Follow-up films for Oscar-winning directors
So you just won an Oscar for Best Director. What do you do next? Work on your dream project? Embrace a big-budget Hollywood picture? Go on hiatus? Try to outdo yourself? These are the movies that were made by directors right after they won an Oscar. As a bonus, I've added a few films by directors who made a best picture winner, yet who failed to win an Oscar themselves that year.
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- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsJanet GaynorCharles FarrellNatalie KingstonA woman on the run from the law finds her past catching up to her just as she is on the verge of true happiness.Frank Borzage's follow-up to "Seventh Heaven".
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsCorinne GriffithLouise DresserLowell ShermanToni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Her benefactor, however, is actually a baroness incognito. Toni falls in love with the handsome Richard, but as they prepare to marry, she comes to believe he is only after the wealth accompanying her new noble status. But truth, like true love, will not be kept secret long.One of Lewis Milestone's 4 films between "Two Arabian Knights" and "All Quiet on the Western Front".
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsRichard BarthelmessMary AstorFred KohlerDon Francisco Delfina, a nobleman of Southern California in 1848, disguises himself as El Puma and leads a revolt against the tyrannical land agent and politician Peter Harkness.Frank Lloyd had 3 nominated movies in 1 year, won for "The Divine Lady", then did this, before moving onto "Cavalcade" and "Mutiny on the Bounty".
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsAdolphe MenjouPat O'BrienMary BrianA crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.Lewis Milestone's follow-up to "All Quiet on the Western Front".
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsJackie CooganJunior DurkinMitzi GreenRunaway Huck Finn rafts down the Mississippi with his friends.Norman Taurog's follow-up to "Skippy".
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsCharles FarrellMarian NixonMinna GombellEngaged couple faces financial and family troubles that obstruct their marriage.Frank Borzage's follow-up to "Bad Girl".
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsJanet GaynorLew AyresNed SparksThe daughter of a rich man going through financial difficulties takes a job as a maid and falls in love with the chauffeur.Frank Lloyd's follow-up to "Cavalcade"
- DirectorJohn FordStarsWarner BaxterGloria StuartClaude GillingwaterThe story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 1865.John Ford's follow-up to "The Informer", although it's hard to tell if it was this or "Mary of Scotland".
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsGary CooperJean ArthurGeorge BancroftA unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.Frank Capra's first movie after winning an Oscar for "It Happened One Night".
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsRonald ColmanJane WyattEdward Everett HortonWhen a revered diplomat's plane is diverted and crashes in the peaks of Tibet, he and the other survivors are guided to an isolated monastery at Shangri-La, where they wrestle with the invitation to stay.Frank Capra's follow-up to "Mr Deeds Goes to Town".
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsIrene DunneCharles BoyerMaria OuspenskayaA French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship.Leo McCarey's follow-up to "The Awful Truth".
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartJean ArthurClaude RainsA naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.Frank Capra's follow-up to "You Can't Take it With You".
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsSpencer TracyIngrid BergmanLana TurnerDr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.Victor Fleming's Follow-up to his one-two punch of "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With the Wind".
- DirectorJohn FordStarsWalter PidgeonMaureen O'HaraAnna LeeAt the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.John Ford's follow-up to his win for "The Grapes of Wrath".
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCarole LombardRobert MontgomeryGene RaymondA couple who have been married for three years are shocked to learn that their marriage is not legally valid.Alfred Hitchcock's follow-up after "Rebecca" won the Oscar for best picture. Hitchcock himself did not win an Oscar for Best Director, but lost to John Ford.
- DirectorOtto BrowerJohn FordStarsRobert ConwayKenneth AlexanderRobert CornellSeveral servicemen relax by playing pool, but one of them goes off to spend time with a prostitute. Later, he discovers he has contracted a venereal disease. A graphic and frank presentation of the types and treatment of venereal disease follows.John Ford followed-up "How Green Was My Valley" with several shorts and documentaries about the war. This was possibly his first one.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsStanley WrayRobert MorganJames A. VerinisA documentary on the 25th bombing mission of the Memphis Belle, a B-17 in the US 8th Air Force.William Wyler's follow-up to "Mrs Minniver".
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsWalter HustonAnn HardingOscar HomolkaAmbassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.Michael Curtiz's follow-up to "Casablanca".
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsBing CrosbyIngrid BergmanHenry TraversAt a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.Leo McCarey followed "Going My Way" with its sequel.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsBing CrosbyJoan FontaineRoland CulverA brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.Billy Wilder followed-up "The Lost Weekend" with back-to-back releses of this movie and "A Foreign Affair".
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsOlivia de HavillandMontgomery CliftRalph RichardsonA naive young woman falls for a handsome young man her emotionally abusive father suspects is only a fortune hunter.William Wyler followed-up "The Best Years of Our Lives" with a couple of military documentary shorts and this movie.
- DirectorElia KazanJohn FordStarsJeanne CrainEthel BarrymoreEthel WatersA light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race.Elia Kazan's follow-up to "Gentleman's Agreement", before doing "Panic in the Streets" and "A Streetcar Named Desire".
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartEdward G. RobinsonLauren BacallA man visits his war buddy's family hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other.John Huston's official follow-up to "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre". ("On Our Mary Way" is the unofficial one)
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsRichard WidmarkLinda DarnellStephen McNallyTwo hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder.Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed this between "A Letter to Three Wives" and "All About Eve".
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsJoan FontaineRay MillandTeresa WrightAn actress becomes an alcoholic after being jilted. She is aided by an Alcoholics Anonymous member with whom she has an affair; however, he is married.George Stevens' follow-up to his win for "A Place in the Sun", right before making "Shane".
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsLana TurnerKirk DouglasWalter PidgeonAn unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.Vincente Minnelli's follow-up to Oscar-winner "An American in Paris". Minnelli himself did not win, losing to George Stevens.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJames CagneyCorinne CalvetDan DaileyThe wartime romantic misadventures of Captain Flagg, commander of a company of US Marines in 1918 France.John Ford's follow-up to "The Quiet Man".
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsCharlton HestonYul BrynnerAnne BaxterMoses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.Cecil B. DeMille's follow-up to the Oscar-winning "The Greatest Show on Earth". DeMille himself lost to John Ford.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGordon MacRaeGloria GrahameGene NelsonIn Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.Fred Zinneman's follow-up to "From Here to Eternity".
- DirectorElia KazanStarsJames DeanRaymond MasseyJulie HarrisTwo brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.Elia Kazan's follow-up to "On the Waterfront".
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsDon MurrayE.G. MarshallNancy MarchandFive office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of them. As the night wears on and the drink starts to tell, they become more confidential in expressing their concerns and hopes.Delbert Mann's follow-up to "Marty".
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsMillie PerkinsShelley WintersJoseph SchildkrautDuring World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.George Stevens' follow-up to "Giant".
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard ToddWilliam HartnellAkim TamiroffIn 1949, during the Chinese Civil War, British warship H.M.S. Amethyst sails up the Yangtse river but on the return trip, finds its way blocked by a barrage of fire from the Communist Chinese shore batteries.Michael Anderson's follow-up to the Oscar-winning "Around the World in 80 Days". He himself had lost to George Stevens.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony QuinnThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.David Lean's follow-up to "The Bridge on the River Kwai".
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsRobert MitchumEleanor ParkerGeorge PeppardDramatic story of the influential Hunnicutt family set in Texas during the late 1950s.Vincente Minnelli made quite a few films that were released the same year as "Gigi", but this is the first one he made after winning an Oscar for that film.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsAudrey HepburnShirley MacLaineJames GarnerA rebellious student at a girls' school accuses two teachers of lesbianism.William Wyler's follow-up to his win for "Ben-Hur".
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJames CagneyHorst BuchholzPamela TiffinIn West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.Billy Wilder's follow-up to "The Apartment".
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsRobert MitchumShirley MacLaineEdmon RyanRobert Wise directs Robert Mitchum and Shirley MacLaine in this spicy and poignant love story about a free-spirited Greenwich Village girl who hooks up with a brooding Nebraska lawyer. In HD.Robert Wise's follow-up to "West Side Story", before doing "The Haunting". Of note: Wise's co-director of "West Side Story", Jerome Robbins, never worked on another film. However, he carried on with several successful Broadway productions.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsOmar SharifJulie ChristieGeraldine ChaplinThe life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.David Lean's follow-up to "Lawrence of Arabia".
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsRobert MorseJonathan WintersAnjanette ComerSatire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.Tony Richardson's follow-up to "Tom Jones".
- DirectorGeorge CukorJoseph StrickStarsAnouk AiméeDirk BogardeRobert ForsterIn British Palestine of 1938, several men vie for the affections of a Coptic banker's wife who's involved with the anti-British underground movement.George Cukor's follow-up to "My Fair Lady", coming in as a replacement, after a hiatus.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsSteve McQueenRichard AttenboroughRichard CrennaIn 1926, a U.S. Naval engineer gets assigned to a gunboat on a rescue mission in war-torn China.Robert Wise's follow-up to "The Sound of Music".
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsEdward FoxTerence AlexanderMichel AuclairIn the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle.Fred Zinnemann took a hiatus after winning for "A Man for All Seasons", then returned with this thriller.
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsAlan ArkinMartin BalsamRichard BenjaminA man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.Mike Nichols' follow-up to "The Graduate".
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSteve McQueenFaye DunawayPaul BurkeA debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.Norman Jewison's follow-up to the Oscar-winning "In the Heat of the Night". Jewison himself lost to Mike Nichols.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsAnthony QuinnClaude AkinsTony BillComedy based on the plight of modern aboriginal Americans living on reservations.Carol Reed's follow-up to "Oliver!".
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsPeter FinchGlenda JacksonMurray HeadThe emotional intricacies of a polyamorous relationship between young artist Bob and his two lovers: a lonely male doctor and a frustrated female office worker.John Schlesinger's follow-up to "Midnight Cowboy".
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsMichael JaystonJanet SuzmanRoderic NobleTsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.Franklin J. Schaffner's follow-up to "Patton".
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda BlairWhen a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.William Friedkin's follow-up to "The French Connection".
- DirectorBob FosseStarsDustin HoffmanValerie PerrineJan MinerThe story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establishment as too obscene for the public.Bob Fosse's follow-up to "Cabaret".
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGene HackmanJohn CazaleAllen GarfieldA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.Francis Ford Coppola did not win for "The Godfather", for whatever reason. "The Godfather" itself did win for Best Picture. Coppola followed-up with simultaneously shooting this movie and "The Godfather Part II". "The Conversation" was released half a year earlier.
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsRobert RedfordBo SvensonBo BrundinAfter WW1, an ex-pilot takes up barn-storming and chance-meets a former German ace fighter pilot with whom he co-stars in Hollywood war movies depicting aerial dog-fights.George Roy Hill's follow-up to "The Sting".
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.Francis Ford Coppola's follow-up to "The Godfather Part II".
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJohn SavageTreat WilliamsBeverly D'AngeloClaude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.Milos Forman's follow-up to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsPaul SorvinoAnne DitchburnNicolas CosterAn aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.John G. Avildsen's follow-up to "Rocky". It took him a while before getting back in shape with "The Karate Kid".
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsDiane KeatonGeraldine PageKristin GriffithThree sisters find their lives spinning out of control in the wake of their parents' sudden, unexpected divorce.Woody Allen's follow-up to "Annie Hall", before moving onto "Manhattan".
- DirectorMichael CiminoStarsKris KristoffersonChristopher WalkenJohn HurtDuring the Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, a sheriff born into wealth does his best to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.Michael Cimino's follow-up to "The Deer Hunter".
- DirectorRobert BentonStarsRoy ScheiderMeryl StreepJessica TandyA Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.Robert Benton's follow-up to "Kramer vs Kramer".
- DirectorRobert RedfordStarsRubén BladesRichard BradfordSonia BragaThe accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.Robert Redford took a hiatus from directing, and then made this film as a follow-up to "Ordinary People".
- DirectorWarren BeattyStarsWarren BeattyMadonnaAl PacinoThe comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.Warren Beatty's follow-up to "Reds".
- DirectorHugh HudsonStarsChristopher LambertAndie MacDowellRalph RichardsonA missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.Hugh Hudson followed up Oscar winner "Chariots of Fire" with this film. Hudson himself did not win for best director, losing to Beatty.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsMichael DouglasTerrence MannMichael BlevinsHopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical.Richard Attenborough's follow-up to "Gandhi".
- DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsWilliam HurtAlbert BrooksHolly HunterTake two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly.James L. Brooks' follow-up to "Terms of Endearment".
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsColin FirthAnnette BeningMeg TillyFrance before 1789: When a widow hears that her lover is to marry her cousin's daughter, she asks the playboy Valmont to take the girl's virginity. But first she bets him, with her body as prize, to seduce a virtuous, young, married woman.Milos Forman's follow-up to "Amadeus".
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert RedfordLena OlinAlan ArkinIn 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement.Sydney Pollack's follow-up to "Out of Africa".
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsCharlie SheenMichael DouglasTamara TunieAn impatient young stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless, greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.Oliver Stone's follow-up to "Platoon".
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsDebra WingerJohn MalkovichCampbell ScottAn American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.Bernardo Bertolucci's follow-up to "The Last Emperor".
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsAidan QuinnElizabeth PerkinsLeo FuchsA Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.Barry Levinson's follow-up to "Rain Man".
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsVal KilmerMeg RyanKyle MacLachlanThe story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.Oliver Stone's follow-up to "Born on the Fourth of July".
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsPierce BrosnanEdward WoodwardMaynard EziashiIn 1923, a local resident of British Colonial Nigeria tries to be equal with the colonial administration.Bruce Beresford's follow-up to Oscar winner "Driving Miss Daisy". Beresford was not nominated for directing.
- DirectorKevin CostnerStarsKevin CostnerWill PattonLarenz TateA nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America.Kevin Costner's follow-up to "Dances With Wolves".
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsTom HanksDenzel WashingtonRoberta MaxwellWhen a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic-small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.Jonathan Demme's follow-up to "The Silence of the Lambs".
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsKevin CostnerClint EastwoodLaura DernA kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.Clint Eastwood's follow-up to winning for "Unforgiven".
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsJeff GoldblumJulianne MoorePete PostlethwaiteA research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there, while an InGen team approaches with another agenda.Spielberg followed-up his one-two punch of "Jurassic Park" and "Schindler's List" with a hiatus, then releasing this movie and "Amistad" in 1997.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsJodie FosterMatthew McConaugheyTom SkerrittDr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.Robert Zemeckis' follow-up to "Forrest Gump".
- DirectorMel GibsonStarsJim CaviezelMonica BellucciMaia MorgensternDepicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.Mel Gibson's follow-up to "Braveheart".
- DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsMatt DamonGwyneth PaltrowJude LawIn late 1950s New York, a young underachiever named Tom Ripley is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.Anthony Minghella's follow-up to "The English Patient".
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaSigourney WeaverA paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.James Cameron took a hiatus after "Titanic", then returned with this movie.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHaley Joel OsmentJude LawFrances O'ConnorA highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.Steven Spielberg's follow-up to "Saving Private Ryan": realizing Stanley Kubrick's last, unmade film.
- DirectorJohn MaddenStarsNicolas CagePenélope CruzJohn HurtWhen a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.John Madden's follow-up to "Shakespeare in Love". Madden himself lost to Steven Spielberg.
- DirectorSam MendesStarsTom HanksTyler HoechlinPaul NewmanA mob enforcer's son in 1930s Illinois witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge.Sam Mendes' follow-up to "American Beauty".
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGeorge ClooneyBrad PittJulia RobertsDanny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.Steven Soderbergh's follow-up to his one-two punch of "Traffic" and "Erin Brokovich". He then went on to alternate between this film series and several unusual projects.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsAnthony HopkinsJulianne MooreGary OldmanLiving in exile, Dr. Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling, and finds himself a target for revenge from a powerful victim.Ridley Scott's follow-up to his Oscar-winning "Gladiator". Scott himself lost to Soderbergh for best director.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsTommy Lee JonesCate BlanchettEvan Rachel WoodIn 1885 New Mexico, a frontier medicine woman forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged father when her daughter is kidnapped by an Apache brujo.Ron Howard's follow-up to "A Beautiful Mind", after exiting the remake of "The Alamo". Ironically enough, when I thought I had finished this list, I noticed that this one movie was... missing.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsBarney ClarkBen KingsleyJeremy SwiftAn adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.Roman Polanski's follow-up to "The Pianist".
- DirectorRob MarshallStarsZiyi ZhangKen WatanabeMichelle YeohThe heartwarming tale of Nitta Sayuri, a young Japanese woman who transcended from her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.Rob Marshall's follow-up to Oscar winner "Chicago". Marshall himself lost to Polanski.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsNaomi WattsJack BlackAdrien BrodyA greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.Peter Jackson's follow-up to "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King".
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsRyan PhillippeBarry PepperJoseph CrossThe life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.Clint Eastwood followed up "Million Dollar Baby" with back-to-back Iwo Jima movies the same year, this being the first one released.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiTang WeiJoan ChenDuring World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.Ang Lee's follow-up to "Brokeback Mountain".
- DirectorPaul HaggisStarsTommy Lee JonesCharlize TheronJonathan TuckerA retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.Paul Haggis' follow-up to Oscar-winning "Crash". Haggis himself lost to Lee.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsMick JaggerKeith RichardsCharlie WattsA career-spanning documentary on The Rolling Stones, with concert footage from their "A Bigger Bang" tour.Martin Scorsese went for a documentary after winning for "The Departed". He returned to regular film with "Shutter Island".
- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsBrad PittFrances McDormandGeorge ClooneyA disk containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it.The Coen brothers' follow-up to "No County for Old Men".
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsJames FrancoAmber TamblynKate MaraA mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.Danny Boyle's follow-up to "Slumdog Millionaire".
- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJessica ChastainJoel EdgertonChris PrattA chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.Kathryn Bigelow's follow-up to "The Hurt Locker".
- DirectorTom HooperStarsHugh JackmanRussell CroweAnne HathawayIn 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.Tom Hooper's follow-up to "The King's Speech".
- DirectorMichel HazanaviciusStarsBérénice BejoAnnette BeningMaksim EmelyanovA French woman who works for a non-governmental organization forms a special relationship with a lost young boy in war-torn Chechnya in 1999.Michel Hazanvicius' follow-up to "The Artist" (not counting his contribution to "The Players") is curiously a remake of a Fred Zinneman film.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsJoe AlwynGarrett HedlundArturo Castro19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks, the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.Ang Lee's follow-up to "The Life of Pi".
- DirectorBen AffleckStarsBen AffleckElle FanningBrendan GleesonA group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.Ben Affleck's follow-up to Oscar winner "Argo". Affleck was curiously not nominated, despite sweeping all the other director awards that year.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsYalitza AparicioMarina de TaviraDiego Cortina AutreyA year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.Alfonso Cuaron's follow-up to "Gravity".
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsViola DavisMichelle RodriguezElizabeth DebickiFour women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.Steve McQueen's follow-up to Oscar winner "12 Years a Slave". He himself lost to Alfonso Cuaron for "Gravity".