My Oscar Ballot for 1981
Films considered in the year of their AMPAS eligibility
(Listings may vary over time as I discover or revisit more movies)
Best Picture
Atlantic City
Pennies from Heaven
Pixote
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reds
Best Director
Hector Babenco, Pixote
Warren Beatty, Reds
Louis Malle, Atlantic City
Herbert Ross, Pennies from Heaven
Steven Spielberg, Raiders of the Lost Ark
Best Actress
Diane Keaton, Reds
Marsha Mason, Only When I Laugh
Bernadette Peters, Pennies from Heaven
Susan Sarandon, Atlantic City
Sissy Spacek, Raggedy Man
Best Actor
Warren Beatty, Reds
Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond
Harrison Ford, Raiders of the Lost Ark
Burt Lancaster, Atlantic City
Steve Martin, Pennies from Heaven
Best Supporting Actress
Karen Allen, Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jessica Harper, Pennies from Heaven
Marilia Pera, Pixote
Kate Reid, Atlantic City
Maureen Stapleton, Reds
Best Supporting Actor
Michael Ironside, Scanners
Patrick McGoohan, Scanners
Jack Nicholson, Reds
Eric Roberts, Raggedy Man
Christopher Walken, Pennies from Heaven
Still on the Docket: An American Werewolf in London, The Aviator's Wife, Beau-père, Blood Wedding, Blow Out, The Boat Is Full, Christiane F., City of Women, Cutter's Way, Dragonslayer, Endless Love, Escape from New York, Excalibur, Eye of the Needle, Eyewitness, The Fan, La Femme d'à côté, For Your Eyes Only, The Four Seasons, Gallipoli, The Great Muppet Caper, The Howling, India Song, Jane Austen in Manhattan, Knightriders, The Last Metro, Lili Marleen, Lion of the Desert, Man of Iron, Man of Marble, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Ms. 45, My Dinner with Andre, Notes Toward an African Orestes, Passione d'amore, Polyester, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Prince of the City, Quartet, Ragtime, Rich and Famous, S.O.B., Stevie, Superman II, Taps, Taxi zum Klo, They All Laughed, Tim, Victory, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Wolfen
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