Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Doctor Dolittle(1967)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 14

After the animal communicating veterinarian goes too far for his clientèle, he and his friends escape their hometown to sea in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail.



The Night of the Iguana(1964)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 11

A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.



Days of Wine and Roses(1962)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 10

An alcoholic marries a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.



The Last Tycoon(1976)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 15

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.



The Swarm(1978)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people.



The Lion in Winter(1968)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. They and his wife variously plot to force him.



The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming(1966)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 14

Without hostile intent, a Soviet sub runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.



Cleopatra(1963)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Queen Cleopatra of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.



El Cid(1961)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 9

The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.



Cactus Flower(1969)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.



A Man for All Seasons(1966)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The story of Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarriage.



The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie(1969)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12 year old charges with her over-romanticized world view.



A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(1966)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.



California Suite(1978)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.



One-Eyed Jacks(1961)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 12

After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California.



Fat City(1972)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 16

Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.



Topkapi(1964)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to retrieve a jeweled dagger.



King Kong(1976)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.



Casino Royale(1967)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.



Ridicule(1996)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 13

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.




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