Hollywood has some talented directors, including Scorsese, Hitchcock, Spielberg, and many others. Here is a list of most celebrated Oscar-Winning movies you must watch by these masterminds.
The list includes 15 Oscar-Winning films that have different genres and have been released in the previous decades.
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- The Godfather
Image Source/ABC News Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Release Date:Â March 14, 1972The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
- Parasite
Image Source/ Medium Director: Bong Joon-ho
Release Date: May 30, 2019Greed and class discrimination threatens the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the impoverished Kim clan.
- Argo
Image Source/ NPR Director: Ben Affleck
Release Date: October 4, 2012An exfiltration specialist masquerades as a Hollywood producer to rescue six Americans who are held captive in Tehran during the US hostage crisis in Iran.
The film casts one of the best actors in Hollywood, Bryan Cranston. It is available on Netflix.
- Slumdog Millionaire
Image Source/ Reverse Shot Director: Danny Boyle
Release Date: March 13, 2009A teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati?’ When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.
One of the Extraordinary films on the list! - The Departed
image Source/ The Film Experience Director: Martin Scorsese
Release Date: September 26, 2006An undercover agent and a spy always try to counter-attack each other to save themselves from being exposed in front of the authorities.
- Schindler’s List
Image Source/ Dallas Observer Director: Steven Spielberg (Hands down the best director!)
Release Date:Â November 30, 1993ÂA German industrialist and member of the Nazi party tries to save his Jewish employees after witnessing the persecution of Jews in Poland.
- Spotlight
Image Source/The Indian Express Director: Tom McCarthy
Release Date: January 7, 2016Martin Baron pushes four journalists named Michael, Walter, Sacha, and Matt to pursue a story about the child molestation charges against the local church.
- Annie Hall
Image Source/Indie Wire Director: Â Woody Allen
Release Date:Â April 20, 1977A divorced Jewish comedian reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer. The marriage ended abruptly, just like his previous marriages.
A light film to start with.
- Birdman
Image Source/ Britannica Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Release Date: October 17, 2014A fading cinema superhero plans to resurrect his career with a passionate Broadway production. However, during rehearsals, his co-star is injured, forcing him to hire a new actor.
- The Silence of the Lambs
Image Source/ The Script Lab Director: Jonathan Demme
Release Date:Â February 14, 1991An FBI agent seeks help from Hannibal Lecter, a psychopathic serial killer, and former psychiatrist, to apprehend another serial killer who has been claiming female victims.
Get ready for the thriller to blow your mind completely.
- American Beauty
Image Source/ IMDb Director: Sam Mendes
Release Date: September 8, 1999Parental Guidance advised, available on Netflix.
Lester’s life seems perfect, having a respectable job and a family, but inside, he is slowly slipping into depression. Struggling with life, he gets infatuated with his daughter’s friend, Angela.
- Rebecca
Image Source/ YouTube Director: Daphne du Maurier
Release Date: August 1938An unnamed young woman who foolishly marries a wealthy widower discovers that he and his house are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, Rebecca.
- GoodFellas
Image Source/ The New Yorker Director: Martin Scorsese
Release Date: September 12, 1990Available on Netflix.
Henry Hill, with his friends Jimmy and Tommy, begins the climb from being a petty criminal to a gangster in New York.
- The Shape of Water
Image Source/Medium Director: Guillermo del Toro
Release Date:Â January 18, 2018A lonely janitor stumbles upon an amphibious creature that is held captive in a secret research facility. She then develops a unique relationship with the beast.
- Arrival
Image Source/ Roger Abert Director: Denis Villeneuve
Release Date: September 2, 2016A linguistics expert, along with her team, interprets the language of aliens who’ve come to earth in a mysterious spaceship.
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- The Godfather