Academy Awards

1972 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerThe French ConnectionWilliam FriedkinA pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.Amazon1972 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesA Clockwork OrangeStanley KubrickAmazonFiddler on the RoofNorman JewisonAmazonSunday Bloody SundayJohn SchlesingerAmazonThe Last Picture ShowPeter BogdanovichAmazon

1973 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerCabaretBob FosseA female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.Amazon1973 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesDeliveranceJohn BoormanAmazonSleuthJoseph L. MankiewiczAmazonThe EmigrantsJan TroellAmazonThe GodfatherFrancis Ford CoppolaAmazon

1974 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerThe StingGeorge Roy HillTwo grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.Amazon1974 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesAmerican GraffitiGeorge LucasAmazonCries & WhispersIngmar BergmanAmazonLast Tango in ParisBernardo BertolucciAmazonThe ExorcistWilliam FriedkinAmazon

1975 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerThe Godfather: Part IIFrancis Ford CoppolaThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.Amazon1975 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesA Woman Under the InfluenceJohn CassavetesAmazonChinatownRoman PolanskiAmazonDay for NightFrançois TruffautAmazonLennyBob FosseAmazon

1976 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestMilos FormanA criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.Amazon1976 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesAmarcordFederico FelliniAmazonBarry LyndonStanley KubrickAmazonDog Day AfternoonSidney LumetAmazonNashvilleRobert AltmanAmazon

1977 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerRockyJohn G. AvildsenA 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 - Directing NomineesAll the President's MenAlan J. PakulaAmazonFace to FaceIngmar BergmanAmazonNetworkSidney LumetAmazonSeven BeautiesLina WertmüllerAmazon

1978 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerAnnie HallWoody AllenNeurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditzy Annie Hall.Amazon1978 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesClose Encounters of the Third KindSteven SpielbergAmazonJuliaFred ZinnemannAmazonStar Wars: Episode IV - A New HopeGeorge LucasAmazonThe Turning PointHerbert RossAmazon

1979 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerThe Deer HunterMichael CiminoAn 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 - Directing NomineesComing HomeHal AshbyAmazonHeaven Can WaitWarren BeattyAmazonInteriorsWoody AllenAmazonMidnight ExpressAlan ParkerAmazon

1980 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerKramer vs. KramerRobert BentonTed 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 - Directing NomineesAll That JazzBob FosseAmazonApocalypse NowFrancis Ford CoppolaAmazonBreaking AwayPeter YatesAmazonLa cage aux follesÉdouard MolinaroAmazon

1981 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerOrdinary PeopleRobert RedfordThe 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 - Directing NomineesRaging BullMartin ScorseseAmazonTessRoman PolanskiAmazonThe Elephant ManDavid LynchAmazonThe Stunt ManRichard RushAmazon