| Oscar voor de ...... | Winnaar | Overige nominaties |
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| Beste film | Platoon | Children of a lesser god, Hannah and her sisters, The mission en A room with a view |
| Beste acteur | Paul Newman (The color of money) | Dexter Gordon (Round midnight), Bob Hoskins (Mona Lisa), William Hurt (Children of lesser god) en James Woods (Salvador) |
| Beste actrice | Marlee Matlin (Children of a lesser god) | Jane Fonda (The morning after), Sissy Spacek (Crimes of the heart), Kathleen Turner (Peggy Sue got married) en Sigourney Weaver (Aliens) |
| Mannelijke bijrol | Michael Caine (Hannah and her sisters) | Tom Berenger (Platoon), Willem Dafoe (Platoon), Denholm Elliot (A room with a view) en Dennis Hopper (Hoosiers) |
| Vrouwelijke bijrol | Diane Wiest (Hannah and her sisters) | Tess Harper (Crimes of the heart), Piper Laurie (Children of a lesser god), Maria Elizabeth Mastrantonio (The color of money) en Maggie Smith (A room with a view) |
| Beste regisseur | Oliver Stone (Platoon) | Davis Lynch (Blue velvet), Woody Allen (Hannah and her sisters), Roland Joffé (The mission) en James Ivory (A room with a view) |
| Beste niet-Engelstalige film | The assault (Nederland) | Betty Blue (Frankrijk), The decline of the American empire (Canada), my sweet little village (Tsjechië) en 38 (Oostenrijk) |
| Beste documentaire | Down and out in America en Artie Shaw: Time is all you've got | Chile: Hasta Cuando?, Isaac in America: A journey with Isaac Bashevis singer en Withness to apartheid |
| Beste originele muziek | Round midnight | Aliens, Hoosiers, The mission en Star trek IV: the voyage home |
| Beste originele nummer | "Take my breath away" (Top gun) | "Glory of love" (The karata kid part II), "Life is like a looking glass" (That's life), "Mean green mother from outher space" (Little shop of horrors) en "Somewhere out there" (An American tail) |
| Beste geluid | Platoon | Aliens, Heartbreak ridge, Star trek IV: the voyage home en Top gun |
| Beste filmmontage | Platoon | Aliens, Hannah and her sisters, The mission en Top gun |
| Beste originele script | Hannah and her sisters | Crocodile Dundee, My beautiful Laundrette, Platoon en Salvador |
| Beste aangepaste script | A room with a view | Children of a lesser god, The color of money, Crimes of the heart en Stand by me |
| Beste art direction | A room with a view | Aliens, The color of money, Hannah and her sisters en The mission |
| Beste camerawerk | The mission | Peggy Sue got married, Platoon, A room with a view en Star trek IV: The voyage home |
| Beste kostuumontwerp | A room with a view | The mission, Otello, Peggy Sue got married en Pirates |
| Beste make-up | The fly | The clan of the cave bear en Legend |
| Beste korte animatiefilm | A Greek tragedy | The frog the dog and the devil en Luxo Jr. |
| Beste korte speelfilm | Precious images | Exit en Love struck |
| Beste korte documentaire | Women for America and the world | Debonair dancers, The masters of disaster, Red grooms: Sunflower in a hothouse en Sam |
De Academy Awards van het jaar 1986. De beste films van dit jaar waren Platoon, Hannah and her sisters, A room with a view, Aliens, Top gun en The color of money. De Oscars werden uitgereikt aan o.a. Paul Newman (The color of money), Marlee Matlin (Children of a lesser god), Michail Caine (Hannah and her sisters) en Woody Allen (Hannah and her sisters).
