Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in art direction category

Scrooge(1970)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.



The Taming of the Shrew(1967)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.



Sweet Charity(1969)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 5

Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her ...



The Molly Maguires(1970)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 7

Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish immigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires, fights against the cruelty of the mining company with sabotage ...



The Shoes of the Fisherman(1968)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 5

Ukrainian Archbishop Kiril Lakota is set free after two decades as a political prisoner in Siberia. He is brought to Rome by Fr. David Telemond, a troubled young priest who befriends him. ...



The Hindenburg(1975)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.



Nicholas and Alexandra(1971)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.



The Island at the Top of the World(1974)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 8

In 1907, four explorers discover a lost colony of Vikings in the Arctic.



The Brink's Job(1978)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 6

Crime story based on the real armed robbery of the Brink's Building in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17th, 1950.



Mary, Queen of Scots(1971)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 0

During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native land.



Young Winston(1972)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 8

This historical drama is an account of the early life of the future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Simon Ward), including his childhood, his time as a war correspondent in South ...





Travels with My Aunt(1972)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 5

At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure as she ...



Star!(1968)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A musical biography of Gertrude Lawrence, who led a hustling and bustling life on the stage.



Tom Sawyer(1973)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and witnessing a murder.



The Incredible Sarah(1976)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 6

The life of the great actress, Sarah Bernhardt.



La traviata(1982)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Violetta meets Alfredo and quickly falls for him. After the lovers run away together, they live in bliss for a short time. However, Alfredo's father, Giorgio, starts to interfere, concerned...



Gaily, Gaily(1969)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

To escape sinful impulses, Ben Harvey, a callow youth, leaves his small town for Chicago in 1910. A pickpocket promptly relieves him of his money, and he nearly starves before Queen Lil ...




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