As Good as It Gets As Good as It Gets As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by James L. Brooks. It stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic and obsessive-compulsive novelist, Helen Hunt as a single mother with a chronically ill son, and Greg Kinnear as a gay artist. The screenplay was written by Mark Andrus and Brooks. The paintings were created for the film by New York artist Billy Sullivan. Nicholson and Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, making "As Good As It Gets" the most recent film to win both of
Traveller (1997 film) Traveller (1997 film) Traveller is a 1997 American crime drama film directed by Jack N. Green and starring Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg and Julianna Margulies. The plot centers on a man joining a group of nomadic con artists in rural North Carolina. "Traveller" received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 79% based on reviews from 28 critics, with an average rating of 6.4/10. "Traveller" was released on DVD on July 25, 2000. Irish Traveller – nomadic or itinerant people of Irish origin living in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States