Best movies that are golden globes winners or nominees in best screenplay motion picture category

The Sunshine Boys(1975)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a TV special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.



Avanti!(1972)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.



The Lion in Winter(1968)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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.



Cactus Flower(1969)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 13

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.



Airport 1975(1974)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 12

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.



Husbands(1970)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave together. But mindless enthusiasm for regained freedom will be ...



The Collector(1965)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 9

A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there.



Missing(1982)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.



Bound for Glory(1976)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 15

The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.



Anne of the Thousand Days(1969)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 10

Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.



Foul Play(1978)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.



Grand Prix(1966)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 8

American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard. While Stoddard struggles to recover, ...



Billy Jack(1971)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 11

Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.



The Ninth Configuration(1980)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A new commanding officer arrives at a remote castle serving as an insane asylum for crazy and AWOL U.S.M.C. soldiers where he attempts to rehabilitate them by allowing them to live out ...



The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean(1972)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A no account outlaw establishes his own particular brand of law and order and builds a town on the edges of civilization in this farcical western. With the aid of an old law text and ...



The Hospital(1971)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 9

An over-burdened doctor struggles to find meaning in his life while a murderer stalks the halls of his hospital.



Yanks(1979)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 14

During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, ...



Shenandoah(1965)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 4

During the Civil War, a Virginia farmer and his family vow to remain neutral but one of the sons is captured by Union soldiers, sending the farmer to his rescue.



The Four Seasons(1981)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 11

Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.



Freebie and the Bean(1974)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 16

San Francisco police detectives Freebie and Bean are determined to bust local crime boss Red Meyers at any cost, even if this means destroying the whole city in the process.




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