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

Manhattan Murder Mystery(1993)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.



The Portrait of a Lady(1996)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 31

An American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare.



Triangle of Sadness(2022)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 56

A cruise for the super-rich sinks thus leaving survivors, including a fashion model celebrity couple, trapped on an island.



Aftersun(2022)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.



Empire of Light(2022)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 57

A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.



The Guns of Navarone(1961)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A British team is sent to cross occupied Greek territory and destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel.



The Longest Day(1962)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 15

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.



Barefoot in the Park(1967)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 26

Paul, a conservative young lawyer, marries the vivacious Corie. Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a five-flight New York City walk-up apartment.



Tora! Tora! Tora!(1970)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A series of mistakes made by the US Navy in the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor prove disastrous when Japan strikes.



Play Misty for Me(1971)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the picture.



Klute(1971)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.



The Poseidon Adventure(1972)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A group of passengers struggle to survive and escape when their ocean liner completely capsizes at sea.



What's Up, Doc?(1972)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 23

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.



New York, New York(1977)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 24

An egotistical saxophonist and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, up-hill climb.



The Boys from Brazil(1978)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.



Goin' South(1978)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 37

Due to the lack of men after the Civil War, a small western town allows a bachelorette with ulterior motives to save a horse-thief from the gallows by marrying him. They must deal with his old gang, the sheriff, the bank - and each other.



Heaven Can Wait(1978)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.



Zelig(1983)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 17

"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.



Against All Odds(1984)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 31

A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.



Ladyhawke(1985)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Philipe Gastone, a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly captured when Captain Navarre befriends him. Navarre has been hunted by the Bishop's men for ...




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