Best of the 1980's

Best Picture

Do the Right Thing (1989)


Back to the Future (1985)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Glory (1989)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Raging Bull (1980)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)


Best Director

Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing (1989)


Irvin Kershner - Star Wars. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
David Lynch - The Elephant Man (1980)
Penny Marshall - Big (1988)
Rob Reiner - When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Martin Scorsese - Raging Bull (1980)
Steven Spielberg - E.T. (1982)
Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Giuseppe Tornatore - Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Peter Weir - Gallipoli (1981)
Robert Zemeckis - Back to the Future (1985)


Best Actor


Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot (1989)


Tom Cruise - Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Robert De Niro - Raging Bull (1980)
Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man (1988)
Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie (1982)
John Hurt - The Elephant Man (1980)
Ben Kingsley - Gandhi (1982)
Edward James Olmos - Stand and Deliver (1988)
Robin Williams - Dead Poets Society (1989)
Robin Williams - Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)


Best Actress


Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice (1982)


Julie Andrews - Victor/Victoria (1982)
Cher - Mask (1985)
Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple (1985)
Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment (1983)
Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God (1986)
Meg Ryan - When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Susan Sarandon - Bull Durham (1988)
Meryl Streep - Cry in the Dark (1988)
Meryl Streep - Silkwood (1983)
Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy (1989)


Best Supporting Actor


Denzel Washington - Glory (1989)


Danny Aiello - Do the Right Thing (1989)
Ossie Davis - Do the Right Thing (1989)
Dennis Hopper - Hoosiers (1986)
James Earl Jones - Field of Dreams (1989)
Burt Lancaster - Field of Dreams (1989)
John Lithgow - The World According to Garp (1982)
Mandy Patinkin - The Princess Bride (1987)
Joe Pesci - Raging Bull (1980)
Robert Preston - Victor/Victoria (1982)
Alan Rickman - Die Hard (1988)


Best Supporting Actress


Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple (1985)


Margaret Avery - The Color Purple (1985)
Cher - Silkwood (1983)
Glenn Close - The World According to Garp (1982)
Jamie Lee Curtis - A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Ruby Dee - Do the Right Thing (1989)
Carrie Fisher - When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Brenda Fricker - My Left Foot (1989)
Valeria Golino - Rain Man (1988)
Barbara Hershey - Hoosiers (1986)
Jessica Lange - Tootsie (1982)


Best Screenplay


Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing (1989)


Shane Connaughton & Jim Sheridan - My Left Foot (1989)
Nora Ephron - When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
William Goldman - The Princess Bride (1987)
Menno Meyjes - The Color Purple (1985)
Angelo Pizzo - Hoosiers (1986)
Phil Alden Robinson - Field of Dreams (1989)
Paul Schrader & Mardik Martin - Raging Bull (1980)
Tom Schulman - Dead Poets Society (1989)
Giuseppe Tornatore - Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale - Back to the Future (1985)


Best Family Picture


E.T. (1982)


An American Tail (1986)
Annie (1982)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Kiki's Delivery Service (1988)
The Land Before Time (1989)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Oliver and Company (1988)
The Princess Bride (1987)


Funniest Film


Coming to America (1988)


Airplane (1980)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Caddyshack (1980)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Stripes (1981)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Uncle Buck (1989)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)


Best Sports Film


Field of Dreams (1989)


Bull Durham (1988)
Caddyshack (1980)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Hoosiers (1986)
The Jesse Owens Story (1984)
Karate Kid (1984)
Major League (1989)
The Natural (1984)
Raging Bull (1980)
Vision Quest (1985)


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