Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Cast Away(2000)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island.



Mr. Turner(2014)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 89

An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.



Deepwater Horizon(2016)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A dramatization of the disaster back in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon created a giant explosion, which created the worst oil spill in American history.



Closer(2004)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.



Kinsey(2004)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A look at the life of Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior.



Finding Neverland(2004)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

The story of J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.



Maria Full of Grace(2004)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.



Blood Diamond(2006)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.



Little Children(2006)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 78

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations in suburban Massachusetts.



Charlie Wilson's War(2007)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.



In Bruges(2008)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.



Doubt(2008)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.



Incendies(2010)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history, and fulfill their mother's last wishes.



We Need to Talk About Kevin(2011)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.



Jane Eyre(2011)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.



The Sessions(2012)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.



Dolemite Is My Name(2019)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 82

Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.



Fight Club(1999)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 74

An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.



The Talented Mr. Ripley(1999)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

In late 1950s New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.



Elvis(2022)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 79

The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.




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