01 An elderly Southern woman and her patient Black chauffeur slowly form an unlikely friendship over the years.
6 Best Oscar Best Picture Winners of the 1980s
By Vlad Zakh · June 16, 2026
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The Academy Award for Best Picture in the 1980s crowned a decade of sweeping historical epics and intimate character dramas. In Amadeus (1984): A mediocre court composer becomes consumed with envious rage over a young rival’s effortless genius. Also notable is Gandhi (1982): A young lawyer becomes the spiritual and political leader of India’s nonviolent independence movement.
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02 A self-absorbed hustler discovers he has an autistic savant brother with a winning card-counting talent.
03 A young American soldier's idealism is shattered by the brutal realities of combat in the Vietnam War.
04 A mediocre court composer becomes consumed with envious rage over a young rival's effortless genius.
05 A young lawyer becomes the spiritual and political leader of India's nonviolent independence movement.
06 Two British runners with vastly different motivations compete for glory at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
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