If I had given out the Oscars for Outstanding Direction in the 1980's:
1980: Robert Redford, Ordinary People
1981: Warren Beatty, Reds
1982: Steven Spielberg, E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
1983: James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment
1984: Roland Jaffe, The Killing Fields
1985: Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple
1986: Woody Allen, Hannah and her SIsters
1987: Adrian Lyne, Fatal Attraction
1988: Barry Levinson, Rain Man
1989: Woody Allen, Crimes and Misdemeanors
1980: Robert Redford, Ordinary People
1981: Warren Beatty, Reds
1982: Steven Spielberg, E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
1983: James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment
1984: Roland Jaffe, The Killing Fields
1985: Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple
1986: Woody Allen, Hannah and her SIsters
1987: Adrian Lyne, Fatal Attraction
1988: Barry Levinson, Rain Man
1989: Woody Allen, Crimes and Misdemeanors
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