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
Every winner and nominee in every category, with film, person and review links.
23 categories123 records42 winners
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Platoon
Credit: Arnold Kopelson
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A Room with a View
Credit: Ismail Merchant
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Platoon
Credit: Oliver Stone
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A Room with a View
Credit: James Ivory
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Blue Velvet
Credit: David Lynch
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Hannah and Her Sisters
Credit: Woody Allen
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The Mission
Credit: Roland Joffé
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Hannah and Her Sisters
Credit: Woody Allen
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Platoon
Credit: Oliver Stone
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Salvador
Credit: Oliver StoneRichard Boyle
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Crimes of the Heart
Credit: Beth Henley
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The Color of Money
Credit: Richard Price
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The Assault
Credit: The Netherlands
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'38'
Credit: Austria
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Betty Blue
Credit: France
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My Sweet Little Village
Credit: Czechoslovakia
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The Decline of the American Empire
Credit: Canada
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'Round Midnight
Credit: Herbie Hancock
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Aliens
Credit: James Horner
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Hoosiers
Credit: Jerry Goldsmith
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The Mission
Credit: Ennio Morricone
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The Fly
Credit: Chris WalasStephan Dupuis
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Legend
Credit: Rob BottinPeter Robb-King
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Otello
Credit: Anna AnniMaurizio Millenotti
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Pirates
Credit: Anthony Powell
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The Mission
Credit: Enrico Sabbatini
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The Mission
Credit: Chris Menges
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Platoon
Credit: Robert Richardson
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Platoon
Credit: Claire Simpson
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Aliens
Credit: Ray Lovejoy
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Hannah and Her Sisters
Credit: Susan E. Morse
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The Mission
Credit: Jim Clark
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Top Gun
Credit: Billy WeberChris Lebenzon
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Aliens
Credit: Peter LamontCrispian Sallis
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The Mission
Credit: Stuart CraigJack Stephens
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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.
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Chile: Hasta Cuando?
Credit: David Bradbury
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Witness to Apartheid
Credit: Sharon I. Sopher
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Debonair Dancers
Credit: Alison Nigh-Strelich
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Sam
Credit: Aaron D. Weisblatt
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Precious Images
Credit: Chuck Workman
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Exit
Credit: Stefano RealiPino Quartullo
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Love Struck
Credit: Fredda Weiss
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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.