Academy Awards - Best Director
The Academy Award for Best Director is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to artists working in the motion picture industry.
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![Nomadland [Blu-ray]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/244653@2x.jpg)
Nomadland2021
Summary: Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. Along the way,... more »- place hold (0)
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![Parasite [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/214678@2x.jpg)
Parasite2020
Summary: Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they... more »- place hold (0)
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![Parasite [Blu-ray]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/214679@2x.jpg)
Parasite2020
Summary: Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they... more »- place hold (0)
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![The shape of water [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/182988@2x.jpg)
The shape of water2018
Summary: An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of... more »- place hold (0)
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![The shape of water [Blu-ray]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/182987@2x.jpg)
The shape of water2018
Summary: An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of... more »- place hold (0)
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![La La Land [Blu-ray]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/165835@2x.jpg)
La La Land2017
Summary: A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing dreams.- place hold (0)
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![La La Land [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/165836@2x.jpg)
La La Land2017
Summary: A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing dreams.- place hold (0)
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![The revenant [Blu-ray]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/149110@2x.jpg)
The revenant2016
Summary: Inspired by true events, an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a... more »- place hold (0)
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![Birdman [DVD] : or, (the unexpected virtue of ignorance)](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/126245@2x.jpg)
Birdman : or, (the unexpected virtue of ignorance)2015
Summary: A black comedy story of an actor famous for portraying an iconic superhero as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself.- place hold (0)
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![Gravity [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/104104@2x.jpg)
Gravity2014
Summary: Watch a heart-pounding thriller that will draw viewers into the infinite and merciless realm of deep space. A brilliant medical engineer, Dr. Ryan Stone, is on her first shuttle mission, with veteran... more »- place hold (0)
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![Gravity [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/102483@2x.jpg)
Gravity2014
Summary: Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and... more »- place hold (0)
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![Life of Pi [Blu-ray]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/70546@2x.jpg)
Life of Pi2013
Summary: A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the last survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.- place hold (0)
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![Life of Pi [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/70545@2x.jpg)
Life of Pi2013
Summary: A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the last survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.- place hold (0)
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![The sting [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/128699@2x.jpg)
The sting2012
Summary: A young con man teams up with a seasoned con man to win money from a criminal banker in 1930s Chicago.- place hold (0)
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![The artist [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/63337@2x.jpg)
The artist2012
Summary: In 1927, George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. However, the advent of the talkies will kill his career and he will sink into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the... more »- place hold (0)
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![The king's speech [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/54541@2x.jpg)
The king's speech2011
Summary: The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.- place hold (0)
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![Ben-Hur [DVD] : a tale of the Christ](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/60018@2x.jpg)
Ben-Hur : a tale of the Christ2011
Summary: "Judah Ben-Hur [is] a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race and fateful encounters with Jesus Christ"--Container.- place hold (0)
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![Terms of endearment [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/100978@2x.jpg)
Terms of endearment2009
Summary: Follows the rocky and passionate relationship between a mother and daughter from birth to death.- place hold (0)
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![Slumdog millionaire [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/40665@2x.jpg)
Slumdog millionaire2009
Summary: Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's version of "Who... more »- place hold (0)
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![No country for old men [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/31918@2x.jpg)
No country for old men2008
Summary: Llewelyn Moss is a Vietnam vet who could use a break. One morning while hunting antelope, he spies several trucks surrounded by dead bodies. He decides to examine the site. He finds a case filled... more »- place hold (0)
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![Gandhi [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/25629@2x.jpg)
Gandhi2007
Summary: Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end... more »- place hold (0)
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![Going my way [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/36368@2x.jpg)
Going my way2007
Summary: Father O'Malley is a young priest. He is new to an established but financially flailing parish. When his philosophies on how to relieve the parish's financial troubles come into conflict with those... more »- place hold (0)
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![The silence of the lambs [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/28571@2x.jpg)
The silence of the lambs2007
Summary: When FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned a case involving a monstrous serial killer, she seeks counsel from an imprisoned cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, whose fascination with the... more »- place hold (0)
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![Unforgiven [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/29824@2x.jpg)
Unforgiven2007
Summary: Bill Munny is who is a retired, once ruthless killer-turned-hog farmer is flat broke. He is a widower with two young children to tend to and feels he has no choice but accept on last bounty hunter... more »- place hold (0)
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![The departed [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/25624@2x.jpg)
The departed2007
Summary: In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief... more »- place hold (0)
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![Platoon [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/21973@2x.jpg)
Platoon2006
Summary: Bonus features include all new interviews with Oliver Stone, over 10 minutes of never-before-seen deleted footage, interviews with Vietnam veterans, commentaries, documentaries, special collector's booklet and much more!- place hold (0)
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![Patton [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/27189@2x.jpg)
Patton2006
Summary: A dramatization of the experiences of General George S. Patton during World War II.- place hold (0)
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![Forrest Gump [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/73265@2x.jpg)
Forrest Gump2006
Summary: Forrest Gump is not a "smart" man. But the young Alabaman with an IQ of 75 is a thoroughly decent man, who manages to become involved in every major event in American history. And he survives them... more »- place hold (0)
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![Reds [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/23810@2x.jpg)
Reds2006
Summary: The true story of the love affair of John Reed, American Communist, journalist and activist and Louise Bryant, writer and feminist.- place hold (0)
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![Brokeback Mountain [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/21032@2x.jpg)
Brokeback Mountain2006
Summary: It's 1963, a time in the United States when life was simple, straightforward and the lines between the sexes and sex roles were crisply drawn and severely delineated. Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist... more »- place hold (0)
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![The graduate [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/22511@2x.jpg)
The graduate2005
Summary: A recent college graduate from an affluent family is seduced by the wife of his father's business partner, then subsequently falls in love with her daughter.- place hold (0)
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![The French connection [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/27187@2x.jpg)
The French connection2005
Summary: Detectives "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy Russo hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and ultimately uncover the French connection.- place hold (0)
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![Titanic [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/29915@2x.jpg)
Titanic2005
Summary: The story of a passionate romance aboard the doomed ocean liner Titanic, framed by an account of a present-day salvager's efforts to investigate the ruins of the ship.- place hold (0)
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![Annie Hall [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/21289@2x.jpg)
Annie Hall2005
Summary: Woody Allen's semi-autobiographical portrait of his amorous, but ultimately mismatched, relationship with co-star Diane Keaton. Allen uses satire and comedy to portray this "nervous romance" for modern times.- place hold (0)
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![Dances with wolves [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/51626@2x.jpg)
Dances with wolves2004
Summary: Sent to protect a U.S. outpost on the desolate frontier, Lt. John Dunbar finds himself alone in the vast wilderness. Befriending the very people he's sent to protect the outpost from, the Sioux... more »- place hold (0)
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![Rocky [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/33070@2x.jpg)
Rocky2004
Summary: Rocky Balboa, a club fighter seemingly going nowhere, gets his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner when fate puts him in the ring with the world heavyweight champion.- place hold (0)
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![Rain man [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/21293@2x.jpg)
Rain man2004
Summary: A callous young hustler living in California finds his father has died and left him only rose bushes and a '49 Buick convertible. Feeling cheated out of what he thinks should be his 3 million dollar... more »- place hold (0)
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![The English patient [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/29195@2x.jpg)
The English patient2004
Summary: Based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje, a complicated WWII saga told in flashback sequences. Best Picture, Best Director-Anthony Minghella, and Best Supporting Actress-Juliette Binoche. Includes exclusive bonus material and special packaging.- place hold (0)
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![Schindler's list [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/18735@2x.jpg)
Schindler's list2004
Summary: The story of a Catholic war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who risked his life and went bankrupt in order to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in concentration camps. He employed Jews in his... more »- place hold (0)
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![Mrs. Miniver [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/23607@2x.jpg)
Mrs. Miniver2004
Summary: The story of a middle-class British family and their struggle to survive during WWII. Mrs. Miniver nobly tends her rose garden while her stalwart husband participates in the evacuation at Dunkirk.... more »- place hold (0)
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