Academy Award Winners, 1980-19891980 Best Picture Winner: Ordinary People Nominees: Coal Miner's Daughter, The Elephant Man, Raging Bull, Tess Best Actor Winner: Robert De Niro in Raging Bull Nominees: Robert Duvall in The Great Santini, John Hurt in The Elephant Man, Jack Lemmon in Tribute, Peter O'Toole in The Stunt Man Best Actress Winner: Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner's Daughter Nominees: Ellen Burstyn in Resurrection, Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin, Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People, Gena Rowlands in Gloria Best Supporting Actor Winner: Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People Nominees: Judd Hirsch in Ordinary People, Michael O'Keefe in The Great Santini, Joe Pesci in Raging Bull, Jason Robards in Melvin and Howard Best Supporting Actress Winner: Mary Steenburgen in Melvin & Howard Nominees: Eileen Brennan in Private Benjamin, Eva Le Gallienne in Resurrection, Cathy Moriarty in Raging Bull, Diana Scarwid in Inside Moves Best Director Winner: Robert Redford for Ordinary People Nominees: David Lynch for The Elephant Man, Roman Polanski for Tess, Richard Rush for The Stunt Man, Martin Scorsese for Raging Bull 1981 Best Picture Winner: Chariots Of Fire Nominees: Atlantic City, On Golden Pond, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Reds Best Actor Winner: Henry Fonda in On Golden Pond Nominees: Warren Beatty in Reds, Burt Lancaster in Atlantic City, Dudley Moore in Arthur, Paul Newman in Absence of Malice Best Actress Winner: Katharine Hepburn in On Golden Pond Nominees: Diane Keaton in Reds, Marsha Mason in Only When I Laugh, Susan Sarandon in Atlantic City, Meryl Streep in The French Lieutenant's Woman Best Supporting Actor Winner: John Gielgud in Arthur Nominees: James Coco in Only When I Laugh, Ian Holm in Chariots of Fire, Jack Nicholson in Reds, Howard E. Rollins, Jr. in Ragtime Best Supporting Actress Winner: Maureen Stapleton in Reds Nominees: Melinda Dillon in Absence of Malice, Jane Fonda in On Golden Pond, Joan Hackett in Only When I Laugh, Elizabeth McGovern in Ragtime Best Director Winner: Warren Beatty for Reds Nominees: Hugh Hudson for Chariots of Fire, Louis Malle for Atlantic City, Mark Rydell for On Golden Pond, Steven Spielberg for Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982 Best Picture Winner: Gandhi Nominees: E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial, Missing, Tootsie, The Verdict Best Actor Winner: Ben Kingsley in Gandhi Nominees: Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, Jack Lemmon in Missing, Paul Newman in The Verdict, Peter O'Toole in My Favorite Year Best Actress Winner: Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice Nominees: Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria, Jessica Lange in Frances, Sissy Spacek in Missing, Debra Winger in An Officer and a Gentleman Best Supporting Actor Winner: Louis Gossett, JR. in An Officer and a Gentleman Nominees: Charles Durning in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, John Lithgow in The World According to Garp, James Mason in The Verdict, Robert Preston in Victor/Victoria Best Supporting Actress Winner: Jessica Lange in Tootsie Nominees: Glenn Close in The World According to Garp, Teri Garr in Tootsie, Kim Stanley in Frances, Lesley Ann Warren in Victor/Victoria Best Director Winner: Richard Attenborough for Gandhi Nominees: Sidney Lumet for The Verdict, Wolfgang Petersen for Das Boot, Sydney Pollack for Tootsie, Steven Spielberg for E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial 1983 Best Picture Winner: Terms Of Endearment Nominees: The Big Chill, The Dresser, The Right Stuff, Tender Mercies Best Actor Winner: Robert Duvall in Tender Mercies Nominees: Michael Caine in Educating Rita, Tom Conti in Reuben, Reuben, Tom Courtenay in The Dresser, Albert Finney in The Dresser Best Actress Winner: Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment Nominees: Jane Alexander in Testament, Meryl Streep in Silkwood, Julie Walters in Educating Rita, Debra Winger in Terms of Endearment Best Supporting Actor Winner: Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment Nominees: Charles Durning in To Be or Not to Be, John Lithgow in Terms of Endearment, Sam Shepard in The Right Stuff, Rip Torn in Cross Creek Best Supporting Actress Winner: Linda Hunt in The Year of Living Dangerously Nominees: Cher in Silkwood, Glenn Close in The Big Chill, Amy Irving in Yentl, Alfre Woodard in Cross Creek Best Director Winner: James L. Brooks for Terms of Endearment Nominees: Bruce Beresford for Tender Mercies, Ingmar Bergman for Fanny and Alexander, Mike Nichols for Silkwood, Peter Yates for The Dresser 1984 Best Picture Winner: Amadeus Nominees: The Killing Fields, A Passage to India, Places in the Heart, A Soldier's Story Best Actor Winner: F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus Nominees: Jeff Bridges in Starman, Albert Finney in Under the Volcano, Tom Hulce in Amadeus, Sam Waterston in The Killing Fields Best Actress Winner: Sally Field in Places in the Heart Nominees: Judy Davis in A Passage to India, Jessica Lange in Country, Vanessa Redgrave in The Bostonians, Sissy Spacek in The River Best Supporting Actor Winner: Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields Nominees: Adolph Caesar in A Soldier's Story, John Malkovich in Places in the Heart, Noriyuki Pat Morita in The Karate Kid, Ralph Richardson in Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Best Supporting Actress Winner: Peggy Ashcroft in A Passage to India Nominees: Glenn Close in The Natural, Lindsay Crouse in Places in the Heart, Christine Lahti in Swing Shift, Geraldine Page in The Pope of Greenwich Village Best Director Winner: Milos Forman for Amadeus Nominees: Woody Allen for Broadway Danny Rose, Robert Benton for Places in the Heart, Roland Joffe for The Killing Fields, David Lean for A Passage to India 1985 Best Picture Winner: Out Of Africa Nominees: The Color Purple, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Prizzi's Honor, Witness Best Actor Winner: William Hurt in Kiss of the Spider Woman Nominees: Harrison Ford in Witness, James Garner in Murphy's Romance, Jack Nicholson in Prizzi's Honor, Jon Voight in Runaway Train Best Actress Winner: Geraldine Page in The Trip to Bountiful Nominees: Anne Bancroft in Agnes of God, Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple, Jessica Lange in Sweet Dreams, Meryl Streep in Out of Africa Best Supporting Actor Winner: Don Ameche in Cocoon Nominees: Klaus Maria Brandauer in Out of Africa, William Hickey in Prizzi's Honor, Robert Loggia in Jagged Edge, Eric Roberts in Runaway Train Best Supporting Actress Winner: Anjelica Huston in Prizzi's Honor Nominees: Margaret Avery in The Color Purple, Amy Madigan in Twice in a Lifetime, Meg Tilly in Agnes of God, Oprah Winfrey in The Color Purple Best Director Winner: Sydney Pollack for Out of Africa Nominees: Hecter Babenco for Kiss of the Spider Woman, John Huston for Prizzi's Honor, Akira Kurosawa for Ran, Peter Weir for Witness 1986 Best Picture Winner: Platoon Nominees: Children of a Lesser God, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Mission, A Room with a View Best Actor Winner: Paul Newman in The Color of Money Nominees: Dexter Gordon in 'Round Midnight, Bob Hoskins in Mona Lisa, William Hurt in Children of a Lesser God, James Woods in Salvador Best Actress Winner: Marlee Matlin in Children of a Lesser God Nominees: Jane Fonda in The Morning After, Sissy Spacek in Crimes of the Heart, Kathleen Turner in Peggy Sue Got Married, Sigourney Weaver in Aliens Best Supporting Actor Winner: Michael Caine in Hannah and Her Sisters Nominees: Tom Berenger in Platoon, Willem Dafoe in Platoon, Denholm Elliott in A Room with a View, Dennis Hopper in Hoosiers Best Supporting Actress Winner: Dianne Wiest in Hannah and Her Sisters Nominees: Tess Harper in Crimes of the Heart, Piper Laurie in Children of a Lesser God, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in The Color of Money, Maggie Smith in A Room with a View Best Director Winner: Oliver Stone for Platoon Nominees: Woody Allen for Hannah and Her Sisters, James Ivory for A Room with a View, Roland Joffe for The Mission, David Lynch for Blue Velvet 1987 Best Picture Winner: The Last Emperor Nominees: Broadcast News, Fatal Attraction, Hope and Glory, Moonstruck Best Actor Winner: Michael Douglas in Wall Street Nominees: William Hurt in Broadcast News, Marcello Mastroianni in Dark Eyes, Jack Nicholson in Ironweed, Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam Best Actress Winner: Cher in Moonstruck Nominees: Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, Holly Hunter in Broadcast News, Sally Kirkland in Anna, Meryl Streep in Ironweed Best Supporting Actor Winner: Sean Connery in The Untouchables Nominees: Albert Brooks in Broadcast News, Morgan Freeman in Street Smart, Vincent Gardenia in Moonstruck, Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom Best Supporting Actress Winner: Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck Nominees: Norma Aleandro in Gaby - a True Story, Anne Archer in Fatal Attraction, Anne Ramsey in Throw Momma From the Train, Ann Sothern in The Whales of August Best Director Winner: Bernardo Bertolucci for The Last Emperor Nominees: John Boorman for Hope and Glory, Lasse Hallstrom for My Life as a Dog, Norman Jewison for Moonstruck, Adrian Lyne for Fatal Attraction 1988 Best Picture Winner: Rain Man Nominees: The Accidental Tourist, Dangerous Liaisons, Mississippi Burning, Working Girl Best Actor Winner: Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man Nominees: Gene Hackman in Mississippi Burning, Tom Hanks in Big, Edward James Olmos in Stand and Deliver, Max von Sydow in Pelle the Conqueror Best Actress Winner: Jodie Foster in The Accused Nominees: Glenn Close in Dangerous Liaisons, Melanie Griffith in Working Girl, Meryl Streep in A Cry in the Dark, Sigourney Weaver in Gorillas in the Mist Best Supporting Actor Winner: Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda Nominees: Alec Guinness in Little Dorritt, Martin Landau in Tucker the Man and His Dream, River Phoenix in Running on Empty, Dean Stockwell in Married to the Mob Best Supporting Actress Winner: Geena Davis in The Accidental Tourist Nominees: Joan Cusack in Working Girl, Frances McDormand in Mississippi Burning, Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Liaisons, Sigourney Weaver in Working Girl Best Director Winner: Barry Levinson for Rain Man Nominees: Charles Crichton for A Fish Called Wanda, Mike Nichols for Working Girl, Alan Parker for Mississippi Burning, Martin Scorsese for The Last Temptation of Christ 1989 Best Picture Winner: Driving Miss Daisy Nominees: Born on the Fourth of July, Dead Poets Society, Field of Dreams, My Left Foot Best Actor Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot Nominees: Kenneth Branagh in Henry V, Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July, Morgan Freeman in Driving Miss Daisy, Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society Best Actress Winner: Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy Nominees: Isabelle Adjani in Camille Claudel, Pauline Collins in Shirley Valentine, Jessica Lange in Music Box, Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys Best Supporting Actor Winner: Denzel Washington in Glory Nominees: Danny Aiello in Do the Right Thing, Dan Aykroyd in Driving Miss Daisy, Marlon Brando in A Dry White Season, Martin Landau in Crimes and Misdemeanors Best Supporting Actress Winner: Brenda Fricker in My Left Foot Nominees: Anjelica Huston in Enemies, a Love Story, Lena Olin in Enemies, a Love Story, Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias, Dianne Wiest in Parenthood Best Director Winner: Oliver Stone for Born on the Fourth of July Nominees: Woody Allen for Crimes and Misdemeanors, Kenneth Branagh for Henry V, Jim Sheridan for My Left Foot, Peter Weir for Dead Poets Society Return from Oscar Winners 1980-1989 to Oscar Winners Main Page |