If a movie has won an oscar then it would be obvious that the movie is undoubtedly worth watching and we have sorted Oscar-Winning 1980s Movies: A List of the Best Six Films.
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985/Comedy, Melodrama, Fantasy/USA
A touching, subtle, lyrical film by Woody Allen—a declaration of love for classical cinema and, at the same time, a realistic drama that makes you seriously think about the boundaries between real and fictional. Without any computer tricks, here, people exit the movie screen and come back. The remaining characters on the screen begin to swear and communicate with the audience. At Cannes, FIPRESCI presented Woody Allen with its award, and the Film Academy did not even consider it necessary to recognize the script.
When Father Was Away on Business
1985/Drama/Yugoslavia
Emir Kusturica broke into the cinema with a small Yugoslav masterpiece and instantly turned for many years into the most important trendsetter of cinema. The heir to Fellini, brilliant and unpredictable. In Cannes, Kusturica lived expected to triumph, in the FIPRESCI prize and the Palme d’. He lost the Oscar Film to the Argentine film The Official Version. It would be hard to believe this today if in recent years the nominees in a foreign language got what they deserved.
Blue Velvet
1986/Drama, Thriller, Mystery/USA
Possibly the best film of all of David Lynch’s work; definitely the best in the 80s. A flawless surreal thriller, it instantly became a cult classic and remains so to this day. He had only one nomination, for directing, but in the end, the prize went to Oliver Stone for Platoon. It’s strange because Stone’s film is great, but the director’s skill is nothing compared to Lynch’s. However, you can’t change history.
Wall Street
1987 / Drama, Crime / USA
On the other hand, Oliver Stone must have had high hopes for his next film, which was bound to win a few statuettes, being so American, problematic, psychological, and patriotic. And in the end, only Michael Douglas received the prize, however, quite deservedly, and there was no film at all in other categories.
Full Metal Jacket
1987/Drama, War film/USA, UK
And this case is simply absurd. Stanley Kubrick, not just a genius but one of the most influential American directors, for his most American, most journalistic, most realistic film, receive one nomination for an adapted screenplay, and even loses that to The Last Emperor, the total triumph of the 1988 ceremony, heavyweight, slow and thoroughly classic. Thankfully, films like this don’t need an Oscar, so it’s an Academy loss, not Kubrick’s.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988/Comedy, Adventure, Animation
In the form of a postmodern comedy, the viewer of this picture was served a parody of the classic genre cinema, which at the same time was an homage to the golden age of Hollywood, masterfully combining animation and feature films. Today, the technique of this film seems rustic and naive, but for that time the picture was an innovative, outstanding work. And among the four prizes of the Film Academy, there was an award “For Special Achievements”. There are less than two dozen such awards in the history of the Academy. But the film did not get into the main nominations at all, although it could and deserved it.
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