Best movies of before 2000 that are oscar winners or nominees

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 48

An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.



The Natural(1984)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 54

An unknown comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.



Marvin's Room(1996)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.



Legends of the Fall(1994)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 49

In the early 1900s, three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of Montana are affected by betrayal, history, love, nature, and war.



Cocoon(1985)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 52

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigour.



Crocodile Dundee(1986)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 51

An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.



Titus(1999)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 59

Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.



Velvet Goldmine(1998)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 56

In 1984, British journalist Arthur Stuart investigates the career of 1970s glam superstar Brian Slade, who was heavily influenced in his early years by hard-living and rebellious American singer Curt Wild.



Angela's Ashes(1999)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the ...



Flatliners(1990)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 51

Five medical students experiment on "near death" experiences that involve past tragedies until the dark consequences begin to jeopardize their lives.



Hollow Man(2000)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 49

Scientists discover how to make people invisible, but their test subject becomes an insane killer who stalks them.



E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(1982)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.



Guess Who's Coming to Dinner(1967)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African American fiancé.



Mississippi Burning(1988)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 48

Two F.B.I. Agents, with wildly different styles, arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.



Peggy Sue Got Married(1986)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.



Michael Collins(1996)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.



Hilary and Jackie(1998)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 66

The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.



Predator(1987)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.



Chaplin(1992)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 49

A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker Charlie Chaplin.



Deconstructing Harry(1997)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 51

Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.




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