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

Clear and Present Danger(1994)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 61

CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.



Air Force One(1997)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 58

Hijackers seize the plane carrying the President of the United States and his family, but he - an ex-soldier - works from hiding to defeat them.



Stepmom(1998)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A terminally ill woman has to settle on her former husband's new lover, who will be their children's stepmother.



Gods and Monsters(1998)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 66

The last days of Frankenstein (1931) Director James Whale are explored.



Bulworth(1998)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 67

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.



Kate & Leopold(2001)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 60

An English Duke from 1876 is inadvertedly dragged to modern day New York where he falls for a plucky advertising executive.



The Deep End(2001)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 76

A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.



Calendar Girls(2003)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A Women's Institute chapter's fundraising effort for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar becomes a media sensation.



Last Chance Harvey(2008)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 69

In London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life.



Kon-Tiki(2012)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.



Victoria & Abdul(2017)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 72

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.



The Favourite(2018)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 94

In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne (Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Weisz) governs the country in her stead. When a new servant Abigail (Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.



Breaking Away(1979)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A small-town boy obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl.



Coal Miner's Daughter(1980)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Biographical story of Loretta Lynn, a legendary country singer that came from poverty to worldwide fame. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.



Excalibur(1981)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the round table of Camelot even as forces conspire to tear it apart



TRON(1982)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.



48 Hrs.(1982)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.



Never Say Never Again(1983)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.



Top Gun(1986)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 56

As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.



Empire of the Sun(1987)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II.




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