Critically acclaimed movies that are oscar winners or nominees in writing (adapted screenplay) category

BlacKkKlansman(2018)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 90

Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.



Can You Ever Forgive Me?(2018)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 90

When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception. An adaptation of the memoir Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer Lee Israel.



The Father(2020)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 90

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.



Slumdog Millionaire(2008)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 89

A Mumbai teen reflects on his upbringing in the slums when he is accused of cheating on the Indian Version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"



Moneyball(2011)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 89

Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.



Lincoln(2012)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 89

As the War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.



Brooklyn(2015)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 89

An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.



Arrival(2016)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 89

When twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors.



Million Dollar Baby(2004)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 88

A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.



Brokeback Mountain(2005)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 88

The story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys, and their lives over the years.



The Departed(2006)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 88

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.



The Martian(2015)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 88

An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.



One Night in Miami...(2020)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 88

A fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s.



Top Gun: Maverick(2022)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 88

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.



Logan(2017)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 87

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X, somewhere on the Mexican border. However, Logan's attempts to hide from the world, and his legacy, are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.



American Splendor(2003)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 87

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.



Children of Men(2006)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 87

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.



District 9(2009)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 87

An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.



Up in the Air(2009)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 87

Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job traveling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest and a new hire.



Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy(2011)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 87

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.




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