In this article, we list all of those movies made between 1970 and 1989 that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
We have also highlighted the winning movie of each year.
How many Academy Award winners have you seen? Let us know in the comments below.
43rd Academy Awards
Best Films of 1970
Nominated Movies
MASH
Five Easy Pieces
Patton
Airport
Love Story
Best Picture Winner
Patton
44th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1971
Nominated Movies
The Last Picture Show
The French Connection
Fiddler on the Roof
A Clockwork Orange
Nicholas and Alexandra
Best Picture Winner
The French Connection
45th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1972
Nominated Movies
The Godfather
Cabaret
The Emigrants
Deliverance
Sounder
Best Picture Winner
The Godfather
46th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1973
Nominated Movies
American Graffiti
The Sting
The Exorcist
Cries and Whispers
A Touch of Class
Best Picture Winner
The Sting
47th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1974
Nominated Movies
Chinatown
The Godfather: Part II
The Conversation
Lenny
The Towering Inferno
Best Picture Winner
The Godfather: Part II
48th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1975
Nominated Movies
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Nashville
Barry Lyndon
Best Picture Winner
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
49th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1976
Nominated Movies
Network
All the President’s Men
Rocky
Taxi Driver
Bound for Glory
Best Picture Winner
Rocky
50th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1977
Nominated Movies
Star Wars
Annie Hall
The Goodbye Girl
Julia
The Turning Point
Best Picture Winner
Annie Hall
51st Academy Awards
Best Films of 1978
Nominated Movies
Coming Home
The Deer Hunter
Heaven Can Wait
Midnight Express
An Unmarried Woman
Best Picture Winner
The Deer Hunter
52nd Academy Awards
Best Films of 1979
Nominated Movies
All That Jazz
Apocalypse Now
Breaking Away
Kramer vs Kramer
Norma Rae
Best Picture Winner
Kramer vs Kramer
53rd Academy Awards
Best Films of 1980
Nominated Movies
Coal Miner’s Daughter
The Elephant Man
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
Tess
Best Picture Winner
Ordinary People
54th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1981
Nominated Movies
Atlantic City
On Golden Pond
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Chariots of Fire
Reds
Best Picture Winner
Chariots of Fire
55th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1982
Nominated Movies
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Gandhi
Missing
Tootsie
The Verdict
Best Picture Winner
Gandhi
56th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1983
Nominated Movies
The Big Chill
Terms of Endearment
The Dresser
The Right Stuff
Tender Mercies
Best Picture Winner
Terms of Endearment
57th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1984
Nominated Movies
Amadeus
The Killing Fields
A Passage to India
Places in the Heart
A Soldier’s Story
Best Picture Winner
Amadeus
58th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1985
Nominated Movies
The Color Purple
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Out of Africa
Witness
Prizzi’s Honor
Best Picture Winner
Out of Africa
59th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1986
Nominated Movies
Platoon
Children of a Lesser God
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Mission
A Room With a View
Best Picture Winner
Platoon
60th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1987
Nominated Movies
Broadcast News
Fatal Attraction
The Last Emperor
Hope and Glory
Moonstruck
Best Picture Winner
The Last Emperor
61st Academy Awards
Best Films of 1988
Nominated Movies
Rain Man
The Accidental Tourist
Dangerous Liaisons
Mississippi Burning
Working Girl
Best Picture Winner
Rain Man
62nd Academy Awards
Best Films of 1989
Nominated Movies
Born on the Fourth of July
Driving Miss Daisy
Dead Poets Society
Field of Dreams
My Left Foot
Best Picture Winner
Driving Miss Daisy
How many Best Picture winners have you seen? Let us know in the comments below.