Oscar winners 1980 – 1989
| Year | Best Picture | Best Director | Best Actor | Best Actress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July | Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot | Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy |
| 1988 | Rain Man | Barry Levinson, Rain Man | Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man | Jodie Foster, The Accused |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor | Michael Douglas, Wall Street | Cher, Moonstruck |
| 1986 | Platoon | Oliver Stone, Platoon | Paul Newman, The Color of Money | Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God |
| 1985 | Out of Africa | Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa | William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman | Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful |
| 1984 | Amadeus | Milos Forman, Amadeus | F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus | Sally Field, Places in the Heart |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment | James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment | Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies | Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Richard Attenborough, Gandhi | Ben Kingsley, Gandhi | Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Warren Beatty, Reds | Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond | Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond |
| 1980 | Ordinary People | Robert Redford, Ordinary People | Robert De Niro, Raging Bull | Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner’s Daughter |
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