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

Warrior(2011)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 36

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.



W.E.(2011)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 55

The affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.



French Exit(2020)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 70

An aging Manhattan socialite living on what's barely left of her inheritance moves to a small apartment in Paris with her son and cat.



Silkwood(1983)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 52

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.



Black Rain(1989)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 43

Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.



Green Card(1990)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A man wanting to stay in the US enters into a marriage of convenience, but it turns into more than that.



The Prince of Tides(1991)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 52

A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.



The Last of the Mohicans(1992)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 38

Three trappers protect a British Colonel's daughters in the midst of the French and Indian War.



Casino(1995)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 37

A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive, compete against each other over a gambling empire and over a fast living and fast loving woman.



Dead Man Walking(1995)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 40

A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.



To Die For(1995)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 43

A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.



Evita(1996)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 44

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.



Happiness(1998)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 41

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.



Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery(2022)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case.



The Fabelmans(2022)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.



Amélie(2001)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 35

Amélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.



The Princess and the Frog(2009)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 37

A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.



Brave(2012)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 35

Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.



At Eternity's Gate(2018)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A look at the life of painter Vincent van Gogh during the time he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France.



Rocky(1976)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 35

Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.




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