Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in cinematography (color) category

Lawrence of Arabia(1962)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 88

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.



Spartacus(1960)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 44

The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic.



West Side Story(1961)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 36

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.



Becket(1964)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 50

King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas à Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the king's.





The Sound of Music(1965)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 30

A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.





Doctor Zhivago(1965)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 25

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during the First World War and then the October Revolution.



Fantastic Voyage(1966)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A scientist is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter the bloodstream.



The Great Race(1965)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A grand adventurous race takes place between the heroic Leslie and the despicable Professor Fate across three continents.



Irma la Douce(1963)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 14

In Paris, a former policeman falls in love with a prostitute, and tries to get her out of that life by paying for all of her time.



Hatari!(1962)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways.



The Sand Pebbles(1966)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 12

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and...



The Professionals(1966)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 12

An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.



The Greatest Story Ever Told(1965)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 16

The life of Jesus Christ.



One-Eyed Jacks(1961)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 13

After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California.



Cleopatra(1963)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Queen Cleopatra of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.



A Man for All Seasons(1966)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The story of Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarriage.



BUtterfield 8(1960)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A Manhattan call girl has a tragic affair with a rich married man.



Mutiny on the Bounty(1962)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.




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