Best movies of before 2000 that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Jonas Abry, Christine Lahti,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

The eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live a life of his own.

Actors : Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Mark Robson,

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles.

Actors : Michael Crawford, Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Marianne McAndrew,
Directors : Gene Kelly,

Matchmaker Dolly Levi travels to Yonkers to find a partner for "half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder, convincing his niece, his niece's intended, and his two clerks to travel to New York City along the way.

Actors : Ed Harris, Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Amy Madigan,
Directors : Robert Benton,

In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow, with two small children, tries to run her small 40-acre farm with the help of two disparate people.

Actors : Pat Hingle, Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Audrey Christie,
Directors : Elia Kazan,

A fragile Kansas girl's love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.

Actors : James Fox, Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft, Victor Banerjee,
Directors : David Lean,

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

Actors : William Finley, Gerrit Graham, Jessica Harper, Paul Williams,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

Actors : Mia Farrow, Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Simon MacCorkindale,
Directors : John Guillermin,

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?

Actors : Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

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

Actors : Cathy Tyson, Robbie Coltrane, Bob Hoskins, Michael Caine,
Directors : Neil Jordan,

A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.

Actors : Florrie Dugger, Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, John Cassisi,
Directors : Alan Parker,

The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.

Actors : Sophie Ward, Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Anthony Higgins,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.

Actors : Peter Coyote, Robert Loggia, Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : Richard Marquand,

San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires ...

Actors : John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Anthony Hopkins,
Directors : David Lynch,

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy, Madeleine Potter, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : James Ivory,

A Boston feminist and a conservative Southern lawyer contend for the heart and mind of a beautiful and bright girl unsure of her future.

Actors : Julie Andrews, Robert Webber, Bo Derek, Dudley Moore,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

A Hollywood composer goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy, newly married woman.

Actors : Barbara Hershey, Steve Railsback, Peter O'Toole, Allen Garfield,
Directors : Richard Rush,

A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out, and falls for the leading lady.

Actors : Mary Kay Bergman, Corey Burton, Demi Moore, Jason Alexander,

A deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.

Actors : Rupert Graves, Miranda Richardson, Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche,
Directors : Louis Malle,

A member of Parliament falls passionately in love with his son's fiancée despite the dangers of discovery.

Actors : Nicholle Tom, Charles Grodin, Christopher Castile, Bonnie Hunt,
Directors : Rod Daniel,

Beethoven, the St. Bernard dog, becomes a father, but his girlfriend Missy is dognapped, and his puppies are in danger of the same fate.