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- DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael BiehnA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.Favourite Film of the Year
Runner ups:
Threads
Ghostbusters
Beverly Hills Cop
Police Academy
Once Upon a Time in America
This is Spinal Tap
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Paris, Texas
Stop Making Sense - DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael BiehnA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.Best Film of the Year
Runner ups:
Threads
Beverly Hills Cop
Once Upon a Time in America
Ghostbusters
Paris, Texas
Stop Making Sense
This is Spinal Tap
Police Academy
Amadeus - DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRobert De NiroJames WoodsElizabeth McGovernA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.Best Lead Actor: Robert De Niro
Runner ups:
Bill Murray in Ghostbusters
Sean Penn in Racing with the Moon
Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop
Harry Dean Stanton in Paris, Texas
Nicolas Cage in Birdy
Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Linda Hamilton in The Terminator
Tom Hanks in Splash
Sean Penn in Racing with the Moon - DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRobert De NiroJames WoodsElizabeth McGovernA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.Best Supporting Actor: James Woods
Runner ups:
Joe Pesci in Once Upon a Time in America
Rick Moranis in Ghostbusters
Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
DeForest Kelly in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Sigourney Weaver in Ghostbusters
Aurore Clément in Paris, Texas
Pat Morita in The Karate Kid
Harold Ramis in Ghostbusters
Dan Ackroyd in Ghostbusters - DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael BiehnA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.Best Direction
Runner ups:
Threads
Ghostbusters
Once Upon a Time in America
Beverly Hills Cop - DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael BiehnA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.Best Original Screenplay
Runner ups:
Threads
Ghostbusters
Beverly Hills Cop
Paris, Texas - DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRobert De NiroJames WoodsElizabeth McGovernA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.Best Adapted Screenplay
Runner ups:
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Birdy
The Philadelphia Experiment
Amadeus - DirectorMilos FormanStarsF. Murray AbrahamTom HulceElizabeth BerridgeThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.Best Cinematography
Runner ups:
Paris, Texas
Once Upon a Time in America
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Romancing the Stone - DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael BiehnA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.Best Editing
Runner ups:
Threads
Ghostbusters
Beverly Hills Cop
This is Spinal Tap - DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael BiehnA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.Best Art-Direction
Runner ups:
The NeverEnding Story
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Ghostbusters
Gremlins - DirectorMilos FormanStarsF. Murray AbrahamTom HulceElizabeth BerridgeThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.Best Costume Design
Runner ups:
The NeverEnding Story
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Once Upon a Time in America
This is Spinal Tap - DirectorWes CravenStarsHeather LangenkampJohnny DeppRobert EnglundTeenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.Best Make-up
Runner ups:
The Terminator
Ghostbusters
Once Upon a Time in America
The NeverEnding Story - DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael BiehnA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.Best Visual Effects
Runner ups:
Ghostbusters
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
The NeverEnding Story
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - DirectorMartin BrestStarsEddie MurphyJudge ReinholdJohn AshtonA freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.Best Original Score
Runner ups:
The Terminator
Gremlins
A Nightmare on Elm Street
C.H.U.D. - DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsRalph MacchioPat MoritaElisabeth ShueA martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.Best Original Song: "You're the Best"
Runner ups:
"Footloose" from Footloose
"Let's Hear it for the Boy" from Footloose
"Big Bottom" from This is Spinal Tap
"Identity Crisis" from Monster Dog - DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsSumi ShimamotoMahito TsujimuraHisako KyôdaWarrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.Best Animated Film
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n/a - DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsSumi ShimamotoMahito TsujimuraHisako KyôdaWarrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.Best Animation
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n/a - DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsDavid ByrneBernie WorrellAlex WeirConsidered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time, the live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads' most memorable songs.Best Documentary Feature
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n/s - DirectorKoji HashimotoR.J. KizerIshirô HondaStarsRaymond BurrKeiju KobayashiKen TanakaThirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.Best Foreign-Language Film
Runner ups:
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
n/a - DirectorMartin BrestStarsEddie MurphyJudge ReinholdJohn AshtonA freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.Funniest Film
Runner ups:
Ghostbusters
Police Academy
This is Spinal Tap
Splash - DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsBill MurrayDan AykroydSigourney WeaverThree parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.Best Comedic Performance: Bill Murray
Runner ups:
Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop
Rick Moranis in Ghostbusters
Thomas Hulce in Amadeus
Christopher Guest in This is Spinal Tap - DirectorMick JacksonStarsKaren MeagherReece DinsdaleDavid BrierlyThe effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.Scariest Film
Runner ups:
Children of the Corn
The Terminator
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Godzilla 1985 - DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael BiehnA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.Best Action Movie
Runner ups:
Romancing the Stone
Beverly Hills Cop
Ghostbusters
Gremlins - DirectorFrank OzStarsJim HensonFrank OzDave GoelzKermit and his friends go to New York City to get their musical on Broadway only to find it's a more difficult task than they anticipated.Best Musical
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n/a - DirectorRichard BenjaminStarsSean PennElizabeth McGovernNicolas CageIn 1942 California, two young men await induction into the U.S. Marines and say goodbye to their girlfriends.Most Emotional Film
Runner ups:
Paris, Texas
Birdy
Threads
The Terminator - DirectorThom EberhardtStarsCatherine Mary StewartKelli MaroneyRobert BeltranA comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.Best Zombie Film
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n/a - DirectorMichael HerzLloyd KaufmanStarsAndree MarandaMitch CohenJennifer BabtistTromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.Best Superhero Film
Runner ups:
Supergirl
n/a - DirectorNeal IsraelStarsTom HanksTawny KitaenAdrian ZmedA soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.Turd of the Year
Runner ups:
Rats: Night of Terror
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Footloose
Monster Dog - DirectorMick JacksonStarsKaren MeagherReece DinsdaleDavid BrierlyThe effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.Best British Film
Runners up:
1984
Supergirl
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n/a - DirectorTim BurtonStarsShelley DuvallDaniel SternBarret OliverA young boy sets out to revive his dead pet using the monstrous power of science.Best Short Film
Runner ups:
Charade
Anna & Bella
The Adventures of André and Wally B.
n/a - StarsJohn ShackleyCeri SeelJim BakerEarth has been conquered by an alien race known as the Masters using their giant Tripods. When humans reach the age of sixteen, they must undergo a process known as capping which places their mind under the control of the conquerors. In 2089, having learned the truth, cousins Will and Henry Parker embark on a journey to the White Mountains in search of a group of free men.Best TV Drama (for series 1)
Runner ups:
Tales from the Darkside (season 1)
The Smurfs (series 4)
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n/a - StarsRik MayallAdrian EdmondsonNigel PlanerThe crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of four very different students in Thatcher's Britain.Best TV Comedy (for series 2)
Runner ups:
James the Cat (series 1)
Cheers (seasons 2/3)
The Trap Door (series 1)
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (season 1)
Spitting Image (series 1)
Danger Mouse (series 5)
Alvin and the Chipmunks (season 2)
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n/a - StarsRik MayallAdrian EdmondsonNigel PlanerThe crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of four very different students in Thatcher's Britain.Best Performance (TV Comedy): Rik Mayall (for series 2)
Runner ups:
Adrian Edmonson in The Young Ones (series 2)
John Ratzenberger in Cheers (seasons 2/3)
Nigel Planer in The Young Ones (series 2)
Ted Danson in Cheers (season 2/3) - DirectorPaul JacksonStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallNigel PlanerVyvyan, Rick, Mike, and Neil suffer with colds, then with being taken hostage by violent criminal Brian Damage Balowski. On top of that, Neil's parents are coming to tea.Best Direction in an Individual Episode
Runner ups:
The Young Ones: "Nasty"
The Young Ones: "Time"
The Young Ones: "Bambi"
The Young Ones: "Cash" - DirectorPaul JacksonStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallNigel PlanerVyvyan, Rick, Mike, and Neil suffer with colds, then with being taken hostage by violent criminal Brian Damage Balowski. On top of that, Neil's parents are coming to tea.Best Writing in an Individual Episode
Runner ups:
The Young Ones: "Nasty"
The Young Ones: "Time"
The Young Ones: "Bambi"
The Young Ones: "Cash" - DirectorPaul JacksonStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallNigel PlanerVyvyan, Rick, Mike, and Neil suffer with colds, then with being taken hostage by violent criminal Brian Damage Balowski. On top of that, Neil's parents are coming to tea.Best Individual Episode
Runner ups:
The Young Ones: "Nasty"
The Young Ones: "Time"
The Young Ones: "Bambi"
The Young Ones: "Cash"
The Young Ones: "Summer Holiday"
Yes Minister: "Party Games"
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n/a - DirectorPeter WhitmoreStarsPaul EddingtonNigel HawthorneDerek FowldsSir Humphrey Appleby receives his just reward when he's told by Sir Arnold Robinson that he is to be his successor as Cabinet Secretary. Jim Hacker has mixed feelings about the whole thing and while he appreciates all of the advice he's received from Sir Humphrey over the years, they have also had their fair share of disagreements. When the Prime Minister suddenly announces his resignation, Hacker decides to take a run at the party leadership. His primary campaign issue is new regulations from Brussels on the content of sausages which point to the demise of the British banger.Best TV Special
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n/a - DirectorSteven J. SantosStarsGeorge CarlinIn his New York City grammar school, George Carlin was known as a "disruptive influence in the classroom." With this concert, the ultimate class clown is back at school at UCLA, making another generation of students roar with laughter.Taped on April 19, 1984, Carlin?s imaginative and irreverent performance demonstrates why he is one of America?s most popular comedians.Includes The Prayer, Consumer Hints, Cars and Driving #1, A Place for My Stuff, Newscast #4, Embarrassments and several award-winning animated segments.In his New York City grammar school, George Carlin was known as a "disruptive influence in the classroom." With this concert, the ultimate class clown is back at school at UCLA, making another generation of students roar with laughter.Taped on April 19, 1984, Carlin?s imaginative and irreverent performance demonstrates why he is one of America?s most popular comedians.Includes The Prayer, Consumer Hints, Cars and Driving #1, A Place for My Stuff, Newscast #4, Embarrassments and several award-winning animated segments.Best Feature Stand-up Comedy Recording
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n/a - A launch title for the Nintendo NES. A puzzle-platformer in which Mario attempts to break down all the walls and ladders he can with a hammer on each of 100 levels.Best Video Game
Runner ups:
Flicky
Balloon Fight
Marble Madness
Clu Clu Land