The 1991 Academy Awards were presented March 30, 1992 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.
| Best Picture | Beauty and the Beast, Don Hahn, producer (Buena Vista) |
| Bugsy, Barry Levinson and Warren Beatty, producers (TriStar) |
| JFK, A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone, producers (Warner Bros.) |
| The Prince of Tides, Barbra Streisand and Andrew Karsch, producers (Columbia) |
| The Silence of the Lambs, Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman, producers (Orion) |
| Actor in a Leading Role | Warren Beatty, Bugsy |
| Robert De Niro, Cape Fear |
| Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs |
| Nick Nolte, The Prince of Tides |
| Robin Williams, The Fisher King |
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 Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs Archive Photos |
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| Actress in a Leading Role | Geena Davis, Thelma & Louise |
| Laura Dern, Rambling Rose |
| Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs |
| Bette Midler, For the Boys |
| Susan Sarandon, Thelma & Louise |
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Tommy Lee Jones, JFK |
| Harvey Keitel, Bugsy |
| Ben Kingsley, Bugsy |
| Michael Lerner, Barton Fink |
| Jack Palance, City Slickers |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Diane Ladd, Rambling Rose |
| Juliette Lewis, Cape Fear |
| Kate Nelligan, The Prince of Tides |
| Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King |
| Jessica Tandy, Fried Green Tomatoes |
| Directing | Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs |
| Barry Levinson, Bugsy |
| Ridley Scott, Thelma & Louise |
| John Singleton, Boyz N the Hood |
| Oliver Stone, JFK |
| Writing | | Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan, Grand Canyon | | Callie Khouri, Thelma & Louise | | Richard LaGravenese, The Fisher King | | John Singleton, Boyz N the Hood | | James Toback, Bugsy | | Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Pat Conroy and Becky Johnston, The Prince of Tides | | Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski, Fried Green Tomatoes | | Agnieszka Holland, Europa Europa | | Oliver Stone and Zachary Sklar, JFK | | Ted Tally, The Silence of the Lambs |
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| Cinematography | Adrian Biddle, Thelma & Louise |
| Allen Daviau, Bugsy |
| Stephen Goldblatt, The Prince of Tides |
| Adam Greenberg, Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
| Robert Richardson, JFK |
| Art Direction | Mel Bourne, art direction; Cindy Carr, set decoration, The Fisher King |
| Norman Garwood, art direction; Garrett Lewis, set decoration, Hook |
| Dennis Gassner, art direction; Nancy Haigh, set decoration, Barton Fink |
| Dennis Gassner, art direction; Nancy Haigh, set decoration, Bugsy |
| Paul Sylbert, art direction; Caryl Heller, set decoration, The Prince of Tides |
| Sound | Tom Fleischman and Christopher Newman, The Silence of the Lambs |
| Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers and Lee Orloff, Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
| Michael Minkler, Gregg Landaker and Tod A. Maitland, JFK |
| Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane, Beauty and the Beast |
| Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Gary Rydstrom and Glenn Williams, Backdraft |
| Music | | Song | “Beauty and the Beast,” Beauty and the Beast, Alan Menken, music; Howard Ashman, lyrics | | “Belle,” Beauty and the Beast, Alan Menken, music; Howard Ashman, lyrics | | “Be Our Guest,” Beauty and the Beast, Alan Menken, music; Howard Ashman, lyrics | | (Everything I Do) “I Do It for You,” Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Michael Kamen, music; Bryan Adams and Robert John Lange, lyrics | | “When You're Alone,” Hook, John Williams, music; Leslie Bricusse, lyrics | | Original Score | George Fenton, The Fisher King | | James Newton Howard, The Prince of Tides | | Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast | | Ennio Morricone, Bugsy | | John Williams, JFK |
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| Film Editing | Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt and Richard A. Harris, Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
| Gerry Hambling, The Commitments |
| Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia, JFK |
| Craig McKay, The Silence of the Lambs |
| Thom Noble, Thelma & Louise |
| Costume Design | Richard Hornung, Barton Fink |
| Corinne Jorry, Madame Bovary |
| Ruth Myers, The Addams Family |
| Anthony Powell, Hook |
| Albert Wolsky, Bugsy |
| Makeup | Michael Mills, Edward French and Richard Snell, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
| Christina Smith, Monty Westmore and Greg Cannom, Hook |
| Stan Winston and Jeff Dawn, Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
| Visual Effects | Eric Brevig, Harley Jessup, Mark Sullivan and Michael Lantieri, Hook |
| Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Jr. and Robert Skotak, Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
| Mikael Salomon, Allen Hall, Clay Pinney and Scott Farrar, Backdraft |
| Sound Effects Editing | Gary Rydstrom and Gloria S. Borders, Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
| Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns, Backdraft |
| George Watters II and F. Hudson Miller, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
| Short Films | | Animation | Blackfly (Christopher Hinton, producer; National Film Board of Canada) | | Manipulation (Daniel Greaves, producer; Tandem Films Production) | | Strings (Wendy Tilby, producer; National Film Board of Canada) | | Live Action | Birch Street Gym (Stephen Kessler and Thomas R. Conroy, producers; Chanticleer Films) | | Last Breeze of Summer (David M. Massey, producer; American Film Institute) | | Session Man (Seth Winston and Rob Fried, producers; Chanticleer Films) |
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| Documentary | | Short Subject | Birdnesters of Thailand (Shadow Hunters) (Antenne 2/National Geographic Society/M.D.I./Wind Horse Production) | | Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment (Debra Chasnoff, producer; Women's Educational Media, Inc. Production) | | A Little Vicious (Immy Humes, producer; Film and Video Workshop, Inc. Production) | | The Mark of the Maker (David McGowan, producer; McGowan Film and Video, Inc. Production) | | Memorial: Letters From American Soldiers (Bill Couturie and Bernard Edelman, producers; Couturie Company Production) | | Feature | Death on the Job (Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, producers; Half-Court Pictures, Ltd. Production) | | Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House (Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond, producers; Video Verité Production) | | In the Shadow of the Stars (Allie Light and Irving Saraf, producers; Light-Saraf Films Production) | | The Restless Conscience (Hava Kohav Beller, producer; Hava Kohav Beller Production) | | Wild by Law (Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey, producers; Florentine Films Production) |
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| Foreign Language Film | Children of Nature, Iceland |
| The Elementary School, Czechoslovakia |
| Mediterraneo, Italy |
| The Ox, Sweden |
| Raise the Red Lantern, Hong Kong |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | George Lucas |
| Honorary Awards | To Satyajit Ray, in recognition of his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures, and of his profound humanitarian outlook, which has had an indelible influence on filmmakers and audiences throughout the world |
| To Pete Comandini, Richard T. Dayton, Donald Hagans and Richard T. Ryan of YCM Laboratories for the creation and development of a motion picture film restoration process using liquid gate and registration correction on a contact printer |
| To Richard J. Stumpf and Joseph Westheimer for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
