Academy award: best actor / actress / director / picture / cinematography, a list by Adam Braithwaite

7.6

/275494/

76

/10708/

77

/4428/

3.7

/1078184/

64

/348/

91

/620/

60

/57/

1.5

age 15+

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

77

7.8

/307535/

77

/10701/

77

/4453/

4.1

/1007201/

90

/177/

90

/610/

76

/37/

2.0

age 16+

Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

82

7.7

/618489/

79

/31100/

77

/7561/

4.3

/3587536/

93

/407/

79

/5716/

81

/55/

3.5

age 15+

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

80

7.5

/168226/

76

/6407/

76

/2741/

3.7

/322350/

90

/303/

98

/598/

76

/53/

3.0

age 13+

The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.

79

6.8

/220552/

67

/6793/

67

/2866/

3.7

/495830/

94

/366/

76

/28/

89

/58/

4.0

age 15+

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

65

6.6

/57972/

67

/1544/

65

/658/

3.3

/115717/

67

/254/

86

/99/

55

/48/

2.0

age 13+

From the 1960s to the 1980s, evangelist Jim Baker and his ambitious wife, Tammy Faye, rose from humble beginnings to build an empire based on big-time evangelical Christianity--only for the couple to fall from grace because of some all-too-human sins.

81

8.0

/1016912/

79

/49506/

77

/14309/

3.9

/3638408/

83

/513/

90

/3233/

74

/68/

3.5

age 13+

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

82

8.0

/202840/

80

/7111/

78

/2462/

3.9

/404492/

94

/301/

91

/561/

72

/46/

3.5

age 13+

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

81

7.3

/215006/

72

/7423/

71

/3226/

3.8

/507755/

93

/440/

82

/313/

87

/57/

4.0

age 15+

A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

86

8.2

/239966/

81

/7391/

80

/3498/

4.3

/400922/

98

/299/

88

/151/

88

/51/

3.5

age 14+

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

70

6.8

/103327/

66

/2721/

66

/1731/

3.3

/213604/

83

/355/

62

/418/

79

/52/

3.0

age 15+

1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.

80

8.2

/757516/

81

/29634/

79

/13199/

4.1

/1748983/

88

/475/

88

/6014/

78

/57/

2.5

age 16+

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

73

8.3

/1666258/

80

/57736/

81

/27162/

3.8

/4204713/

68

/598/

89

/23597/

59

/60/

2.0

age 16+

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

69

6.8

/57919/

70

/2363/

66

/1235/

3.2

/71974/

82

/352/

86

/1622/

66

/46/

2.0

age 14+

Thirty years after starring in "The Wizard of Oz," beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While there, she reminisces with friends and fans and begins a whirlwind romance with musician Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.

91

8.5

/1133941/

85

/43995/

85

/19948/

4.5

/4844739/

99

/485/

90

/2503/

97

/56/

4.0

age 16+

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

80

7.5

/255376/

73

/9963/

74

/5775/

4.0

/878060/

93

/430/

71

/1580/

91

/53/

3.5

age 16+

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

84

7.6

/177218/

75

/5481/

76

/4046/

4.1

/451881/

96

/408/

72

/1120/

96

/50/

4.0

age 16+

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

79

8.2

/669432/

82

/23152/

82

/12477/

3.8

/1019351/

77

/362/

92

/2235/

69

/52/

3.0

age 13+

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

65

7.9

/637582/

80

/32394/

79

/17474/

3.5

/1669085/

60

/418/

85

/6735/

49

/50/

1.0

age 13+

Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.

75

7.3

/470959/

73

/24404/

72

/12609/

3.7

/982267/

92

/466/

73

/3211/

87

/53/

2.5

age 16+

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

85

8.1

/598749/

79

/23942/

80

/10637/

4.1

/779399/

90

/408/

87

/2607/

88

/50/

4.0

age 17+

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

79

7.4

/240541/

76

/11285/

73

/5385/

3.5

/250760/

84

/310/

83

/1499/

75

/50/

4.0

age 13+

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

82

8.0

/740955/

78

/38852/

75

/14673/

4.1

/1974550/

88

/440/

88

/605/

81

/54/

3.5

age 16+

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

83

8.0

/747166/

77

/29542/

78

/17741/

4.1

/4132111/

91

/469/

82

/5129/

94

/54/

3.5

age 13+

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

84

7.8

/349950/

74

/13348/

75

/6239/

4.1

/953016/

96

/356/

78

/2566/

96

/53/

4.0

age 17+

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

85

7.4

/348743/

73

/16031/

73

/7374/

4.2

/1321405/

98

/402/

79

/2199/

99

/53/

4.0

age 15+

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

79

8.0

/936423/

76

/38073/

75

/18918/

3.9

/1265658/

78

/401/

84

/6496/

76

/50/

3.5

age 18+

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

86

8.1

/530182/

79

/18239/

78

/8589/

4.1

/570169/

97

/378/

93

/2949/

93

/45/

3.5

age 15+

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

84

8.1

/476567/

79

/17635/

79

/9526/

4.0

/761226/

93

/318/

93

/2205/

86

/43/

3.5

age 16+

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

75

7.5

/149622/

75

/4601/

74

/3205/

3.7

/154309/

85

/204/

85

/1383/

72

/41/

2.5

age 13+

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

75

7.7

/504795/

77

/16756/

78

/10932/

3.6

/616083/

81

/268/

84

/3075/

71

/47/

2.5

age 14+

The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

82

7.7

/693283/

73

/20183/

74

/13318/

4.0

/1114734/

91

/359/

78

/5808/

87

/58/

4.0

age 16+

A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.

81

7.9

/543931/

79

/14914/

79

/8866/

4.0

/594434/

92

/264/

91

/4157/

77

/47/

3.0

age 17+

Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

86

8.1

/779545/

80

/18759/

79

/11744/

4.2

/657927/

95

/376/

90

/6135/

96

/57/

3.5

age 15+

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

82

7.7

/893797/

74

/33022/

71

/16017/

3.5

/823871/

96

/361/

79

/16211/

96

/49/

4.0

age 14+

Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer, is on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalski completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

75

7.3

/218969/

70

/4640/

69

/3575/

3.7

/166800/

90

/230/

77

/2955/

78

/47/

3.0

age 14+

After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted by anxiety and memories of the past.

81

7.9

/695053/

77

/19709/

74

/13543/

3.7

/887452/

86

/253/

84

/9206/

79

/44/

4.0

age 12+

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

80

7.7

/769074/

75

/20129/

71

/12420/

3.7

/922992/

92

/260/

86

/10518/

81

/45/

3.5

age 16+

After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.

80

7.3

/282940/

72

/6728/

68

/3958/

3.6

/209310/

89

/288/

80

/8638/

87

/45/

4.0

age 13+

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

83

7.7

/661456/

76

/17081/

72

/8720/

3.7

/450410/

96

/360/

90

/10915/

86

/45/

4.0

age 16+

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

56

6.4

/116424/

65

/2277/

63

/1826/

2.9

/49649/

51

/231/

51

/3211/

52

/41/

2.0

age 13+

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.

80

7.5

/347401/

73

/10618/

72

/7515/

3.5

/434626/

93

/232/

78

/8429/

83

/41/

4.0

age 8+

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

84

7.8

/254409/

76

/4709/

74

/3426/

3.8

/166738/

95

/321/

87

/6582/

89

/41/

4.0

age 13+

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

81

8.0

/879683/

77

/22140/

77

/15242/

4.2

/2746046/

85

/320/

84

/19890/

79

/42/

3.5

age 17+

A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".

85

8.0

/729402/

79

/14778/

77

/9115/

3.8

/451979/

94

/301/

92

/14860/

88

/41/

4.0

age 14+

The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

86

IMDb 82

8.8

/2774788/

86

/84368/

83

/38502/

4.2

/3592910/

87

/363/

91

/41618/

74

/42/

4.0

age 14+

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

79

7.2

/98478/

71

/1789/

69

/1136/

3.6

/39933/

90

/212/

76

/4993/

83

/32/

4.0

age 17+

When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son.

81

IMDb 41

7.9

/1477546/

78

/68946/

76

/33234/

3.7

/2584637/

81

/335/

82

/83114/

83

/38/