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2004 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingPeter JacksonGandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.Amazon2004 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesCity of GodFernando MeirellesAmazonLost in TranslationSofia CoppolaAmazonMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldPeter WeirAmazonMystic RiverClint EastwoodAmazon

2003 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerThe PianistRoman PolanskiA Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.Amazon2003 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesChicagoRob MarshallAmazonGangs of New YorkMartin ScorseseAmazonTalk to HerPedro AlmodóvarAmazonThe HoursStephen DaldryAmazon

2002 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerA Beautiful MindRon HowardAfter John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.Amazon2002 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesBlack Hawk DownRidley ScottAmazonGosford ParkRobert AltmanAmazonMulholland DriveDavid LynchAmazonThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingPeter JacksonAmazon

2001 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerTrafficSteven SoderberghA conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the fAmazon2001 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesBilly ElliotStephen DaldryAmazonCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonAng LeeAmazonErin BrockovichSteven SoderberghAmazonGladiatorRidley ScottAmazon

2000 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerAmerican BeautySam MendesA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.Amazon2000 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesBeing John MalkovichSpike JonzeAmazonThe Cider House RulesLasse HallströmAmazonThe InsiderMichael MannAmazonThe Sixth SenseM. Night ShyamalanAmazon

1999 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerSaving Private RyanSteven SpielbergFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.Amazon1999 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesLife Is BeautifulRoberto BenigniAmazonShakespeare in LoveJohn MaddenAmazonThe Thin Red LineTerrence MalickAmazonThe Truman ShowPeter WeirAmazon

1941 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerThe Grapes of WrathJohn FordA poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.Amazon1941 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesKitty FoyleSam WoodAmazonRebeccaAlfred HitchcockAmazonThe LetterWilliam WylerAmazonThe Philadelphia StoryGeorge CukorAmazon

1952 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerA Place in the SunGeorge StevensA poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.Amazon1952 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesA Streetcar Named DesireElia KazanAmazonAn American in ParisVincente MinnelliAmazonDetective StoryWilliam WylerAmazonThe African QueenJohn HustonAmazon

1951 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerAll About EveJoseph L. MankiewiczAn ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends.Amazon1951 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesBorn YesterdayGeorge CukorAmazonSunset BoulevardBilly WilderAmazonThe Asphalt JungleJohn HustonAmazonThe Third ManCarol ReedAmazon

1950 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerA Letter to Three WivesJoseph L. MankiewiczA letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands...but she does not say which one.Amazon1950 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesAll the King's MenRobert RossenAmazonBattlegroundWilliam A. WellmanAmazonThe Fallen IdolCarol ReedAmazonThe HeiressWilliam WylerAmazon