Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Bolt(2008)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 75

The canine star of a fictional sci-fi/action show that believes his powers are real embarks on a cross country trek to save his co-star from a threat he believes is just as real.



Chinatown(1974)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.



Tarzan(1999)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A man raised by gorillas must decide where he really belongs when he discovers he is a human.



Bombshell(2019)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network.



The Fugitive(1993)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt lead by a seasoned US Marshall.



ParaNorman(2012)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.



Trainspotting(1996)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.



The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford(2007)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.



Loving(2016)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 85

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.



20th Century Women(2016)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 85

The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.



The Help(2011)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 75

An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.



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.



CODA(2021)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 82

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music by wanting to go to Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.



Sherlock Holmes(2009)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 73

Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.



Wolfwalkers(2020)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night.



Wanted(2008)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.



The Straight Story(1999)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 78

An old man makes a long journey by lawn-mover tractor to mend his relationship with an ill brother.



The Great Gatsby(2013)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A writer and wall street trader, Nick, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby.



Happy-Go-Lucky(2008)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.



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.




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