Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in actress in a leading role category

45 Years(2015)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 90

A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.



Titanic(1997)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.



I, Tonya(2017)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 86

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.



Far from Heaven(2002)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 86

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.



Walk the Line(2005)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.



Rachel Getting Married(2008)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years, returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.



Philomena(2013)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.



Annie Hall(1977)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditzy Annie Hall.



The Silence of the Lambs(1991)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.



Monster(2003)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.



Still Alice(2014)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.



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.



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.



Maria Full of Grace(2004)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.



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.



The Savages(2007)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.



Doubt(2008)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 78

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



Rabbit Hole(2010)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.




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