Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Frankie & Alice(2010)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 43

A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.



Z(1969)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 24

Following the murder of a prominent leftist, an investigator tries to uncover the truth while government officials attempt to cover up their roles.



All That Jazz(1979)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 23

Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid life of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.



Steel Magnolias(1989)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.







The Towering Inferno(1974)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 19

At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.



The China Syndrome(1979)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.



The Verdict(1982)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.



The Mission(1986)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 17

18th century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American Indian tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.



Beaches(1988)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.



Stand and Deliver(1988)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 28

The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout prone students to learn calculus.



Mr. & Mrs. Bridge(1990)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 47

Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.



What's Love Got to Do with It(1993)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 27

The story of singer Tina Turner's rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner.



The Portrait of a Lady(1996)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 31

An American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare.



Close(2022)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 59

The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.



Aftersun(2022)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.



Empire of Light(2022)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 56

A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.



Runaway Train(1985)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 20

Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving.



Toys(1992)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 18

When a military general inherits a toy making company and begins making war toys, his employees band together to stop him before he ruins the name of Zevo Toys forever.




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