Best movies that are oscar winners in actress in a leading role category

Actors : Marlee Matlin, William Hurt, Philip Bosco, Piper Laurie,
Directors : Randa Haines,

A new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.

Actors : Ed Harris, Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Amy Madigan,
Directors : Robert Benton,

In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow, with two small children, tries to run her small 40-acre farm with the help of two disparate people.

Actors : Penelope Milford, Bruce Dern, Jon Voight, Jane Fonda,
Directors : Hal Ashby,

A woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam falls in love with another man who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there.

Actors : Leo Rossi, Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson,
Directors : Jonathan Kaplan,

After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.

Actors : Powers Boothe, Carrie Snodgress, Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones,
Directors : Tony Richardson,

Jessica Lange stars in a period drama about a family moving to a military base, and she quickly becomes part of a cover-up involving nuclear bomb tests.

Actors : Geraldine Page, Richard Bradford, Carlin Glynn, John Heard,
Directors : Peter Masterson,

In 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home for one last time.