| Best Motion Picture | | Drama | Comedy or Musical |
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- Kramer vs. Kramer
- Apocalypse Now
- The China Syndrome
- Manhattan
- Norma Rae
| - Breaking Away
- 10
- Being There
- Hair
- The Rose
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| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama |
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| Actor | Actress |
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- 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
- Jon Voight – The Champ as Billy Flynn
- James Woods – The Onion Field as Gregory Powell
| - Sally Field – Norma Rae as Norma Rae Webster
- Jill Clayburgh – La Luna as Caterina Silveri
- Lisa Eichhorn – Yanks as Jean Moreton
- Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome as Kimberly Wells
- Marsha Mason – Promises in the Dark as Dr. Alexandra Kendall
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| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical |
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| Actor | Actress |
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- Peter Sellers – Being There as Chance
- George Hamilton – Love at First Bite as Count Dracula
- Dudley Moore – 10 as George Webber
- Burt Reynolds – Starting Over as Phil Potter
- Roy Scheider – All That Jazz as Joe Gideon
| - Bette Midler – The Rose as Mary Rose Foster
- Julie Andrews – 10 as Samantha Taylor
- Jill Clayburgh – Starting Over Marilyn Holmberg
- Shirley MacLaine – Being There as Eve Rand
- Marsha Mason – Chapter Two as Jennie MacLaine
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| Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical |
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| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
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- Melvyn Douglas – Being There as Benjamin Rand
- Robert Duvall – Apocalypse Now as Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore
- Frederic Forrest – The Rose as Huston Dyer
- Justin Henry – Kramer vs. Kramer as Billy Kramer
- Laurence Olivier – A Little Romance as Julius
| - Meryl Streep – Kramer vs. Kramer as Joanna Kramer
- Jane Alexander – Kramer vs. Kramer as Margaret Phelps
- Kathleen Beller – Promises in the Dark as Elizabeth (Buffy) Koenig
- Candice Bergen – Starting Over as Jessica Potter
- Valerie Harper – Chapter Two as Faye Medwick
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| Other |
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| Best Director | Best Screenplay |
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- ' Francis Ford Coppola – Apocalypse Now
- Hal Ashby – Being There
- Robert Benton – Kramer vs. Kramer
- James Bridges – The China Syndrome
- Peter Yates – Breaking Away
| - ' Kramer vs. Kramer – Robert Benton
- Being There – Jerzy Kosinski
- Breaking Away – Steve Tesich
- The China Syndrome – James Bridges, T. S. Cook and Mike Gray
- Norma Rae – Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch
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| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
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- Apocalypse Now – Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola
- 10 – Henry Mancini
- Alien – Jerry Goldsmith
- The Amityville Horror – Lalo Schifrin
- The Black Stallion – Carmine Coppola
- A Little Romance – Georges Delerue
- The Motion Picture – Jerry Goldsmith
| - ' "The Rose" (Amanda McBroom) – The Rose
- "Better Than Ever" (Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager) – Starting Over
- "The Main Event" (Paul Jabara, Bruce Roberts) – The Main Event
- "Rainbow Connection" (Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher) – The Muppet Movie
- "Through the Eyes of Love" (Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager) – Ice Castles
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| New Star of the Year – Actor | New Star of the Year – Actress |
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- Ricky Schroder – The Champ as Timothy Joseph ("T.J.") Flynn
- Dennis Christopher – Breaking Away as Dave Stoller
- Justin Henry – Kramer vs. Kramer as Billy Kramer
- Dean Paul Martin – Players as Chris
- Treat Williams – Hair as George Berger
| - Bette Midler – The Rose as Mary Rose Foster
- Susan Anton – Goldengirl as Goldine
- Bo Derek – 10 as Jenny Hanley
- Lisa Eichhorn – Yanks as Jean Moreton
- Lynn-Holly Johnson – Ice Castles as Alexis "Lexie" Winston
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| Best Foreign Film |
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- La Cage aux Folles (France)
- The Europeans (United Kingdom)
- The Marriage of Maria Braun (West Germany)
- Soldier of Orange (Netherlands)
- Till Marriage Do Us Part (Italy)
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