Oscars 1986 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: The Color Purple!

Nominees:
Back to the Future
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Ran
Witness

Best Director!

Winner: Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple!

Nominees:
Robert Zemeckis - Back to the Future
Terry Gilliam - Brazil
Hector Babenco - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Peter Weir - Witness

Best Actor!

Winner: William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman!

Nominees:
Jeff Daniels - The Purple Rose of Cairo
Michael J. Fox - Back to the Future
Raul Julia - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Jonathan Pryce - Brazil

Best Actress!

Winner: Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple!

Nominees:
Anne Bancroft - Agnes of God
Frances McDormand - Blood Simple
Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful
Meryl Streep - Out of Africa

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: Christopher Lloyd, Back to the Future!

Nominees:
Don Ameche - Cocoon
Crispin Glover - Back to the Future
Danny Glover - The Color Purple
M. Emmet Walsh - Blood Simple

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple!

Nominees:
Margaret Avery - The Color Purple
Sonia Braga - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor
Meg Tilly - Agnes of God

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, Back to the Future!

Nominees:
Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown - Brazil
John Hughes - The Breakfast Club
Woody Allen - The Purple Rose of Cairo
Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley and Pamela Wallace - Witness

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: Menno Meyjes, The Color Purple!

Nominees:
Leonard Schrader - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Richard Condon and Janet Roach - Prizzi's Honor
Kurt Leudtke - Out of Africa
Horton Foote - The Trip to Bountiful

Best Foreign Language Film!

Winner: Ran!

Nominees:
Angry Harvest
Colonel Redl
The Official Story
When Father Was Away on Business

Best Documentary Feature!

Winner: Broken Rainbow!

Nominees:
Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
Soldiers in Hiding
The Statue of Liberty
Unfinished Business

Best Documentary Short!

Winner: Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements!

Nominees:
The Courage to Care
Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date
Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra
The Wizard of the Strings

Best Live Action Short!

Winner: Molly's Pilgrim!

Nominees:
Graffiti
Rainbow War

Best Animated Short!

Winner: Anna & Bella!

Nominees:
The Big Snit
Second Class Mail

Best Original Score!

Winner: Out of Africa!

Nominees:
The Color Purple
Agnes of God
Silverado
Witness

Best Original Song!

Winner: Chris Hayes, Johnny Colla and Huey Lewis - The Power of Love, Back to the Future!

Nominees:
Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Lionel Richie - Miss Celie's Blues (Sister), The Color Purple
Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me, White Nights
Stephen Bishop - Separate Lives, White Nights
Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban - Surprise Surprise, A Chorus Line

Best Sound!

Winner: Back to the Future!

Nominees:
A Chorus Line
Ladyhawke
Out of Africa
Silverado

Best Sound Editing!

Winner: Back to the Future!

Nominees:
Ladyhawke
Rambo: First Blood Part II

Best Art Direction!

Winner: Brazil!

Nominees:
The Color Purple
Legend
Ran
Witness

Best Cinematography!

Winner: The Color Purple!

Nominees:
Out of Africa
Murphy's Romance
Ran
Witness

Best Makeup!

Winner: Legend!

Nominees:
The Color Purple
Mask
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Best Costume Design!

Winner: Ran!

Nominees:
The Color Purple
The Journey of Natty Gann
Out of Africa
Prizzi's Honor

Best Film Editing!

Winner: Witness!

Nominees:
Back to the Future
A Chorus Line
Prizzi's Honor
Runaway Train

Best Visual Effects!

Winner: Cocoon!

Nominees:
Return to Oz
Young Sherlock Holmes