Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in actor category

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.



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.



The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming(1966)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 15

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.



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.



Sunday Bloody Sunday(1971)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Divorced working woman Alex and well-to-do Jewish family doctor Daniel Hirsh share not only the same answering service but also the favours of young Bob Elkin who bed-hops between them as ...



Harry and Tonto(1974)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 19

When his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong New Yorker goes on a cross country odyssey with his beloved cat Tonto.



Hud(1963)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Honest and hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant and egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.



This Sporting Life(1963)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live.



Save the Tiger(1973)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A disillusioned aging decent man and once proud WWII veteran is dealing with midlife crisis as well as a tough moral dilemma. If he wants his small near-bankrupt clothing company to survive, he has two days to let go of his shaken morals.



Ship of Fools(1965)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for post-war Germany represents a microcosm of 1930s society.



Anne of the Thousand Days(1969)

Combined Rating:
22
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.



Alfie(1966)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An unrepentant ladies' man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle.



The Ruling Class(1972)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 9

A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. The other, somewhat more respectable, members of their family plot to steal the estate from him. Murder and mayhem ensue.



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.



Sounder(1972)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 14

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.



Lilies of the Field(1963)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A traveling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.



Charly(1968)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An intellectually disabled man undergoes an experiment that gives him the intelligence of a genius.



The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter(1968)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 6

When deaf mute Singer moves to a small city to be near his only friend confined in a hospital, he grows attached to his landlady's sensitive 16-year-old daughter.



The Great White Hope(1970)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.




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