Best movies of before 2000 that are oscar winners or nominees

Altered States(1980)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A Harvard scientist conducts experiments on himself with a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber that may be causing him to regress genetically.



The Big Chill(1983)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina winter house after the funeral of one of their friends.



Aliens(1986)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 43

The moon from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough?



Married to the Mob(1988)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 60

An undercover FBI agent falls in love with a recently widowed mafia wife, who is trying to restart her life following her husband's murder while being pursued by a libidinous mafia kingpin seeking to claim her for himself.



Silverado(1985)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 52

A misfit bunch of friends come together to right the injustices which exist in a small town.



The Manchurian Candidate(1962)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 47

A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.



Traffic(2000)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 43

A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.



Brazil(1985)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A bureaucrat, in a retro-future world, tries to correct an administrative error, and becomes an enemy of the state.



The Andromeda Strain(1971)

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Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 52

A group of scientists investigate a deadly new alien virus before it can spread.



Mighty Aphrodite(1995)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 50

When he discovers his adopted son is a genius, a New York sportswriter seeks out the boy's birth mother: a ditzy porn star and prostitute.



Superman(1978)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 43

An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.



Kiss of the Spider Woman(1985)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.



Tristana(1970)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 65

When the young woman Tristana's mother dies, she is entrusted to the guardianship of the well-respected though old Don Lope. Don Lope is well-liked and well-known because of his honorable ...



Little Voice(1998)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A shy reclusive lady is convinced by an invisible entity to sing. Subsequently, she finds herself noticed by a sleazy talent agent and her talent being showcased on-stage. She also meets a kind but nervous man who becomes her best friend.



102 Dalmatians(2000)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 51

Cruella DeVil gets out of prison and goes after them darned puppies once more.



Music of the Heart(1999)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.



Backdraft(1991)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 46

Two Chicago firefighter brothers who don't get along have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose.



The Bodyguard(1992)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to a pop singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's.



Purple Rain(1984)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.



Tequila Sunrise(1988)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 50

A former L.A. drug dealer tries to go straight but his past and his underworld connections bring him into the focus of the DEA, the Mexican feds and the Mexican drug cartels.




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