Best Dramatic Presentation, 1984
Return of the Jedi
Richard Marquand; Written by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas; Story by George Lucas
Also on the ballot
- The Right Stuff (1983)Philip Kaufmann; Screenplay by Philip Kaufmann; based on the book by Tom Wolfe
- WarGames (1983)John Badham; Written by Lawrence Lasker & Walter F. Parkes
- Brainstorm (1983)Douglas Trumbull; Screenplay by Philip Frank Messina and Robert Stitzel; Story by Bruce Joel Rubin
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)Jack Clayton; Written by Ray Bradbury; based on the novel by Ray Bradbury