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

A River Runs Through It(1992)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 58

The story about two sons of a stern minister -- one reserved, one rebellious -- growing up in rural Montana while devoted to fly fishing.



Mrs. Doubtfire(1993)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 53

After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.



The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert(1994)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 58

Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.



Nixon(1995)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A biographical story of former U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame.



Eraser(1996)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.



Life(1999)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 58

The story of wrongfully convicted men (Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence) who discover the value of life after serving 65 years in prison.



Over the Moon(2020)

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Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 65

In this animated musical, a girl builds a rocket ship and blasts off, hoping to meet a mythical moon goddess.



Drive My Car(2021)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Yusuke Kafuku is a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears.



Saving Grace(2000)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A small-town English widow, facing financial troubles after her husband's suicide, turns to agriculture of an illegal kind.



Hyde Park on Hudson(2012)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 69

The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.



Where'd You Go, Bernadette(2019)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Her leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.



The Sword in the Stone(1963)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A poor boy named Arthur learns the power of love, kindness, knowledge and bravery with the help of a wizard called Merlin in the path to become one of the most beloved kings in English history.



Love Story(1970)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.



Live and Let Die(1973)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 53

007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.



The Day of the Jackal(1973)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.



For Your Eyes Only(1981)

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Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 53

Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.



Reds(1981)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.



Innerspace(1987)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 56

A hapless store clerk must foil criminals to save the life of the man who, miniaturized in a secret experiment, was accidentally injected into him.



Fried Green Tomatoes(1991)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 55

A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.



Sleepers(1996)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 51

After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized; over 10 years later, they get their chance for revenge.




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