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1984 Oscars:
The 1984 Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.
| Best Picture | Amadeus, Saul Zaentz, producer (Orion) |
| The Killing Fields, David Puttnam, producer (Warner Bros.) |
| A Passage to India, John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin, producer (Columbia) |
| Places in the Heart, Arlene Donovan, producer (TriStar) | | A Soldier's Story, Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary and Patrick Palmer, producers (Columbia) |
| Actor in a Leading Role | F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus |
| Jeff Bridges, Starman |
| Albert Finney, Under the Volcano |
| Tom Hulce, Amadeus | | Sam Waterston, The Killing Fields |
| Actress in a Leading Role | Judy Davis, A Passage to India |
| Sally Field, Places in the Heart |
| Jessica Lange, Country |
| Vanessa Redgrave, The Bostonians | | Sissy Spacek, The River |
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Adolph Caesar, A Soldier's Story |
| John Malkovich, Places in the Heart |
| Noriyuki “Pat” Morita, The Karate Kid |
| Haing S. Ngor, The Killing Fields | | Ralph Richardson, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India |
| Glenn Close, The Natural |
| Lindsay Crouse, Places in the Heart |
| Christine Lahti, Swing Shift | | Geraldine Page, The Pope of Greenwich Village |
| Directing | Woody Allen, Broadway Danny Rose |
| Robert Benton, Places in the Heart |
| Milos Forman, Amadeus |
| Roland Joffe, The Killing Fields | | David Lean, A Passage to India |
| Writing |
| Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Woody Allen, Broadway Danny Rose |
| Robert Benton, Places in the Heart |
| Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel and Bruce Jay Friedman, screenplay; Bruce Jay Friedman; screen story, Splash |
| Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas, El Norte | | Daniel Petrie, Jr., screenplay; Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr., story, Beverly Hills Cop |
| Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium | Charles Fuller, A Soldier's Story |
| David Lean, A Passage to India |
| Bruce Robinson, The Killing Fields |
| Peter Shaffer, Amadeus | | P.H. Vazak and Michael Austin, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | |
| Cinematography | Ernest Day, A Passage to India |
| Caleb Deschanel, The Natural |
| Chris Menges, The Killing Fields |
| Miroslav Ondricek, Amadeus | | Vilmos Zsigmond, The River |
| Art Direction | John Box and Leslie Tomkins, art direction; Hugh Scaife, set decoration, A Passage to India |
| Albert Brenner, art direction; Rick Simpson, set decoration, 2010 |
| Angelo Graham and Mel Bourne, James J. Murakami and Speed Hopkins, art direction; Bruch Weintraub, set decoration, The Natural |
| Richard Sylbert, art direction; George Gaines and Les Bloom, set decoration, The Cotton Club | | Patrizia Von Brandenstein, art direction; Karel Cerny, set decoration, Amadeus |
| Sound | Nick Alphin, Robert Thirwell, Richard Portman and David Ronne, The River |
| Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide and Chris Newman, Amadeus |
| Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and John Mitchell, A Passage to India |
| Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Carlos De Larios and Gene S. Cantamessa, 2010 | | Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Kevin O'Connell and Nelson Stoll, Dune |
| Music |
| Original Song | “Against All Odds” (Take a Look at Me Now), Against All Odds, Phil Collins, music and lyrics |
| “Footloose,” Footloose, Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford, music and lyrics |
| “Ghostbusters,” Ghostbusters, Ray Parker, Jr., music and lyrics |
| “I Just Called to Say I Love You,” The Woman in Red, Stevie Wonder, music and lyrics | | “Let's Hear It for the Boy,” Footloose, Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow, music and lyrics |
| Original Score | Maurice Jarre, A Passage to India |
| Randy Newman, The Natural |
| Alex North, Under the Volcano |
| John Williams, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | | John Williams, The River |
| Original Song Score | Kris Kristofferson, Songwriter |
| Jeffrey Moss, The Muppets Take Manhattan | | Prince, Purple Rain | |
| Film Editing | Donn Cambern and Frank Morriss, Romancing the Stone |
| Jim Clark, The Killing Fields |
| Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler, Amadeus |
| David Lean, A Passage to India | | Barry Malkin and Robert Q. Lovett, The Cotton Club |
| Costume Design | Jenny Beavan and John Bright, The Bostonians |
| Judy Moorcroft, A Passage to India |
| Patricia Norris, 2010 |
| Theodor Pistek, Amadeus | | Ann Roth, Places in the Heart |
| Makeup | Rick Baker and Paul Engelen, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes |
| Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith, Amadeus | | Michael Westmore, 2010 |
| Visual Effects | Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo and Chuck Gasper, Ghostbusters |
| Richard Edlund, Neil Krepela, George Jenson and Mark Stetson, 2010 | | Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Lorne Peterson and George Gibbs, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
| Short Films |
| Animated | Charade (Jon Minnis, producer; Sheridan College Production) |
| Doctor De Soto (Morton Schindel and Michael Sporn, producers; Michael Sporn Animation, Inc.) | | Paradise (Ishu Patel, producer; National Film Board of Canada) |
| Live Action | The Painted Door (Atlantis Films Ltd. in association with the National Film Board of Canada) |
| Tales of Meeting and Parting (Sharon Oreck and Lesli Linka Glatter, producers; American Film Institute—Directing Workshop for Women) | | Up (Mike Hoover, producer; Pyramid Films) | |
| Documentary |
| Short Subject | The Children of Soong Ching Ling (Gary Bush and Paul T.K. Lin, producers; UNICEF and the Soong Ching Ling Foundation) |
| Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing (Ben Achtenberg and Joan Sawyer, producers; The Nursing Ethics Project/Fanlight Productions) |
| The Garden of Eden (Lawrence R. Hott and Roger M. Sherman, producers; Florentine Films Production) |
| Recollections of Pavlovsk (Irina Kalinina, producer; Leningrad Documentary Film Studio) | | The Stone Carvers (Marjorie Hunt and Paul Wagner, producers, Paul Wagner Productions) |
| Feature | High Schools (Charles Guggenheim and Nancy Sloss, producers; Guggenheim Productions) |
| In the Name of the People (Alex W. Drehsler and Frank Christopher, producers; Pan American Films) |
| Marlene (Zev Braun Pictures, Inc.; OKO Film Produktion) |
| Streetwise (Cheryl McCall, producer; Bear Creek Productions, Inc.) | | The Times of Harvey Milk (Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen, producers; Black Sand Educational Productions, Inc.) | |
| Foreign Language Film | Beyond the Walls, Israel |
| Camila, Argentina |
| Dangerous Moves, Switzerland |
| Double Feature, Spain | | Wartime Romance, U.S.S.R. |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | David L. Wolper |
| Honorary Awards | To the National Endowment for the Arts in recognition of its 20th anniversary and its dedication to fostering artistic and creative activity and excellence in every area of the arts | | To James Stewart for 50 years of memorable performances and for his high ideals, both on and off the screen, with the respect and affection of his colleagues |
| Special Achievement Award |
| Sound Effects Editing | Kay Rose, The River | |
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