Oscar Nominations and Winners (1980)
Best Picture
- Coal Miner's Daughter
- The Elephant Man
- Ordinary People
- Raging Bull
- Tess
Best Director
- David Lynch (The Elephant Man)
- Robert Redford (Ordinary People)
- Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull)
- Richard Rush (The Stunt Man)
- Roman Polanski (Tess)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Robert DeNiro (Raging Bull)
- Robert Duvall (The Great Santini)
- John Hurt (The Elephant Man)
- Jack Lemmon (Tribute)
- Peter O'Toole (The Stunt Man)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Judd Hirsch (Ordinary People)
- Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People)
- Michael O'Keefe (The Great Santini)
- Joe Pesci (Raging Bull)
- Jason Robards (Melvin and Howard)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Ellen Burstyn (Ressurection)
- Goldie Hawn (Private Benjamin)
- Mary Tyler Moore (Ordinary People)
- Gena Rowlands (Gloria)
- Sissy Spacek (Coal Miner's Daughter)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Eileen Brennan (Private Benjamin)
- Eva Le Gallienne (Resurrection)
- Cathy Moriarty (Raging Bull)
- Diana Scarwid (Inside Moves)
- Mary Steenburgen (Melvin and Howard)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Breaker Morant (Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens and Bruce Beresford)
- Coal Miner's Daughter (Tom Rickman)
- The Elephant Man (Christopher DeVore, Eric Bergren and David Lynch)
- Ordinary People (Alvin Sargent)
- The Stunt Man (Lawrence B. Marcus and Richard Rush)
Best Original Screenplay
- Brubaker (W.D. Richter and Arthur Ross)
- Fame (Christopher Gore)
- Melvin and Howard (Bo Goldman)
- Mon Oncle D'Amerique (Jean Gruault)
- Private Benjamin (Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer and Harvey Miller)
Best Foreign Language Film
- Confidence (Hungary)
- Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) (Japan)
- The Last Metro (France)
- Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (U.S.S.R.)
- The Nest (Spain)
Art Direction
- Coal Miner's Daughter
- The Elephant Man
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior)
- Tess
Cinematography
- The Blue Lagoon
- Coal Miner's Daughter
- The Formula
- Raging Bull
- Tess
Costume Design
- The Elephant Man
- My Brilliant Career
- Somewhere in Time
- Tess
- When Time Ran Out
Documentary Feature
- Agee
- The Day After Trinity
- From Mao to Mozart: Issac Stern in China
- Front Line
- The Yellow Star - The Persecution of the Jews in Eurpoe 1933-45
Documentary Short Subject
- Don't Mess With Bill
- The Eruption of Mount St. Helens
- It's the Same World
- Karl Hess: Toward Liberty
- Luther Metke at 94
Film Editing
- Coal Miner's Daughter
- The Competition
- The Elephant Man
- Fame
- Raging Bull
Original Score
- Altered States (John Corigliano)
- The Elephant Man (John Morris)
- The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
- Fame (Michael Gore)
- Tess (Philippe Sarde)
Original Song
- "Fame" (Fame) Music by Michael Gore. Lyrics by Dean Pitchford.
- "Nine to Five" (Nine to Five) Music and Lyrics by Dolly Pardon.
- "On the Road Again" (Honeysuckle Rose) Music and Lyrics by Willie Nelson
- "Out Here on My Own" (Fame) Music Michael Gore. Lyrics by Lesley Gore.
- "People Alone" (The Competition) Music by Lalo Schifrin. Lyrics by Wilbur Jennings.
Animated Short Film
- All Nothing
- The Fly
- History of the World in Three Minutes Flat
Live Action Short Film
- The Dollar Bottom
- Fall Line
- A Jury of Her Peers
Sound
- Altered States
- Coal Miner's Daughter
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Fame
- Raging Bull
Visual Effects