Best movies of before 2000 that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Gary Sinise, Robin Wright, Sally Field, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Robert Zemeckis,

JFK, LBJ, Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75.

Actors : Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, William H. Macy, Peter Stormare,

Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

Actors : Hugo Weaving, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Keanu Reeves,

A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.

Actors : Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.

Actors : Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Jay Roach,

Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.

Actors : Harrison Ford, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, Karen Allen,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.

Actors : Keith David, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

A young recruit in Viet Nam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Actors : Julianne Moore, Sela Ward, Tommy Lee Jones, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Andrew Davis,

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.

Actors : Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewan McGregor, Kevin McKidd,
Directors : Danny Boyle,

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.

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Juliette Binoche,
Directors : Anthony Minghella,

At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

Actors : Edward Norton, Zach Grenier, Meat Loaf, Brad Pitt,
Directors : David Fincher,

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.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Jude Law, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : Anthony Minghella,

In late 1950s New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.

Actors : George Clooney, John Goodman, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson,

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Actors : Dustin Hoffman, John McGiver, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles,
Directors : John Schlesinger,

A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York to seek personal fortune but, in the process, finds himself a new friend.

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Lee J. Cobb, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair,
Directors : William Friedkin,

When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.

Actors : Perry Lopez, Faye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson, John Huston,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

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

Actors : Alessandro Nivola, Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, Joan Allen,
Directors : John Woo,

In order to foil an extortion plot, an FBI agent undergoes a facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity and physical appearance of a terrorist, but the plan turns from bad to worse when the same terrorist impersonates the FBI agent.

Actors : Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Broderick, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

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.

Actors : Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Brian Blessed, Glenn Close,

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

Actors : Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter, Richard Farnsworth,
Directors : David Lynch,

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