1981 Academy Award® Nominations: winners are underlined.

Best Picture: Atlantic City Chariots of Fire On Golden Pond Raiders of the Lost Ark Reds

Best Director: Warren Beatty, Reds Hugh Hudson, Chariots of Fire Louis Malle, Atlantic City Mark Rydell, On Golden Pond Steven Spielberg, Raiders of the Lost Ark

Best Actor: Warren Beatty, Reds Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond Burt Lancaster, Atlantic City Dudley Moore, Arthur Paul Newman, Absence of Malice

Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond Diane Keaton, Reds Marsha Mason, Only When I Laugh Susan Sarandon, Atlantic City Meryl Streep, The French Lieutenant's Woman

Best Supporting Actor: James Coco, Only When I Laugh John Gielgud, Arthur Ian Holm, Chariots of Fire Jack Nicholson, Reds Howard E. Rollins Jr., Ragtime

Best Supporting Actress: Melinda Dillon, Absence of Malice Jane Fonda, On Golden Pond Joan Hackett, Only When I Laugh Elizabeth McGovern, Ragtime Maureen Stapleton, Reds

Best Original Screenplay:
Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths, Reds
Steve Gordon, Arthur
John Guare, Atlantic City
Kurt Luedtke, Absence of Malice
Colin Welland, Chariots of Fire

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet, Prince of the City
Harold Pinter, The French Lieutenant's Woman
Dennis Potter, Pennies from Heaven
Ernest Thompson, On Golden Pond
Michael Weller, Ragtime

Best Art Direction: The French Lieutenant's Woman Heaven's Gate Ragtime Raiders of the Lost Ark Reds

Best Foreign Film: Das Boot ist voll, Switzerland Czlowiek z zelaza, Poland Doro no kawa, Japan Mephisto, Hungary Tre fratelli, Italy

Best Cinematography: Excalibur On Golden Pond Ragtime Raiders of the Lost Ark Reds

Best Visual Effects: Dragonslayer Raiders of the Lost Ark

Best Original Score: Dave Grusin, On Golden Pond Randy Newman, Ragtime Alex North, Dragonslayer Vangelis, Chariots of Fire John Williams, Raiders of the Lost Ark

Best Makeup: An American Werewolf in London Heartbeeps

Best Costumes: Chariots of Fire The French Lieutenant's Woman Pennies from Heaven Ragtime Reds

Film Editing: Chariots of Fire The French Lieutenant's Woman On Golden Pond Raiders of the Lost Ark Reds

Best Sound: On Golden Pond Outland Pennies from Heaven Raiders of the Lost Ark Reds

Best Original Song:
Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen, "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" from Arthur
Bill Conti, Michael Leeson, "For Your Eyes Only" from For Your Eyes Only
Randy Newman, "One More Hour" from Ragtime
Joe Raposo, "The First Time It Happens" from The Great Muppet Caper
Lionel Richie, "Endless Love" from Endless Love

Documentary Feature: Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey Brooklyn Bridge Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott El Salvador: Another Vietnam Genocide

Documentary, Short Subject: Americas in Transition Close Harmony Journey for Survival See What I Say Urge to Build

Live Action Short Film: Couples and Robbers First Winter Violet

Animated Short Film: Crac The Creation The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin

The Academy Award® ceremonies were held on March 29th, 1982


Winners:
(11 movies)
Chariots of Fire (4) - Picture, Original Screenplay, Score, Costumes
Raiders of the Lost Ark (4) - Art Direction, Visual Effects, Editing, Sound
On Golden Pond (3) - Actor, Actress, Adapted Screenplay
Reds (3) - Director, Supporting Actress, Cinematography
Arthur (2) - Supporting Actor, Song
An American Werewolf in London (1) - Makeup
Mephisto (1) - Foreign Film
Genocide (1) - Documentary Feature
Close Harmony (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Violet (1) - Live Action Short Film
Crac (1) - Animated Short Film

Nomination Totals:
(43 movies)
Commercial English language films:
Absence of Malice (3) - Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay
An American Werewolf in London (1) - Makeup
Arthur (4) - Actor, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Original Song
Atlantic City (5) - Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Original Screenplay
Chariots of Fire (7) - Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Original Score, Costumes, Editing
Dragonslayer (2) - Visual Effects, Original Score
Endless Love (1) - Original Song
Excalibur (1) - Cinematography
For Your Eyes Only (1) - Original Song
The French Lieutenant's Woman (5) - Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Costumes, Editing
On Golden Pond (4) - Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound
The Great Muppet Caper (1) - Original Song
Heartbeeps (1) - Makeup
Heaven's Gate (1) - Art Direction
On Golden Pond (7) - Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actress, Original Score, Editing
Only When I Laugh (3) - Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress
Outland (1) - Sound
Pennies from Heaven (3) - Adapted Screenplay, Costumes, Sound
Prince of the City (1) - Adapted Screenplay
Ragtime (8) - Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Original Score, Costumes, Original Song
Raiders of the Lost Ark (8) - Picture, Director, Art Direction, Cinematography, Visual Effects, Original Score, Editing, Sound
Reds (12) - Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Costumes, Editing, Sound

Foreign language films:
Das Boot ist voll (1) - Foreign Film
Czlowiek z zelaza (1) - Foreign Film
Doro no kawa (1) - Foreign Film
Mephisto (1) - Foreign Film
Tre fratelli (1) - Foreign Film

Documentaries and short films:
Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey (1) - Documentary Feature
Americas in Transition (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Brooklyn Bridge (1) - Documentary Feature
Close Harmony (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Couples and Robbers (1) - Live Action Short Film
Crac (1) - Animated Short Film
The Creation (1) - Animated Short Film
Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott (1) - Documentary Feature
El Salvador: Another Vietnam (1) - Documentary Feature
First Winter (1) - Live Action Short Film
Genocide (1) - Documentary Feature
Journey for Survival (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
See What I Say (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1) - Animated Short Film
Urge to Build (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Violet (1) - Live Action Short Film

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