Best movies that are award winners or nominees in writing (screenplay based on material previously produced or published) category

Shanks(1974)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A mute puppeteer uses a deceased scientist's invention to control dead bodies like puppets.



Lies My Father Told Me(1975)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.



Joseph Andrews(1977)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protégé of ...



Roseland(1977)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

"Roseland" is made up of three stories, sometimes connecting, all set in the famed New York dance palace, and all having the same theme: finding the right dance partner.



The Children of Sanchez(1978)

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Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The Sanchez clan has seen the worst of times living in impoverished Mexico but they have survived by sticking together. When Sanchez's oldest daughter Consuelo plans to change direction and...



The Magic of Lassie(1978)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Lassie is trying to find her way home. She will have to run all the way from Colorado to California. Her loving owner is looking for her too.



Stevie(1978)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

This biographical film has Glenda Jackson portraying a British poet with emotional problems.



Touched by Love(1980)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young nurse becomes determined to reach an unresponsive teenage cerebral palsy patient by encouraging her to write to her favorite rock singer, Elvis Presley.



Tribute(1980)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A shallow Broadway press agent learns he is dying just as his son by his ex-wife arrives for a visit.



Otello(1986)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Based on Shakesphere's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon". Believing Otello has promoted the...



Happy New Year(1987)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, ...



Because They're Young(1960)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

New high school teacher tries to help troubled students and falls in love with the principal's secretary.



Claudelle Inglish(1961)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In this tale of a good girl who goes very bad, a beautiful young Southern lady remains faithful to the man she loves while he is away in the military . . . until she gets a letter that he ...



The Pigeon That Took Rome(1962)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In 1944, two American spies, posing as priests, infiltrate German occupied Rome to relay information to HQ but can only communicate via pigeons due to the imposed radio silence.



Tlayucan(1962)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A man becomes a thief out of desperation. If his identity becomes known, his neighbors might lynch him. The only friendly face in town is the local priest.



The Stripper(1963)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Lila Green is an insecure and aging showgirl for Madame Olga's stage shows. When her boyfriend, Rick, runs off with the show's money, Madame Olga and Ronny let Lila go. Lila goes to stay ...



Wives and Lovers(1963)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A struggling author and his wife suddenly become wealthy and move to the suburbs. Divorced neighbor and "companion" aid marital misconstrual which almost culminates in a divorce.



Los tarantos(1963)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A boy and a girl from two rival Gypsy families fall in love.



The Lively Set(1964)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Casey Owens (James Darren), a young mechanic, has developed a design for a turbine car engine, paving the way for a jet-powered auto certain to set a new land speed record. Wealthy playboy ...



The New Interns(1964)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Playboy Alec Considine returns to New North Hospital for another year's internship after suffering a mental breakdown during his first attempt at internship. Among the new interns he guides...




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