2018 and 2019 saw the rise of Jordan Peele as a director of allegorical horror-thriller films . '' Get Out '' addresses modern racism and the concept of slavery by following an African-American man as he makes a chilling discovery regarding his white girlfriend 's upper-class family . Get Out received four Oscar nominations ( Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor , Best Original Screenplay ) at the 90th Academy Awards , of which Peele won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay . Peele 's sophomore film , '' Us '' , addresses social class and privilege as it follows a family terrorized by their murderous doppelgängers
90th Academy Awards
90th Academy Awards
Horror film