Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in art direction (black-and-white) category

Love with the Proper Stranger(1963)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 8

Angie Rossini is an innocent Italian Catholic Macy's salesgirl, who discovers she's pregnant from a fling with Rocky, a musician. Angie finds Rocky (who doesn't remember her at first) to ...



King Rat(1965)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 3

A fast-taking wheeler-dealer corporal in a Malaysian POW camp during WWII uses bribery and larceny to take de facto control of the camp from his senior officers.



The Slender Thread(1965)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 4

A college volunteer at the crisis phone gets a call from a suicide caller.



Period of Adjustment(1962)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 5

On December 23rd, Korean War veteran George Haverstick and nurse Isabel Crane - who George lovingly refers to as "Little Bit" - get married in a civil ceremony. They met when George was ...



Visit to a Small Planet(1960)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth...



Sons and Lovers(1960)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Jack Cardiff received a 1960 Oscar Nomination as Best Director for this lush, engaging film starring Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell and Donald Pleasence, which was adapted from D.H. ...





Mister Buddwing(1966)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.



Twilight of Honor(1963)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A murder case that can't be won is assigned to a young defense attorney. He asks his old ailing friend, a legend among attorneys, for help on the case as his consultant.



The Pigeon That Took Rome(1962)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In 1944, two American spies, posing as priests, infiltrate German occupied Rome to relay information to HQ but can only communicate via pigeons due to the imposed radio silence.




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