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1980s Best Picture Oscar Nominees - Multiple Choice
Identify the 80s films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture but lost.
Other decades in this quiz series here.
Wrong answers were nominated in categories other than Best Picture in the same year.
Year given is the year in film being awarded, not the date of the ceremony.
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Last updated: March 10, 2021
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| First submitted | October 3, 2019 |
| Times taken | 109 |
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1.
Which 1980 Best Picture nominee lost to Ordinary People?
Private Benjamin
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The Empire Strikes Back
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Raging Bull
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2.
Which 1981 Best Picture nominee lost to Chariots of Fire?
Pennies from Heaven
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
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3.
Which 1982 Best Picture nominee lost to Gandhi?
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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An Officer and a Gentleman
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Das Boot
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4.
Which 1983 Best Picture nominee lost to Terms of Endearment ?
Silkwood
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The Right Stuff
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WarGames
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5.
Which 1984 Best Picture nominee lost to Amadeus?
The Karate Kid
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Ghostbusters
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The Killing Fields
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6.
Which 1985 Best Picture nominee lost to Out of Africa?
Witness
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A Chorus Line
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Back to the Future
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7.
Which 1986 Best Picture nominee lost to Platoon?
Stand By Me
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Crocodile Dundee
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The Mission
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8.
Which 1987 Best Picture nominee lost to The Last Emperor?
Fatal Attraction
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Good Morning, Vietnam
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Empire of the Sun
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9.
Which 1988 Best Picture nominee lost to Rain Man?
Gorillas in the Mist
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Dangerous Liaisons
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Big
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10.
Which 1989 Best Picture nominee lost to Driving Miss Daisy?
Do the Right Thing
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Dead Poets Society
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
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