An R-rated romantic comedy about a couple dealing the ups and downs of a long distance relationship while commuting between New York City and San Francisco, the largely improvised film garnered generally mixed reviews by critics, who summed it as " timelier and a little more honest than most romantic comedies.

The film garnered critical and commercial success, becoming Day's biggest hit so far.

* Lady for a Day ( 1933 )— Adapted by Robert Riskin, who suggested the name change from Runyon's title " Madame La Gimp ," the film garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director ( Frank Capra ), Best Actress ( May Robson ), and Best Adaptation for the Screen ( Riskin ).

One part of the film, on the other hand, has garnered almost universal praise: Godzilla's final attack on Megalon, a flying kick.

The film garnered a 15 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while Yahoo!

The 2008 film The Wrestler, about a washed-up professional wrestler, garnered several Oscar nominations.

The film garnered critical acclaim.

Saving Private Ryan was well received by audiences and garnered considerable critical acclaim, winning several awards for film, cast, and crew as well as earning significant returns at the box office.

Night of the Living Dead was heavily criticized at its release owing to explicit content, but eventually garnered critical acclaim and has been selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as a film deemed " culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.

One commentator asserts that the film garnered little attention from critics, " except to provoke argument about censoring its grisly scenes ".

The film itself has garnered excellent reviews.

Italian director Federico Fellini won the first foreign language film Academy Award with La strada and garnered another Academy Award with Nights of Cabiria.

The film was a box office smash and Newman garnered his first Academy Award nomination.

His first major role came in the 1971 film The Last Picture Show, for which he garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Much like the album, the film garnered more critical praise than the previous year's Under the Cherry Moon ; however, its box office receipts were minimal, and it quickly left theaters.

She made her film debut in 1980 in The Hollywood Knights, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Scarface ( 1983 ).

When it was first released, the film received a mixed response and garnered exceptionally harsh reviews from New York critics — Stanley Kauffmann (" the film bloats into sogginess ", The New Republic ); Pauline Kael (" amateurishly crude ", The New Yorker ); and Andrew Sarris — partly because of its directorial style and broad ethnic humor.

When released in January 1920 against reports of the controversy, the film garnered large audiences in Chicago.

More than likely it would have garnered far less penetration had Sony not controlled both a theatre chain and a film studio.

Dench's more recent film career has garnered six Academy Award nominations in nine years for Mrs. Brown in 1997 ; her Oscar-winning turn as Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love in 1998 ; for Chocolat in 2000 ; for the lead role of writer Iris Murdoch in Iris in 2001 ( with Kate Winslet playing her as a younger woman ); for Mrs Henderson Presents ( a romanticised history of the Windmill Theatre ) in 2005 ; and for 2006's Notes on a Scandal, a film for which she received critical acclaim, including Golden Globe, Academy Award, BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild nominations.

The film was a major commercial success for Paramount, which released five of the top ten films of the year, and garnered 22 percent of all money taken in at American theaters.

Plimpton's role garnered her further success within the feature film industry.

* Bug ( 2006 film ), an adaptation of the Tracy Letts play, directed by William Friedkin

Although the project had an excellent pedigree with stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, the film was not a success, and Capra's eyebrow-raising statement, " I think State of the Union was my most perfect film in handling people and ideas " has few adherents today.

This sound film starred Lee Tracy and Mae Clarke and was an early example of the " fast-talking " sound films that Howard Hawks would later make one of his signatures.

) Tracy and Bogart appeared in their only film together in John Ford's early sound film Up the River ( 1930 ), with both playing inmates.

Cagney's next film was Mister Roberts, directed by John Ford and slated to star Spencer Tracy.

Cagney worked with MGM on the Western film Tribute to a Bad Man, a role that had originally been written for Spencer Tracy.

Based on a true story of a teacher arrested for teaching his students evolution also known as the " Scopes Monkey Trial ," Spacey played defense lawyer Henry Drummond, a role that was made famous by actor Spencer Tracy in the 1960 film of the same name.

Other film roles include Alien Nation ( 1988 ), Yentl ( 1983 ), Dick Tracy ( 1990 ), and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland ( 1999 ).

Inherit the Wind was made into a 1960 film directed by Stanley Kramer, with Spencer Tracy as Drummond and Fredric March as Brady.

His compositional efforts have included a number of film scores, notably a set of songs written for Warren Beatty's 1990 film version of Dick Tracy ; one song, " Sooner or Later ( I Always Get My Man )" ( as performed by Madonna ), won Sondheim an Academy Award.

* Five songs for Warren Beatty's film Dick Tracy ( 1990 ), including " Sooner or Later ( I Always Get My Man )", which won the Academy Award for Best Song.

* In 1937 as Captains Courageous ( film ), produced by Louis D. Lighton, directed by Victor Fleming and starring Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas, Mickey Rooney, and John Carradine.

Tracy won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in this film.

The film, which was the top grossing movie of that year, stars Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, and Spencer Tracy.

After a successful film debut in Up the River, Tracy was signed to a contract with Fox Film Corporation.

After two screen tests failed to elicit a response from the studios, Tracy did not consider becoming a film actor: " I had no ambition in that direction and I was perfectly happy on the stage.

Up the River ( 1930 ) marked the film debut of both Tracy and Humphrey Bogart.

William Wilkerson of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: " This sterling performer has finally been given an opportunity to show an ability that has been boxed in by gangster roles ... film has introduced Mr. Tracy as one of the screen's best performers ".

Tracy in Fritz Lang's Fury ( 1936 film ) | Fury ( 1936 ), his first major hit

Fury ( 1936 ) was the first film to prove that Tracy could make a success on his own merit.

Tracy starred alongside Clark Gable in the film, allowing audiences to see him with the top male star in Hollywood.

Howard Barnes of the New York Herald Tribune was not charmed by the story, but wrote that Tracy, " by sheer persuasion of his acting ", made the film worthy.