Homepage awardsarchive_e47t1f 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 JuryLight Years AwayAlain TannerAmazonCannes Film Festival – Palme d’OrMan of IronAndrzej WajdaAmazonDGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature FilmOrdinary PeopleRobert RedfordAmazonGolden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Comedy or MusicalCoal Miner’s DaughterAmazonGolden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – DramaOrdinary PeopleAmazonGolden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Foreign LanguageTessAmazonLAFCA Award – Best Foreign FilmPixoteHector BabencoAmazonLAFCA Award – Best PictureAtlantic CityAmazonNational Board of Review – Best FilmChariots of FireAmazonNational Board of Review – Best FilmRedsAmazonNew York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best FilmRedsAmazonNew York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Foreign Language FilmPixoteAmazonAcademy Awards – Best PictureOrdinary PeopleRonald L. SchwaryAmazonAcademy Awards – International Feature FilmMoscow Does Not Believe in TearsnullAmazonVenice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best FilmMarianne & JulianeMargarethe von TrottaAmazonVenice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Grand Jury PrizeSweet DreamsNanni MorettiAmazonVenice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Grand Jury PrizeThey Don’t Wear Black TieLeon HirszmanAmazonWriters Guild of America Awards – Best Adapted ScreenplayOrdinary PeopleAlvin SargentAmazonWriters Guild of America Awards – Best Original ScreenplayMelvin and HowardBo GoldmanAmazon