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All 1981 Film Awards

List of winners and nominees for all of the major movie awards from 1981!

Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!

Cannes Film Festival – Grand Prize of the Jury

Light Years Away

Alain Tanner

Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or

Man of Iron

Andrzej Wajda

DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

Ordinary People

Robert Redford

Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Coal Miner’s Daughter

Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Drama

Ordinary People

Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

Tess

LAFCA Award – Best Foreign Film

Pixote

Hector Babenco

LAFCA Award – Best Picture

Atlantic City

National Board of Review – Best Film

Chariots of Fire

National Board of Review – Best Film

Reds

New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Film

Reds

New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Foreign Language Film

Pixote

Academy Awards – Best Picture

Ordinary People

Ronald L. Schwary

Academy Awards – International Feature Film

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

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Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film

Marianne & Juliane

Margarethe von Trotta

Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize

Sweet Dreams

Nanni Moretti

Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize

They Don’t Wear Black Tie

Leon Hirszman

Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Adapted Screenplay

Ordinary People

Alvin Sargent

Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Original Screenplay

Melvin and Howard

Bo Goldman