| Best Picture | Best Director |
| Robert Benton – Kramer vs. Kramer*Bob Fosse – All That Jazz*Francis Ford Coppola – Apocalypse Now*Peter Yates – Breaking Away*Édouard Molinaro – La Cage aux Folles |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Dustin Hoffman – Kramer vs. Kramer as Ted Kramer*Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome as Jack Godell*Al Pacino – ...And Justice for All. as Arthur Kirkland*Roy Scheider – All That Jazz as Joseph "Joe" Gideon*Peter Sellers – Being There as Chance | Sally Field – Norma Rae as Norma Rae Webster*Jill Clayburgh – Starting Over as Marilyn Holmberg*Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome as Kimberly Wells*Marsha Mason – Chapter Two as Jennie MacLaine*Bette Midler – The Rose as Mary Rose Foster |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Melvyn Douglas – Being There as Ben Rand*Robert Duvall – Apocalypse Now as Lieutenant Colonel William "Bill" Kilgore*Frederic Forrest – The Rose as Huston Dyer*Justin Henry – Kramer vs. Kramer as Billy Kramer*Mickey Rooney – The Black Stallion as Henry Dailey | Meryl Streep – Kramer vs. Kramer as Joanna Kramer*Jane Alexander – Kramer vs. Kramer as Margaret Phelps*Barbara Barrie – Breaking Away as Evelyn Stoller*Candice Bergen – Starting Over as Jessica Potter*Mariel Hemingway – Manhattan as Tracy |
| Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
| Breaking Away – Steve Tesich*All That Jazz – Robert Alan Aurthur and Bob Fosse*...And Justice for All. – Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson*The China Syndrome – Mike Gray, T. S. Cook, and James Bridges*Manhattan – Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman | Kramer vs. Kramer – Robert Benton based on the novel by Avery Corman*Apocalypse Now – Francis Coppola and John Milius based on the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad*La Cage aux Folles – Francis Veber, Édouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret based on the play by Jean Poiret*A Little Romance – Allan Burns based on the novel E=MC2 mon amour by Patrick Cauvin*Norma Rae – Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. based on the book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by Hank Leiferman |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Best Documentary Feature |
| The Tin Drum *The Maids of Wilko *Mama Turns 100 *A Simple Story *To Forget Venice | Best Boy – Ira Wohl*Generation on the Wind – David A. Vassar*Going the Distance – Paul Cowan and Jacques Bobet*The Killing Ground – Steve Singer and Tom Priestley*The War at Home – Glenn Silber and Barry Alexander Brown |
| Best Documentary Short Subject | Best Live Action Short Film |
| – Saul J. Turell*Dae – Risto Teofilovski*Koryo Celadon – Donald A. Connolly and James R. Messenger*Nails – Phillip Borsos*Remember Me – Dick Young | Board and Care – Sarah Pillsbury and Ron Ellis*Bravery in the Field – Roman Kroitor and Stefan Wodoslawsky*Oh Brother, My Brother – Carol Lowell and Ross Lowell*The Solar Film – Saul Bass and Michael Britton*Solly's Diner – Harry Mathias, Jay Zukerman and Larry Hankin |
| Best Animated Short Film | Best Original Score |
| Every Child – Derek Lamb*Dream Doll – Bob Godfrey*Its So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House – Paul Fierlinger | A Little Romance – Georges Delerue*10 – Henry Mancini*The Amityville Horror – Lalo Schifrin*The Champ – Dave Grusin*' – Jerry Goldsmith |
| Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score | Best Original Song |
| All That Jazz – Ralph Burns*Breaking Away – Patrick Williams*The Muppet Movie – Songs by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher; Adaptation by Paul Williams | "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae – Music by David Shire; Lyrics by Norman Gimbel*"I'll Never Say Goodbye" from The Promise – Music by David Shire; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman*"It's Easy to Say" from 10 – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Robert Wells*"Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie – Music and Lyrics by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher*"Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager |
| Best Sound | Best Costume Design |
| Apocalypse Now – Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs and Nat Boxer*1941 – Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don MacDougall and Gene Cantamessa*The Electric Horseman – Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler and Al Overton Jr.*Meteor – William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Michael J. Kohut and Jack Solomon*The Rose – Theodore Soderberg, Douglas Williams, Paul Wells and Jim Webb | All That Jazz – Albert Wolsky*Agatha – Shirley Russell*' – William Ware Theiss*The Europeans – Judy Moorcroft*La Cage aux Folles – Piero Tosi and Ambra Danon |
| Best Art Direction | Best Cinematography |
| All That Jazz – Art Direction: Philip Rosenberg and Tony Walton; Set Decoration: Edward Stewart and Gary J. Brink*Alien – Art Direction: Michael Seymour, Leslie Dilley and Roger Christian; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker*Apocalypse Now – Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis and Angelo P. Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson*The China Syndrome – Art Direction: George Jenkins; Set Decoration: Arthur Jeph Parker*' – Art Direction: Harold Michelson, Joe Jennings, Leon Harris and John Vallone; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna | Apocalypse Now – Vittorio Storaro*1941 – William A. Fraker*All That Jazz – Giuseppe Rotunno*The Black Hole – Frank Phillips*Kramer vs. Kramer – Néstor Almendros |
| Best Film Editing | Best Visual Effects |
| All That Jazz – Alan Heim*Apocalypse Now – Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg and Lisa Fruchtman*The Black Stallion – Robert Dalva*Kramer vs. Kramer – Jerry Greenberg*The Rose – Robert L. Wolfe and C. Timothy O'Meara | Alien – H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Dennis Ayling*1941 – Gregory Jein, William A. Fraker and A. D. Flowers*The Black Hole – Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw and Joe Hale*Moonraker – Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson and John Evans*' – Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart and Grant McCune |
