| 1981 | Picture | Director | Leading Actor | Leading Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| ACA54 | Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson) | Warren Beatty (Reds) |
Henry Fonda (on Golden Pond) | Katharine Hepburn (on Golden Pond) |
John Girlgud (Arthur) | Maureen Stapleton (Reds) |
| NBR53 | Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson) | Warren Beatty (Reds) |
Henry Fonda (on Golden Pond) | Glenda Jackson (Stevie) |
Jack Nicholson (Reds) | Mona Washbourne (Stevie) |
| NY46 | Reds (Warren Beatty) | Sidney Lumet (Prince of the City) |
Burt Lancaster (Atlantic City) | Glenda Jackson (Stevie) |
John Girlgud (Arthur) | Mona Washbourne (Stevie) |
| GG39d | on Golden Pond (Mark Rydell) | Warren Beatty (Reds) |
Henry Fonda (on Golden Pond) | Meryl Streep (the French Lieutenant's Woman) |
John Girlgud (Arthur) | Joan Hackett (Only When I Laugh) |
| GG39c | Arthur (Steve Gordon) |
Dudley Moore (Arthur) | Bernadette Peters (Pennies from Heaven) | |||
| BRI35 | Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson) | Louis Malle (Atlantic City) |
Burt Lancaster (Atlantic City) | Meryl Streep (the French Lieutenant's Woman) |
Ian Holm (Chariots of Fire) | |
| NA16 | Atlantic City (Louis Malle) | Louis Malle (Atlantic City) |
Burt Lancaster (Atlantic City) | Marilia Pera (Pixote) |
Robert Preston (S.O.B.) | Maureen Stapleton (Reds) |
| LA7 | Atlantic City (Louis Malle) | Warren Beatty (Reds) |
Burt Lancaster (Atlantic City) | Meryl Streep (the French Lieutenant's Woman) |
John Girlgud (Arthur) | Maureen Stapleton (Reds) |
| 1982 | Picture | Director | Leading Actor | Leading Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| ACA55 | Gandhi (Richard Attenborough) | Richard Attenborough (Gandhi) |
Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) | Meryl Streep (Sophie's Choice) |
Louis Gossett Jr. (an Officer and a Gentleman) | Jessica Lange (Tootsie) |
| NBR54 | Gandhi (Richard Attenborough) | Sidney Lumet (the Verdict) |
Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) | Meryl Streep (Sophie's Choice) |
Robert Preston (Victor, Victoria) | Glenn Close (the World According to Garp) |
| NY47 | Gandhi (Richard Attenborough) | Sydney Pollack (Tootsie) |
Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) | Meryl Streep (Sophie's Choice) |
John Lithgow (the World According to Garp) | Jessica Lange (Tootsie) |
| GG40d | E.T. (Steven Spielberg) | Richard Attenborough (Gandhi) |
Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) | Meryl Streep (Sophie's Choice) |
Louis Gossett Jr. (an Officer and a Gentleman) | Jessica Lange (Tootsie) |
| GG40c | Tootsie (Sydney Pollack) |
Dustin Hoffman (Tootsie) | Julie Andrews (Victor, Victoria) | |||
| BRI36 | Gandhi (Richard Attenborough) | Richard Attenborough (Gandhi) |
Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) | Jack Nicholson (Reds) | Stapleton/Rohini Hattangadi (Reds)/(Gandhi) | |
| NA17 | Tootsie (Sydney Pollack) | Steven Spielberg (E.T.) |
Dustin Hoffman (Tootsie) | Meryl Streep (Sophie's Choice) |
Mickey Rourke (Diner) | Jessica Lange (Tootsie) |
| LA8 | E.T. (Steven Spielberg) | Steven Spielberg (E.T.) |
Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) | Meryl Streep (Sophie's Choice) |
John Lithgow (the World According to Garp) | Glenn Close (the World According to Garp) |
| 1983 | Picture | Director | Leading Actor | Leading Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| ACA56 | Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks) | James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment) |
Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies) | Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment) |
Jack Nicholson (Terms of Endearment) | Linda Hunt (the Year of Living Dangerously) |
| NBR55 | Betrayal (David H. Jones) | James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment) |
Tom Conti (Reuben, Reuben.) | Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment) |
Jack Nicholson (Terms of Endearment) | Linda Hunt (the Year of Living Dangerously) |
| NY48 | Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks) | Ingmar Bergman (Fanny och Alexander) |
Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies) | Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment) |
Jack Nicholson (Terms of Endearment) | Linda Hunt (the Year of Living Dangerously) |
| GG41d | Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks) | Barbra Streisand (Yentl) |
Duvall/Tom Courtenay (Tender−)/(the Dresser) | Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment) |
Jack Nicholson (Terms of Endearment) | Cher (Silkwood) |
| GG41c | Yentl (Barbra Streisand) |
Michael Caine (Educating Rita) | Julie Walters (Educating Rita) | |||
| BRI37 | Educating Rita (Lewis Gilbert) | Bill Forsyth (Local Hero) |
Michael Caine (Educating Rita) | Julie Walters (Educating Rita) |
Denholm Elliott (Trading Places) | Jamie L. Curtis (Trading Places) |
| NA18 | la Notte di San Lorenzo (Taviani Brothers) | Taviani Brothers (la Notte di San Lorenzo) |
Gerard Depardieu (Danton.) | Debra Winger (Terms of Endearment) |
Jack Nicholson (Terms of Endearment) | Sandra Bernhard (the King of Comedy) |
| LA9 | Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks) | James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment) |
Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies) | Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment) |
Jack Nicholson (Terms of Endearment) | Linda Hunt (the Year of Living Dangerously) |
| 1984 | Picture | Director | Leading Actor | Leading Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| ACA57 | Amadeus (Milos Forman) | Milos Forman (Amadeus) |
F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus) | Sally Field (Places in the Heart) |
Haing S. Ngor (the Killing Fields) | Peggy Ashcroft (a Passage to India) |
| NBR56 | a Passage to India (David Lean) | David Lean (a Passage to India) |
Victor Banerjee (a Passage to India) | Peggy Ashcroft (a Passage to India) |
John Malkovich (Places in the Heart) | Sabine Azema (a Sunday in the Country) |
| NY49 | a Passage to India (David Lean) | David Lean (a Passage to India) |
Steve Martin (All of Me) | Peggy Ashcroft (a Passage to India) |
Ralph Richardson (Greystoke) | Christine Lahti (Swing Shift) |
| GG42d | Amadeus (Milos Forman) | Milos Forman (Amadeus) |
F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus) | Sally Field (Places in the Heart) |
Haing S. Ngor (the Killing Fields) | Peggy Ashcroft (a Passage to India) |
| GG42c | Romancing the Stone (Robert Zemeckis) |
Dudley Moore (Micki + Maude) | Kathleen Turner (Romancing the Stone) | |||
| BRI38 | the Killing Fields (Roland Joffe) | Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas) |
Haing S. Ngor (the Killing Fields) | Maggie Smith (a Private Function) |
Denholm Elliott (a Private Function) | Liz Smith (a Private Function) |
| NA19 | Stranger than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch) | Robert Bresson (L'Argent) |
Steve Martin (All of Me) | Vanessa Redgrave (the Bostonians) |
John Malkovich (Places in the Heart.) | Melanie Griffith (Body Double) |
| LA10 | Amadeus (Milos Forman) | Milos Forman (Amadeus) |
Abraham/Albert Finney (Amadeus)/(under the Volcano) | Kathleen Turner (Romancing the Stone) |
Adolph Caesar (a Soldier's Story) | Peggy Ashcroft (a Passage to India) |
| 1985 | Picture | Director | Leading Actor | Leading Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| ACA58 | Out of Africa (Sydney Pollack) | Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa) |
William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman) | Geraldine Page (the Trip to Bountiful) |
Don Ameche (Cocoon) | Anjelica Huston (Prizzi's Honor) |
| NBR57 | the Color Purple (Steven Spielberg) | Akira Kurosawa (Ran) |
Hurt/Raul Julia (Kiss of−)/(〃) | Whoopi Goldberg (the Color Purple) |
Klaus M. Brandauer (Out of Africa) | Anjelica Huston (Prizzi's Honor) |
| NY50 | Prizzi's Honor (John Huston) | John Huston (Prizzi's Honor) |
Jack Nicholson (Prizzi's Honor) | Norma Aleandoro (la Historia Official) |
Klaus M. Brandauer (Out of Africa) | Anjelica Huston (Prizzi's Honor) |
| GG43d | Out of Africa (Sydney Pollack) | John Huston (Prizzi's Honor) |
Jon Voight (Runaway Train) | Whoopi Goldberg (the Color Purple) |
Klaus M. Brandauer (Out of Africa) | Meg Tilly (Agnes of God) |
| GG43c | Prizzi's Honor (John Huston) |
Jack Nicholson (Prizzi's Honor) | Kathleen Turner (Prizzi's Honor) | |||
| BRI39 | the Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen) | William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman) | Peggy Ashcroft (a Passage to India) |
Denholm Elliott (Defence of the Realm) | Rosanna Arquette (Desperately Seeking Susan) | |
| NA20 | Ran (Akira Kurosawa) | John Huston (Prizzi's Honor) |
Jack Nicholson (Prizzi's Honor) | Vanessa Redgrave (Wetherby) |
John Gielgud (the Shooting Party.) | Anjelica Huston (Prizzi's Honor) |
| LA11 | Brazil (Terry Gilliam) | Terry Gilliam (Brazil) |
William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman) | Meryl Streep (Out of Africa) |
John Gielgud (the Shooting Party) | Anjelica Huston (Prizzi's Honor) |
| 1986 | Picture | Director | Leading Actor | Leading Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| ACA59 | Platoon (Oliver Stone) | Oliver Stone (Platoon) |
Paul Newman (the Color of Money) | Marlee Matlin (Children of a Lesser God) |
Michael Caine (Hannah and Her Sisters) | Dianne Wiest (Hannah and Her Sisters) |
| NBR58 | a Room with a View (James Ivory) | Woody Allen (Hannah and Her Sisters) |
Paul Newman (the Color of Money) | Kathleen Turner (Peggy Sue Got Married) |
Daniel Day-Lewis (a Room with a View.) | Dianne Wiest (Hannah and Her Sisters) |
| NY51 | Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen) | Woody Allen (Hannah and Her Sisters) |
Bob Hoskins (Mona Lisa) | Sissy Spacek (Crimes of the Heart) |
Daniel Day-Lewis (a Room with a View.) | Dianne Wiest (Hannah and Her Sisters) |
| GG44d | Platoon (Oliver Stone) | Oliver Stone (Platoon) |
Bob Hoskins (Mona Lisa) | Marlee Matlin (Children of a Lesser God) |
Tom Berenger (Platoon) | Maggie Smith (a Room with a View) |
| GG44c | Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen) |
Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee) | Sissy Spacek (Crimes of the Heart) | |||
| BRI40 | a Room with a View (James Ivory) | Woody Allen (Hannah and Her Sisters) |
Bob Hoskins (Mona Lisa) | Maggie Smith (a Room with a View) |
Ray McAnally (the Mission) | Judi Dench (a Room with a View) |
| NA21 | Blue Velvet (David Lynch) | David Lynch (Blue Velvet) |
Bob Hoskins (Mona Lisa) | Chloe Webb (Sid and Nancy) |
Dennis Hopper (Blue Velvet) | Dianne Wiest (Hannah and Her Sisters) |
| LA12 | Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen) | David Lynch (Blue Velvet) |
Bob Hoskins (Mona Lisa) | Sandrine Bonnaire (Sans Toit Ni Loi) |
Dennis Hopper (Blue Velvet.) | Cathy Tyson (Mona Lisa) |
| 1987 | Picture | Director | Leading Actor | Leading Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| ACA60 | L'Ultimo Imperatore (Bernardo Bertolucci) | Bernardo Bertolucci (L'Ultimo Imperatore) |
Michael Douglas (Wall Street) | Cher (Moonstruck) |
Sean Connery (the Untouchables) | Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck) |
| NBR59 | Empire of the Sun (Steven Spielberg) | Steven Spielberg (Empire of the Sun) |
Michael Douglas (Wall Street) | Lillian Gish/Hunter (the Whales of August)/(Broadcast News) |
Sean Connery (the Untouchables) | Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck) |
| NY52 | Broadcast News (James L. Brooks) | James L. Brooks (Broadcast News) |
Jack Nicholson (Ironweed.) | Holly Hunter (Broadcast News) |
Morgan Freeman (Street Smart) | Vanessa Redgrave (Prick Up Your Ears) |
| GG45d | L'Ultimo Imperatore (Bernardo Bertolucci) | Bernardo Bertolucci (L'Ultimo Imperatore) |
Michael Douglas (Wall Street) | Sally Kirkland (Anna) |
Sean Connery (the Untouchables) | Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck) |
| GG45c | Hope and Glory (John Boorman) |
Robin Williams (Good Morning, Vietnam) | Cher (Moonstruck) | |||
| BRI41 | Jean de Florette (Claude Berri) | Bernardo Bertolucci (L'Ultimo Imperatore) |
Sean Connery (Le Nom de la Rose) | Anne Bancroft (84 Charing Cross Road) |
Daniel Auteuil (Jean de Florette) | Susan Wooldridge (Hope and Glory) |
| NA22 | the Dead (John Huston) | John Boorman (Hope and Glory) |
Steve Martin (Roxanne) | Emily Lloyd (Wish You Were Here) |
Morgan Freeman (Street Smart) | Kathy Baker (Street Smart) |
| LA13 | Hope and Glory (John Boorman) | John Boorman (Hope and Glory) |
Martin/Nicholson (Roxanne)/(Ironweed.) | Hunter/Kirkland (Broadcast News)/(Anna) |
Morgan Freeman (Street Smart) | Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck) |
| 1988 | Picture | Director | Leading Actor | Leading Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| ACA61 | Rain Man (Barry Levinson) | Barry Levinson (Rain Man) |
Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man) | Jodie Foster (the Accused) |
Kevin Kline (a Fish Called Wanda) | Geena Davis (the Accidental Tourist) |
| NBR60 | Alan Parker (Mississippi Burning) |
Gene Hackman (Mississippi Burning) | Jodie Foster (the Accused) |
River Phoenix (Running on Empty) | Francis McDormand (Mississippi Burning) | |
| NY53 | the Accidental Tourist (Lawrence Kasdan) | Chris Menges (a World Apart) |
Jeremy Irons (Dead Ringers) | Meryl Streep (a Cry in the Dark) |
Dean Stockwell (Tucker.) | Diane Venora (Bird) |
| GG46d | Rain Man (Barry Levinson) | Clint Eastwood (Bird) |
Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man) | Jodie Foster (the Accused) |
Martin Landau (Tucker) | Sigourney Weaver (Working Girl) |
| GG46c | Working Girl (Mike Nichols) |
Tom Hanks (Big) | Melanie Griffith (Working Girl) | |||
| BRI42 | L'Ultimo Imperatore (Bernardo Bertolucci) | Louis Malle (au Revoir les Enfants) |
John Cleese (a Fish Called Wanda) | Maggie Smith (the Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne) |
Michael Palin (a Fish Called Wanda) | Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck) |
| NA23 | the Unbearable Lightness of Being (Philip Kaufman) | Philip Kaufman (the Unbearable Lightness of Being) |
Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice.) | Judy Davis (High Tide) |
Dean Stockwell (Tucker.) | Mercedes Ruehl (Marries to the Mob) |
| LA14 | Little Dorrit (Christine Edzard) | David Cronenberg (Dead Ringers) |
Tom Hanks (Big.) | Christine Lahti (Running on Empty) |
Alec Guinness (Little Dorrit) | Genevieve Bujold (Dead Ringers.) |
| 1989 | Picture | Director | Leading Actor | Leading Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| ACA62 | Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Bereford) | Oliver Stone (Born on the 4th of July) |
Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot) | Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy) |
Denzel Washington (Glory) | Brenda Fricker (My Left Foot) |
| NBR61 | Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Bereford) | Kenneth Branagh (Henry V) |
Morgan Freeman (Driving Miss Daisy) | Michelle Pfeiffer (the Fabulous Baker Boys) |
Alan Alda (Crimes and Misdemeanors) | Mary S. Masterson (Immediate Family) |
| NY54 | My Left Foot (Jim Sheridan) | Paul Mazursky (Enemies, a Love Story) |
Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot) | Michelle Pfeiffer (the Fabulous Baker Boys) |
Alan Alda (Crimes and Misdemeanors) | Lena Olin (Enemies, a Love Story) |
| GG47d | Born on the 4th of July (Oliver Stone) | Oliver Stone (Born on the 4th of July) |
Tom Cruise (Born on the 4th of July) | Michelle Pfeiffer (the Fabulous Baker Boys) |
Denzel Washington (Glory) | Julia Roberts (Steel Magnolias) |
| GG47c | Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Bereford) |
Morgan Freeman (Driving Miss Daisy) | Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy) | |||
| BRI43 | Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir) | Kenneth Branagh (Henry V) |
Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot) | Pauline Collins (Shirley Valentine) |
Ray McAnally (My Left Foot) | Michelle Pfeiffer (Dangerous Liaisons) |
| NA24 | Drugstore Cowboy (Gus Van Sant) | Gus Van Sant (Drugstore Cowboy) |
Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot) | Michelle Pfeiffer (the Fabulous Baker Boys) |
Beau Bridges (the Fabulous Baker Boys) | Anjelica Huston (Enemies, a Love Story) |
| LA15 | Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee) | Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing) |
Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot) | Pfeiffer/Andie MacDowell (the Fabulous−)/(Sex, Lies and Videotape) |
Danny Aiello (Do the Right Thing) | Brenda Fricker (My Left Foot) |
| 1990 | Picture | Director | Leading Actor | Leading Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| ACA63 | Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner) | Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves) |
Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune) | Kathy Bates (Misery) |
Joe Pesci (Goodfellas) | Whoopi Goldberg (Ghost) |
| NBR62 | Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner) | Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves) |
De Niro/Robin Williams (Awakening)/(〃) | Mia Farrow (Alice) |
Joe Pesci (Goodfellas) | Winona Ryder (Mermaids) |
| NY55 | Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese) | Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas) |
Robert De Niro (Awakenings.) | Joanne Woodward (Mr. and Mrs. Bridge) |
Bruce Davison (Longtime Companion) | Jennifer J. Leigh (Miami Blues.) |
| GG48d | Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner) | Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves) |
Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune) | Kathy Bates (Misery) |
Bruce Davison (Longtime Companion) | Whoopi Goldberg (Ghost) |
| GG48c | Green Card (Peter Weir) |
Jeremy Irons (Green Card) | Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman) | |||
| BRI44 | Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese) | Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas) |
Philippe Noiret (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) | Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy) |
Salvatore Cascio (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) | Whoopi Goldberg (Ghost) |
| NA25 | Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese) | Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas) |
Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune) | Anjelica Huston (the Grifters.) |
Bruce Davison (Longtime Companion) | Annette Bening (the Grifters) |
| LA16 | Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese) | Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas) |
Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune) | Anjelica Huston (the Grifters.) |
Joe Pesci (Goodfellas) | Lorraine Bracco (Goodfellas) |