The 1983 Academy Awards were presented April 9, 1984 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.
| Best Picture | The Big Chill, Michael Shamberg, producer (Columbia) |
| The Dresser, Peter Yates, producer (Columbia) |
| The Right Stuff, Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, producers (The Ladd Co. through Warner Bros.) |
| Tender Mercies, Philip S. Hobel, producer (Universal) |
| Terms of Endearment, James L. Brooks, producer (Paramount) |
| Actor in a Leading Role | Michael Caine, Educating Rita |
| Tom Conti, Reuben, Reuben |
| Tom Courtenay, The Dresser |
| Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies |
| Albert Finney, The Dresser |
| Actress in a Leading Role | Jane Alexander, Testament |
| Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment |
| Meryl Streep, Silkwood |
| Julie Walters, Educating Rita |
| Debra Winger, Terms of Endearment |
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 Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment Archive Photos |
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| Actor in a Supporting Role | Charles Durning, To Be or Not to Be |
| John Lithgow, Terms of Endearment |
| Jack Nicholson, Terms of Endearment |
| Sam Shepard, The Right Stuff |
| Rip Torn, Cross Creek |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Cher, Silkwood |
| Glenn Close, The Big Chill |
| Linda Hunt, The Year of Living Dangerously |
| Amy Irving, Yentl |
| Alfre Woodard, Cross Creek |
| Directing | Bruce Beresford, Tender Mercies |
| Ingmar Bergman, Fanny & Alexander |
| James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment |
| Mike Nichols, Silkwood |
| Peter Yates, The Dresser |
| Writing | | Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Ingmar Bergman, Fanny & Alexander | | Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen, Silkwood | | Horton Foote, Tender Mercies | | Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek, The Big Chill | | Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, WarGames | | Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium | James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment | | Julius J. Epstein, Reuben, Reuben | | Ronald Harwood, The Dresser | | Harold Pinter, Betrayal | | Willy Russell, Educating Rita |
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| Cinematography | Caleb Deschanel, The Right Stuff |
| William A. Fraker, WarGames |
| Sven Nykvist, Fanny & Alexander |
| Don Peterman, Flashdance |
| Gordon Willis, Zelig |
| Art Direction | Anna Asp, art direction and set decoration, Fanny & Alexander |
| Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard J. Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell and Peter Romero, art direction; Pat Pending and George R. Nelson, set decoration, The Right Stuff |
| Polly Platt and Harold Michelson, art direction; Tom Pedigo and Anthony Mondello, set decoration, Terms of Endearment |
| Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole and James Schoppe, art direction; Michael Ford, set decoration, Return of the Jedi |
| Roy Walker and Leslie Tomkins, art direction; Tessa Davies, set decoration, Yentl |
| Sound | Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom and David MacMillan, The Right Stuff |
| Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom and Tony Dawe, Return of the Jedi |
| Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin and Willie D. Burton, WarGames |
| Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell and Jim Alexander, Terms of Endearment |
| Alan R. Splet, Todd Boekelheide, Randy Thom and David Parker, Never Cry Wolf |
| Music | | Song | “Flashdance…What a Feeling,” Flashdance, Giorgio Moroder, music; Keith Forsey and Irene Cara, lyrics | | “Maniac,” Flashdance, Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky, music and lyrics | | “Over You,” Tender Mercies, Austin Roberts and Bobby Hart, music and lyrics | | “Papa, Can You Hear Me?,” Yentl, Michel Legrand, music; Alan and Marilyn Bergman, lyrics | | “The Way He Makes Me Feel,” Yentl, Michel Legrand, music; Alan and Marilyn Bergman, lyrics | | Original Score | Bill Conti, The Right Stuff | | Jerry Goldsmith, Under Fire | | Michael Gore, Terms of Endearment | | Leonard Rosenman, Cross Creek | | John Williams, Return of the Jedi | | Original Song Score or Adaptation Score | Elmer Bernstein, Trading Places | | Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Yentl | | Lalo Schifrin, The Sting II |
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| Film Editing | Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Steward and Tom Rolf, The Right Stuff |
| Richard Marks, Terms of Endearment |
| Frank Morriss and Edward Abroms, Blue Thunder |
| Sam O'Steen, Silkwood |
| Bud Smith and Walt Mulconery, Flashdance |
| Costume Design | Santo Loquasto, Zelig |
| Anne-Marie Marchand, The Return of Martin Guerre |
| Joe I. Tompkins, Cross Creek |
| Marik Vos, Fanny & Alexander |
| William Ware Theiss, Heart Like a Wheel |
| Sound Effects Editing | Jay Boekelheide, The Right Stuff |
| Ben Burtt, Return of the Jedi |
| Short Films | | Animated | Mickey's Christmas Carol (Burny Mattinson, producer; Walt Disney Productions) | | Sound of Sunshine—Sound of Rain (Eda Godel Hallinan, producer; Hallinan Plus! Production) | | Sundae in New York (Jimmy Picker, producer; Motionpicker Productions) | | Live Action | Boys and Girls (Janice L. Platt, producer; Atlantis Films Ltd. Production) | | Goodie-Two-Shoes (Timeless Films Production; Paramount) | | Overnight Sensation (Jon N. Bloom, producer; Bloom Film Production) |
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| Documentary | | Short Subject | Flamenco at 5: 15 (Cynthia Scott and Adam Symansky, producers; National Film Board of Canada) | | In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? (Vivienne Verdon-Roe and Eric Thiermann, producers; Impact Production) | | Sewing Woman (Arthur Dong, producer; DeepFocus Productions) | | Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudoph (Robert Eisenhardt, producer; Eisenhardt Productions) | | You Are Free (Ihr Zent Frei) (Dea Brokman and Ilene Landis, producers; Brokman/Landis Production) | | Feature | Children of Darkness (Richard Kotuk and Ara Chekmayan, producers; Children of Darkness Production) | | First Contact (Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson, producers; Arundel Production) | | He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (Emile Ardolino, producer; Edgar J. Scherick Associates Production) | | The Profession of Arms, (War Series Film #3) (Michael Bryan and Tina Viljoen, producers; National Film Board of Canada) | | Seeing Red (James Klein and Julia Reichert, producers; Heartland Production) |
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| Foreign Language Film | Carmen, Spain |
| Entre Nous, France |
| Fanny & Alexander, Sweden |
| Job's Revolt, Hungary |
| Le Bal, Algeria |
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 Fanny & Alexander Archive Photos |
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| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | M. J. Frankovich |
| Honorary Award | To Hal Roach in recognition of his unparalleled record of distinguished contributions to the motion picture art form |
| Special Achievement Awards | | Visual Effects | Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Phil Tippett, Return of the Jedi |
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