Best movies of before 2000 that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Christine Kaufmann, Barbara Rütting, E.G. Marshall, Kirk Douglas,
Directors : Gottfried Reinhardt,

Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Garrett.

Actors : Clark Gable, Marietto, Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren,
Directors : Melville Shavelson,

Mike Hamilton, a Philadelphia lawyer, comes to Naples to settle the estate of his long estranged "black sheep" brother. Once there, he discovers that the deceased has left an eight-year old...

Actors : Charles Vanel, Paul Meurisse, Brigitte Bardot, Sami Frey,
Directors : Henri-Georges Clouzot,

Dominique Marceau is on trial for the murder of Gilbert Tellier. The counsels duel relentlessly, elaborating explanations for why the pretty, idle and fickle girl killed the talented and ...

Actors : Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Frank Sinatra,
Directors : Walter Lang,

Montmartre, 1896: the Can-Can, the dance in which the women lift their skirts, is forbidden. Nevertheless Simone has it performed every day in her night club. Her employees use their female...

Actors : Jesse White, Elaine Stewart, Karen Steele, Ray Danton,
Directors : Budd Boetticher,

Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewellery thieves. After a spell in jail the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself...

Actors : Jill St. John, Warren Beatty, Vivien Leigh, Coral Browne,
Directors : José Quintero,

An aging actress travels to Rome with her husband; after he suddenly dies during the flight, she begins a passionate affair with a young gigolo.

Actors : Manuel Alexandre, José Luis López Vázquez, Cassen, Elvira Quintillá,
Directors : Luis García Berlanga,

In a small spanish town, a group of old ladies decide to celebrate Christmas Eve with a "Sit a poor man at your table" dinner: each wealthy household of the town will have a homeless person...

Actors : Elizabeth Ercy, Raf Vallone, Anthony Perkins, Melina Mercouri,
Directors : Jules Dassin,

The powerful Greek shipowner and constructor Thanos proposes to marry Phaedra during the baptism of a ship with her name. Phaedra, who is the daughter of Thanos'greatest competitor, is a ...

Actors : Slim Pickens, Amy Irving, Dyan Cannon, Willie Nelson,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

Willie Nelson is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical sidekick.

Actors : Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Jeff East, Warren Oates,
Directors : Don Taylor,

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and witnessing a murder.

Actors : Harry Baird, Edith Evans, Jack Austin, Nanette Newman,
Directors : Bryan Forbes,

The title refers to the creatures a very poor addled old lady (Dame Edith Evans) imagines in her paranoid fantasies. They lurk behind every drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet. They listen ...

Actors : Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Daniel Massey, Michael Craig,
Directors : Robert Wise,

A musical biography of Gertrude Lawrence, who led a hustling and bustling life on the stage.

Actors : Geraldine Page, Dean Martin, Yvette Mimieux, Wendy Hiller,
Directors : George Roy Hill,

Julian Berniers and Lily Prine have just gotten married. They have been in Chicago on business before returning to their home town of New Orleans, where they will meet with Julian's older ...

Actors : Kristin Scott Thomas, James Wilby, Richard Beale, Jackson Kyle,
Directors : Charles Sturridge,

The wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.

Actors : Alec Guinness, Madlyn Rhue, Rosalind Russell, Ray Danton,
Directors : Mervyn LeRoy,

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness and forgiveness.

Actors : Wilford Brimley, Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Matt Clark,
Directors : Richard Pearce,

Gilbert Ivy and his wife Jewell are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gilbert has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but his wife ...

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Gene Hackman, Ann-Margret, Amy Madigan,
Directors : Bud Yorkin,

A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate....

Actors : Roger Moore, Bradford Dillman, Ray Milland, Susannah York,
Directors : Peter R. Hunt,

Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drilling into an underground lake, so the ...

Actors : Lorraine Gary, Kathleen Quinlan, Bibi Andersson, Ben Piazza,
Directors : Anthony Page,

A disturbed,institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

Actors : Nan Martin, Sidney Poitier, Beau Bridges, Abbey Lincoln,
Directors : Daniel Mann,

A white family has had the same black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon, the 20ish year old son decides what she needs is a ...