Best movies of before 2000 that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

Actors : Irene Cara, Eddie Barth, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean,
Directors : Alan Parker,

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.

Actors : Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : Richard Attenborough,

Gandhi's character is fully explained as a man of nonviolence. Through his patience, he is able to drive the British out of the subcontinent. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed.

Actors : Lukas Haas, Josef Sommer, Kelly McGillis, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Peter Weir,

A young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder; policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.

Actors : Diane Venora, Forest Whitaker, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E. Wright,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

The troubled life and career of the jazz musician, Charlie "Bird" Parker.

Actors : Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon, Ray Walston, Fred MacMurray,
Directors : Billy Wilder,

A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

Actors : Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, George Chakiris,

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

Actors : Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, Paul Stewart, John Forsythe,
Directors : Richard Brooks,

After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.

Actors : Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz,
Directors : Frank Oz,

Kermit and his friends go to New York to get their musical on Broadway only to find it's a more difficult task than they anticipated.

Actors : Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Peter Weller,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.

Actors : Shafiq Syed, Raghuvir Yadav, Hansa Vithal, Chanda Sharma,
Directors : Mira Nair,

The boy Krishna is abandoned by his mother at the Apollo Circus and she tells him that he can only return home when he can afford 500 rupees to pay for the bicycle of his brother that he ...

Actors : Chris Sarandon, William Hickey, Catherine O'Hara, Danny Elfman,
Directors : Henry Selick,

Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home cause confusion.

Actors : Helen Hunt, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Jan de Bont,

Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.

Actors : Richard Burton, Gino Cervi, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole,
Directors : Peter Glenville,

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.

Actors : Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Aileen Quinn, Ann Reinking,
Directors : John Huston,

A young orphan girl's adventures in finding a family that will take her.

Actors : David Keith, Robert Loggia, Debra Winger, Richard Gere,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

A young man must complete his work at a Navy Flight school to become an aviator, with the help of a tough gunnery sergeant and his new girlfriend.

Actors : Roy Scheider, Daniel Stern, Candy Clark, Warren Oates,
Directors : John Badham,

The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.

Actors : James Larkin, Simon Shepherd, Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh,
Directors : Kenneth Branagh,

In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

Actors : Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : Roland Emmerich,

The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Val Kilmer, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Pfeiffer,

An Egyptian prince learns of his identity as a Hebrew and his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people.