Can you name the best best picture nominees (according to Rotten Tomatoes?)?

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MoviesHighest RatingCorrect Movie
1980: Ordinary People*, Coal Miner's Daugther, The Elephant Man, Raging Bull, Tess
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark, On Golden Pond, Chariots of Fire*, Reds, Atlantic City
1982: E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, Tootsie, Missing, The Verdict, Gandhi*
1983: Terms of Endearment*, The Big Chill, The Right Stuff, Tender Mercies, The Dresser
1984: Amadeus*, Places in the Heart, The Killing Fields, A Passage to India, A Soldier's Story
1985: The Color Purple, Out Of Africa*, Witness, Prizzi's Honor, Kiss of the Spider Woman
1986: Platoon*, Hannah and Her Sisters, Children of a Lesser God, A Room with a View, The Mission
1987: Fatal Attraction, Moonstruck, Broadcast News, The Last Emperor*, Hope and Glory
1988: Rain Man*, Working Girl, Dangerous Liaisons, Mississippi Burning, The Accidental Tourist
1989: Driving Miss Daisy*, Dead Poets Society, Born on the Fourth of July, Field of Dreams, My Left Foot
1990: Ghost, Dances with Wolves*, The Godfather Part III, Awakenings, Goodfellas
MoviesHighest RatingCorrect Movie
1991: Beauty and the Beast, The Silence of the Lambs*, The Prince of Tides, Bugsy, JFK
1992: Unforgiven*, A Few Good Men, Scent of a Woman, The Crying Game, Howard's End
1993: The Fugitive, Schindler's List*, The Piano, In the Name of the Father, The Remains of the Day
1994: Forrest Gump*, The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Quiz Show
1995: Apollo 13, Braveheart*, Babe, Sense and Sensibility, Il Postino
1996: Jerry Maguire, The English Patient*, Shine, Fargo, Secrets & Lies
1997: Titanic*, As Good As It Gets, LA Confidential, The Full Monty
1998: Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, Life is Beautiful, The Thin Red Line, Elizabeth
1999: The Sixth Sense, The Green Mile, American Beauty*, The Cidar House Rules, The Insider
2000: Gladiator*, Traffic, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Erin Brockovich, Chocolat
2001: A Beautiful Mind*, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Moulin Rouge!, Gosford Park, In the Bedroom
MoviesHighest RatingCorrect Movie
2002: The Pianist, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Chicago*, Gangs of New York
2003: Mystic River, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* Seabiscuit, Lost in Translation, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2004: Ray, Sideways, Finding Neverland, Million Dollar Baby*, The Aviator
2005: Brokeback Mountain, Crash*, Munich, Good Night and Good Luck, Capote
2006: Letters for Iwo Jima, The Departed*, Little MIss Sunshine, Babel, The Queen
2007: Atonement, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men*, Juno, There Will Be Blood
2008: Frost/Nixon, Slumdog Millionaire*, Milk, The Reader, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009: Avatar, Up (Pixar), The Blind Side, Inglourious Basterds, The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, District 9, An Education, Precious, A Serious Man
2010: The Social Network, Inception, The King's Speech, Toy Story 3, True Grit, 127 Hours, Black Swan, The Fighter, The Kids are All Right, Winter's Bone
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best best picture nominees (according to Rotten Tomatoes?) Quiz

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