Special Collections
Sylvia A. Mercier Film Collection
The library has established a film collection in memory of Sylvia A. Mercier, Reference Librarian at CCRI from 1972-1998. Sylvia was a fan of good movies, and the collection is made up of films nominated for the Academy Awards' Best Picture category, from 1990 to the present.
ACADEMY AWARDS - BEST PICTURE NOMINATIONS
- 2011
- The Artist [DVD](WINNER)
- The Descendants [DVD]
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close [DVD]
- Hugo [DVD]
- Midnight in Paris [DVD]
- The Help [DVD]
- Moneyball [DVD]
- War Horse [DVD]
- The Tree of Life [DVD]
- 2010
- 127 Hours [DVD]
- Black Swan [DVD]
- The Fighter [DVD]
- Inception [DVD]
- The Kids Are All Right [DVD]
- The King's Speech [DVD] (WINNER)
- The Social Network [DVD]
- Toy Story 3 [DVD]
- True Grit [DVD]
- Winter's Bone [DVD]
- 2009
- Avatar [DVD]
- The Blind Side [DVD]
- District 9 [DVD]
- An Education [DVD]
- The Hurt Locker [DVD] (WINNER)
- Inglourious Basterds [DVD]
- Precious [DVD]
- A Serious Man [DVD]
- Up [DVD]
- Up in the Air [DVD]
- 2008
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [DVD]
- Frost/Nixon [DVD]
- Milk [DVD]
- The Reader [DVD]
- Slumdog Millionaire [DVD] (WINNER)
- 2007
- Atonement [DVD]
- Juno [DVD]
- Michael Clayton [DVD - Blu-ray]
[DVD- full screen] - No Country for Old Men [DVD] (WINNER)
- There Will Be Blood [DVD]
- 2006
- Babel [DVD]
- The Departed [DVD] (WINNER)
- Letters from Iwo Jima [DVD]
- Little Miss Sunshine [DVD]
- The Queen [DVD]
- 2005
- Brokeback Mountain [DVD]
- Capote [DVD]
- Crash [DVD] (WINNER)
- Good night, and good luck [DVD]
- Munich [DVD]
- 2004
- The aviator [DVD]
- Finding Neverland [DVD]
- Million dollar baby [DVD] (WINNER)
- Ray [DVD]
- Sideways [DVD]
- 2003
- The Lord of the rings: the return of the king
[DVD] (WINNER) - Lost in translation [DVD]
- Master and commander: the far side of the world
[DVD] - Mystic River [DVD]
- Seabiscuit [DVD]
- The Lord of the rings: the return of the king
- 2002
- Chicago [DVD] (WINNER)
- Gangs of New York [DVD]
- The Hours [DVD]
- The Lord of the rings: the two towers [DVD]
- The Pianist [DVD]
- 2001
- A beautiful mind [DVD] (WINNER)
- Gosford Park [DVD]
- In the bedroom [DVD]
- The Lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring [DVD]
- Moulin Rouge [DVD]; [VIDEO]
- 2000
- Chocolat [DVD]
- Crouching tiger, hidden dragon [VIDEO]
- Erin Brockovich [DVD]
- Gladiator [DVD] (WINNER)
- Traffic [VIDEO]
- 1999
- American beauty [DVD] (WINNER)
- The cider house rules [DVD]
- The green mile [DVD]
- The insider [DVD]
- The sixth sense [VIDEO]
- 1998
- Elizabeth [VIDEO]
- Life is beautiful [VIDEO]
- Saving Private Ryan [VIDEO]
- Shakespeare in love [VIDEO] (WINNER)
- The thin red line [VIDEO]
- 1997
- As good as it gets [DVD]
- The full monty [VIDEO]
- Good Will Hunting [DVD]
- L.A. confidential [VIDEO]
- Titanic [VIDEO] (WINNER)
- 1996
- The English patient [DVD] (WINNER)
- Fargo [DVD]
- Jerry Maguire [DVD]
- Secrets & lies [DVD]
- Shine [DVD]
- 1995
- Apollo 13 [VIDEO]
- Babe [VIDEO]
- Braveheart [VIDEO] (WINNER)
- The postman (Il postino) [DVD]
- Sense and sensibility [VIDEO]
- 1994
- Forrest Gump [VIDEO] (WINNER)
- Four weddings and a funeral [VIDEO]
- Pulp fiction [DVD]
- Quiz show [DVD]
- The Shawshank redemption [DVD]
- 1993
- The fugitive [DVD]
- In the name of the father [VIDEO]
- The piano [DVD]
- The remains of the day [VIDEO]
- Schindler's list [VIDEO] (WINNER)
- 1992
- The crying game [VIDEO]
- A few good men [DVD]
- Howards End [VIDEO]
- Scent of a woman [DVD]
- Unforgiven [VIDEO] (WINNER)
- 1991
- Beauty and the beast [DVD]; [VIDEO]
- Bugsy [DVD]
- JFK [DVD]
- The prince of tides [DVD]
- The silence of the lambs [DVD] (WINNER)
- 1990
- Awakenings [DVD]
- Dances with wolves [DVD] (WINNER)
- Ghost [DVD]
- The godfather, part III [DVD]
- GoodFellas [DVD]
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