Winner 59th Academy Awards
The 1986 file: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.
Year
1986
Nominations
123
Categories Decided
All 28
Top Winner
Platoon
Ceremony at a glance
Best Picture went to Platoon. The winning leader is Platoon with 4 wins. The most nominated title is Platoon with 8 nominations. 42 winners named across 28 categories.
Most awarded titles
- Platoon 4 wins8 nominations
- A Room with a View 3 wins8 nominations
- Hannah and Her Sisters 3 wins7 nominations
- Aliens 2 wins7 nominations
- The Mission 1 win7 nominations
Best Picture Nominees
The major races
The 1986 ceremony centers on Platoon. Picture, Director, Actor and Actress: 4 of 4 decided, 20 nominees in all.
Best Picture Winner
- A Room with a View Ismail Merchant
- Children of a Lesser God Burt Sugarman | Patrick Palmer
- Hannah and Her Sisters Robert Greenhut
- The Mission Fernando Ghia | David Puttnam
Best Director Winner
Best Actor Winner
Best Actress Winner
Complete Ceremony Ledger
The winner in every category. Open the full ballot to see every nominee.
23 categories123 records42 winners
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Platoon
Credit: Arnold Kopelson
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Platoon
Credit: Oliver Stone
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
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1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
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1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Hannah and Her Sisters
Credit: Woody Allen
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
The Assault
Credit: The Netherlands
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
'Round Midnight
Credit: Herbie Hancock
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
1 winner3 records
2 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
The Fly
Credit: Chris WalasStephan Dupuis
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
The Mission
Credit: Chris Menges
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Platoon
Credit: Claire Simpson
1 winner3 records
1 winner5 records
2 winners5 records
3 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Credit: Brigitte Berman
NOTE: A tie. The other winning film in this category was Down and Out in America.
Winner
Down and Out in America
Credit: Joseph FeuryMilton Justice
NOTE: A tie. The other winning film in this category was Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got.
1 winner5 records
1 winner3 records
2 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
1 winner3 records
2 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Precious Images
Credit: Chuck Workman
1 winner3 records
2 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Aliens
Credit: Don Sharpe
1 winner5 records
Ceremony Highlights
Categories in this ceremony
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actress
ART DIRECTION
Best Picture
CINEMATOGRAPHY
COSTUME DESIGN
Best Director
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
FILM EDITING
HONORARY AWARD
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
MUSIC (Original Score)
MUSIC (Original Song)
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
SHORT FILM (Animated)
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
SOUND EDITING
SOUND MIXING
VISUAL EFFECTS
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
Winner Circle
Platoon
Oliver Stone
Marlee Matlin
Paul Newman
Dianne Wiest
Michael Caine
Hannah and Her Sisters
A Room with a View
The Assault
'Round Midnight
Take My Breath Away
Chris Walas, Stephan Dupuis
Jenny Beavan, John Bright
Chris Menges
Claire Simpson
Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson
Art Direction: Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Set Decoration: Brian Savegar, Elio Altamura
Brigitte Berman, Producer
Joseph Feury and Milton Justice, Producers
Vivienne Verdon-Roe, Producer
Ralph Bellamy
Steven Spielberg
MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
E. M. (Al) Lewis
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
ANTHONY D. BRUNO, JOHN L. BAPTISTA, MANFRED G. MICHELSON and BRUCE W. KELLER
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Bran Ferren, CHARLES HARRISON and KENNETH WISNER
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
FRITZ SENNHEISER
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
RICHARD BENJAMIN GRANT and RON GRANT
Richard Edlund, GENE WHITEMAN, DAVID GRAFTON, MARK WEST, JERRY JEFFRESS and BOB WILCOX
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Robert Greenberg, JOEL HYNEK, EUGENE MAMUT, ALFRED THUMIM, ELAN LIPSCHITZ and DARRYL A. ARMOUR
William L. Fredrick and Hal Needham
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
BRAN FERREN
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
CARL HOLMES and ALEXANDER BRYCE
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
David W. Samuelson and William B. Pollard
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
HAL LANDAKER and ALAN LANDAKER
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
JOHN L. BAPTISTA
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
Lee Electric (Lighting) Limited
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
Matt Sweeney and Lucinda Strub
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
PETER D. PARKS
Linda Van Tulden and Willem Thijssen, Producers
Chuck Workman, Producer
Don Sharpe
John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles 'Bud' Grenzbach, Simon Kaye
Sortable ledger
Every nomination from this ceremony as a sortable table, for research that needs the raw record beside the posters and winners above.