1980 —

• all that jazz
• apocalypse now
• breaking away
• kramer vs. kramer
• norma rae

1981 —

• coal miner's daughter
• ordinary people
• raging bull
• tess
• the elephant man

1982 —

• atlantic city
• chariots of fire
• on golden pond
• raiders of the lost ark
• reds

1983 —

• e.t. the extra-terrestrial
• gandhi
• missing
• the verdict
• tootsie

1984 —

• tender mercies
• terms of endearment
• the big chill
• the dresser
• the right stuff

1985 —

• a passage to india
• a soldier's story
• amadeus
• places in the heart
• the killing fields

1986 —

• kiss of the spider woman
• out of africa
• prizzi's honor
• the color purple
• witness

1987 —

• a room with a view
• children of a lesser god
• hannah and her sisters
• platoon
• the mission

1988 —

• broadcast news
• fatal attraction
• hope and glory
• moonstruck
• the last emperor

1989 —

• dangerous liaisons
• mississippi burning
• rain man
• the accidental tourist
• working girl