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

Addams Family Values(1993)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 57

A comical Gothic horror-movie-type family tries to rescue their beloved uncle from his gold-digging new love.



A Little Princess(1995)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A young girl is relegated to servitude at a boarding school when her father goes missing and is presumed dead.



The First Wives Club(1996)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.



In & Out(1997)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.



The Boxer(1997)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Young Danny Flynn is released from prison after 14 years after "taking the rap" for the IRA and tries to rebuild his life in his old Belfast neighborhood.



The Horse Whisperer(1998)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 60

The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.



Bicentennial Man(1999)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 56

An android endeavors to become human as he gradually acquires emotions.



I Am Sam(2001)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A mentally handicapped man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter, and in the process teaches his cold hearted lawyer the value of love and family.



Life as a House(2001)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 58

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.



The Wild Thornberrys Movie(2002)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Eliza and Debbie are two sisters who don't always get along. But their relationship is put to the test when Debbie's life is in danger, and Eliza might have to give up her power to talk to animals....



Being Julia(2004)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Set in '30s London, the film involves stage actors and their experiences with love and revenge.



In Darkness(2011)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 73

A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the German-occupied Polish city of Lvov.



Diamonds Are Forever(1971)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 55

A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.



The Spy Who Loved Me(1977)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 55

James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. Agent, whose lover he killed.



Diner(1982)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.



The Karate Kid(1984)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.



Ruthless People(1986)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.



Dangerous Liaisons(1988)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 56

A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.



The Addams Family(1991)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 54

Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.



City Slickers(1991)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 58

On the verge of turning 40, an unhappy Manhattan yuppie is roped into joining his two friends on a cattle drive in the southwest.




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