The Academy Awards or Oscars are the most influential of the various film awards. they are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences in the USA. The winning of an Oscar can have a large impact the commercial success of a film. However as will all such awards there is always disagreement over the nominations and the winner. This page lists best picture winners and nominations for 1980 to 1989.
| Year | Winner of Best Picture | Nominations for Best Picture |
| 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | Born On The Forth Of July |
| Dead Poets Society | ||
| Field Of Dreams | ||
| My Left Foot | ||
| 1988 | Rain Man | The Accidental Tourist |
| Dangerous Liaisons | ||
| Mississippi Burning | ||
| Working Girl | ||
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | Broadcast News |
| Fatal Attraction | ||
| Hope And Glory | ||
| Moonstruck | ||
| 1986 | Platoon | Children Of A Lesser God |
| Hannah And Her Sisters | ||
| The Mission | ||
| A Room With A View | ||
| 1985 | Out Of Africa | The Color Purple |
| Kiss Of The Spider Woman | ||
| Prizzi's Honor | ||
| Witness | ||
| 1984 | Amadeus | The Killing Fields |
| A Passage To India | ||
| Places In The Heart | ||
| A Soldier's Story | ||
| 1983 | Terms Of Endearment | The Big Chill |
| The Dresser | ||
| The Right Stuff | ||
| Tender Mercies | ||
| 1982 | Gandhi | ET |
| Missing | ||
| Tootsie | ||
| The Verdict | ||
| 1981 | Chariots Of Fire | Atlantic City |
| On Golden Pond | ||
| Raiders Of The Lost Ark | ||
| Reds | ||
| 1980 | Ordinary People | Coal Miners Daughter |
| The Elephant Man | ||
| Raging Bull | ||
| Tess |