Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in writing (screenplay written directly for the screen) category

Moonstruck(1987)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Loretta Castorini, a book keeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.



Boyz n the Hood(1991)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence and future prospects.



As Good as It Gets(1997)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.



In the Line of Fire(1993)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.



Sex, Lies, and Videotape(1989)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.



Sleepless in Seattle(1993)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.



Bull Durham(1988)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 67

A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.



Shine(1996)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.



Secrets & Lies(1996)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A successful black woman discovers that her birth mother is a underprivileged white woman, but the woman denies it. As emotions run high, everyone's secrets are exposed.



The Full Monty(1997)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.



WarGames(1983)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.



Crimes and Misdemeanors(1989)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 64

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.



Philadelphia(1993)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.



Beverly Hills Cop(1984)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.



Broadcast News(1987)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Take two rival TV reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well and watch the sparks fly.



Bulworth(1998)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 67

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.



Breaking Away(1979)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A small-town boy obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl.



Splash(1984)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is.



The Fisher King(1991)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.



The Purple Rose of Cairo(1985)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 60

In New Jersey in 1935, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.




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