner
Barry Mann
Cynthia Weil
An American Tail

Best Makeup

WINNER

The Clan of the Cave Bear

Best Sound

WINNER

Heartbreak Ridge

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Best Sound Effects Editing

WINNER

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Best Visual Effects

WINNER

Little Shop of Horrors

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

Betty Blue

The Decline of the American Empire

My Sweet Little Village

38: Vienna Before the Ball