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

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom(2013)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.



Loving Vincent(2017)

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Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 71

In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.



Klaus(2019)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place. When Smeerensburg's new postman, Jesper, befriends toymaker Klaus, their gifts melt an age-old feud and deliver a sleigh full of holiday traditions.



Bullitt(1968)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 65

An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection.



Saturday Night Fever(1977)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A Brooklyn teenager feels his only chance to succeed is as the king of the disco floor. His carefree youth and weekend dancing help him to forget the reality of his bleak life.



Risky Business(1983)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.



WarGames(1983)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.



Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom(1984)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 59

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.



The Color of Money(1986)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Fast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.



Lethal Weapon(1987)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A veteran policeman, Murtaugh, is partnered with a younger, suicidal officer, Riggs. They both have one thing in common: hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one another to stop a gang of drug smugglers.



Born on the Fourth of July(1989)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.



Crimes and Misdemeanors(1989)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 64

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.



Home Alone(1990)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.



Total Recall(1990)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 59

When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or does he?



A Few Good Men(1992)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Neo military lawyer Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder; they contend they were acting under orders.



My Cousin Vinny(1992)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Two New Yorkers are accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college, and one of their cousins--an inexperienced, loudmouth lawyer not accustomed to Southern rules and manners--comes in to defend them.



Philadelphia(1993)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.



Natural Born Killers(1994)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 59

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.



While You Were Sleeping(1995)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A hopeless romantic Chicago Transit Authority token collector is mistaken for the fiancée of a coma patient.



That Thing You Do!(1996)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A local Pennsylvania band scores a one hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from its manager.




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