| Best Picture (Shortlist of 10)
1. Do the Right Thing🏆
2. Cinema Paradiso
3. When Harry Met Sally...
4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
5. Glory
6. Born on the Fourth of July
7. Dead Poets Society
8. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
9. The Abyss
10. Lethal Weapon 2

| Best Director
1. Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing)🏆
2. Edward Zwick (Glory)
3. Rob Reiner (When Harry Met Sally...)
4. Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso)
5. Oliver Stone (Born on the Fourth of July)
6. Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)
7. Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future Part II)
8. James Cameron (The Abyss)
9. Peter Weir (Dead Poets Society)
10. Steven Soderbergh (sex, lies, and videotape)

| Best Actress
1. Sally Field (Steel Magnolias)🏆
2. Meg Ryan (When Harry Met Sally...)
3. Winona Ryder (Heathers)
4. Anjelica Huston (Enemies, A Love Story)
5. Andie MacDowell (sex, lies, and videotape)

| Best Actor
1. Tom Cruise (Born on the Fourth of July)🏆
2. Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally...)
3. Matthew Broderick (Glory)
4. Robin Williams (Dead Poets Society)
5. Morgan Freeman (Driving Miss Daisy)

| Best Supporting Actress
1. Julia Roberts (Steel Magnolias)🏆
2. Carrie Fisher (When Harry Met Sally...)
3. Lena Olin (Enemies, A Love Story)
4. Patti LuPone (Driving Miss Daisy)
5. Michelle Pfeiffer (The Fabulous Baker Boys)

| Best Supporting Actor
1. Denzel Washington (Glory)🏆
2. Sean Connery (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)
3. Morgan Freeman (Glory)
4. Ethan Hawke (Dead Poets Society)
5. Joe Pesci (Lethal Weapon 2)

| Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Cinema Paradiso🏆
2. Born on the Fourth of July
3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
4. Back to the Future Part II
5. Glory

| Best Original Screenplay
1. When Harry Met Sally...🏆
2. Do the Right Thing
3. Dead Poets Society
4. The Abyss
5. sex, lies, and videotape

| Best Cinematography
1. Glory🏆
2. Born on the Fourth of July
3. Do the Right Thing
4. Cinema Paradiso
5. Back to the Future Part II

| Best Production Design
1. Do the Right Thing🏆
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3. Back to the Future Part II
4. Glory
5. Lethal Weapon 2

| Best Film Editing
1. Back to the Future Part II🏆
2. Glory
3. Born on the Fourth of July
4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
5. Do the Right Thing

| Best Costume Design
1. Back to the Future Part II🏆
2. Glory
3. Do the Right Thing
4. Batman
5. Driving Miss Daisy

| Best Makeup and Hairstyling 
1. Do the Right Thing🏆
2. Back to the Future Part II
3. The Abyss
4. Glory
5. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

| Best Sound Mixing
1. Born on the Fourth of July🏆
2. Glory
3. When Harry Met Sally...
4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
5. The Abyss

| Best Sound Editing
1. Batman🏆
2. Born on the Fourth of July
3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
4. Lethal Weapon 2
5. Glory

| Best Score
1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade🏆
2. Born on the Fourth of July
3. Back to the Future Part II
4. The Little Mermaid
5. Field of Dreams

| Best Song
1. Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid/Alan Menken & Howard Ashman)🏆
2. Kiss the Girl (The Little Mermaid/Alan Menken & Howard Ashman)

| Best Visual Effects (Shortlist of 10)
1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade🏆
2. Back to the Future Part II
3. Glory
4. Batman
5. Born on the Fourth of July
6. The Abyss
7. When Harry Met Sally...
8. Lethal Weapon 2
9. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
10. The Karate Kid Part III

| Best Animated Feature
1. The Little Mermaid🏆
2. Kiki's Delivery Service
3. All Dogs Go to Heaven

| Best International Film
1. Cinema Paradiso🏆
2. Kiki's Delivery Service

| Best Movie of 1989
1. Do the Right Thing🏆