Best movies of 1980s that are award winners or nominees

Amadeus(1984)

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, Roy Dotrice, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge,
Directors : Milos Forman,

The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.

Blade Runner(1982)

Actors : Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

Goodfellas(1990)

Actors : Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Lorraine Bracco,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

The story of Henry Hill and his life through the teen years into the years of mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his Mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.

Raging Bull(1980)

Actors : Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.

Ran(1985)

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Daisuke Ryû, Jinpachi Nezu,
Directors : Akira Kurosawa,

In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.

Back to the Future(1985)

Actors : Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover,
Directors : Robert Zemeckis,

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.

Do the Right Thing(1989)

Actors : Ossie Davis, Richard Edson, Ruby Dee, Danny Aiello,
Directors : Spike Lee,

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981)

Actors : Harrison Ford, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, Karen Allen,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.

Platoon(1986)

Actors : Keith David, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

A young recruit in Viet Nam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Driving Miss Daisy(1989)

Actors : Morgan Freeman, Patti LuPone, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.

Ordinary People(1980)

Actors : Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Robert Redford,

The 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.

Full Metal Jacket(1987)

Actors : Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey,
Directors : Stanley Kubrick,

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.