Best movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Laurence Olivier, Kirk Douglas,
Directors : Stanley Kubrick,

The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic.

Actors : Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix,
Directors : Paul Thomas Anderson,

A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.

Actors : Tina Fey, Jamie Foxx, Quest Love, Phylicia Rashad, Rachel House, Graham Norton,

After landing the gig of a lifetime, a New York jazz pianist suddenly finds himself trapped in a strange land between Earth and the afterlife.

Actors : John Cusack, Emily Churchill, Rebecca Spence, Jennifer Tyler,
Directors : Jim Strouse,

Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip.

Actors : Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse,
Directors : Carroll Ballard,

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion who is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks ...

Actors : Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, Matthew Macfadyen, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Joe Wright,

Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?

Actors : Amy Irving, Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, John Travolta,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.

Actors : Bill Murray, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman,
Directors : Wes Anderson,

An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.

Actors : Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison,
Directors : Richard Lester,

A "typical" day in the life of The Beatles, including many of their famous songs.

Actors : Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning,
Directors : George Roy Hill,

In Chicago in September 1936, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker.

Actors : Magda Szubanski, Miriam Margolyes, James Cromwell, Christine Cavanaugh,
Directors : Chris Noonan,

Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett.

Actors : Kate Winslet, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson, Emma Thompson,
Directors : Ang Lee,

Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the titular opposites.

Actors : Tom Everett Scott, Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt,
Directors : Carl Franklin,

A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.

Actors : Martin Balsam, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George,
Directors : Arthur Penn,

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.

Actors : Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter,
Directors : Tom Shadyac,

The true story of a heroic man, Hunter Patch Adams, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. He ventured where no doctor had ventured before, using humour and pathos.

Actors : Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.

Actors : Reeve Carney, Max von Sydow, Ethan Hawke, Yûki Kudô,
Directors : Scott Hicks,

A Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.

Actors : John Glover, Bill Murray, John Forsythe, Karen Allen,
Directors : Richard Donner,

A selfish, cynical T.V. executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.

Actors : Steve Zahn, George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.

Actors : Sharon Stone, Andie MacDowell, Albert Brooks, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : Albert Brooks,

With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who proves to test his patience.