Critically acclaimed movies that are golden globes winners or nominees in best director motion picture category

Actors : Alex R. Hibbert, Duan Sanderson, Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp,
Directors : Barry Jenkins,

A chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young, African-American, gay man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.

Actors : Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane, Elijah Smith,
Directors : Richard Linklater,

The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.

Actors : Mark Rylance, Barry Keoghan, Tom Hardy, Fionn Whitehead,
Directors : Christopher Nolan,

Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.

Actors : Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Michael Kenneth Williams,
Directors : Steve McQueen,

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

Actors : Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Rosemarie DeWitt,
Directors : Damien Chazelle,

While waiting for their big breaks, two proper L.A. dreamers, a suavely- charming, soft-spoken jazz pianist and a brilliant, vivacious playwright, attempt to reconcile aspirations and relationship in a magical old-school romance.

Actors : Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

An aging hitman recalls his time with the mob and the intersecting events with his friend, Jimmy Hoffa, through the 1950-70s.

Actors : Ed Harris, George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Orto Ignatiussen,
Directors : Alfonso Cuarón,

Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident which leaves them alone in space.

Actors : Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Casey Affleck,
Directors : Kenneth Lonergan,

A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.

Actors : Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield, Rooney Mara, Jesse Eisenberg,
Directors : David Fincher,

Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea, and the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.

Actors : Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt,
Directors : Kathryn Bigelow,

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.

Actors : Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz, Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron,
Directors : George Miller,

A woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in postapocalyptic Australia in search for her home-land with the help of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper, and a drifter named Max.

Actors : Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, Rachel McAdams,
Directors : Tom McCarthy,

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Kyle Chandler, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson,
Directors : Todd Haynes,

An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.

Actors : Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom,
Directors : Peter Jackson,

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

Actors : Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon,
Directors : Guillermo del Toro,

At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.

Actors : Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Caleb Landry Jones, Frances McDormand,
Directors : Martin McDonagh,

A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.

Actors : Virginia Madsen, Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Sandra Oh,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.

Actors : Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, James Cromwell,
Directors : Michel Hazanavicius,

A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions.

Actors : Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, Jennifer Lawrence,
Directors : David O. Russell,

A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.

Actors : Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, David Oyelowo, Lorraine Toussaint,
Directors : Ava DuVernay,

A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.