Argo 308th greatest film

Directed by Ben Affleck | R | 120 min | 2012 | Biography, Drama, History |

Starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman

Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980.

This film is ranked on the following lists

• BAFTA Award for Best Film by British Academy of Film and Television Arts

• Academy Award for Best Picture by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

• Best Motion Picture - Drama by Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globe)

• Best Picture by Florida Film Critics Circle

• Best Theatrical Motion Picture by Producers Guild of America