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Oscars - Best Original Screenplay

Conceived for cinema; tales of the wild, the wicked and the what-if.

Cassavetes and Fellini reside here, with Sturges, Leigh, Gondry and others. Together, they explore the small moments and big decisions that chime and can determine the future.

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Manchester by the SeaManchester by the Sea

Drama 2016 137 minsDirector: Kenneth Lonergan

Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams shine in this devastating, Oscar-winning drama from Kenneth Lonergan about a man’s painful hometown return.

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SpotlightSpotlight

Drama 2015 129 minsDirector: Thomas McCarthy

The Best Picture winner at the 2016 Oscars is a searing account of Boston Globe journalists' uncovering of the Catholic Church child abuse scandal.

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The Hurt LockerThe Hurt Locker

War 2008 131 minsDirector: Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Bigelow won the Best Director Academy Award in 2010 for this visceral, thrilling story of an American maverick bomb disarmer in Iraq.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Drama 2004 103 minsDirector: Michel Gondry

Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet play the couple who fall in love so quickly it seems they must have known each other in a past life ... only to discover they did.

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The King's SpeechThe King's Speech

Historical drama 2011 113 minsDirector: Tom Hooper

Oscar-winning tale of the relationship between King George VI (Colin Firth) and the Australian speech therapist who treated his stammer.

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Shakespeare in LoveShakespeare in Love

Comedy 1998 124 minsDirector: John Madden

A creatively stymied bard finds love and inspiration in the form of one of his players, a cross-dressing actress, in the impeccably crafted, Oscar-winning period romance.

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Pulp FictionPulp Fiction

Crime 1994 154 minsDirector: Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino’s crackling crime classic still retains its swagger as one of the great American films of recent decades.

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The Crying GameThe Crying Game

Drama 1992 112 minsDirector: Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan's acclaimed 1992 drama-mystery tells the story of Fergus (Stephen Rea), who looks after the lover (Jaye Davidson) of a British soldier he once knew. But what is Dil hiding?

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The LobsterThe Lobster

Science Fiction 2015 118 minsDirector: Yorgos Lanthimos

Colin Farrell, Ben Whishaw and Rachel Weisz star in this bleakly hilarious dystopian drama from Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth).

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La La LandLa La Land

Comedy 2016 128 minsDirector: Damien Chazelle

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone channel old-school Hollywood glamour in this bright and playful romantic musical from director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash).

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Hell or High WaterHell or High Water

Crime 2016 102 minsDirector: David Mackenzie

Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine star in David Mackenzie’s acclaimed crime drama about two brothers who rob the banks that seized their ranch, and the sheriff on their heels.

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20th Century Women20th Century Women

Comedy 2016 118 minsDirector: Mike Mills

Annette Bening shines as the hipster mum who enlists two young friends (Greta Gerwig and Elle Fanning) to help her son navigate adolescence in this Oscar nominated comedy-drama.

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FoxcatcherFoxcatcher

Drama 2014 135 minsDirector: Bennett Miller

Steve Carell and Channing Tatum deliver stunning performance in the story of the strange relationship between two Olympic wrestlers and their millionaire benefactor.

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NightcrawlerNightcrawler

Crime 2014 118 minsDirector: Dan Gilroy

Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a crime journalist scouring the streets of after-dark LA in a stylish thriller that examines the morals of mass media.

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Another YearAnother Year

Drama 2010 124 minsDirector: Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh's drama about contented couple (Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen) who play host to various friends, each struggling to find happiness.

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Vera DrakeVera Drake

Drama 2005 120 minsDirector: Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh’s acclaimed story of a selfless woman who performs unlawful abortions in 1950s Britain; both an affecting drama and vital social history.

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Topsy-TurvyTopsy-Turvy

Drama 2000 152 minsDirector: Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh forays into period drama for this story of Gilbert and Sullivan and their risky production of The Mikado.

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The Battle of AlgiersThe Battle of Algiers

Drama 1966 121 minsDirector: Gillo Pontecorvo

Gillo Pontecorvo’s masterpiece about the last years of French colonial rule in Algeria, seen from the perspective of both the revolutionaries and the French authorities.

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The QueenThe Queen

Drama 2006 103 minsDirector: Stephen Frears

Helen Mirren won an Oscar for her performance as the enduring monarch who comes under scrutiny following the death of Princess Diana.

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AmourAmour

Drama 2012 127 minsDirector: Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or-winner, about an octogenarian couple trying to cope when a stroke leaves the wife partly paralysed and speechless.

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I vitelloniI vitelloni

Drama 1953 107 minsDirector: Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini’s influential drama follows five young Italian men and their different attempts to disrupt the drudgery of provincial life.

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The Lady EveThe Lady Eve

Comedy 1941 94 minsDirector: Preston Sturges

A female con artist falls in love with her target in Preston Sturges’s comedy, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.

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8Β½8Β½

Drama 1963 138 minsDirector: Federico Fellini

Fellini triumphantly conjured himself out of writer's block with this magnum opus about a film director experiencing his own creative crisis.

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A Hard Day's NightA Hard Day's Night

Musical 1964 88 minsDirector: Richard Lester

The Beatles’ freewheeling film debut remains the pinnacle of rock-n-roll cinema; still deliriously entertaining 50 years on.