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1986 Academy Awards - Best Picture WinnerOut of AfricaSydney PollackIn 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.Amazon1986 Academy Awards - Best Picture NomineesKiss of the Spider WomanDavid WeismanAmazonPrizzi's HonorJohn ForemanAmazonThe Color PurpleSteven SpielbergAmazonWitnessEdward S. FeldmanAmazon

1985 Academy Awards - Best Picture WinnerAmadeusSaul ZaentzThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.Amazon1985 Academy Awards - Best Picture NomineesA Passage to IndiaJohn BrabourneAmazonA Soldier's StoryNorman JewisonAmazonPlaces in the HeartArlene DonovanAmazonThe Killing FieldsDavid PuttnamAmazon

1984 Academy Awards - Best Picture WinnerTerms of EndearmentJames L. BrooksFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love, and her daughter's family problems.Amazon1984 Academy Awards - Best Picture NomineesTender MerciesPhilip HobelAmazonThe Big ChillMichael ShambergAmazonThe DresserPeter YatesAmazonThe Right StuffIrwin WinklerAmazon

1983 Academy Awards - Best Picture WinnerGandhiRichard AttenboroughMohandas K. Gandhi's character is fully explained as a man of nonviolence. Through his patience, he is able to drive the British out of the subcontinent. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed.Amazon1983 Academy Awards - Best Picture NomineesE.T. the Extra-TerrestrialSteven SpielbergAmazonMissingEdward LewisAmazonThe VerdictRichard D. ZanuckAmazonTootsieSydney PollackAmazon

1982 Academy Awards - Best Picture WinnerChariots of FireDavid PuttnamTwo British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.Amazon1982 Academy Awards - Best Picture NomineesAtlantic CityDenis HérouxAmazonOn Golden PondBruce GilbertAmazonRaiders of the Lost ArkFrank MarshallAmazonRedsWarren BeattyAmazon

1981 Academy Awards - Best Picture WinnerOrdinary PeopleRonald L. SchwaryThe 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.Amazon1981 Academy Awards - Best Picture NomineesCoal Miner's DaughterBernard SchwartzAmazonRaging BullIrwin WinklerAmazonTessClaude BerriAmazonThe Elephant ManJonathan SangerAmazon

1980 Academy Awards - Best Picture WinnerKramer vs. KramerStanley R. JaffeTed Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.Amazon1980 Academy Awards - Best Picture NomineesAll That JazzRobert Alan AurthurAmazonApocalypse NowFrancis Ford CoppolaAmazonBreaking AwayPeter YatesAmazonNorma RaeTamara AsseyevAmazon

1979 Academy Awards - Best Picture WinnerThe Deer HunterBarry SpikingsAn in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.Amazon1979 Academy Awards - Best Picture NomineesAn Unmarried WomanPaul MazurskyAmazonComing HomeJerome HellmanAmazonHeaven Can WaitWarren BeattyAmazonMidnight ExpressAlan MarshallAmazon

1978 Academy Awards - Best Picture WinnerAnnie HallCharles H. JoffeNeurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditzy Annie Hall.Amazon1978 Academy Awards - Best Picture NomineesJuliaRichard RothAmazonStar Wars: Episode IV - A New HopeGary KurtzAmazonThe Goodbye GirlRay StarkAmazonThe Turning PointHerbert RossAmazon

1977 Academy Awards - Best Picture WinnerRockyIrwin WinklerA small-time boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight a heavy-weight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.Amazon1977 Academy Awards - Best Picture NomineesAll the President's MenWalter CoblenzAmazonBound for GloryRobert F. BlumofeAmazonNetworkHoward GottfriedAmazonTaxi DriverMichael PhillipsAmazon