Best Dramatic Presentation, 1987

Aliens

James Cameron; Screenplay by James Cameron; Story by James Cameron and David Giler & Walter Hill; based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett

Also on the ballot

  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)Leonard Nimoy; Screenplay by Steve Meerson & Peter Krikes and Harve Bennett & Nicholas Meyer; Story by Leonard Nimoy & Harve Bennett
  • The Fly (1986)David Cronenberg; Screenplay by David Cronenberg and Charles Edward Pogue; Story by George Langelaan
  • Little Shop of Horrors (1986)Frank Oz; Screenplay by Howard Ashman; based on the 1960 screenplay by Charles B. Griffith
  • Labyrinth (1986)Jim Henson; Screenplay by Terry Jones; Story by Dennis Lee and Jim Henson