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Oscars 1986 Winners & Nominees

The 58th Academy Awards (1986) took place on March 24, 1986. Out of Africa won Best Picture and 6 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 18 categories is below.

All 18 categories Most wins
categories
18
nominations
78
films nominated
25
winners
17
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Best Picture
Out of Africa
Headline winners

Oscars 1986: The Winners

Out of Africa won Best Picture against 4 other nominees. Sydney Pollack (Best Director), William Hurt (Best Actor) and Geraldine Page (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Out of Africa (1985) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Out of Africa

1985 · Biography, Drama, Romance · $228M worldwide

7 wins from 11 nominations at the 58th Academy Awards (1986)

  • Best Art Direction
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Director
  • Best Original Score
  • Best Sound
  • Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

A captivating story follows Karen Blixen as she leaves her life in Denmark to establish a coffee plantation in colonial Kenya. There, she experiences the beauty and challenges of the African landscape and finds herself drawn into a complex relationship with hunter Denys. Torn between her marriage and a passionate but unattainable love, Karen grapples with questions of identity, independence, and the allure of a life far removed from her privileged past.

About Out of Africa
Scoreboard

Oscars 1986: Which Films Won the Most

Out of Africa won 7 awards from 11 nominations. 9 films won at least once, while The Color Purple went home empty-handed from 10 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Out of Africa (1985) movie poster
    Out of Africa 7 / 11
    1985 · Biography, Drama · 7 wins from 11 nominations
  2. Witness (1985) movie poster
    Witness 2 / 8
    1985 · Drama, Thriller · 2 wins from 8 nominations
  3. Cocoon (1985) movie poster
    Cocoon 2 / 2
    1985 · Sci-Fi · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  4. Prizzi's Honor (1985) movie poster
    Prizzi's Honor 1 / 8
    1985 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 8 nominations
  5. Kiss of the Spider Woman (re-release) (2001) movie poster
    Kiss of the Spider Woman (re-release) 1 / 4
    2001 · Drama · 1 win from 4 nominations
  6. Ran (1985) movie poster
    Ran 1 / 4
    1985 · Action, Drama · 1 win from 4 nominations
  7. Back to the Future (1985) movie poster
    Back to the Future 1 / 4
    1985 · Adventure, Sci-Fi · 1 win from 4 nominations
  8. The Trip to Bountiful (1986) movie poster
    The Trip to Bountiful 1 / 2
    1986 · Drama · 1 win from 2 nominations
  9. White Nights (1985) movie poster
    White Nights 1 / 1
    1985 · Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  10. The Color Purple (1985) movie poster
    The Color Purple 0 / 10
    1985 · Drama · 0 wins from 10 nominations
Full results

All 18 Oscars 1986 Categories: Winners & Nominees

18 categories and 78 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

18 categories · 78 nominations

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Oscars 1986 Best Foreign Language Film

Official name: Foreign Language Film

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1986 Winners

Drama led with 65 nominations across 17 films and won 14. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 14 wins · 65 nominations · 22%
  2. Romance 10 wins · 29 nominations · 34%
  3. Comedy 2 wins · 19 nominations · 11%
  4. Thriller 2 wins · 14 nominations · 14%
  5. Adventure 1 win · 13 nominations · 8%
  6. Biography 7 wins · 12 nominations · 58%
  7. Action 1 win · 10 nominations · 10%
  8. Sci-Fi 3 wins · 8 nominations · 38%
  9. Crime 1 win · 8 nominations · 13%
  10. Fantasy 0 wins · 7 nominations · 0%
1986 season

How the Rest of the 1986 Awards Season Voted

The other 6 ceremonies of 1986, with the winner of each top prize.

All 1986 awards
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Previous Oscars Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Oscars page has every year back to 1929.

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Oscars 1986: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 58th Academy Awards (1986), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 58th Academy Awards (1986)?

Out of Africa (1985) won Best Picture. The other nominees were The Color Purple, Kiss of the Spider Woman (re-release), Prizzi's Honor and Witness.

About Out of Africa

Which film won the most awards at the 58th Academy Awards (1986)?

Out of Africa (1985) won the most: 7 awards from 11 nominations. Witness and Cocoon followed with 2 wins each.

Which film had the most nominations at the 58th Academy Awards (1986)?

Out of Africa (1985) led with 11 nominations and won 7 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 58th Academy Awards (1986)?

Best Director: Sydney Pollack for Out of Africa. Best Actor: William Hurt for Kiss of the Spider Woman (re-release). Best Actress: Geraldine Page for The Trip to Bountiful. Best Supporting Actor: Don Ameche for Cocoon. Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston for Prizzi's Honor.

When was the 58th Academy Awards (1986)?

The 58th Academy Awards (1986) took place on March 24, 1986. The database has 18 categories and 78 nominations for it.