Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Willem Dafoe, Christopher Rivera, Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite,
Directors : Sean Baker,

Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.

Actors : Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro, Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi,
Directors : Terry Zwigoff,

With only the plan of moving in together after high school, two unusually devious friends seek direction in life. As a mere gag, they respond to a man's newspaper ad for a date, only to find it will greatly complicate their lives.

Actors : Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Ryan Phillippe,
Directors : Robert Altman,

The lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a party in 1932 in a country house in England as they investigate a murder involving one of them.

Actors : Christopher Walken, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

The story of Frank Abagnale Jr., before his 19th birthday, successfully forged millions of dollars' worth of checks while posing as a Pan Am pilot, a doctor, and legal prosecutor as a seasoned and dedicated FBI agent pursues him.

Actors : Shari Springer Berman, Harvey Pekar, Chris Ambrose, Paul Giamatti,

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

Actors : Don Cheadle, Joaquin Phoenix, Sophie Okonedo, Xolani Mali,
Directors : Terry George,

Paul Rusesabagina was a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.

Actors : Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta,
Directors : Adam Shankman,

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Actors : Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.

Actors : Gena Rowlands, Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve,

A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.

Actors : Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Frank Langella, Michael Sheen,
Directors : Ron Howard,

A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.

Actors : Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent,

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

Actors : Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm,
Directors : Ben Affleck,

As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the F.B.I. Agent looking to bring him and his crew down.

Actors : Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Leo, Viola Davis,
Directors : Denis Villeneuve,

When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.

Actors : Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Eddie Redmayne, Sophie Perry,
Directors : James Marsh,

A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.

Actors : Gaby Hoffmann, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Michiel Huisman,
Directors : Jean-Marc Vallée,

A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.

Actors : Brie Larson, Bill Hader, Amy Schumer, Colin Quinn,
Directors : Judd Apatow,

Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.

Actors : Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer,
Directors : Mel Gibson,

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.

Actors : Thomas Loibl, Michael Wittenborn, Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek,
Directors : Maren Ade,

A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.

Actors : Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Marielle Heller,

Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel.

Actors : Tom Wilkinson, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : John Madden,

A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.