The 1992 Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1993 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.
| Best Picture | The Crying Game, Stephen Woolley, producer (Miramax) |
| A Few Good Men, David Brown, Rob Reiner and Andrew Scheinman, producers (Columbia) |
| Howards End, Ismail Merchant, producer (Sony Pictures Classics) |
| Scent of a Woman, Martin Brest, producer (Universal) |
| Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood, producer (Warner Bros.) |
| Actor in a Leading Role | Robert Downey, Jr., Chaplin |
| Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven |
| Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman |
| Stephen Rea, The Crying Game |
| Denzel Washington, Malcolm X |
| Actress in a Leading Role | Catherine Deneuve, Indochine |
| Mary McDonnell, Passion Fish |
| Michelle Pfeiffer, Love Field |
| Susan Sarandon, Lorenzo's Oil |
| Emma Thompson, Howards End |
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 Emma Thompson, Howards End Archive Photos |
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| Actor in a Supporting Role | Jaye Davidson, The Crying Game |
| Gene Hackman, Unforgiven |
| Jack Nicholson, A Few Good Men |
| Al Pacino, Glengarry Glen Ross |
| David Paymer, Mr. Saturday Night |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Judy Davis, Husbands and Wives |
| Joan Plowright, Enchanted April |
| Vanessa Redgrave, Howards End |
| Miranda Richardson, Damage |
| Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny |
| Directing | Robert Altman, The Player |
| Martin Brest, Scent of a Woman |
| Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven |
| James Ivory, Howards End |
| Neil Jordan, The Crying Game |
| Writing | | Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Woody Allen, Husbands and Wives | | Neil Jordan, The Crying Game | | George Miller and Nick Enright, Lorenzo's Oil | | John Sayles, Passion Fish | | David Webb Peoples, Unforgiven | | Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Peter Barnes, Enchanted April | | Richard Friedenberg, A River Runs Through It | | Bo Goldman, Scent of a Woman | | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Howards End | | Michael Tolkin, The Player |
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| Cinematography | Stephen H. Burum, Hoffa |
| Robert Fraisse, The Lover |
| Jack N. Green, Unforgiven |
| Tony Pierce-Roberts, Howards End |
| Philippe Rousselot, A River Runs Through It |
| Art Direction | Luciana Arrighi, art direction; lan Whittaker, set decoration, Howards End |
| Henry Bumstead, art direction; Janice Blackie-Goodine, set decoration, Unforgiven |
| Stuart Craig, art direction; Chris A. Butler, set decoration, Chaplin |
| Thomas Sanders, art direction; Garrett Lewis, set decoration, Bram Stoker's Dracula |
| Ferdinando Scarfiotti, art direction; Linda DeScenna, set decoration, Toys |
| Sound | Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander and Rob Young, Unforgiven |
| Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith and Simon Kaye, The Last of the Mohicans |
| Don Mitchell, Frank A. Montano, Rick Hart and Scott Smith, Under Siege |
| Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline and Bob Eber, A Few Good Men |
| Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane, Aladdin |
| Music | | Song | “Beautiful Maria of My Soul,” The Mambo Kings, Robert Kraft, music; Arne Glimcher, lyrics | | “Friend Like Me,” Aladdin, Alan Menken, music; Howard Ashman, lyrics | | “I Have Nothing,” The Bodyguard, David Foster, music; Linda Thompson, lyrics | | “Run to You,” The Bodyguard, Jud Friedman, music; Allan Rich, lyrics | | “A Whole New World,” Aladdin, Alan Menken, music; Tim Rice, lyrics | | Original Score | John Barry, Chaplin | | Jerry Goldsmith, Basic Instinct | | Mark Isham, A River Runs Through It | | Alan Menken, Aladdin | | Richard Robbins, Howards End |
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| Film Editing | Joel Cox, Unforgiven |
| Robert Leighton, A Few Good Men |
| Kant Pan, The Crying Game |
| Geraldine Peroni, The Player |
| Frank J. Urioste, Basic Instinct |
| Costume Design | Jenny Beavan and John Bright, Howards End |
| Ruth Carter, Malcolm X |
| Eiko Ishioka, Bram Stoker's Dracula |
| Sheena Napier, Enchanted April |
| Albert Wolsky, Toys |
| Makeup | Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke and Matthew W. Mungle, Bram Stoker's Dracula |
| Ve Neill, Greg Cannom and John Blake, Hoffa |
| Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter and Stan Winston, Batman Returns |
| Visual Effects | Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff, Jr. and George Gibbs, Alien3 |
| Michael Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno and Dennis Skotak, Batman Returns |
| Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe and Tom Woodruff, Jr., Death Becomes Her |
| Sound Effects Editing | John Leveque and Bruce Stambler, Under Siege |
| Mark Mangini, Aladdin |
| Tom C. McCarthy and David E. Stone, Bram Stoker's Dracula |
| Short Films | | Animation | Adam (Peter Lord, producer; Aardman Animations Ltd. Production) | | Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (Joan C. Gratz, producer; Joan C. Gratz Production) | | Reci, Reci, Reci…(Words, Words, Words) (Michaela Pavlátov á, producer; Krátky Film Production) | | The Sandman (Paul Berry, producer; Batty Berry Mackinnon Production) | | Screen Play (Barry J.C. Purves, producer; Bare Boards Film Production) | | Live Action | Contact (Jonathan Darby and Jana Sue Memel, producers; Chanticleer Films) | | Cruise Control (Matt Palmieri, producer; Palmieri Pictures Production) | | The Lady in Waiting (Christian M. Taylor, producer; Taylor Made Films Production) | | Omnibus (Sam Karmann, producer; Lazennec tout court/Le C.R.R.A.V. Production) | | Swan Song (Kenneth Branagh and David Parfitt, producers; Renaissance Film PLC Production) |
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| Documentary | | Short Subject | At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai (Geoffrey O'Connor, producer; Realis Pictures Inc. Production) | | Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the “Little Review” (Wendy L. Weinberg, producer; Wendy L. Weinberg Production) | | The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein (Imageries P.B. Ltd. Production in coproduction with the National Film Board of Canada) | | Educating Peter (Thomas C. Goodwin and Gerardine Wurzburg, producers; State of the Art, Inc. Production) | | When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories (Dorothy Fadiman, producer; Concentric Media Production) | | Feature | Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker (David Haugland, producer; Intrepid Production) | | Fires of Kuwait (Black Sun Films, Ltd./IMAX Corporation Production) | | Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (William Miles and Nina Rosenblum, producers; Miles Educational Film Productions, Inc.) | | Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (Alternate Current Inc./Les Films d'Ici Production) | | The Panama Deception (Barbara Trent and David Kasper, producers; Empowerment Project Production) |
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| Foreign Language Film | Close to Eden, Russia |
| Daens, Belgium |
| Indochine, France |
| A Place in the World, Uruguay (This film was declared ineligible and removed from the final ballot because it had insufficient Uruguayian artistic control.) |
| Schtonk, Germany |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Audrey Hepburn |
| Elizabeth Taylor |
| Honorary Awards | To Federico Fellini in appreciation of one of the screen's master storytellers |
| To Petro Vlahos in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
