1981 Academy Awards – Best Picture Winner
![Ordinary People Ronald L. Schwary](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ordinary-people-robert-redford-image.jpg)
Ordinary People
Ronald L. Schwary
The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.
1981 Academy Awards – Best Picture Nominees
![Coal Miner's Daughter Bernard Schwartz](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/coal-miners-daughter-michael-apted-image.jpg)
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Bernard Schwartz
![Raging Bull Irwin Winkler](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/raging-bull-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Raging Bull
Irwin Winkler
![Tess Claude Berri](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tess-roman-polanski-image.jpg)
Tess
Claude Berri
![The Elephant Man Jonathan Sanger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-elephant-man-david-lynch-image.jpg)