Best movies of before 2000 that are oscar winners or nominees

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.



The Purple Rose of Cairo(1985)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 59

In New Jersey in 1935, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.



The Muppet Movie(1979)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog-legs merchant is after Kermit.



Nixon(1995)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A biographical story of former U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame.



City Slickers(1991)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 58

On the verge of turning 40, an unhappy Manhattan yuppie is roped into joining his two friends on a cattle drive in the southwest.



The Spy Who Loved Me(1977)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 54

James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. Agent, whose lover he killed.



Life(1999)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 58

The story of wrongfully convicted men (Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence) who discover the value of life after serving 65 years in prison.



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.



The Last Detail(1973)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 65

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way.



Mrs. Doubtfire(1993)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 52

After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.



The Karate Kid(1984)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.



The First Wives Club(1996)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 59

Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.



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.



Diner(1982)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.



The Addams Family(1991)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 53

Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.



The Outlaw Josey Wales(1976)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 57

A Missouri farmer joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.



The Horse Whisperer(1998)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 59

The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.



The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert(1994)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 57

Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.



Diamonds Are Forever(1971)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.



My Best Friend's Wedding(1997)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 52

When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.




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