Best movies of before 2000 that are oscar winners or nominees

Sweet Bird of Youth(1962)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown after many years of trying to make it in the movies. Arriving with him is a faded film star he picked up along the way, Alexandra Del Lago. ...



The Longest Yard(1974)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.



Save the Tiger(1973)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A disillusioned aging decent man and once proud WWII veteran is dealing with midlife crisis as well as a tough moral dilemma. If he wants his small near-bankrupt clothing company to survive, he has two days to let go of his shaken morals.



Missing(1982)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.



The Collector(1965)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 9

A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there.



Silver Streak(1976)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 0

On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.



'Round Midnight(1986)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 16

In 'Round Midnight, real-life jazz legend Dexter Gordon brilliantly portrays the fictional tenor sax player Dale Turner, a musician slowly losing the battle with alcoholism, estranged from ...



The Parent Trap(1961)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.



The Shop on Main Street(1965)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 10

Slovakia during WW2. Tono lives a poor life, but the authorities offer him to take over the Jewish widow Lautman's little shop for sewing material. She is old and confused and thinks that ...



Bound for Glory(1976)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 15

The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.



The Fall of the Roman Empire(1964)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 8

The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.



Mutiny on the Bounty(1962)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.



Richard III(1995)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The classic Shakespearean play about a murderously scheming king staged in an alternative fascist England setting.



The Miracle Worker(1962)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.



Airport '77(1977)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 7

Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under 100 feet of water.



The Morning After(1986)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A washed up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man. Did she kill him and, if not, is she in danger?



Hooper(1978)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 12

Hollywood aging stuntman Sonny Hooper wants to prove that he's still got what it takes to be a great professional in this risky and under-recognized line of work.



Seance on a Wet Afternoon(1964)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame.



BUtterfield 8(1960)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A Manhattan call girl has a tragic affair with a rich married man.



The Hot Rock(1972)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...




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