Danny Peary's "Alternate Oscars": Best Picture nominees (1980-1991)

Add to my lists | Print this list

These are the movies that film critic Danny Peary nominated for “best picture” from 1980 to 1991 in his book “Alternate Oscars” from 1993. I’ve put the winners at the head of each year, with the non-winning nominees following in alphabetical order. (Out of the "Indiana Jones" collection, Peary only nominated "Raiders of the Lost Ark")

  1. 1.
    Raging Bull (Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

  2. 3.
    The Long Riders

  3. 4.
    Ordinary People
    by Robert Redford

  4. 5.
    Tess (Special Edition)
    by Roman Polanski

  5. 6.
    Reds (Special 25th Anniversary Edition)
    by Warren Beatty

  6. 7.
    Atlantic City
    by Louis Malle

  7. 8.
    Cutter's Way
    by Ivan Passer

  8. 11.
    Blade Runner (Two-Disc Final Cut)
    by Ridley Scott

  9. 12.
    Gandhi (Widescreen Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Richard Attenborough

  10. 13.
    Moonlighting
    by Jerzy Skolimowski

  11. 14.
    Tootsie - 25th Anniversary Edition
    by Sydney Pollack

  12. 15.
    The Right Stuff (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Philip Kaufman

  13. 16.
    Local Hero
    by Bill Forsyth

  14. 17.
    A Man of Flowers
    by Paul Cox

  15. 18.
    Terms of Endearment
    by James L. Brooks

  16. 19.
    The Killing Fields
    by Roland Joffé

  17. 20.
    This is Spinal Tap (Special Edition)
    by Rob Reiner

  18. 22.
    Insignificance
    by Nicolas Roeg

  19. 23.
    Out of Africa
    by Sydney Pollack

  20. 24.
    Prizzi's Honor

  21. 25.
    Silverado (2 Disc Superbit Gift Set)
    by Lawrence Kasdan

  22. 26.

  23. 27.
    A Room with a View (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by James Ivory

  24. 28.
    Round Midnight
    by Bertrand Tavernier

  25. 29.
    Salvador (Special Edition)
    by Oliver Stone

  26. 30.
    Sid & Nancy
    by Alex Cox

  27. 31.
    Empire of the Sun (Snap Case Packaging)
    by Steven Spielberg

  28. 32.
    House of Games (The Criterion Collection)
    by David Mamet

  29. 33.
    A World Apart

  30. 34.
    Dangerous Liaisons
    by Stephen Frears

  31. 35.
    Henry V

  32. 36.
    Do the Right Thing: The (The Criterion Collection)
    by Spike Lee

  33. 37.
    True Love
    by Nancy Savoca

  34. 38.
    Miller's Crossing
    by Ethan Coen

  35. 39.
    An Angel at My Table (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jane Campion

  36. 40.
    JFK - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Barbara Kopple

This is a community list. You can contribute, edit, or help maintain it by adding it to your lists.
Created by RobT2 on Dec 07, 2007.
 

Comments


or
Login with Facebook