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A handful of acclaimed films ended up taking home some gold for their technical qualities.

What You Need To Know: Could Matthew McConaughey's streak of acclaimed films end with an Oscar nomination?

Not exact matches

Could Hanks, who remarkably hasn't been nominated since 2000's Cast Away (a race he ludicrously lost to Gladiator's Russell Crowe), end his drought as he couldn't with acclaimed performances in esteemed films like Captain Phillips and Sully?

You can't deny that this film is incredibly well made and I can understand why this film garnered such critical acclaim but at the end of the day, I was left somewhat disappointed by this movie.

The critical acclaim and the buzz that followed was enough to convince TriStar Pictures to bump the film from its initial August release date all the way up to the end of June.

Particularly the puppy scene in the beginning and his unselfish bravery in the end, thus making this movie a most see for any self - acclaimed dog lover and anyone who wants to see a good animated film.

After About Elly and The Salesman I've decided to complete my Asghar Farhadi trilogy by ending on probably his most widely received and critically acclaimed film, A Separation.

The decision by Sam Mendes, who helmed the critically acclaimed recent James Bond film Skyfall, to switch to a West End stage musical for his next venture also reinforces this.

He also has a pair of other films in the works that will most likely add to that acclaim: Marvel's Ant - Man, and a re-pairing with pals and collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in The World's End.

Among the four major dramas to center on working class Boston types at the end of 2010 and into 2011, I'd rank The Company Men alongside the Hilary Swank lawyer film Conviction, both a far cry from the appealing heights of The Fighter and Affleck's acclaimed hit The Town.

Though as early as 1996 she was reportedly at work on a film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Price of Salt, later adapted by Todd Haynes into 2015's Carol, Macdonald has worked exclusively in television ever since, and has been back in view lately for directing the acclaimed new miniseries adaptation of Howards End, scripted by Kenneth Lonergan.

Mad Max: Fury Road was one of the most acclaimed films of 2015, both by fans and critics alike, with George Miller's post-apocalyptic action epic featuring heavily on many end of the year best of lists, as well as winning six Academy Awards.

It would end Pixar's streak of four consecutive winners, which is certain to end, since Cars 2 would have to become the least acclaimed film since Shark Tale to even earn a nomination in the category.

The film ends on a note of celebrating acclaimed poets and their mental disorders, although the film never really looks at Carla or Marco struggling with their writing as much as their relationship.

A big three - time winner at the Sundance Film Festival, here is a film with talent, sophistication, humor, and sensitivity rolled into a joyous, grief - cleansing, heart - lifting 90 minutes that earns both good word - of - mouth and positions itself for year - end acclaim on more than a handful of top - ten best lists.

Working with some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers in both independent and studio films, Gyllenhaal starred in Ang Lee's classic «Brokeback Mountain,» for which he received an Oscar ® nomination and won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor; Bong Joon - ho's «Okja;» David Ayer's «End of Watch;» Antoine Fuqua's boxing drama «Southpaw;» Dennis Villeneuve's highly acclaimed films «Prisoners» and «Enemy;» Richard Kelly's cult hit «Donnie Darko;» David Fincher's «Zodiac;» Sam Mendes» «Jarhead;» Nicole Holofcener's «Lovely and Amazing;» Ed Zwick's «Love and Other Drugs,» for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, and Tom Ford's «Nocturnal Animals,» for which he earned a BAFTA nomination.

Octogenarian James Ivory, the acclaimed filmmaker of A Room with a View and Howards End, whose 1987 film Maurice was a landmark in gay cinema, was slated to direct Call Me, but he ended up writing the script and co-producing, handing over the reins to Guadagnino mainly as a result of financial pragmatism (Guadagnino refers to his production as «micro-budget»).

The acclaimed German film focuses on the final days of Adolf Hitler, during his time in his Berlin bunker at the end of World War II.

The end of the decade saw a series of war films, and some notably The Camp on Blood Island received considerable critical acclaim.

Nightcrawler (Oct. 31 Wide): Reviews have been quick to note that this movie might end up being too weird and dark for AMPAS, but the film was still one of the bigger critical breakouts of TIFF this year, and it'll likely be one of the more acclaimed wide releases opening this month.

The End of the Tour is the latest film directed by James Ponsoldt, which shows the real life story of Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) spending five days with acclaimed writer David Frank Wallace (Jason Segel) and interviewing him for the famous magazine.

This year alone she played Juliet in the latest adaptation of Romeo and Juliet opposite Douglas Booth, Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti; she played a major role in Gavin Hood's adaptation of Ender's Game; and she had two acclaimed films premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival — Hateship, Loveship alongside Kristen Wiig and Guy Pearce, and Can a Song Save Your Life?

«Late Turner» recently opened to widespread acclaim at Tate Britain; at the end of October, Mike Leigh's new film, Mr. Turner, goes on general release across the UK.

In addition to Law & Order SVU, March has appeared in critically acclaimed films and television shows including «30 Rock,» «Happy Endings,» «Rescue Me,» «Grey's Anatomy,» «Mr. & Mrs. Smith,» «The Invention of Lying,» «The Treatment,» «Predisposed,» and «Innocence.»