all the movies that won an oscar for best film

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Gandhi (1982)
Gandhi
Richard Attenborough actor: Ben Kingsley / Candice Bergen …
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

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Chariots of Fire (1981)
Chariots of Fire
Hugh Hudson actor: Ben Cross / Ian Charleson …
other title: Momenti di gloria / Viljen til sejr …
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.

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Ordinary People (1980)
Ordinary People
other title: Gente comune / En ganske almindelig familie …
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.

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Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Kramer vs. Kramer
★ 7.3 6 ratings
other title: Kramer contro Kramer / Kramer mod Kramer …
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.

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The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Deer Hunter
★ 8.0 5 ratings
Michael Cimino actor: Robert De Niro / Christopher Walken …
other title: Il cacciatore / O Caçador …
A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos — not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend — and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.

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Rocky (1976)
Rocky
★ 7.8 11 ratings
John G. Avildsen actor: Sylvester Stallone / Talia Shire …
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.

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The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II
★ 9.0 32 ratings
Francis Ford Coppola actor: Al Pacino / Robert Duvall …
other title: O Poderoso Chefão: Parte II / Le Parrain, 2ᵉ partie …
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

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Patton (1970)
Patton
★ 8.0 5 ratings
Franklin J. Schaffner actor: George C. Scott / Stephen Young …
other title: Patton, generale d'acciaio / Patton - pansergeneralen …
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.

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Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Midnight Cowboy
★ 7.4 7 ratings
John Schlesinger actor: Jon Voight / Dustin Hoffman …
other title: Un uomo da marciapiede / O Cowboy da Meia-Noite …
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

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Oliver! (1968)
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Carol Reed actor: Ron Moody / Shani Wallis …
other title: Oliver ! / Oliver …
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.

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In the Heat of the Night (1967)
In the Heat of the Night
★ 8.0 7 ratings
Norman Jewison actor: Larry D. Mann / Larry D. Mann …
other title: La calda notte dell'ispettore Tibbs / I nattens hede …
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
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