1986

The Color Purple 7.6
Witness 7.5
Kiss of the Spider Woman 7.3
OUT OF AFRICA 6.8
Prizzi's Honor 6.8

So the period drama with the famous actress doing an accent gets the prize, ahead of the earnest period drama about racism. Big mistake. Ironically niether of them are a patch on the period drama by one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.

Nominated in other categories:
Ran 8.3
Back to the Future 8.1
Brazil 8.0
The Trip to Bountiful 7.5
The Purple Rose of Cairo 7.4
Runaway Train 7.1
Silverado 7.0
Mask 6.9
Sweet Dreams 6.9