Winner

Bernardo Bertolucci

The Last Emperor

Nominated

James L. Brooks

Broadcast News

Adrian Lyne

Fatal Attraction

John Boorman

Hope and Glory

Richard Attenborough

Cry Freedom

Winner

My Life as a Dog

Nominated

Repentance

Au Revoir Les Enfants

Dark Eyes

Jean de Florette

Winner

Escape from Sobibor

Nominated

After the Promise

Foxfire

Echoes in the Darkness

Winner

Hope and Glory

Nominated

Baby Boom

Moonstruck

Broadcast News

Dirty Dancing

Winner

The Last Emperor

Nominated

Cry Freedom

Empire of the Sun

Nuts

La Bamba

Fatal Attraction

Winner

The Last Emperor

Ryuichi Sakamoto

David Byrne

Cong Su

Nominated

The Untouchables

Ennio Morricone

The Glass Menagerie

Henry Mancini

Empire of the Sun

John Williams

Cry Freedom

George Fenton

Jonas Gwangwa

Winner

Dirty Dancing

Franke Previte

John DeNicola

Donald Markowitz

Nominated

Who's That Girl

Patrick Leonard

Madonna

Beverly Hills Cop II

Harold Faltermeyer

Keith Forsey

Bob Seger

The Secret of My Success

Jack Blades

David Foster

Tom Keane

Michael Landau

Mannequin

Albert Hammond

Diane Warren

Winner

Randy Quaid

LBJ: The Early Years

Nominated

James Woods

In Love and War

Jack Lemmon

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Judd Nelson

Billionaire Boys Club

Alan Arkin

Escape from Sobibor

Mark Harmon

After the Promise

Winner

Robin Williams

Good Morning, Vietnam

Nominated

William Hurt

Broadcast News

Nicolas Cage

Moonstruck

Patrick Swayze

Dirty Dancing

Steve Martin

Roxanne

Danny DeVito

Throw Momma from the Train

Winner

Michael Douglas

Wall Street

Nominated

Jack Nicholson

Ironweed

Denzel Washington

Cry Freedom

John Lone

The Last Emperor

Nick Nolte

Weeds

Winner

Sean Connery

The Untouchables

Nominated

Rob Lowe

Square Dance

Morgan Freeman

Street Smart

Richard Dreyfuss

Nuts

R. Lee Ermey

Full Metal Jacket

Winner

Rutger Hauer

Escape from Sobibor

Nominated

John Larroquette

Night Court

Gordon Thomson

Dynasty

John Hillerman

Magnum, P.I.

Dabney Coleman

Sworn to Silence

Kirk Cameron

Growing Pains

Alan Rachins

L.A. Law

Brian McNamara

Billionaire Boys Club

Winner

Dabney Coleman

The Slap Maxwell Story

Nominated

Bruce Willis

Moonlighting

John Ritter

Hooperman

Michael J. Fox

Family Ties

Alan Thicke

Growing Pains

Winner

Richard Kiley

A Year in the Life

Nominated

Tom Selleck

Magnum, P.I.

Harry Hamlin

L.A. Law

Edward Woodward

The Equalizer

Michael Tucker

L.A. Law

Winner

Gena Rowlands

The Betty Ford Story

Nominated

Ann-Margret

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

Farrah Fawcett

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

Raquel Welch

Right to Die

Shirley MacLaine

Out on a Limb

Winner

Cher

Moonstruck

Nominated

Jennifer Grey

Dirty Dancing

Holly Hunter

Broadcast News

Bette Midler

Outrageous Fortune

Diane Keaton

Baby Boom

Winner

Sally Kirkland

Anna

Nominated

Glenn Close

Fatal Attraction

Faye Dunaway

Barfly

Rachel Chagall

Gaby: A True Story

Barbra Streisand

Nuts

Winner

Olympia Dukakis

Moonstruck

Nominated

Vanessa Redgrave

Prick Up Your Ears

Norma Aleandro

Gaby: A True Story

Anne Archer

Fatal Attraction

Anne Ramsey

Throw Momma from the Train

Winner

Claudette Colbert

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

Nominated

Christine Lahti

Amerika

Julia Duffy

Newhart

Allyce Beasley

Moonlighting

Rhea Perlman

Cheers

Winner

Tracey Ullman

The Tracey Ullman Show

Nominated

Cybill Shepherd

Moonlighting

Bea Arthur

The Golden Girls

Rue McClanahan

The Golden Girls

Betty White

The Golden Girls

Winner

Susan Dey

L.A. Law

Nominated

Linda Hamilton

Beauty and the Beast

Jill Eikenberry

L.A. Law

Angela Lansbury

Murder, She Wrote

Sharon Gless

Cagney & Lacey

Winner

The Last Emperor

Mark Peploe

Bernardo Bertolucci

Enzo Ungari

Nominated

House of Games

David Mamet

Broadcast News

James L. Brooks

Moonstruck

John Patrick Shanley

Hope and Glory

John Boorman

Winner

The Golden Girls

Nominated

Moonlighting

Cheers

Frank's Place

Hooperman

Family Ties

Winner

L.A. Law

Nominated

Murder, She Wrote

St. Elsewhere

Beauty and the Beast

A Year in the Life

Thirtysomething