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

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(2004)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 89

When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.



Brooklyn(2015)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 89

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.



Elle(2016)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 89

A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her.



Million Dollar Baby(2004)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 88

A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.



The Queen(2006)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 88

After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.



Jackie(2016)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 88

Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy.



The Kids Are All Right(2010)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 87

Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their biological father into their non-traditional family life.



Gone Girl(2014)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 87

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.



I, Tonya(2017)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 86

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.





Far from Heaven(2002)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 86

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.



Black Swan(2010)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 86

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



Silver Linings Playbook(2012)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 86

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.



Beasts of the Southern Wild(2012)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 86

Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.



Loving(2016)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 86

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.



An Education(2009)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.



Promising Young Woman(2020)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.



American Beauty(1999)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 85

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



Everything Everywhere All at Once(2022)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 85

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.



Juno(2007)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.




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