Nangona kungekho yakhe Iimovie zama-80s UWoody Allen mhlawumbi ufikelela kwinqanaba lika "Annie Hall" okanye "Manhattan", iyonke ibingcono kwiminyaka elishumi kuneyangaphambili. Ngeefilimu ezilishumi kwiminyaka elishumi, waqala ukuba nefilimu yakhe eqhelekileyo ngonyaka, umyinge awugcinileyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Iminyaka elishumi iqale ngokuyekelela kancinci “Iinkumbulo"Ngo-1980, i-Eight and a Half by Fellini" yakhe "yamzuzela uphononongo oluninzi olubi.
Kwaye ngo-1982 ifilimu yakhe ".A Umdlalo Wesondo WasehlotyeniUde wafumana iwonga leRazzie ngomsebenzi ombi weMia Farrow.
Inqanaba lika-Allen lalibonakala lihlile ekuqaleni kweminyaka elishumi kodwa ngo "Zelig" kwi-1983 wabonisa ukuba ukwimo ephezulu. I-mockumentary malunga noLeonard Zelig, indoda ye-chameleon eguqukayo, ifumene ukutyunjwa kwe-Oscar kweyona ndlela yokugqoka kunye ne-cinematography egqwesileyo, le yokugqibela ngokunika umphumo kumfanekiso okhumbuza i-20s ngokunyathela kunye nokukrazula i-celluloid. UWoody Allen wafumana i UDavid de Donatello ngoyena mdlali ubalaseleyo yale filimu.
Ngo-1984 waphinda wamangala ngesinye iskripthi esikhulu, esithi "Broadway Danny Rose". U-Allen uzuze iimbasa ezimbini zeOscar, njengomlawuli nanjengombhali-skrini wefilimu. Imuvi iphumelele iBafta kunye nemibutho yababhali baseMelika owona mdlalo ubalaseleyo wesikrini kunye noDavid de Donatello owona mdlalo ubalaseleyo wangaphandle. Ukongeza, uMia Farrow wafumana indondo yeGolden Globe njengomdlali obalaseleyo kumdlalo ohlekisayo okanye womculo.
Kunyaka kamva waphinda ukutyunjwa kwakhe kowona mfanekiso ubalaseleyo wesikrini kwi-Oscars nge "Purple Rose yaseCairo." Ifilimu ibe yimpumelelo, ifumana IMbasa yeFIRESCI kuMnyhadala weFilimu weCannes, iBafta yeyona bhanyabhanya igqwesileyo kunye neeMbasa zeAkhademi zaseBritane zeyona filimu igqwesileyo kunye nescreenplay esigqwesileyo.
"uHana noodadewabo"Ngo-1986 mhlawumbi ifilimu yakhe epheleleyo. Akuqinisekiswanga kuphela ngamabhaso afunyenweyo, kodwa kunye nokugxeka okufunyenweyo kunye nokwamkelwa okukhulu luluntu. Lo mboniso bhanya-bhanya ufumene amagama asixhenxe e-Oscar, apho wafumana ezintathu, kuquka kwakhona Best Original Screenplay for Woody Allen. Ikwaphumelele iGolden Globe yeyona filimu ibalaseleyo ehlekisayo okanye yomculo, iwonga lomdlalo obalaseleyo wangaphandle kwiDonatello's David Awards kwaye yaqwalaselwa. Eyona filimu yiNew York Film Critics Circle.
Kwi-1987, umenzi wefilimu wakhupha iifilimu ezimbini, "Iintsuku zeRadio" kunye ne "Septemba", zombini ezikumgangatho ophezulu. "Iintsuku zeRadio" zafumana ulonyulo lweOscar ezimbini, iskripthi esigqwesileyo soqobo kunye nesikhokelo esigqwesileyo sobugcisa.
"Omnye uMfazi" wamzuzela ukutyunjwa ngo-1988 UDavid de Donatello woyena Mlawuli ubalaseleyo wangaphandle. Ifilimu imalunga nedrama, uhlobo oludlalwa ngumbhali ngezihlandlo ezimbalwa, kodwa oko wayekwenzile ngokuchanekileyo ngonyaka ngaphambi kokuba "ngoSeptemba".
Ngo-1989 wenza ifilimu ethi "Ulwaphulo-mthetho kunye nezenzo ezigwenxa" kunye naye esinye seziqendu ze-triptych "Amabali aseNew York", ifilimu egqitywe ngamabali kaFrancis Ford Coppola noMartin Scorsese.
"Ulwaphulo-mthetho kunye neMisdemeanors" ikunika enye UDavid de Donatello wowona mboniso weScreen wangaphandle kunye nokutyunjwa kwe-Oscar kumlawuli kunye nomgcini-skrini.