Movie: Ordinary People Release Date: September 19, 1980 Director: Robert Redford Starring: Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch Personal History: Watched Before Rating: 8.5 Oscars out of 10 I have finally made it to the greatest decade ever – the 1980’s – on my Academy Award Best Picture Movie Challenge. That decade…

Movie: Kramer vs. Kramer Release Date: December 19, 1979 Director: Robert Benton Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Justin Henry Personal History: Watched Before Rating: 9.5 Oscars out of 10 ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ was a huge commercial and critical success in 1979. Not only was it the highest-grossing film of that year, it managed…