Best movies on netflix that are oscar winners or nominees

The Aviator(2004)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.



How to Train Your Dragon(2010)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.



How to Train Your Dragon 2(2014)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.



Taxi Driver(1976)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, while attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.



Gangs of New York(2002)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.



Kung Fu Panda(2008)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

The Dragon Warrior has to clash against the savage Tai Lung as China's fate hangs in the balance: However, the Dragon Warrior mantle is supposedly mistaken to be bestowed upon an obese panda who is a tyro in martial arts.



The Two Popes(2019)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict XVI and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.



How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World(2019)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek "The Hidden World", a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.



News of the World(2020)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.



Revolutionary Road(2008)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.



Salt(2010)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.



Rosemary's Baby(1968)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A young couple move into an apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins to control her life.



Closer(2004)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.



Doubt(2008)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.



Fight Club(1999)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 74

An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.



Julie & Julia(2009)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.



Election(1999)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections, particularly with an obsessive overachiever determined to become student body president.



tick, tick...BOOM!(2021)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 79

On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.



Jurassic Park(1993)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 72

During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok.



Joy(2015)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 73

Joy is the story of the title character, who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.




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