Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in art direction (black-and-white) category

Psycho(1960)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.





To Kill a Mockingbird(1962)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 29

Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.



The Hustler(1961)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 25

An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.







The Longest Day(1962)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 15

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.



Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 17

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.



The Fortune Cookie(1966)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.



Seven Days in May(1964)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 15

United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.



The Spy Who Came in from the Cold(1965)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 12

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.



Days of Wine and Roses(1962)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 10

An alcoholic marries a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.



The Night of the Iguana(1964)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 11

A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.



The Children's Hour(1961)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 7

A troublemaking student at a girls' school accuses two teachers of being lesbians.



Hud(1963)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Honest and hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant and egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.



Ship of Fools(1965)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for post-war Germany represents a microcosm of 1930s society.



A Patch of Blue(1965)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.



The Americanization of Emily(1964)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 10

An American naval officer's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.



The Absent Minded Professor(1961)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A college professor invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself.



America America(1963)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 7

A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to the United States.




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