| Oscar voor de ...... | Winnaar | Overige nominaties |
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| Beste film | Terms of endearment | The big chill, The dresser, The right stuff en Tender mercies |
| Beste acteur | Robert Duvall (Tender mercies) | Michael Caine (Educating Rita), Tom Conti (Reuben Reuben), Tom Courtenay (The dresser) en Albert Finney (The dresser) |
| Beste actrice | Shirley MacLaine (Terms of endearment) | Jane Alexander (Testament), Meryl Streep (Silkwood), Julie Waters (Educating Rita) en Debra Winger (Terms of endearment) |
| Mannelijke bijrol | Jack Nicholson (Terms of endearment) | Charles Durning (To be or not to be), John Lithgow (Terms of endearment), Sam Shepard (The right stuff) en Rip Tom (Cross creek) |
| Vrouwelijke bijrol | Linda Hunt (The year of living dangerously) | Cher (Silkwood), Glenn Close (The big chill), Amy Irving (Yentl) en Alfre Woodard (Cross creek) |
| Beste regisseur | James L. Brooks (Terms of endearment) | Peter Yates (The dresser), Ingmar Bergman (Fanny & Alexander), Mike Nichols (Silkwood) en Bruce Beresford (Tender mercies) |
| Beste niet-Engelstalige film | Fanny & Alexander (Zweden) | Carmen (Spanje), Entre nous (Frankrijk), Job's revolt (Hungarije) en Le bal (Algerije) |
| Beste documentaire | He makes me feel like dancin' | Children of darkness, First contact, The profession of arms en Seeing red |
| Beste originele muziek | The right stuff | Return of the Jedi, Terms of endearment en Under fire |
| Beste muziek | Yentl | The sting II en Trading places |
| Beste originele nummer | "What a feeling" (Flashdance) | "Maniac" (Flashdance), "Over you" (Tender mercies), "Papa, can you hear me?" (Yentl) en "The way he makes me feel" (Yentl) |
| Beste geluid | The right stuff | Never cry wolf, Return of the Jedi, Terms of endearment en Wargames |
| Beste filmmontage | The rigth stuff | Blue thunder, Flasdance, Silkwood en Terms of endearment |
| Beste originele script | Tender mercies | The big chill, Fanny & Alexander, Silkwood en Wargames |
| Beste aangepaste script | Terms of endearment | Betrayel, The dresser, Educating Rita en Reuben Reuben |
| Beste art direction | Fanny & Alexander | Return of the Jedi, The right stuff, Terms of endearment en Yentl |
| Beste camerawerk | Fanny & Alexander | Flasdance, The rigth stuff, Wargames en Zelig |
| Beste kostuumontwerp | Fanny & Alexander | Cross creek, Heart like a wheel, The return of Martin Guerre en Zelig |
| Beste korte animatiefilm | Sundae in New York | Mickey's Christmas Carol en Sound of Sunshine |
| Beste korte speelfilm | Boys and girls | Goodie-two-shoes en Overnight sensation |
| Beste korte documentaire | Flamenco at 5:15 | In the nuclear shadow: what can the children tell us?, Sewing woman, Spaces: the Architecture of Paul Rudolph en You are free |
De Academy Awards van het jaar 1983. De beste films van dit jaar waren Terms of endearment, The rigth stuff, Silkwood en Return of the Jedi. De Oscars werden uitgereikt aan o.a. Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies), Shirley MacLaine (Terms of endearment), Jack Nicholson (Terms of endearment) en Linda Hunt (The year of the living dangerously).
