37th British Academy Film Awards (1984)
Highlights of 37th British Academy Film Awards ceremony
The 37th British Academy Film Awards honored the best films of 1983.
Educating Rita won the Best Film award.
- WINNER
Best Film
Educating Rita
Heat and Dust
Local Hero
Tootsie
Best Foreign Langauge Film
Danton
Best Director
Local Hero
- Bill Forsyth
Heat and Dust
- James Ivory
The King of Comedy
- Martin Scorsese
Tootsie
- Sydney Pollack
Best Leading Actor
Educating Rita
- Michael Caine
Tootsie
- Dustin Hoffman
The Honorary Consul
- Michael Caine
The King of Comedy
- Robert DeNiro
Best Leading Actress
Educating Rita
- Julie Walters
Tootsie
- Jessica Lange
Sophie's Choice
- Meryl Streep
Another Time, Another Place
- Phyllis Logan
Best Screenplay Adapted
Heat and Dust
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Best Screenplay Original
The King of Comedy
- Paul D. Zimmerman
Best Supporting Actor
Trading Places
- Denholm Elliot
The Honorary Consul
- Bob Hoskins
The King of Comedy
- Jerry Lewis
Local Hero
- Burt Lancaster
Best Supporting Actress
Trading Places
- Jamie Lee Curtis
Educating Rita
- Maureen Lipman
Tootsie
- Teri Garr
The Ploughman's Lunch
- Rosemary Harris