Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees

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.



Hook(1991)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 55

When Captain Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.



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.



Reversal of Fortune(1990)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 72

Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.



Working Girl(1988)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 60

When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.



Breaking Away(1979)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 67

A small-town boy obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl.



Hoosiers(1986)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship.



The Grifters(1990)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend--both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.



Field of Dreams(1989)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 57

An Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices, interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields; he does, and the 1919 Chicago White Sox come.



Fatal Attraction(1987)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.



Splash(1984)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is.



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.



Romancing the Stone(1984)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A romance writer sets off to Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure.



August Rush(2007)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 56

A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.



An American Werewolf in London(1981)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 58

Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.



Thunderball(1965)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 57

James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.



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.



In & Out(1997)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.



Babe: Pig in the City(1998)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.



Bicentennial Man(1999)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 55

An android endeavors to become human as he gradually acquires emotions.




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