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Oscars 1989 Winners & Nominees

The 61st Academy Awards (1989) took place on March 29, 1989. Rain Man won Best Picture and 3 more awards. Who Framed Roger Rabbit matched it with 4 wins. Every winner and nominee in all 21 categories is below.

All 21 categories Most wins
categories
21
nominations
71
films nominated
27
winners
18
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Best Picture
Rain Man
Headline winners

Oscars 1989: The Winners

Rain Man won Best Picture against 4 other nominees. Barry Levinson (Best Director), Dustin Hoffman (Best Actor) and Jodie Foster (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Rain Man (1988) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Rain Man

1988 · Drama · $355M worldwide

4 wins from 8 nominations at the 61st Academy Awards (1989)

  • Best Actor
  • Best Director
  • Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Charlie Babbitt is stunned to learn his autistic older brother, Raymond, is the heir to a substantial inheritance. Determined to get his hands on the money, Charlie impulsively takes Raymond on a cross-country road trip from Cincinnati to Los Angeles. During their journey, the brothers experience unexpected moments of connection and understanding, leading to personal growth and a reevaluation of their relationship.

About Rain Man
Scoreboard

Oscars 1989: Which Films Won the Most

Rain Man and Who Framed Roger Rabbit won 4 awards each. 10 films won at least once, while Die Hard went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Rain Man (1988) movie poster
    Rain Man 4 / 8
    1988 · Drama · 4 wins from 8 nominations
  2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) movie poster
    Who Framed Roger Rabbit 4 / 7
    1988 · Mystery, Fantasy · 4 wins from 7 nominations
  3. Dangerous Liaisons (2022) movie poster
    Dangerous Liaisons 3 / 7
    2022 · Drama, Romance · 3 wins from 7 nominations
  4. Mississippi Burning (1989) movie poster
    Mississippi Burning 1 / 7
    1989 · Drama, Mystery · 1 win from 7 nominations
  5. Working Girl (1988) movie poster
    Working Girl 1 / 6
    1988 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 6 nominations
  6. The Accidental Tourist (1988) movie poster
    The Accidental Tourist 1 / 4
    1988 · Drama, Romance · 1 win from 4 nominations
  7. A Fish Called Wanda (1988) movie poster
    A Fish Called Wanda 1 / 3
    1988 · Comedy, Crime · 1 win from 3 nominations
  8. The Accused (1988) movie poster
    The Accused 1 / 1
    1988 · Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  9. Beetlejuice (1988) movie poster
    Beetlejuice 1 / 1
    1988 · Fantasy, Comedy · 1 win from 1 nomination
  10. Bird (1988) movie poster
    Bird 1 / 1
    1988 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
Full results

All 21 Oscars 1989 Categories: Winners & Nominees

21 categories and 71 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.

21 categories · 71 nominations

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Oscars 1989 Best Documentary Feature

Official name: Documentary (Feature)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Movie marathon

The Oscars 1989 Best Picture Marathon

All 5 Best Picture nominees at the 61st Academy Awards (1989), back to back: 10 hours 4 minutes.

Total running time 10h 4m 10 hours 4 minutes All 5 films
Longest
Rain Man 2h 13m
Shortest
Dangerous Liaisons 1h 49m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1989 Winners

Drama led with 52 nominations across 19 films and won 12. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 12 wins · 52 nominations · 23%
  2. Romance 5 wins · 28 nominations · 18%
  3. Crime 6 wins · 26 nominations · 23%
  4. Comedy 7 wins · 25 nominations · 28%
  5. Mystery 5 wins · 14 nominations · 36%
  6. Thriller 1 win · 12 nominations · 8%
  7. Fantasy 5 wins · 11 nominations · 45%
  8. Animation 4 wins · 7 nominations · 57%
  9. Family 4 wins · 7 nominations · 57%
  10. Action 0 wins · 7 nominations · 0%
1989 season

How the Rest of the 1989 Awards Season Voted

The other 4 ceremonies of 1989, with the winner of each top prize.

All 1989 awards
Earlier years

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.

Every Oscars ceremony

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Oscars 1989: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 61st Academy Awards (1989), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 61st Academy Awards (1989)?

Rain Man (1988) won Best Picture. The other nominees were The Accidental Tourist, Dangerous Liaisons, Mississippi Burning and Working Girl.

About Rain Man

Which film won the most awards at the 61st Academy Awards (1989)?

Rain Man and Who Framed Roger Rabbit each won 4 awards.

Which film had the most nominations at the 61st Academy Awards (1989)?

Rain Man (1988) led with 8 nominations and won 4 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 61st Academy Awards (1989)?

Best Director: Barry Levinson for Rain Man. Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman for Rain Man. Best Actress: Jodie Foster for The Accused. Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Kline for A Fish Called Wanda. Best Supporting Actress: Geena Davis for The Accidental Tourist.

When was the 61st Academy Awards (1989)?

The 61st Academy Awards (1989) took place on March 29, 1989. The database has 21 categories and 71 nominations for it.