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

The Birdcage(1996)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.



Contact(1997)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.



Armageddon(1998)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 59

After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, N.A.S.A. recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet.



The Croods: A New Age(2020)

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Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 68

The prehistoric family the Croods are challenged by a rival family the Bettermans, who claim to be better and more evolved.



The Cell(2000)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 61

An FBI agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim.



Miss Congeniality(2000)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 58

An FBI agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event.



Birth(2004)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A young boy attempts to convince a woman that he is her dead husband reborn.



Miss Potter(2006)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 67

The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success.



Revanche(2008)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.



Albert Nobbs(2011)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th-century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most elegant hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.



Quartet(2012)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 71

At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.



Danny Collins(2015)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 67

An aging rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old letter written to him by John Lennon.



Roma(2018)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 96

A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.



Hillbilly Elegy(2020)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 64

An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.



Cabaret(1972)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.



Trading Places(1983)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.



Beverly Hills Cop(1984)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.



Broadcast News(1987)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Take two rival TV reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well and watch the sparks fly.



Lethal Weapon 2(1989)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 58

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.



The Hunt for Red October(1990)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 59

In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain in their newest sub violates orders and heads for the USA. Is he trying to defect or to start a war?




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