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Best Picture Oscar Winners: Screenplays Download 1980-1989

The Best Picture Oscar winners from the 1980s were a watershed in telling incredible stories. From intimate family dramas to sweeping epics, it was an amazing decade for cinematic storytelling.

Here are the scripts for the Best Picture winners.

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(NOTE: For educational and research purposes only).

RAIN MAN (1989)

NOT AVAILABLE

THE LAST EMPEROR (1988)

Screenplay by Bernardo Bertolucci – Read the transcript!

PLATOON (1987)

Screenplay by Oliver Stone – Read the script!

OUT OF AFRICA (1986)

Screenplay by Kurt Luedtke – Read the script!

AMADEUS (1985)

Screenplay by Peter Shaffer – Read the script!

TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1984)

Screenplay by James L. Brooks – Read the script!

GANDHI (1983)

Screenplay by John Briley  – Read the script!

CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1982)

Screenplay by Colin Welland – Read the script!

ORDINARY PEOPLE (1981)

Screenplay by Alvin Sargent  – Read the script!

KRAMER VS KRAMER (1980)

Screenplay by Avery Corman and Robert Benton – Read the script!

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