Oscar for Best Actress: Nominees



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Changeling

Changeling is a 2008 American drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. Based on real life events in 1928 Los Angeles, the film stars Angelina Jolie as a woman who is reunited with her missing son—only to realize...

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x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Angelina Jolie

x Year:: 2009

x Award:: Oscar for Best Art Direction

x Award Nominee:: Gary Fettis,; James J. Murakami

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Academy Award for Best Cinematography

x Award Nominee:: Tom Stern

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Frozen River

Frozen River is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Courtney Hunt. The screenplay focuses on two working class women who smuggle illegal immigrants in the trunk of a car from Canada to the United States in order to make ends meet. The...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Melissa Leo

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Courtney Hunt

Doubt

Doubt is a 2008 film adaptation of the John Patrick Shanley stage play Doubt: A Parable. Written and directed by Shanley and produced by Scott Rudin, the film stars Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis, who were all...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Meryl Streep

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Adapted Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: John Patrick Shanley

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: Philip Seymour Hoffman

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The Reader

The Reader is a 2008 drama film based on the 1995 German novel of the same name by Bernhard Schlink. The film adaptation was written by David Hare and directed by Stephen Daldry. Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet star along with the young actor David...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Kate Winslet

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Stephen Daldry

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Adapted Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: David Hare

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Rachel Getting Married

Rachel Getting Married is a 2008 drama film directed by Jonathan Demme, and starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Debra Winger. The film was released in the U.S. to select theaters on October 3, 2008. The film opened the 65th Venice...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Anne Hathaway

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age is a 2007 film sequel to the 1998 film Elizabeth, directed by Shekhar Kapur and produced by Universal Pictures and Working Title Films. It stars Cate Blanchett in the title role and is loosely based on events during the...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Cate Blanchett

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

x Award Nominee:: Cate Blanchett

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Cate Blanchett

Juno

Juno is a 2007 Canadian-American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Jason Reitman

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Mason Novick,; Russell Smith,; Lianne Halfon

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Ellen Page

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The Savages

The Savages is a 2007 American comedy-drama film, written and directed by Tamara Jenkins. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. After drifting apart emotionally over the years, two single...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Tamara Jenkins

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Laura Linney

Away From Her

Away from Her is a 2006 Canadian film which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and also played in the Premier category at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The feature-length directorial debut of Canadian actress Sarah Polley, the...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Julie Christie

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Adapted Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Sarah Polley

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Julie Christie

La Vie En Rose

La Vie en Rose (released in France as La Môme, literally: The Kid) is a 2007 French cinema film directed by Cesar Award nominee Olivier Dahan, about the life of the legendary French chanteuse Édith Piaf, and is named after her signature song. The...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Marion Cotillard

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Marion Cotillard

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film

x Award Nominee:: Alain Goldman,; Olivier Dahan

Volver

Volver (Spanish: "to return" (specifically: to return to a place), pronounced [bolˈβer]) is a 2006 Spanish film by director Pedro Almodóvar. Volver was one of the films competing for the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It eventually won...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Penélope Cruz

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Penélope Cruz

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film

x Award Nominee:: Agustín Almodóvar,; Pedro Almodóvar

Notes on a Scandal

Notes on a Scandal is a 2006 drama film, adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name by Zoë Heller. The screenplay was written by Patrick Marber and the film was directed by Richard Eyre. Many parts of the film were shot in Islington Arts and Media...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Judi Dench

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

x Award Nominee:: Cate Blanchett

x Year:: Feb 2000

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The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. It stars Anne Hathaway as Andy Sachs, a recent college graduate who goes to New York City and gets a job as a co...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Meryl Streep

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Meryl Streep

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

x Award Nominee:: Emily Blunt

Little Children

Little Children is a 2006 drama film directed by Todd Field. It is based on the novel of the same name by Tom Perrotta, who along with Field wrote the screenplay. It stars Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly, Noah Emmerich, and Jackie...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: Jackie Earle Haley

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Kate Winslet

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Adapted Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Todd Field,; Tom Perrotta

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The Queen

The Queen is a British-based drama film directed by Stephen Frears, written by Peter Morgan, and starring Helen Mirren as the title role, HM Queen Elizabeth II. Released almost a decade after the event, the film depicts a fictional account of the...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Stephen Frears

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Peter Morgan

x Year:: 2006

x Award:

x Award Nominee:: Robert Lorenz,; Steven Spielberg,; Andy Harries,; more ▼

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Pride & Prejudice

Pride & Prejudice is a 2005 film based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name. This second major motion-picture was produced by Working Title Films, directed by Joe Wright and based on a screenplay by Deborah Moggach. It was released on September...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Keira Knightley

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

x Award Nominee:: Keira Knightley

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

x Award Nominee:: Brenda Blethyn

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Transamerica

Transamerica is a 2005 independent dramedy produced by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company. The film tells the story of Bree, a transsexual woman (Felicity Huffman), who goes on a road trip with her long-lost son Toby (Kevin Zegers). The movie is...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Felicity Huffman

North Country

North Country is a 2005 American drama film directed by Niki Caro. The screenplay by Michael Seitzman was inspired by the 2002 book Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law by Clara Bingham and...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Charlize Theron

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

x Award Nominee:: Frances McDormand

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Charlize Theron

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Mrs. Henderson Presents

Mrs Henderson Presents is a 2005 Academy Award nominated comedy film directed by Stephen Frears. It stars Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Kelly Reilly, and Will Young in his acting debut. The film is based on the true story of the Windmill Theatre in...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Judi Dench

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Judi Dench

Walk the Line

Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical drama film, directed by James Mangold and based on the life of country singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Robert Patrick. The film...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: Joaquin Phoenix

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Reese Witherspoon

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Joaquin Phoenix

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Being Julia

Being Julia is a 2004 Canadian/American/Hungarian/British drama film with comic undertones directed by István Szabó. The screenplay by Ronald Harwood is based on the 1937 novel Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham. Set in London in 1938, the film focuses...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Annette Bening

Maria Full of Grace

Maria Full of Grace (2004, Spanish title: María llena eres de gracia, lit. "Maria, you are full of grace") is a joint Colombian-American film, written and directed by Joshua Marston, who won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay....

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Catalina Sandino Moreno

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American comedy-drama by French director Michel Gondry. The film uses elements of science fiction, nonlinear narration and neosurrealism to explore the nature of memory and romantic love. It opened in...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Kate Winslet

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Michel Gondry,; Charlie Kaufman,; Pierre Bismuth

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Jim Carrey

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Vera Drake

Vera Drake is a 2004 British film directed by Mike Leigh. It tells the story of a working class woman in London in 1950, who performs illegal abortions for women in need. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and it was nominated for...

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x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Mike Leigh

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Mike Leigh

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Imelda Staunton

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Million Dollar Baby

Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 film directed, co-produced and scored by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman. It is the story of an under-appreciated boxing trainer, his elusive past, and his quest for atonement by...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: Clint Eastwood

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Clint Eastwood

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Tom Rosenberg,; Albert Ruddy,; Clint Eastwood

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Whale Rider

Whale Rider is a 2002 drama film directed by Niki Caro, based on the novel of the same name by Witi Ihimaera. The world première was on September 9, 2002, at the Toronto International Film Festival. The movie's plot follows the story of Paikea...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2003

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Keisha Castle-Hughes

Something's Gotta Give

Something's Gotta Give is a 2003 American romantic comedy film, written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers for both Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros. It stars Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton as two successful 60-somethings, who find love for...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2003

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Diane Keaton

In America

In America is a 2002 Irish drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. The semi-autobiographical screenplay by Sheridan and his daughters Naomi and Kirsten focuses on an immigrant Irish family's efforts to survive in New York City, as seen through the eyes...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2003

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Samantha Morton

x Year:: 2003

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Jim Sheridan,; Kirsten Sheridan,; Naomi Sheridan

x Year:: 2003

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: Djimon Hounsou

21 Grams

21 Grams is a 2003 film drama directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. It stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Caroline Belina, and Benicio del Toro. Like Arriaga's and González Iñárritu's previous movie, Amores perros ...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2003

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Naomi Watts

x Year:: 2003

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: Benicio del Toro

x Year:: 2003

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Benicio del Toro

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Monster

Monster is a 2003 biographical-crime-drama-thriller about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a former prostitute who was executed in 2002 for killing seven men in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Wuornos was played by Charlize Theron, and her lover, Selby...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2003

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Charlize Theron

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Charlize Theron

Frida

Frida is a 2002 biographical film which depicts the passionately professional and private life of the surrealist Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. It stars Salma Hayek in her Academy Award nominated portrayal as Kahlo and Alfred Molina as her husband,...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Salma Hayek

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Salma Hayek

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

x Award Nominee:: Alfred Molina

Unfaithful

Unfaithful is a 2002 American erotic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne, and adapted by Alvin Sargent and William Broyles Jr. from the French film The Unfaithful Wife (La Femme infidèle) by Claude Chabrol. It is about a couple living in the suburbs...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Diane Lane

Far from Heaven

Far from Heaven is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, and Patricia Clarkson. The film tells the story of Cathy Whitaker, a 1950s housewife, living in suburban Hartford as...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Julianne Moore

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Todd Haynes

Chicago

Chicago is a 2002 American film adaptation of the satirical stage musical Chicago, the film explores the themes of celebrity and scandal in Jazz age Chicago. Directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall, and adapted for film by screenwriter Bill...

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x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Rob Marshall

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Renée Zellweger

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Martin Richards

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The Hours

The Hours is a 2002 American & British drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, and starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Ed Harris. The screenplay by David Hare is based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Stephen Daldry

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Robert Fox,; Scott Rudin

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: Ed Harris

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Iris

Iris is a 2001 biographical film that tells the story of Irish novelist Iris Murdoch and her relationship with John Bayley. The film contrasts the start of their relationship, when Murdoch (played by Kate Winslet) was an outgoing, dominant...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Judi Dench

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: Jim Broadbent

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

x Award Nominee:: Kate Winslet

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In the Bedroom

In the Bedroom is a 2001 American film directed by Todd Field, and dedicated to Andre Dubus whose short story Killings is the source material from which the screenplay, by Field and Robert Festinger, is based. The film stars Tom Wilkinson, Sissy...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: Tom Wilkinson

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Sissy Spacek

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Todd Field,; Ross Katz,; Graham Leader

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Moulin Rouge!

Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 Australian/American/British musical-romantic drama film by Baz Luhrmann. Following the Red Curtain Cinema principles, the film is based on the Orphean myth and on Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata. It tells the story of a...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Nicole Kidman

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Frederick Baron,; Baz Luhrmann,; Martin Brown

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

x Award Nominee:: Jim Broadbent

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Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 British romantic comedy film, based on the novel of the same name written by Helen Fielding. The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Renée Zellweger

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Renée Zellweger

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

x Award Nominee:: Colin Firth

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Monster's Ball

Monster's Ball is a 2001 American/Canadian drama film directed by Marc Forster, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger and written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos. It was produced by Lions Gate and Lee Daniels Entertainment. The title...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Milo Addica,; Will Rokos

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Halle Berry

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Halle Berry

The Contender

The Contender (2000) is a political thriller starring Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges and Christian Slater. The film was directed by Rod Lurie and focuses on a U.S. Democratic President (played by Bridges) and the events surrounding his...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Joan Allen

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: Jeff Bridges

Chocolat

Chocolat is a 2000 romance film based on the novel of the same name by Joanne Harris, and was directed by Lasse Hallström. Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs, Chocolat tells the story of a young mother, played by Juliette Binoche, who...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Juliette Binoche

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture

x Award Nominee:: Johnny Depp

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Leslie Holleran,; Kit Golden,; David Brown

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Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream is a 2000 film adaptation of the 1978 novel of the same name. The novel was written by Hubert Selby, Jr.; the film adaptation was directed by Darren Aronofsky, and starred Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Ellen Burstyn

You Can Count on Me

You Can Count on Me is a 2000 movie, starring Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Rory Culkin, and Matthew Broderick. Written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, it tells the story of Sammy, a single mother living in a small town and her complicated...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Laura Linney

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Kenneth Lonergan

Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich is a 2000 drama film which dramatizes the story of Erin Brockovich's first fight against the American West Coast energy giant Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E;). The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and starred Julia...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Steven Soderbergh

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Susannah Grant

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Stacey Sher,; Michael Shamberg,; Danny DeVito

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American Beauty

American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. Kevin Spacey plays Lester Burnham, a middle-aged office worker who has a midlife crisis after becoming infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Annette Bening

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Sam Mendes

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Dan Jinks,; Bruce Cohen

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Music of the Heart

Music of the Heart is a 1999 dramatic film. This film was produced by Craven-Maddalena Films and Miramax Films, and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. This film stars Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Gloria Estefan, and Angela Bassett. It was...

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x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Meryl Streep

The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair is a 1999 drama film directed by Neil Jordan and starring Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore and Stephen Rea. The film is based on The End of the Affair, a 1951 novel by British author Graham Greene. Novelist Maurice Bendrix (Ralph...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Julianne Moore

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Ralph Fiennes

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Julianne Moore

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Tumbleweeds

Tumbleweeds is a 1999 American drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor. He co-wrote the screenplay with his then-wife Angela Shelton, who was inspired by her memories of a childhood spent on the road with her serial-marrying mother. The story revolves...

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x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Janet McTeer

Boys Don't Cry

Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American independent drama film based on the real-life story of Brandon Teena, a transgendered male who was raped and murdered on December 31, 1993 by his male friends after they found out he had female genitalia. The film...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Hilary Swank

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

x Award Nominee:: Chloë Sevigny

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Hilary Swank

Elizabeth

Elizabeth is a 1998 film loosely based on the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. The film was written by Michael Hirst and directed by Shekhar Kapur. It stars Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Christopher Eccleston, and...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Academy Award for Makeup

x Award Nominee:: Jenny Shircore

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Academy Award for Best Cinematography

x Award Nominee:: Remi Adefarasin

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Costume Design

x Award Nominee:: Alexandra Byrne

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Hilary and Jackie

Hilary and Jackie is a 1998 British biographical film directed by Anand Tucker. The screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce is based on the memoir A Genius in the Family by Piers and Hilary du Pré, which chronicles the life and career of their sister,...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Emily Watson

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

x Award Nominee:: Rachel Griffiths

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Emily Watson

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One True Thing

One True Thing is a 1998 American drama film directed by Carl Franklin. It tells the story of a woman who is forced to put her life on hold in order to care for her mother who is dying of cancer. It was adapted by Karen Croner from the novel by Anna...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Meryl Streep

Central Station

Central Station (Portuguese: Central do Brasil) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning 1998 drama film set in Brazil. It tells the story of a young boy's friendship with a jaded middle-aged woman. The movie was adapted by Marcos...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Fernanda Montenegro

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film

x Award Nominee:: Arthur Cohn,; Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre,; Walter Salles

Shakespeare in Love

Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 romantic comedy film. The film was directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard. Stoppard's first major success was with the Shakespeare-influenced play Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: John Madden

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Marc Norman,; Edward Zwick,; Harvey Weinstein,; more ▼

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Tom Stoppard,; Marc Norman

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The Wings of the Dove

The Wings of the Dove is a 1997 American/British drama film directed by Iain Softley and starring Helena Bonham Carter. The screenplay by Hossein Amini is based on the 1902 novel of the same name by Henry James. The film was nominated for numerous...

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x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Helena Bonham Carter

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Adapted Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Hossein Amini

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Helena Bonham Carter

Titanic

Titanic is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson and Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater, two members of...

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x Year:: 1998

x Award:

x Award Nominee:: Frances Fisher

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Kate Winslet

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: James Cameron

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Mrs. Brown

Mrs. Brown (also released and advertised under the title Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown) is a 1997 British drama film starring Dame Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher and Gerard Butler. It was written by Jeremy Brock and directed by...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Judi Dench

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Billy Connolly

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

x Award Nominee:: Judi Dench

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Afterglow

Afterglow is a 1997 feature film starring Nick Nolte and Julie Christie. Alan Rudolph directed and wrote the script for the movie. It was produced by Robert Altman and filmed in Montreal. Christie's portrayal earned her a nomination for an Academy...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Julie Christie

As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets is a 1997 comedy film directed by James L. Brooks starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and won for Best Actor and Best Actress. It portrays an obsessive-compulsive,...

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