Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Philadelphia(1993)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 59

When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.



A Few Good Men(1992)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Neo military lawyer Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder; they contend they were acting under orders.



Crimes and Misdemeanors(1989)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 64

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.



Anonymous(2011)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 66

The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.



Contact(1997)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.



Albert Nobbs(2011)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th-century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most elegant hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.



Cabaret(1972)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.



Clear and Present Danger(1994)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 60

CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.



Hillbilly Elegy(2020)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 64

An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.



Roma(2018)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 96

A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.



Broadcast News(1987)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Take two rival TV reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well and watch the sparks fly.



That Thing You Do!(1996)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A local Pennsylvania band scores a one hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from its manager.



Quartet(2012)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 71

At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.



Danny Collins(2015)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 67

An aging rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old letter written to him by John Lennon.



While You Were Sleeping(1995)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A hopeless romantic Chicago Transit Authority token collector is mistaken for the fiancée of a coma patient.



Risky Business(1983)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.



Stepmom(1998)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A terminally ill woman has to settle on her former husband's new lover, who will be their children's stepmother.



Last Chance Harvey(2008)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 69

In London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life.



Days of Thunder(1990)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.



The Deep End(2001)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 76

A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.




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