Best movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Olivia Thirlby, David Alan Basche, Liza Colón-Zayas, J.J. Johnson,
Directors : Paul Greengrass,

A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

Actors : Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Kazunari Ninomiya, Ken Watanabe,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

Actors : Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : Jon Favreau,

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

Actors : Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder,
Directors : Darren Aronofsky,

A committed dancer wins the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" only to find herself struggling to maintain her sanity.

Actors : George Clooney, Amara Miller, Shailene Woodley, Nick Krause,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.

Actors : Jennifer Lawrence, Jacki Weaver, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro,
Directors : David O. Russell,

After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.

Actors : Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener, Barkhad Abdi, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Paul Greengrass,

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Actors : Bob Odenkirk, Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.

Actors : Vin Diesel, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper,
Directors : James Gunn,

A group of intergalactic criminals are forced to work together to stop a fanatical warrior from taking control of the universe.

Actors : Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Mackenzie Foy, Jessica Chastain,
Directors : Christopher Nolan,

A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Andy Serkis, Keri Russell,
Directors : Matt Reeves,

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier.

Actors : Will Arnett, Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks,

An ordinary Lego construction worker, thought to be the prophesied 'Special', is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the Lego universe into eternal stasis.

Actors : Jon Bernthal, Josh Brolin, Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro,
Directors : Denis Villeneuve,

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Actors : Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy,
Directors : Alejandro González Iñárritu,

A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.

Actors : Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad,
Directors : Ryan Coogler,

The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

Actors : Domhnall Gleeson, Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent,
Directors : John Crowley,

An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.

Actors : Mark Rylance, Tom Hanks, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

Actors : Kate Winslet, Michael Fassbender, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels,
Directors : Danny Boyle,

Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.

Actors : Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Huck Milner, Sarah Vowell,
Directors : Brad Bird,

Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) is left to care for the kids while Helen (Elastigirl) is out saving the world.

Actors : Laura Harrier, John David Washington, Topher Grace, Adam Driver,
Directors : Spike Lee,

Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.