Critically acclaimed movies that are oscar winners or nominees in actor in a leading role category

Actors : Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Frank Langella, Michael Sheen,
Directors : Ron Howard,

A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.

Actors : Colin Farrell, James Keane, Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Directors : Scott Cooper,

A faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.

Actors : Amber Tamblyn, James Franco, Sean Bott, Kate Mara,
Directors : Danny Boyle,

An adventurous mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.

Actors : Channing Tatum, Vanessa Redgrave, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo,
Directors : Bennett Miller,

U.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join "Team Foxcatcher", led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but John's self-destructive behavior threatens to consume them all.

Actors : Stephen Henderson, Denzel Washington, Jovan Adepo, Viola Davis,
Directors : Denzel Washington,

A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.

Actors : Kevin Spacey, Thora Birch, Annette Bening, Wes Bentley,
Directors : Sam Mendes,

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

Actors : Alex Hassell, Frances McDormand, Denzel Washington, Bertie Carvel,
Directors : Joel Coen,

A Scottish lord becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland, and his ambitious wife supports him in his plans of seizing power.

Actors : Kristin Scott Thomas, Gary Oldman, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn,
Directors : Joe Wright,

During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.

Actors : Thomas Kretschmann, Emilia Fox, Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

Actors : David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels,
Directors : George Clooney,

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Actors : Josef Altin, Viggo Mortensen, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Naomi Watts,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

Actors : Tom Wilkinson, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Michael O'Keefe,
Directors : Tony Gilroy,

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazi Germans.

Actors : Tom Sizemore, Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Actors : Anthony Mackie, Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Jeff Lima,
Directors : Ryan Fleck,

An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.

Actors : Matthew McConaughey, Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

Actors : Sebastian Maniscalco, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Viggo Mortensen,
Directors : Peter Farrelly,

A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, John Travolta,
Directors : Quentin Tarantino,

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Actors : Jon Bernthal, Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney,
Directors : Reinaldo Marcus Green,

A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.

Actors : Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei,
Directors : Todd Field,

A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.