Critically acclaimed movies that are oscar winners or nominees in makeup category

Actors : Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen,
Directors : Peter Jackson,

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

Actors : Ariadna Gil, Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Sergi López,
Directors : Guillermo del Toro,

In the falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

Actors : Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean,
Directors : Peter Jackson,

A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle Earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

Actors : Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart,
Directors : Christopher Nolan,

When the menace known as the Joker emerges from his mysterious past, he wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the Dark Knight must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.

Actors : Leonard Nimoy, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg,
Directors : J.J. Abrams,

The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, Roy Dotrice, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge,
Directors : Milos Forman,

The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.

Actors : Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy, Paul Bettany, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Peter Weir,

During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazi Germans.

Actors : Tom Sizemore, Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Actors : Tom Wilkinson, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : John Madden,

A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Julia Ormond, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt,
Directors : David Fincher,

Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.

Actors : Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Ron Howard,

After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.

Actors : Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio,
Directors : James Cameron,

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

Actors : Craig Bierko, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Ron Howard,

The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s.

Actors : Raoul Max Trujillo, Gerardo Taracena, Dalia Hernández, Rudy Youngblood,
Directors : Mel Gibson,

As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate.

Actors : Morgan Freeman, Patti LuPone, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

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

Actors : Gary Sinise, Robin Wright, Sally Field, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Robert Zemeckis,

JFK, LBJ, Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75.

Actors : Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush,
Directors : Gore Verbinski,

Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Actors : Willem Dafoe, John Malkovich, Cary Elwes, Udo Kier,
Directors : E. Elias Merhige,

The filming of Nosferatu (1922) is hampered by the fact that its star Max Schreck is taking the role of a vampire far more seriously than seems humanly possible.

Actors : Emily Blunt, Miranda Richardson, Paul Bettany, Rupert Friend,
Directors : Jean-Marc Vallée,

A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.