1984 (57th Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1984. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations by film for that year.

Against All Odds, New Visions Production; Columbia.

Music (Original Song). “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)”. Music and lyric by Phil Collins.

Amadeus, Saul Zaentz Company Production; Orion. (USA, France, Czechoslovakia)

Best Picture. Saul Zaentz, Producer.

Actor in a Leading Role. F. Murray Abraham.

Actor in a Leading Role. Tom Hulce.

Directing. Milos Forman.

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by Patrizia Von Brandenstein; set decoration by Karel Cerny.

Cinematography. Miroslav Ondricek.

Costume Design. Theodor Pistek.

Film Editing. Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler.

Makeup. Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith.

Sound. Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide and Chris Newman.

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium). Peter Shaffer.

Beverly Hills Cop, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Production in association with Eddie Murphy Productions; Paramount.

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen). Screenplay by Daniel Petrie, Jr.; story by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr.

Beyond the Walls, April Films Ltd. Production. (Israel)

Foreign Language Film.

The Bostonians, Merchant Ivory Productions; Almi Pictures. (UK, USA)

Actress in a Leading Role. Vanessa Redgrave.

Costume Design. Jenny Beavan and John Bright.

Broadway Danny Rose, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion.

Directing. Woody Allen.

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen). Woody Allen.

Camila, GEA Cinematographica S.r.l. Production. (Argentina, Spain)

Foreign Language Film.

Charade, Sheridan College Production. (Canada)

Short Films (Animated). Jon Minnis, Producer.

The Children of Soong Ching Ling, UNICEF and the Soong Ching Ling Foundation. (Canada)

Documentary (Short Subject). Gary Bush and Paul T. K. Lin, Producers.

Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing, The Nursing Ethics Project/Fanlight Productions.

Documentary (Short Subject). Ben Achtenberg and Joan Sawyer, Producers.

The Cotton Club, A Totally Independent Production; Orion.

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by Richard Sylbert; set decoration by George Gaines and Les Bloom.

Film Editing. Barry Malkin and Robert Q. Lovett.

Country, Touchstone Films Production; Buena Vista.

Actress in a Leading Role. Jessica Lange.

Dangerous Moves, Arthur Cohn Production. (France, Liechtenstein, Switzerland)

Foreign Language Film.

Doctor De Soto, Michael Sporn Animation, Inc.

Short Films (Animated). Morton Schindel and Michael Sporn, Producers.

Double Feature, Nickel Odeon, S.A. Production. (Spain)

Foreign Language Film.

Dune, Dino De Laurentiis Corporation Production; Universal. (USA, Mexico)

Sound. Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Kevin O’Connell and Nelson Stoll.

El Norte, Independent Production; Cinecom International/Island Alive. (UK, USA)

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen). Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas.

Footloose, Daniel Melnick Production; Paramount.

Music (Original Song). “Footloose”. Music and lyric by Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford.

Music (Original Song). “Let’s Hear It for the Boy”. Music and lyric by Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford.

The Garden of Eden, Florentine Films Production.

Documentary (Short Subject). Lawrence R. Hott and Roger M. Sherman, Producers.

Ghostbusters, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia.

Music (Original Song). “Ghostbusters”. Music and lyric by Ray Parker, Jr..

Visual Effects. Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo and Chuck Gaspar.

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA)

Actor in a Supporting Role. Ralph Richardson.

Makeup. Rick Baker and Paul Engelen.

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium). P. H. Vazak and Michael Austin.

High Schools, Guggenheim Productions.

Documentary (Feature). Charles Guggenheim and Nancy Sloss, Producers.

In the Name of the People, Pan American Films.

Documentary (Feature). Alex W. Drehsler and Frank Christopher, Producers.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; Paramount.

Music (Original Score). John Williams.

Visual Effects. Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Lorne Peterson and George Gibbs.

The Karate Kid, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Noriyuki “Pat” Morita.

The Killing Fields, Enigma Productions Limited; Warner Bros. (UK)

Best Picture. David Puttnam, Producer.

Actor in a Leading Role. Sam Waterston.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Haing S. Ngor.

Directing. Roland Joffé.

Cinematography. Chris Menges.

Film Editing. Jim Clark.

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium). Bruce Robinson.

Marlene, Zev Braun Pictures, Inc./OKO Film Produktion. (West Germany)

Documentary (Feature). Karel Dirka and Zev Braun, Producers.

The Muppets Take Manhattan, Tri-Star Pictures Production; Tri-Star.

Music (Original Song Score). Jeff Moss.

The Natural, Tri-Star Pictures Production; Tri-Star.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Glenn Close.

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by Angelo Graham, Mel Bourne, James J. Murakami and Speed Hopkins; set decoration by Bruce Weintraub.

Cinematography. Caleb Deschanel.

Music (Original Score). Randy Newman.

The Painted Door, Atlantis Films Limited in association with the National Film Board of Canada. (Canada)

Short Films (Live Action). Michael MacMillan and Janice L. Platt, Producers.

Paradise, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada)

Short Films (Animated). Ishu Patel, Producer.

A Passage to India, G.W. Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK, USA)

Best Picture. John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin, Producers.

Actress in a Leading Role. Judy Davis.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Peggy Ashcroft.

Directing. David Lean.

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by John Box and Leslie Tomkins; set decoration by Hugh Scaife.

Cinematography. Ernest Day.

Costume Design. Judy Moorcroft.

Film Editing. David Lean.

Music (Original Score). Maurice Jarre.

Sound. Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and John Mitchell.

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium). David Lean.

Places in the Heart, Tri-Star Pictures Production; Tri-Star.

Best Picture. Arlene Donovan, Producer.

Actress in a Leading Role. Sally Field.

Actor in a Supporting Role. John Malkovich.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Lindsay Crouse.

Directing. Robert Benton.

Costume Design. Ann Roth.

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen). Robert Benton.

The Pope of Greenwich Village, United Artists-Koch/Kirkwood Production; MGM/UA.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Geraldine Page.

Purple Rain, Purple Films Company Production; Warner Bros.

Music (Original Song Score). Prince.

Recollections of Pavlovsk, Leningrad Documentary Film Studio. (Soviet Union)

Documentary (Short Subject). Irina Kalinina, Producer.

The River, Universal Pictures Production; Universal.

Actress in a Leading Role. Sissy Spacek.

Cinematography. Vilmos Zsigmond.

Music (Original Score). John Williams.

Sound. Nick Alphin, Robert Thirlwell, Richard Portman and David Ronne.

Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing). Kay Rose.

Romancing the Stone, El Corazon Producciones S.A. Production; 20th Century-Fox. (Mexico, USA)

Film Editing. Donn Cambern and Frank Morriss.

A Soldier’s Story, Caldix Films Production; Columbia.

Best Picture. Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary and Patrick Palmer, Producers.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Adolph Caesar.

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium). Charles Fuller.

Songwriter, Tri-Star Pictures Production; Tri-Star.

Music (Original Song Score). Kris Kristofferson.

Splash, Touchstone Films Production; Buena Vista.

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen). Screenplay by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman; screen story by Bruce Jay Friedman; based on a story by Brian Grazer.

Starman, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia.

Actor in a Leading Role. Jeff Bridges.

The Stone Carvers, Paul Wagner Productions.

Documentary (Short Subject). Marjorie Hunt and Paul Wagner, Producers.

Streetwise, Bear Creek Productions, Inc.

Documentary (Feature). Cheryl McCall, Producer.

Swing Shift, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Christine Lahti.

Tales of Meeting and Parting, The American Film Institute - Directing Workshop for Women.

Short Films (Live Action). Sharon Oreck and Lesli Linka Glatter, Producers.

The Times of Harvey Milk, Black Sand Educational Productions, Inc.

Documentary (Feature). Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen, Producers.

2010, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Presentation of a Peter Hyams Film Production; MGM/UA.

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by Albert Brenner; set decoration by Rick Simpson.

Costume Design. Patricia Norris.

Makeup. Michael Westmore.

Sound. Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Carlos De Larios and Gene S. Cantamessa.

Visual Effects. Richard Edlund, Neil Krepela, George Jenson and Mark Stetson.

Under the Volcano, Ithaca Enterprises Production; Universal. (Mexico, USA)

Actor in a Leading Role. Albert Finney.

Music (Original Score). Alex North.

Up, Pyramid Films.

Short Films (Live Action). Mike Hoover, Producer.

Wartime Romance, Odessa Film Studio Production. (Soviet Union)

Foreign Language Film.

The Woman in Red, Woman in Red Production; Orion.

Music (Original Song). “I Just Called to Say I Love You”. Music and lyric by Stevie Wonder.