Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay: Nominees



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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...

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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

Happy-Go-Lucky

Happy-Go-Lucky is a 2008 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. The screenplay focuses on an irrepressibly cheerful and infinitely optimistic primary school teacher and her relationships with those around her. The film was...

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x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Mike Leigh

In Bruges

In Bruges is a 2008 black comedy film, directed and written by Martin McDonagh. The film stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as hitmen in hiding, with Ralph Fiennes as their gangster boss. The film takes place within the Belgian city of Bruges....

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Martin McDonagh

x Year:: 2008

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

x Award Nominee:: Brendan Gleeson

x Year:: 2009

x Award:: Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Martin McDonagh

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Milk

Milk is a 2008 American biographical film on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film stars Sean Penn...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: Sean Penn

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Gus Van Sant

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Dustin Lance Black

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WALL-E

WALL-E (promoted with an interpunct as WALL•E) is a 2008 computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Andrew Stanton. It follows the story of a robot named WALL-E who is designed to clean up a waste...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Jim Reardon,; Peter Docter,; Andrew Stanton

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Original Music Score

x Award Nominee:: Thomas Newman

x Year:: 2008

x Award:: Oscar for Best Animated Feature

x Award Nominee:: Andrew Stanton

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Lars and the Real Girl

Lars and the Real Girl is a 2007 American dramedy film directed by Craig Gillespie. The screenplay by Nancy Oliver focuses on a shy, lonely, socially inept young man who develops a relationship with a life-sized, anatomically-correct doll he orders...

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x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Nancy Oliver

Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton is a 2007 American dramatic film written and directed by Tony Gilroy and produced by Sydney Pollack. It stars George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, and Sydney Pollack. It chronicles the attempts of attorney Michael Clayton to...

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x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: George Clooney

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Tony Gilroy

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Tony Gilroy

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Ratatouille

Ratatouille is a 2007 computer-animated film produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was the eighth movie produced by Pixar, and was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005. The title refers to a...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Brad Bird

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film

x Award Nominee:: Brad Bird

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

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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Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American comedy-drama film, and the directorial film debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Michael Arndt. It stars Greg Kinnear, Steve...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

x Award Nominee:: Abigail Breslin

x Year:: 2006

x Award:

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

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Marc Turtletaub,; Peter Saraf,; David T. Friendly

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Babel

Babel is a 2006 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga, starring an ensemble cast. The multi-narrative drama completes González Iñárritu's Death Trilogy, which also consists of Amores perros and 21 Grams. Babel...

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x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

x Award Nominee:: Rinko Kikuchi

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Alejandro González Iñárritu

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Guillermo Arriaga

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Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima (硫黄島からの手紙, Iō Jima Kara no Tegami) is a 2006 war film, directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. The film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Clint Eastwood

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Iris Yamashita,; Paul Haggis

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Steven Spielberg,; Clint Eastwood,; Robert Lorenz

Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish: El Laberinto del Fauno) is a 2006 Spanish language fantasy film, written and directed by Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro. It was produced and distributed by the Mexican film company Esperanto Films. Pan's Labyrinth...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2007

x Award:: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

x Award Nominee:: Guillermo del Toro

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Guillermo del Toro

x Year:: 2006

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film

x Award Nominee:: Alfonso Cuarón,; Álvaro Augustín,; Guillermo del Toro

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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Good Night, and Good Luck.

Good Night, and Good Luck is a 2005 film directed by George Clooney. The film was written by Clooney and Grant Heslov and portrays the conflict between veteran radio and television journalist Edward R. Murrow and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: David Strathairn

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: George Clooney

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: George Clooney,; Grant Heslov

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Match Point

Match Point (2005) is a dramatic thriller film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox and Penelope Wilton. When tennis pro Chris Wilton begins a...

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x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Woody Allen

The Squid and the Whale

The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 dramatic film written and directed by Noah Baumbach and produced by Wes Anderson. It tells the semi-autobiographical story of two boys in Brooklyn dealing with their parents' divorce in the 1980s. The film is named...

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x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Noah Baumbach

Syriana

Syriana is a 2005 geopolitical thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, and executive produced by George Clooney, who also stars in the film with an ensemble cast. Gaghan's screenplay is loosely adapted from Robert Baer's memoir See No...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: George Clooney

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Stephen Gaghan

x Year:: 2005

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

x Award Nominee:: George Clooney

Crash

Crash is a 2004 American drama film, co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2004, and was released internationally in 2005. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Paul Haggis

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Cathy Schulman,; Paul Haggis

x Year:: 2005

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Robert Moresco,; Paul Haggis

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The Aviator

The Aviator is a 2004 American biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. The film draws largely upon a biography by Charles Higham. The film centers on Hughes' life from...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: Leonardo DiCaprio

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Martin Scorsese

x Year:: 2004

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

x Award Nominee:: Cate Blanchett

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Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 historical drama film about the hotelier Paul Rusesabagina (played by Don Cheadle) during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. The film, which has been called an African Schindler's List, documents Rusesabagina's acts to save the...

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x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: Don Cheadle

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Keir Pearson,; Terry George

x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

x Award Nominee:: Sophie Okonedo

The Incredibles

The Incredibles is a 2004 computer-animated superhero film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It was written and directed by Brad Bird, a former director and executive consultant of The Simpsons. It stars an...

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x Year:: 2004

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Brad Bird

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...

Award Nominations

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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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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The Barbarian Invasions

The Barbarian Invasions (French: Les Invasions barbares) is a 2003 French Canadian comedy/drama film directed by Denys Arcand. It is the sequel to Arcand's earlier film The Decline of the American Empire and is followed by Days of Darkness. The film...

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x Year:: 2003

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Denys Arcand

x Year:: 2003

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film

x Award Nominee:: Denise Robert,; Daniel Louis,; Denys Arcand

Dirty Pretty Things

Dirty Pretty Things (2002) is a movie directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight, a drama about two illegal immigrants in London. It was produced by the Celador Films production company. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for...

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x Year:: 2003

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Steven Knight

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best British Film

x Award Nominee:: Tracey Seaward

Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo is a 2003 American CGI animated film. It was written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Stanton and Lee Unkrich and produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios. It tells the story of the overly protective clownfish Marlin,...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2003

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Andrew Stanton,; Bob Peterson,; David Reynolds

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

Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation is a 2003 American comedy-drama film starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. It was the second feature film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, after The Virgin Suicides. It was nominated for four Academy Awards,...

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x Year:: 2003

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Sofia Coppola,; Ross Katz

x Year:: 2004

x Award:

x Award Nominee:: Bill Murray

x Year:: 2003

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Sofia Coppola

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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...

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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

Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York is a 2002 American historical film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan. The film is inspired by...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: Daniel Day-Lewis

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Martin Scorsese

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Jay Cocks,; Kenneth Lonergan,; Steven Zaillian

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding

My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. At the 75th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The movie is centered on...

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x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Nia Vardalos

Y tu mamá también

Y tu mamá también (English: "And your mother, too") is a 2001 Mexican drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and written by Carlos Cuarón. The film is a coming-of-age story about two teenage boys taking a road trip with a woman in her late twenties....

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Alfonso Cuarón,; Carlos Cuarón

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film

x Award Nominee:: Jorge Vergara,; Alfonso Cuarón

Talk to Her

Talk to Her (Spanish: Hable con ella) is a 2002 film written and directed by the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin and Rosario Flores. It won the 2002 Academy Award for...

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x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Pedro Almodóvar

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Pedro Almodóvar

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film

x Award Nominee:: Agustín Almodóvar,; Pedro Almodóvar

Amélie

Amélie is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. Its original French title is Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain ("The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain"). Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant,...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Jean-Pierre Jeunet,; Guillaume Laurant

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: César Award for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Audrey Tautou

x Year:: 2001

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

x Award Nominee:: Audrey Tautou

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Memento

Memento is a 2000 psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, adapted from his brother Jonathan's short story "Memento Mori". It stars Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, a former insurance fraud investigator searching for the...

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x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Christopher Nolan,; Jonathan Nolan

x Year:: 2002

x Award:: Oscar for Film Editing

x Award Nominee:: Dody Dorn

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...

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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 Royal Tenenbaums

The Royal Tenenbaums is a 2001 dramedy film directed by Wes Anderson about three gifted siblings who experience great success in youth, and even greater disappointment and failure after their eccentric father leaves them in their adolescent years....

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x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Wes Anderson,; Owen Wilson

Gosford Park

Gosford Park is a 2001 film directed by Robert Altman. The screenplay is by Julian Fellowes, based on an idea by Altman and producer Bob Balaban. It features an ensemble cast including Michael Gambon, Alan Bates, Derek Jacobi, Maggie Smith, Helen...

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x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Robert Altman

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: David H. Levy,; Bob Balaban,; Robert Altman

x Year:: 2001

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Julian Fellowes

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Billy Elliot

Billy Elliot is a 2000 British drama film written by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry. Set in the fictional town of 'Everington' in the real County Durham, UK, it stars Jamie Bell as 11-year-old Billy, an aspiring dancer, Gary Lewis as his...

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x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Stephen Daldry

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Lee Hall

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

x Award Nominee:: Julie Walters

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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...

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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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Gladiator

Gladiator is a 2000 British and American epic film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, and Richard Harris. Crowe portrays General Maximus Decimus Meridius,...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Ridley Scott

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: David Franzoni,; John Logan,; William Nicholson

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Branko Lustig,; David Franzoni,; Douglas Wick

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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

Almost Famous

Almost Famous is a 2000 comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe and telling the fictional story of a teenage journalist writing for Rolling Stone magazine while covering a rock band Stillwater, and his efforts to get his first cover...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Cameron Crowe

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

x Award Nominee:: Frances McDormand

x Year:: 2000

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

x Award Nominee:: Kate Hudson

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Being John Malkovich

Being John Malkovich is a 1999 dramedy film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. It stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, and John Malkovich, who plays a fictionalized version of himself. The plot brings to the...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Spike Jonze

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Charlie Kaufman

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

x Award Nominee:: Catherine Keener

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Magnolia

Magnolia is a 1999 American drama film, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and starring John C. Reilly, Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, and Jeremy Blackman. It interweaves nine separate yet connected...

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x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Paul Thomas Anderson

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: Tom Cruise

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense is a 1999 psychological thriller film, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It tells the story of Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment), a troubled, isolated boy who is able to see and talk to the dead, and an equally troubled child...

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x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: M. Night Shyamalan

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: M. Night Shyamalan

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Barry Mendel,; Kathleen Kennedy,; Frank Marshall

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Topsy Turvy

Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 musical drama film about the creation of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado in 1884 and 1885. It was written and directed by Mike Leigh and stars Allan Corduner as Sir Arthur Sullivan and Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert, along...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Mike Leigh

x Year:: 1999

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

x Award Nominee:: Jim Broadbent

x Year:: 1999

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

x Award Nominee:: Timothy Spall

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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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Bulworth

A veteran Senate Democrat, Bulworth is losing his bid for re-election to a fiery young opponent. Bulworth's liberal views, formed in the 60s and 70s, have lost favor with voters, and so he has conceded to moderate politics and to accepting donations...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Warren Beatty,; Jeremy Pikser

Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful (Italian: La vita è bella) is a 1997 Italian language film which tells the story of a Jewish Italian, Guido Orefice (played by Roberto Benigni, who also directed and co-wrote the film), who must employ his fertile imagination to...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Roberto Benigni

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Roberto Benigni,; Vincenzo Cerami

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Gianluigi Braschi,; Elda Ferri

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Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. The film is notable for the intensity of its opening 25 minutes, which depict the...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year

x Award Nominee:: Matt Damon

x Year:: 1999

x Award:: Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture

x Award Nominee:: Edward Burns,; Jeremy Davies,; Vin Diesel,; more ▼

x Year:: 1999

x Award:

x Award Nominee:: Mark Gordon,; Gary Levinsohn,; Steven Spielberg

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The Truman Show

The Truman Show is a 1998 comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir and written by Andrew Niccol. The cast includes Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, as well as Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Ed Harris and Natascha McElhone. The film chronicles the life of...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Peter Weir

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Andrew Niccol

x Year:: 1998

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: Ed Harris

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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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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,...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Mark Andrus,; James L. Brooks

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Kristi Zea,; Bridget Johnson,; James L. Brooks

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: Jack Nicholson

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Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in Southern California in the late 1970s and early 1980s, during the Golden Age of Porn, the screenplay focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Paul Thomas Anderson

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: Burt Reynolds

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

x Award Nominee:: Julianne Moore

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Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry is a film by Woody Allen released in 1997. The title of the film comes from the philosophy of Deconstruction, of which many elements are represented throughout the film. This film tells the story of a successful writer called...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Woody Allen

The Full Monty

The Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film. It tells the story of six unemployed men, four of them steel workers, who decide to form a male striptease act (à la Chippendale dancers) in order to gather enough money to get somewhere else and for...

Award Nominations

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Peter Cattaneo

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Simon Beaufoy

x Year:: 1997

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Umberto Pasolini

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Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting is a 1997 drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and written (with help from Van Sant) by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who both star in the film. The movie tells the story of Will Hunting, a prodigy hoodlum from South Boston who works...

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