Best movies on netflix that are oscar winners or nominees in directing category

Actors : Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid,
Directors : Ang Lee,

The story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys, and their lives over the years.

Actors : Anna Kendrick, George Clooney, Jason Bateman, Vera Farmiga,
Directors : Jason Reitman,

Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job traveling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest and a new hire.

Actors : Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirsten Dunst, Benedict Cumberbatch,
Directors : Jane Campion,

Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.

Actors : Allen Leech, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Benedict Cumberbatch,
Directors : Morten Tyldum,

During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Tom Pelphrey, Lily Collins,
Directors : David Fincher,

1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).

Actors : Cate Blanchett, John C. Reilly, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Beckinsale,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

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

Actors : Daniel Day-Lewis, Sue Clark, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville,
Directors : Paul Thomas Anderson,

Set in 1950's London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.

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 : Carlos Peralta, Diego Cortina Autrey, Marina de Tavira, Yalitza Aparicio,
Directors : Alfonso Cuarón,

A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.

Actors : Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning,
Directors : George Roy Hill,

In Chicago in September 1936, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker.

Actors : Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.