Highest-Rated Movies about 'Oscar Nominee'

The Firemen's Ball (1967), GasLand (2010), Body and Soul (1947), My Life as a Dog (1985), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), Quiz Show (1994), Monsieur Lazhar (2011), A Hole in the Head (1959) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Oscar Nominee movies.

#1. The Firemen's Ball (1967)

Storyline: In Milos Forman's satire on Communism set in a small Czechoslovakian town in the 1960s, the local firemen decide to organize a ball, however the proceedings are dogged by difficulty at every step. They plan to organize a beauty pageant at the ball, yet struggle tremendously to find enough pretty contestants. A lottery is planned for later in the evening, but the guests begin stealing the prizes. Then, inevitably, there is a fire in the town... It seems that whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.

Plot Keywords: comedy, satire, bureaucracy, collectivism, absurdity, political allegory, 1960s ...

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#2. GasLand (2010)

Storyline: It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.—Sundance Film Festival

Plot Keywords: documentary, environment, pollution, social issues, politics, investigation, independent film ...

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#3. Body and Soul (1947)

Storyline: Charley Davis wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter Quinn. Charley's mother doesn't want him to fight, but when Charley's father is accidentally killed, Charley sets up a fight for money. His career blooms as he wins fight after fight, but soon an unethical promoter named Roberts begins to show an interest in Charley, and Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

Plot Keywords: film noir, boxing, drama, crime, corruption, greed, betrayal ...

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#4. My Life as a Dog (1985)

Storyline: Ingemar lives with his brother and his terminally ill mother. He may have a rough time, but not as bad as Laika - the russian dog sent into space... He gets sent away to stay with relations for the summer. While there, he meets various strange characters, giving him experiences that will affect him for the rest of his life.

Plot Keywords: coming of age, sweden, childhood, family, loneliness, humor, heartwarming ...

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#5. Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

Storyline: While visiting Paris in 1908, upper class Lord Burnstead loses his butler playing poker. Egbert and Effie Floud bring Ruggles back to Red Gap, Washington. Effie wants to take advantage of Ruggles' upper class background to influence Egbert's hick lifestyle. However, Egbert is more interested in partying and he takes Ruggles to the local 'beer bust'. When word gets out that "Colonel Ruggles is staying with his close friends" in the local paper, the butler becomes a town celebrity. After befriending Mrs. Judson, a widow who he impresses with his culinary skills, Ruggles decides to strike out on his own and open a restaurant. His transition from servant to independent man will depend on its success.—Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>

Plot Keywords: comedy, classic, american film, black and white, 1930s, culture clash, social class ...

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#6. Quiz Show (1994)

Storyline: An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focuses on two contestants on the show "Twenty-One": Herbert Stempel, a brash working-class Jew from Queens, and Charles Van Doren, the patrician scion of one of America's leading literary families. Based on a true story.

Plot Keywords: history, drama, biography, true story, scandal, deception, moral dilemma ...

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#7. Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

Storyline: Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, is hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died tragically. While the class goes through a long healing process, nobody in the school is aware of Bachir's painful former life; nor that he is at risk of being deported at any moment. Adapted from Evelyne de la Cheneliere's play, Bachir Lazhar depicts the encounter between two distant worlds and the power of self-expression. Using great sensitivity and humor, Philippe Falardeau follows a humble man who is ready to transcend his own loss in order to accompany children beyond the silence and taboo of death.

Plot Keywords: education, trauma, immigration, cultural conflict, teacher-student relationship, grief, healing ...

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#8. A Hole in the Head (1959)

Storyline: Based on Arnold Schulman's Broadway play of the same name, this comedy finds widower Tony Manetta (Frank Sinatra) struggling to own and operate a Miami hotel. Irresponsible in both business and romance, Tony is dedicated to his young son, Ally (Eddie Hodges), though he butts heads with his own brother, Mario (Edward G. Robinson). When Mario agrees to help Tony out financially, the catch is that the bachelor has to settle down and find a mother for his son.

Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, family, romance, american, classic, black and white ...

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#10. Lady for a Day (1933)

Storyline: Apple Annie is an indigent woman who has always written to her daughter in Spain that she is a member of New York's high society. With her daughter suddenly en route to America with her new fiancé and his father, a member of Spain's aristocracy, Annie must continue her pretense of wealth or the count will not give his blessing. She gets unexpected help from Dave the Dude, a well-known figure in underground circles who considers Annie his good luck charm, and who obtains for her a luxury apartment to entertain the visitors - but this uncharacteristic act of kindness from a man with a disreputable reputation arouses suspicions, leading to complications which further cause things to not always go quite as planned.—Paul Donahue

Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, classic, 1930s, american film, adaptation, disguise ...

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#11. In Darkness (2011)

Storyline: IN DARKNESS tells the true story of Leopold Socha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his own good, the thief and burglar hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in the sewers of the German-occupied town of Lvov (former Poland).—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: world war ii, nazis, jews, underground, hiding, survival, moral dilemma ...

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#12. Far from Heaven (2002)

Storyline: Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she stumbles in on her husband Frank, kissing another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond - a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. Despite Cathy and Frank's struggle to keep their marriage afloat, the reality of his homosexuality and her feelings for Raymond open a painful, if more honest, chapter in their lives.

Plot Keywords: drama, romance, lgbt, family, marriage, 1950s, america ...

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#13. Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

Storyline: The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, classic, hollywood, 1930s, female lead, romantic comedy ...

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#14. The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

Storyline: The musical career of rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly is chronicled, from the days when "Peggy Sue" was "Cindy Lou", a song about his first girlfriend, to the meteoric run of "That'll Be the Day" up the charts, to his marriage, breakup with the Crickets, reunion with the Crickets, and untimely death.—Jason A. Cormier <wildrose@mindspring.com>

Plot Keywords: biographical, musical, drama, 1950s, singer, composer, rise to fame ...

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#15. Madame Curie (1943)

Storyline: Biopic of the famed scientist and the work she did with her husband Pierre in the discovery of radium. Marie was a student at the Sorbonne studying for her Master's degree in physics when they first met. She received permission to use space in Professor Pierre Curie's laboratory. They soon fall in love and are married, working together on trying to isolate a radioactive substance Marie has identified as radium. Years of painstaking research and experimentation led to success and Marie and Pierre Curie shared the Nobel Prize in Physics. Sadly, Pierre was killed crossing the street in the rain when he was run over by a horse and wagon. Marie continued to work and make major contributions to science.—garykmcd

Plot Keywords: biography, history, drama, scientist, nobel prize, poland, france ...

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