Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Notting Hill(1999)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 68

The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world.



Good Will Hunting(1997)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.



Chasing Amy(1997)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.



As Good as It Gets(1997)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.



Leaving Las Vegas(1995)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.



Boyz n the Hood(1991)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence and future prospects.



Blonde(2022)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 71

A fictionalized chronicle of the inner life of Marilyn Monroe.



Before Night Falls(2000)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Episodic look at the life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990), from his childhood in Oriente province to his death in New York City. He joins Castro's rebels. By 1964, ...



The Player(1992)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 71

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?



Miss Sloane(2016)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 74

In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when taking on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds winning may come at too high a price.



The Great Debaters(2007)

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Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.



The Brave One(2007)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.



Poseidon(2006)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 68

On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for their lives as they attempt to escape the sinking ship.



Bandits(2001)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.



Biutiful(2010)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 69

This is the story of Uxbal, a man living in this world, but able to see his death, which guides his every move.



Hollywoodland(2006)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 73

A detective examines the mysterious death of George Reeves, the star of the television series Adventures of Superman (1952).



Edward Scissorhands(1990)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A gentle man, with scissors for hands, is brought into a new community after living in isolation.



Mongol(2007)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 72

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.



Sling Blade(1996)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.



The Village(2004)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.




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