Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Five Easy Pieces(1970)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 26

A dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.



The Leisure Seeker(2017)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker.



Sorcerer(1977)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 34

Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous South American jungle.



Breakfast on Pluto(2005)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 30

In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.



Grand Canyon(1991)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 32

Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship of two men from ...



Murder on the Orient Express(1974)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 22

In December 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.



Les Misérables(2019)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 39

A cop from the provinces moves to Paris to join the Anti-Crime Brigade of Montfermeil, discovering an underworld where the tensions between the different groups mark the rhythm.



Living(2022)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 65

An English-language adaptation of the script of "Ikiru" (1952), set in London in the 1950s.



Papillon(1973)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.



Unstrung Heroes(1995)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 50

Steven Lidz, unhappy with his home life since his mother got sick, goes and lives with his two crazy Uncles. There he changes and gets closer to his Uncles, but his parents want him home ...



Paper Moon(1973)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 23

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.



Fiddler on the Roof(1971)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 22

In prerevolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.



McCabe & Mrs. Miller(1971)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 26

A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.



Cyrano(2021)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Too self-conscious to woo Roxanne himself, wordsmith Cyrano de Bergerac helps young Christian nab her heart through love letters.



Searching for Bobby Fischer(1993)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.



Harlem Nights(1989)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 29

During the 1930s, a New York illegal gambling house owner and his associates must deal with strong competition, gangsters and corrupt cops in order to stay in business.



Midnight Express(1978)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.



On Golden Pond(1981)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 23

Norman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.



El crimen del Padre Amaro(2002)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 30

Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.



Fly Away Home(1996)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A father and daughter decide to attempt to lead a flock of orphaned Canada Geese south by air.




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