MGM has received the following international awards:

A World Apart

Award: Best Actress - Tie
Award Year: 1988
Recipient(s): Linda Mvusi
Theatrical Release Date: Jan 01, 1988

Synopsis: Based on a true story, this "haunting, deeply moving film" (Los Angeles Times) brims with "emotion and radiant intelligence" (The New Yorker) and features Barbara Hershey in a "strikingly forceful performance" (New York) by Barbara Hershey, this potent account of personal and political turmoil brims with "emotion and radiant intelligence" (The New Yorker)!
South Africa, 1963. Communist Gus Roth (Jeroen Krabbe) is forced to flee Johannesburg to escape arrest, leaving his activist wife Diana (Hershey) to continue their crusade against apartheid. But when Diana is wrenched from her three daughters and jailed under the notorious 90-day Detention Act, she and her family face the ultimate sacrifice in the fight for freedom.

12 Angry Men

Award: Crystal Star - Prix International
Award Year: 1958
Theatrical Release Date: Apr 20, 1957

Synopsis: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley and Jack Klugman lead in this tense, courtroom drama -- nominated for three Oscars including Best Picture -- about one juror determined to sway the opinions of eleven others.

Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father in "one of the best pictures ever made" (The Hollywood Reporter).

A Bridge Too Far

Award: Best Supporting Actor
Award Year: 1977
Recipient(s): Edward Fox
Theatrical Release Date: Jun 15, 1977

Synopsis: Sir Richard Attenborough directs Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins and Robert Redford in this gripping and controversial tale about a daring WWII military operation.

A Fish Called Wanda

Award: Best Foreign Screenplay
Award Year: 1989
Recipient(s): John Cleese
Theatrical Release Date: Jul 13, 1988

Synopsis:

Tour-de-force performances from an unparalleled comic cast highlight this much-loved hit that RogerEbert calls "the funniest movie I have seen in a long time!" Monty Pythoners John Cleese and Michael Palin (Search For The Holy Grail, The Meaning Of Life) join Oscar winner Kevin Kline (In & Out) and Jamie Lee Curtis (True Lies) in an entertainment so impeccably timed and executed that Time Magazine hailed it as: "Genius [a film that] redefines agreat comic tradition!"

Four conniving jewel thieves... three yorkshire terriers... two heaving bosoms and one proper British barrister. It all adds up to "a non-stop barrage of... outrageous plot twists and over-the top performances" (L.A. Weekly) when a girl called Wanda (Curtis) tries to deceive her Nietzche-quoting boyfriend (Kline), an animal-loving hitman (Palin) and an embarrassment-prone counselor (Cleese) out of a fortune in jewels in this hilariously funny farce!

A Fistful Of Dollars

Award: Silver Ribbon - Best Music
Award Year: 1964
Recipient(s): Ennio Morricone
Theatrical Release Date: Jan 18, 1967

Synopsis: A stranger in San Miguel becomes involved in a vendetta between two families. Playing one family against the other, he rescues a beautiful woman from captivity.

A Private Function

Award: Best Actress
Award Year: 1985
Recipient(s): Maggie Smith
Theatrical Release Date: Jan 01, 1985

Synopsis: The story takes place in post World War II England with wartime food rationing still in place. A couple of days before the coronation of Elizabeth II, and a group of businessmen want to impress their local government by giving a big party. Unfortunately, the contraband pig raised for the event is stolen.

Annie Hall

Award: Best Foreign Film
Award Year: 1978
Theatrical Release Date: Apr 20, 1977

Synopsis: This Best Picture Oscar winner stars Woody Allen as a neurotic, New York comedian who falls for a quirky midwestern girl (Diane Keaton) in an on-again, off-again romance.

Babette's Feast

Award: Best Actress
Award Year: 1988
Recipient(s): Stephane Audran
Theatrical Release Date: Mar 04, 1988

Synopsis: In 1871 France, a women flees a commune and seels refuge in an austere village in Denmark. She earns her keep by cooking for the local nuns. The daily fare consists of bland and usual foods. After the French girl wins a Paris lottery, she decides to spice up the lives of the locals by cooking them a culinary feast.

Bagdad Cafe

Award: Best Foreign Film
Award Year: 1988
Theatrical Release Date: Apr 22, 1988

Synopsis: Set in Mojave Desert, this bittersweet delightful comedy brings together a German tourist and a black motel owner. Initially wary of each other, the two become close friends and transform the rundown cafe/motel into the hottest magical nightspot this side of Las Vegas.

Birdman Of Alcatraz

Award: Best Foreign Actor
Award Year: 1962
Recipient(s): Burt Lancaster
Theatrical Release Date: Jul 28, 1962

Synopsis: Burt Lancaster stars as a murderer sentenced to Alcatraz, who becomes a world renowned authority on birds. The excellent supporting cast includes Thelma Ritter, Telly Savalas and Karl Malden.

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