Past Winners

1985 Oscar Winners

Best Picture

Out of Africa
The Color Purple
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Prizzi's Honor
Witness

Best Actor in a Leading Role

William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman
James Garner, Murphy’s Romance
Jack Nicholson, Prizzi’s Honor
Jon Voight, Runaway Train
Harrison Ford, Witness

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Geraldine Page, Trip to Bountiful
Anne Bancroft, Agnes of God
Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple
Meryl Streep, Out of Africa
Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Don Ameche, Cocoon
Robert Loggia, Jagged Edge
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Out of Africa
William Hickey, Prizzi’s Honor
Eric Roberts, Runaway Train

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Anjelica Huston, Prizzi’s Honor
Meg Tilly, Agnes of God
Margaret Avery, The Color Purple
Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple
Amy Madigan, Twice a Lifetime

Best Director

Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa
Hector Babenco, Kiss of the Spider Woman
John Huston, Prizzi’s Honor
Akira Kurosawa, Ran
Peter Weir, Witness

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