Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in sound category

Twister(1996)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 34

Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.



The Patriot(2000)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 32

Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.





Independence Day(1996)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 30

The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.



The Sound of Music(1965)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 30

A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.



Out of Africa(1985)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 33

In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.



The Rock(1996)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 29

A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.



U-571(2000)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 31

A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.



In the Heat of the Night(1967)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 33

An African American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town.



Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 29

Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.



Cliffhanger(1993)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 30

A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains.



All the President's Men(1976)

Combined Rating:
50
Combined Critics Rating: 29

"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.





1941(1979)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 34

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.



The Mummy(1999)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 24

An American serving in the French Foreign Legion on an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra accidentally awakens a mummy that wreaks havoc on him, and his crew.





The Rose(1979)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 48

The tragic life of a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager.



Pearl Harbor(2001)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.



The Dirty Dozen(1967)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 26

During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.



A Chorus Line(1985)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 44

Hopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical.




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