Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in actor in a supporting role category

Fargo(1996)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.



Everything Everywhere All at Once(2022)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 85

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.



Erin Brockovich(2000)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.



Training Day(2001)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 75

On his first day on the job as a Los Angeles narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes beyond a full work day in training within the narcotics division of the LAPD with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.



21 Grams(2003)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.



Closer(2004)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.



Blood Diamond(2006)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.



Little Children(2006)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 78

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations in suburban Massachusetts.



Charlie Wilson's War(2007)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.



Doubt(2008)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.



Platoon(1986)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

A young recruit in Viet Nam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.



The Fugitive(1993)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt lead by a seasoned US Marshall.



The Talented Mr. Ripley(1999)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

In late 1950s New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.



The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford(2007)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.



The Exorcist(1973)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 74

When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.



CODA(2021)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 82

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music by wanting to go to Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.



Network(1976)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.



The Deer Hunter(1978)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.



Driving Miss Daisy(1989)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 76

An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.



Boogie Nights(1997)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

The story of a young man's adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s.




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