Best Picture Winners
1980 - Ordinary People
Other Nominees
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Elephant Man
Raging Bull
Tess
1981 - Chariots of Fire
Other Nominees
Atlantic City
On Golden Pond
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reds
1982 - Gandhi
Other Nominees
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Missing
Tootsie
The Verdict
1983 - Terms of Endearment
Other Nominees
The Big Chill
The Dresser
The Right Stuff
Tender Mercies
1984 - Amadeus
Other Nominees
The Killing Fields
A Passage to India
Places in the Heart
A Soldier's Story
1985 - Out of Africa
Other Nominees
The Color Purple
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Prizzi's Honor
Witness
1986 - Platoon
Other Nominees
Children of a Lesser God
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Mission
A Room with a View
1987 - The Last Emperor
Other Nominees
Broadcast News
Fatal Attraction
Hope and Glory
Moonstruck
1988 - Rain Man
Other Nominees
The Accidental Tourist
Dangerous Liaisons
Mississippi Burning
Working Girl
1989 - Driving Miss Daisy
Other Nominees
Born on the Fourth of July
Dead Poets Society
Field of Dreams
My Left Foot
Donald Sutherland didn't receive an Oscar Nomination for Ordinary People and Entertainment Weekly said it was one of the worst acting snubs in the history of the Academy Awards
Amadeus Won Best Picture in 1984
Platoon won an Academy Award for Best Picture despite using the"F" word 159 times which was the 2nd most behind Scarface (207) at the time
Best Picture
Ordinary People
Platoon