Academy Award Winners/Nominees

2437 Titles
North Country Poster

North Country

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.

46,429 votes
3. 7 imdb
% 68 metacritic
% 69 tomato meter
Mrs. Henderson Presents Poster

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Laura Henderson (Dame Judi Dench) buys an old London theater and opens it up as the Windmill, a performance hall which goes down in history for, amongst other things, its all-nude revues.

15,758 votes
7 imdb
% 71 metacritic
% 68 tomato meter
Water Poster

Water

2005 Drama PG-13

A thesis picture. In 1938, Gandhi's party is making inroads in women's rights. Chuyia, a child already married but living with her parents, becomes a widow. By tradition, she is unceremoniously left at a bare and impoverished widows' ashram, beside the Ganges during monsoon season. The ashram's leader pimps out Kalyani, a young and beautiful widow, for household funds. Narayan, a follower of Gandhi, falls in love with her. Can she break with tradition and religious teaching to marry him? The ashram's moral center is Shakuntala, deeply religious but conflicted about her fate. Can she protect Kalyani or Chuyia? Amid all this water, is rebirth possible or does tradition drown all?

14,894 votes
7. 7 imdb
% 77 metacritic
% 91 tomato meter
Corpse Bride Poster

Corpse Bride

Set back in the late 1800s in a Victorian village, a man and woman by the names of Victor Van Dort and Victoria Everglot are betrothed because the Everglots need the money or else they'll be living on the streets and the Van Dorts want to be high in society. But when things go wrong at the wedding rehearsal, Victor goes into the woods to practice his vows. Just as soon as he gets them right, he finds himself married to Emily, the corpse bride. While Victoria waits on the other side, there's a rich newcomer that may take Victor's place. So two brides, one groom, who will Victor pick?

315K votes
4. 7 imdb
% 83 metacritic
% 84 tomato meter
Walk the Line Poster

Walk the Line

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.

275K votes
8. 7 imdb
% 72 metacritic
% 82 tomato meter
Brokeback Mountain Poster

Brokeback Mountain

Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.

404K votes
7. 7 imdb
% 87 metacritic
% 88 tomato meter
Capote Poster

Capote

In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.

146K votes
3. 7 imdb
% 88 metacritic
% 89 tomato meter
Good Night, and Good Luck. Poster

Good Night, and Good Luck.

In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow and his producer Fred W. Friendly decided to take a stand and challenge McCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history.

103K votes
4. 7 imdb
% 80 metacritic
% 93 tomato meter
Tsotsi Poster

Tsotsi

2005 Drama Crime R

Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader.

28,583 votes
2. 7 imdb
% 70 metacritic
% 82 tomato meter
Murderball Poster

Murderball

Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.

10,625 votes
7. 7 imdb
% 87 metacritic
% 98 tomato meter
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