Best Oscar films on BBC iPlayer
Unstable exorcists, gun-toting bank robbers, number-one fans — here are the 10 best Oscar-winning films on BBC iPlayer
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1988
Comedy
Fantasy
12
Horror comedy starring Michael Keaton, Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin. After Barbara and Adam Maitland are killed in a car crash, they find themselves trapped as ghosts in their beautiful home. When their peace is shattered by the arrival of a disagreeable yuppie family, the Maitlands enlist the help of a spiritual "bio-exorcist" known as Betelgeuse.
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1967
Crime/detective
Drama
X
Classic period crime drama starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker achieve growing notoriety as they carry out a series of robberies with their gang in 1930s America.
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1999
Comedy
Romance
15
Satirical comedy starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon. Popular student Tracy Flick stands unopposed in the forthcoming elections at her school and looks forward to becoming president of the student government. But a teacher with a long-held grudge against Tracy persuades another student to enter the contest, and things turn really nasty.
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2018
Documentary
Comedy
12
Road movie based on a true story, starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali. New York, 1962. Nightclub bouncer "Tony Lip", in need of temporary employment, gets himself hired as a driver for concert pianist Don Shirley. It transpires that Shirley, a black man, requires not only transport but protection during his upcoming tour of the segregated Deep South. Though the intellectual Shirley and the slovenly, bigoted Tony initially clash, a firm friendship develops.
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1992
Documentary
Drama
15
Biographical drama starring Denzel Washington. Street hustler Malcolm Little converts to Islam while in prison, changes his name to Malcolm X and rises to fame as spokesman for the Nation of Islam. But his controversial political statements make him powerful enemies.
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1990
Thriller
Drama
18
Psychological thriller based on the novel by Stephen King, starring James Caan and Kathy Bates. In a remote area of the Colorado Mountains, successful novelist Paul Sheldon is injured in a car accident and taken in by ex-nurse Annie Wilkes, a devoted fan of Sheldon and his fictional heroine Misery Chastain. But events take a sinister turn when the novelist allows Wilkes to read a proof of his latest book.
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2001
Drama
Romance
12A
Musical romantic drama directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor. Montmartre, 1899: Christian, a young Englishman, arrives in Paris with ambitions to become a writer. Befriended by a group of bohemian actors, he comes into contact with Zidler, the unscrupulous manager of the Moulin Rouge, and the beautiful Satine, who immediately captures his heart. But as Christian celebrates his new-found love, tragedy waits in the wings.
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1992
Comedy
Drama
15
Oscar-winning drama starring Al Pacino and Chris O'Donnell. Student Charlie Simms doesn't realise what he's let himself in for when he takes on a Thanksgiving holiday job looking after blind Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade. When Frank wishes to indulge in some of his "favourite" things one more time, the reluctant Charlie, with the threat of expulsion hanging over him, is whisked off on an eventful trip to New York.
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2004
Adventure
Sci-fi
PG
Fantasy action sequel starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and Alfred Molina. Two years after walking away from his sweetheart Mary Jane, Peter Parker is struggling to balance his dual identities as a college student and mysterious superhero Spider-Man. He finds his life further complicated by the appearance of multi-tentacled villain Doctor Octopus...
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2022
Drama
15
Drama starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley. The women of a small, isolated religious community discover that the menfolk have been drugging and sexually assaulting them. When the men travel into the city for a legal matter, the women have 48 hours to themselves, to debate and decide on their next steps. Will they stay quiet, fight back, or flee?
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