Critically acclaimed movies that are oscar winners in art direction category

Actors : Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen,
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 : Ariadna Gil, Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Sergi López,
Directors : Guillermo del Toro,

In the falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

Actors : Zoe Saldana, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Sam Worthington,
Directors : James Cameron,

A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

Actors : Taye Diggs, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere,
Directors : Rob Marshall,

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

Actors : Asa Butterfield, Christopher Lee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

In Paris in 1931, an orphan named Hugo Cabret who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, Roy Dotrice, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge,
Directors : Milos Forman,

The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.

Actors : Alec Guinness, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford,
Directors : George Lucas,

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee, and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.

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 : 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 : Tom Wilkinson, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : John Madden,

A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Julia Ormond, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt,
Directors : David Fincher,

Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.

Actors : Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio,
Directors : James Cameron,

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Juliette Binoche,
Directors : Anthony Minghella,

At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

Actors : Harrison Ford, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, Karen Allen,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.

Actors : Peter O'Toole, John Lone, Joan Chen, Ruocheng Ying,
Directors : Bernardo Bertolucci,

The story of the final Emperor of China.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson,
Directors : James Ivory,

A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter,
Directors : Tim Burton,

Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

Actors : Michael Strong, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, George C. Scott,
Directors : Franklin J. Schaffner,

The World War II phase of the career of the controversial American general, George S. Patton.

Actors : Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson,
Directors : Tim Burton,

Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of 3 people with the culprit being the legendary apparition, the Headless Horseman.

Actors : Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Suzuka Ohgo, Ken Watanabe,
Directors : Rob Marshall,

Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.