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

Hopscotch(1980)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Grounded with a desk job by incompetent superiors, a clever CIA agent retires and writes a tell all memoir that will embarrass his bosses, prompting him to go on the run and elude them.



Frances(1982)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 18

The story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.



A Soldier's Story(1984)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 15

An African American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.



Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins(1985)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 12

An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinarily unique assassin in service of the US president.



Ironweed(1987)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 16

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his home town of Albany, NY after returning there for the first time in decades.



The Dead(1987)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Gabriel Conroy and wife Greta attend an early January dinner with friends at the home of his spinster aunts, an evening which results in an epiphany for both of them.



The Accused(1988)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.



The Milagro Beanfield War(1988)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 19

In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. While activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer/newspaper editor Charlie Bloom ...



White Palace(1990)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Max Baron (James Spader) is a 27-year-old high-flying advertising executive still recovering from the death of his wife. One night he is in a bar when he meets Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon), ...



Havana(1990)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Cuba, December 1958: The professional gambler Jack visits Havana to organize a big Poker game. On the ship he meets Roberta and falls in love with her. Shortly after they arrive in Cuba, ...



The Commitments(1991)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When Jimmy Rabbitte wants to start a band, he has open auditions at his house.



Geronimo: An American Legend(1993)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 14

The story of the Apache chief and his armed resistance to the US Government's subjugation of his people.



The Crucible(1996)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.



El Cid(1961)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 9

The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.



One-Eyed Jacks(1961)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 13

After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California.



Days of Wine and Roses(1962)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 10

An alcoholic marries a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.



Cleopatra(1963)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Queen Cleopatra of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.



The Night of the Iguana(1964)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 11

A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.



Topkapi(1964)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to retrieve a jeweled dagger.



A Man for All Seasons(1966)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The story of Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarriage.




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