Best movies of before 2000 that are oscar winners or nominees

Butterflies Are Free(1972)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 9

A blind man moves into his own apartment against the wishes of his overprotective mother, and befriends the freethinking young woman next door.



A Thousand Clowns(1965)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A middle-aged iconoclast, doggedly avoiding the tedium of employment and conventional life, faces the prospect of losing custody of his young ward.



The Agony and the Ecstasy(1965)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 5

The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.



Lady Sings the Blues(1972)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 12

The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday.



Man of La Mancha(1972)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 11

The funny story of mad but kind and chivalrous elderly nobleman Don Quixote who, aided by his squire Sancho Panza, fights windmills that are seen as dragons to save prostitute Dulcinea who is seen as a noblewoman.



Images(1972)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 11

Schizophrenic housewife, engulfed by terrorizing apparitions, kills off each, unknowing if these demons are merely figments of her hallucinatory imagination or part of reality.



Lilies of the Field(1963)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A traveling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.



Scrooge(1970)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.



Finian's Rainbow(1968)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 11

An Irish immigrant and his daughter move into a town in the American South with a magical piece of gold that will change people's lives, including a struggling farmer and African American citizens threatened by a bigoted politician.



Inside Daisy Clover(1965)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.



Obsession(1976)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his wife.



Exodus(1960)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The state of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.



55 Days at Peking(1963)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 5

During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion against foreigners in China, U.S. Marine Major Matt Lewis, aided by British Consul Sir Arthur Robertson, devises a strategy to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force arrives.



Pollyanna(1960)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.



Ludwig(1973)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 8

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin ...



The Whales of August(1987)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 8

It's August. Like they have most summers, elderly widowed sisters Libby Strong and Sarah Webber, who live in Philadelphia, are staying together in the family's summer cottage on an island ...



Blaze(1989)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made him a controversial figure.



Same Time, Next Year(1978)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 4

A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner. Although both are married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have ...



Gloria(1980)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.



Pirates(1986)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.




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