Film

Tour-de-force performances from Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep drive this groundbreaking look at divorce in the post-women’s-lib era. A Manhattan couple’s messy break up drags them—and their young son—through a bitter custody battle. A cultural touchstone in the national debate about parenting and gender roles, Kramer vs. Kramer was the biggest critical and box office hit of 1979—and was rewarded accordingly with Oscars for Hoffman and Streep, plus Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay.