39th British Academy Film Awards (1986)

Best Film

The Purple Rose of Cairo
Amadeus
Back to the Future
A Passage to India
Witness

Best Foreign Langauge Film

Oberst Redl

Best Leading Actor

Kiss of the Spider Woman - William Hurt
A Passage To India - Victor Bannerjee
Witness - Harrison Ford
Amadeus - F.Murray Abraham

Best Leading Actress

A Passage to India - Peggy Ashcroft
Witness - Kelly McGillis
The Purple Rose of Cairo - Mia Farrow
Letter to Brezhnev - Alexandra Pigg

Best Special Visual Effects

Brazil
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Back to the Future
Legend

Best Screenplay Adapted

Prizzi's Honor - Richard Condon, Janet Roach
A Passage to India - David Lean
Amadeus - Peter Shaffe
The Shooting Party - Julian Bond

Best Screenplay Original

The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen
Back to the Future - Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
My Beautiful Laundrette - Hanif Kureishi
Witness - Earl Wallace, William Kelley

Best Cinematography

Amadeus - Miroslav Ondricek
A Passage to India - Ernest Day
The Emerald Forest - Philippe Rousselot
Witness - John Seale

Best Editing

Amadeus - Nna Danevic, Michael Chandler
Witness - Thom Noble
A Chorus Line - John Bloom
Back to the Future - Arthur Schmidt, Harry Keramidas

Best Production Design

Brazil - Norman Garwood
Amadeus - Patrizia von Brandenstein
A Passage to India - John Box
Back to the Future - Lawrence Paull

Best Costume Design

The Cotton Club - Milena Canonero
Amadeus - Theodor Pistek
A Passage to India - Judy Moorcroft
Legend - Charles Knode

Best Sound

Amadeus
The Cotton Club
Carmen
A Chorus Line

Best Supporting Actor

Defence of the Realm - Denholm Elliot
My Beautiful Laundrette - Saeed Jaffery
A Passage to India - James Fox
Plenty - John Gielgud

Best Supporting Actress

Desperately Seeking Susan - Rosanna Arquette
Plenty - Tracey Ullman
Prizzi's Honor - Anjelica Huston
Wetherby - Judi Dench

Best Make-Up and Hair

Amadeus - Paul LeBlanc, Dick Smith
The Emerald Forest - Peter Frampton, Paul Engelen, Anna Dryhurst, Luis Michelotti
Legend - Peter Robb-King, Rob Bottin
Mask - Michael Westmore

Fellowship Award

Jeremy Isaacs

Best Score

Witness - Maurice Jarre
A Passage to India - Maurice Jarre
Beverly Hills Cop - Harold Faltermeyer
The Emerald Forest - Junior Homrich, Brian Gascoigne