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

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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. 7.
    Atlantic City

  6. 8.
    Cutter's Way

  7. 11.
    Blade Runner (Two-Disc Final Cut)
    by Ridley Scott

  8. 12.
    Gandhi (Widescreen Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Richard Attenborough

  9. 13.
    Moonlighting
    by Jerzy Skolimowski

  10. 14.
    Tootsie - 25th Anniversary Edition
    by Sydney Pollack

  11. 15.
    The Right Stuff (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Philip Kaufman

  12. 16.
    Local Hero

  13. 17.
    A Man of Flowers
    by Paul Cox

  14. 18.
    Terms of Endearment
    by James L. Brooks

  15. 19.
    The Killing Fields

  16. 20.
    This is Spinal Tap (Special Edition)
    by Rob Reiner

  17. 22.
    Insignificance
    by Nicolas Roeg

  18. 23.
    Out of Africa
    by Sydney Pollack

  19. 24.
    Prizzi's Honor

  20. 25.

  21. 27.
    A Room with a View (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by James Ivory

  22. 28.
    Round Midnight

  23. 29.
    Salvador (Special Edition)
    by Oliver Stone

  24. 30.
    Sid & Nancy
    by Alex Cox

  25. 31.
    Empire of the Sun (Snap Case Packaging)
    by Steven Spielberg

  26. 32.
    House of Games (The Criterion Collection)
    by David Mamet

  27. 33.
    A World Apart

  28. 34.
    Dangerous Liaisons
    by Stephen Frears

  29. 35.
    Henry V

  30. 36.
    Do the Right Thing: The (The Criterion Collection)
    by Spike Lee

  31. 37.
    True Love
    by Nancy Savoca

  32. 38.
    Miller's Crossing
    by Ethan Coen

  33. 39.
    An Angel at My Table (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jane Campion

  34. 40.
    JFK - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Barbara Kopple

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Created by RobT2 on Dec 07, 2007.
 

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