Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in cinematography category

Coal Miner's Daughter(1980)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Biographical story of Loretta Lynn, a legendary country singer that came from poverty to worldwide fame. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.



The Color Purple(1985)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.



The Abyss(1989)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 55

A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and face danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.



Batman Forever(1995)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.



Kundun(1997)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 65

From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.



A Civil Action(1998)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 64

The families of children who died sue two companies for dumping toxic waste: a tort so expensive to prove, the case could bankrupt their lawyers.



Funny Girl(1968)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 68

The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfield girl, subsequent career and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.



Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home(1986)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 57

To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.



Nightmare Alley(2021)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 78

An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.



A River Runs Through It(1992)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 57

The story about two sons of a stern minister -- one reserved, one rebellious -- growing up in rural Montana while devoted to fly fishing.



A Little Princess(1995)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A young girl is relegated to servitude at a boarding school when her father goes missing and is presumed dead.



Reds(1981)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.



Sophie's Choice(1982)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 56

After spending time with his new neighbors, an aspiring writer realizes they are harboring deep secrets that will forever change him.



Wyatt Earp(1994)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 56

Wyatt Earp is a movie about a man and his family. The movie shows us the good times and the bad times of one of the West's most famous individuals.



The Tragedy of Macbeth(2021)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 85

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.



The Natural(1984)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 54

An unknown comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.



Legends of the Fall(1994)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 49

In the early 1900s, three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of Montana are affected by betrayal, history, love, nature, and war.



Peggy Sue Got Married(1986)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.



Mississippi Burning(1988)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 48

Two F.B.I. Agents, with wildly different styles, arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.



Michael Collins(1996)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.




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