Best movies of before 2000 that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Anthony Newley, Samantha Eggar, Richard Attenborough, Rex Harrison,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

After the animal communicating veterinarian goes too far for his clientèle, he and his friends escape their hometown to sea in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail.

Actors : Carl Reiner, Alan Arkin, Eva Marie Saint, Brian Keith,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

Without hostile intent, a Soviet sub runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.

Actors : Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Elizabeth Taylor, Pamela Brown,

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

Actors : Ingrid Bergman, Jack Weston, Goldie Hawn, Walter Matthau,
Directors : Gene Saks,

A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.

Actors : Geneviève Page, Raf Vallone, Sophia Loren, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Anthony Mann,

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.

Actors : Peter O'Toole, Anthony Hopkins, Katharine Hepburn, John Castle,
Directors : Anthony Harvey,

1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. They and his wife variously plot to force him.

Actors : Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern,
Directors : Fred Zinnemann,

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.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau, Tony Curtis, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Elia Kazan,

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.

Actors : Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley, Melina Mercouri,
Directors : Jules Dassin,

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

Actors : Ava Gardner, Richard Burton, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon,
Directors : John Huston,

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.

Actors : Charles Bickford, Jack Lemmon, Jack Klugman, Lee Remick,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

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

Actors : Stacy Keach, Candy Clark, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell,
Directors : John Huston,

Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.

Actors : Burgess Meredith, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Lauter, Ann-Margret,
Directors : Richard Attenborough,

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.

Actors : Gordon Jackson, Pamela Franklin, Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens,
Directors : Ronald Neame,

A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12 year old charges with her over-romanticized world view.

Actors : George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Charlton Heston, Karen Black,
Directors : Jack Smight,

A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.

Actors : Zero Mostel, Michael Crawford, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton,
Directors : Richard Lester,

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

Actors : Katy Jurado, Pina Pellicer, Karl Malden, Marlon Brando,
Directors : Marlon Brando,

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.

Actors : John Randolph, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : John Guillermin,

A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.

Actors : Ali MacGraw, Steve McQueen, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers,
Directors : Sam Peckinpah,

A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.

Actors : Ursula Andress, David Niven, Orson Welles, Peter Sellers,

In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.