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- DirectorJosef von SternbergArthur RossonStarsGeorge BancroftClive BrookEvelyn BrentBoisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.1928. ORIGINAL STORY
01. UNDERWORLD (OSCAR WINNER) ***
02. THE LAST COMMAND - DirectorErnst LubitschStarsGreta GarboMelvyn DouglasIna ClaireA stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.1939. BEST STORY
01. NINOTCHKA
02. LOVE AFFAIR
03. YOUNG MR. LINCOLN - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsVictor SjöströmBibi AnderssonIngrid ThulinAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.1959.
01. WILD STRAWBERRIES
02. NORTH BY NORTHWEST
03. THE 400 BLOWS
04. PILLOW TALK (OSCAR WINNER) *** - DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonShirley MacLaineFred MacMurrayA Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.1960.
01. THE APARTMENT (OSCAR WINNER) ***
02. HIROSHIMA, MON AMOOUR
03. NEVER ON SUNDAY - DirectorElia KazanStarsNatalie WoodWarren BeattyPat HingleThe love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship.1961.
01. SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
02. LA DOLCE VITA
03. BALLAD OF A SOLDIER - DirectorArthur PennStarsWarren BeattyFaye DunawayMichael J. PollardBored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.1967.
01. BONNIE AND CLYDE
02. TWO FOR THE ROAD
03. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINER (OSCAR WINNER) *** - DirectorGillo PontecorvoStarsBrahim HadjadjJean MartinYacef SaadiIn the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.1968.
01. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS
02. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
03. FACES - DirectorDennis HopperStarsPeter FondaDennis HopperJack NicholsonTwo bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.1969.
01. EASY RIDER
02. BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE
03. THE DAMNED - DirectorBob RafelsonStarsJack NicholsonKaren BlackBilly Green BushA dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.1970.
01. FIVE EASY PIECES
02. PATTON (OSCAR WINNER) ***
03. MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S - DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèFlorinda BolkanGianni SantuccioA chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.1971.
01. INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION
02. SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
03. KLUTE - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsHarriet AnderssonLiv UllmannKari SylwanWhen a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.1973.
01. CRIES AND WHISPERS
02. AMERICAN GRAFFITI
03. THE STING (OSCAR WINNER) ***
04. A TOUCH OF CLASS - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGene HackmanJohn CazaleAllen GarfieldA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.1974.
01. THE CONVERSATION
02. CHINATOWN (OSCAR WINNER) ***
03. ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
04. DAY FOR NIGHT - DirectorSidney LumetStarsAl PacinoJohn CazalePenelope AllenThree amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.1975.
01. DOGDAY AFTERNOON (OSCAR WINNER) ***
02. SHAMPOO
03. AMARCORD - DirectorSidney LumetStarsFaye DunawayWilliam HoldenPeter FinchA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.1976.
01. NETWORK (OSCAR WINNER) ***
02. ROCKY
03. THE FRONT - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonTony RobertsAlvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.1977.
01. ANNIE HALL (OSCAR WINNER) ***
02. STAR WARS
03. THE GOODBYE GIRL - DirectorMichael CiminoStarsRobert De NiroChristopher WalkenJohn CazaleAn in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.1978.
01. THE DEER HUNTER
02. AUTUMN SONATA
03. COMING HOME (OSCAR WINNER) ***
04. AN UNMARRIED WOMAN
05. INTERIORS - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonMariel HemingwayThe life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.1979.
01. MANHATTAN
02. BREAKING AWAY (OSCAR WINNER) ***
03. ALL THAT JAZZ - DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsGérard DepardieuNicole GarciaRoger PierreThe intersecting stories of three people who face difficult choices in life-changing situations are used to illustrate the theories espoused by Henri Laborit about human behavior and the relationship between the self and society.1980.
01. MY AMERICAN UNCLE
02. MELVIN AND HOWARD (OSCAR WINNER)
03. PRIVATE BENJAMIN - DirectorLouis MalleStarsBurt LancasterSusan SarandonKate ReidIn a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.1981.
01. ATLANTIC CITY
02. CHARIOTS OF FIRE (OSCAR WINNER) ***
03. REDS - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHenry ThomasDrew BarrymorePeter CoyoteA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.1982.
01. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
02. TOOTSIE
03. AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBertil GuvePernilla AllwinKristina AdolphsonTwo young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.1983.
01. FANNY AND ALEXANDER
02. THE BIG CHILL
03. SILKWOOD
04. WARGAMES - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.1985.
01. BACK TO THE FUTURE
02. BRAZIL
03. THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO
04. THE OFFICIAL STORY
05. WITNESS (OSCAR WINNER) ***
Four fantastic screenplays and a lame winner .... - DirectorWoody AllenStarsMia FarrowDianne WiestMichael CaineBetween two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.1986.
01. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (OSCAR WINNER) ***
02. MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE
03. PLATOON - DirectorWoody AllenStarsMia FarrowDianne WiestMike StarrA nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.1987.
01. RADIO DAYS
02. AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS
03. MOONSTRUCK (OSCAR WINNER) ***
04. BROADCAST NEWS - DirectorPenny MarshallStarsTom HanksElizabeth PerkinsRobert LoggiaAfter wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.1988.
01. BIG
02. RUNNING ON EMPTY
03. BULL DURHAM
04. A FISH CALLED WANDA
05. RAIN MAN (OSCAR WINNER) *** - DirectorWoody AllenStarsMartin LandauWoody AllenBill BernsteinAn ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.1989.
01. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
02. SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE
03. DO THE RIGHT THING
04. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... - DirectorWhit StillmanStarsCarolyn FarinaEdward ClementsChris EigemanA group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.1990.
01. METROPOLITAN
02. ALICE
03. GHOST (OSCAR WINNER) *** - DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJeff BridgesRobin WilliamsAdam BryantA former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.1991.
01. THE FISHER KING
02. BOYZ N THE HOOD
03. THELMA AND LOUISE *** (OSCAR WINNER)
04. BUGSY
05. GRAND CANYON - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenMia FarrowSydney PollackWhen their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.1992.
01. HUSBANDS AND WIVES
02. THE CRYING GAME (OSCAR WINNER) ***
03. UNFORGIVEN
04. PASSION FISH
05. LORENZO'S OIL - DirectorJane CampionStarsHolly HunterHarvey KeitelSam NeillIn the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is soon lusted after by a farm worker.1993.
01. THE PIANO (OSCAR WINNER) ***
02. SLEPPLESS IN SEATTLE
03. PHILADELPHIA - DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsIrène JacobJean-Louis TrintignantFrédérique FederA model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading people's privacy.1994.
01. THREE COLORS: RED
02. HEAVENLY CREATURES
03. BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
04. PULP FICTION (OSCAR WINNER) *** - DirectorJohn LasseterStarsTom HanksTim AllenDon RicklesA cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's bedroom.1995.
01. TOY STORY
02. NIXON
03. THE USUAL SUSPECTS (OSCAR WINNER) ***
04. MIGHTY APHRODITE - DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.1996.
01. FARGO (OSCAR WINNER) ***
02. SECRETS AND LIES
03. JERRY MAGUIRE
04. SHINE - DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsMark WahlbergJulianne MooreBurt ReynoldsBack when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.1997.
01. BOOGIE NIGHTS
02. DECONSTRUCTING HARRY
03. AS GOOD AS IT GETS
04. GOOD WILL HUNTING (OSCAR WINNER) *** - DirectorJohn MaddenStarsGwyneth PaltrowJoseph FiennesGeoffrey RushThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.1998.
01. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (OSCAR WINNER) ***
02. THE TRUMAN SHOW
03. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
04. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - DirectorMike LeighStarsJim BroadbentAllan CordunerDexter FletcherSet in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.1999.
01. TOPSY-TURVY
02. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
03. MAGNOLIA
04. THE SIXTH SENSE
05. AMERICAN BEAUTY (OSCAR WINNER) *** - DirectorCameron CroweStarsBilly CrudupPatrick FugitKate HudsonA high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.2000.
01. ALMOST FAMOUS (OSCAR WINNER) ***
02. ERIN BROCKOVICH
03. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
04. BILLY ELLIOT
05. GLADIATOR - DirectorWes AndersonStarsGene HackmanGwyneth PaltrowAnjelica HustonThe eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.2001.
01. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS
02. AMÉLIE
03. GOSFORD PARK (OSCAR WINNER) ***
04. MEMENTO
05. MONSTER'S BALL - DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsMaribel VerdúGael García BernalDaniel Giménez CachoIn Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.2002.
01. Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN
02. TALK TO HER (OSCAR WINNER) ***
03. FAR FROM HEAVEN
04. GANGS OF NEW YORK - DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsBill MurrayScarlett JohanssonGiovanni RibisiA faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.2003.
01. LOST IN TRANSLATION (OSCAR WINNER) ***
02. DIRTY PRETTY THINGS
03. IN AMERICA
04. FINDING NEMO
05. THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioCate BlanchettKate BeckinsaleA biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.2004.
01. THE AVIATOR
02. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (OSCAR WINNER) ***
03. THE INCREDIBLES
04. VERA DRAKE
05. HOTEL RWANDA - DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsDavid StrathairnGeorge ClooneyPatricia ClarksonBroadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.2005.
01. GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
02. MATCH POINT
03. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
04. SYRIANA
05. CRASH (OSCAR WINNER) *** - DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.2006.
01. PAN'S LABYRINTH
02. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (OSCAR WINNER) ***
03. THE QUEEN
04. LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
05. BABEL - DirectorBrad BirdJan PinkavaStarsBrad GarrettLou RomanoPatton OswaltA rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant.2007.
01. RATATOUILLE
02. LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
03. THE SAVAGES
04. MICHAEL CLAYTON
05. JUNO (OSCAR WINNER) *** - DirectorAndrew StantonStarsBen BurttElissa KnightJeff GarlinIn the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.2008.
01. WALL-E
02. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
03. MILK (OSCAR WINNER) ***
04. IN BRUGES
05. FROZEN RIVER
one of my favorite lineups, why could't they nominate these films for best picture ? - DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsMichael StuhlbargRichard KindSari LennickLarry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.2009.
01. A SERIOUS MAN
02. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
03. THE HURT LOCKER (OSCAR WINNER) ***
04. UP - DirectorMike LeighStarsJim BroadbentRuth SheenLesley ManvilleA look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.2010.
01. ANOTHER YEAR
02. THE KING'S SPEECH (OSCAR WINNER) ***
03. THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
04. THE FIGHTER
05. INCEPTION - DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.2011.
01. A SEPARATION
02. BRIDESMAIDS
03. THE ARTIST
04. MARGIN CALL
05. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (OSCAR WINNER) *** - DirectorMichael HanekeStarsJean-Louis TrintignantEmmanuelle RivaIsabelle HuppertGeorges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.2012
01. AMOUR
02. MOONRISE KINGDOM
03. DJANGO UNCHAINED (OSCAR WINNER) ***
04. ZERO DARK THIRTY
05. FLIGHT - DirectorAlexander PayneStarsBruce DernWill ForteJune SquibbAn aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.2013
01. NEBRASKA
02. BLUE JASMINE
03. HER (OSCAR WINNER) ***
04. DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
05. AMERICAN HUSTLE - DirectorBennett MillerStarsSteve CarellChanning TatumMark RuffaloU.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join "Team Foxcatcher", led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but John's self-destructive behavior threatens to consume them all.2014.
01. FOXCATCHER
02. THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
03. NIGHTCRAWLER
04. BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (OSCAR WINNER) ***
05. BOYHOOD - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMark RylanceAlan AldaDuring the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.2015.
01. BRIDGE OF SPIES
02. EX MACHINA
03. INSIDE OUT
04. SPOTLIGHT (OSCAR WINNER) *** - DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsColin FarrellRachel WeiszJessica BardenIn a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.2016.
01. THE LOBSTER
02. HELL OR HIGH WATER
03. 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
04. MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (OSCAR WINNER) ***
05. LA LA LAND - DirectorJordan PeeleStarsDaniel KaluuyaAllison WilliamsBradley WhitfordA young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.2017.
01. GET OUT (OSCAR WINNER) ***
02. LADY BIRD
03. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
04. THE BIG SICK
05. THE SHAPE OF WATER - DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsOlivia ColmanEmma StoneRachel WeiszIn early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.2018.
01. THE FAVOURITE
02. FIRST REFORMED
03. ROMA
04. GREEN BOOK (OSCAR WINNER) ***
05. VICE - DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoLee Sun-kyunCho Yeo-jeongGreed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.2019.
01. PARASITE (OSCAR WINNER) ****
02. ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD
03. MARRIAGE STORY
04. KNIVES OUT
05. 1917 - DirectorDarius MarderStarsRiz AhmedOlivia CookePaul RaciA heavy metal drummer's life is turned upside down when he begins to lose his hearing and he must confront a future filled with silence.2020.
01. SOUND OF METAL
02. PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (OSCAR WINNER) ***
03. MINARI
04. JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
05. THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 - DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsAlana HaimCooper HoffmanSean PennThe story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.2021.
01. LICORICE PIZZA
02. THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
03. KING RICHARD
04. DON'T LOOK UP
05. BELFAST (OSCAR WINNER) *** - DirectorTodd FieldStarsCate BlanchettNoémie MerlantNina HossSet in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and the very first female director of a major German orchestra.2022.
01. TÁR
02. TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
03. THE FABELMANS
04. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
05. EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (OSCAR WINNER) *** - DirectorTodd HaynesStarsNatalie PortmanChris TenzisCharles MeltonTwenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.2023.
01. MAY DECEMBER
02. PAST LIVES
03. THE HOLDOVERS
04. ANATOMY OF A FALL (OSCAR WINNER) ***
05. MAESTRO