Critically acclaimed movies that are golden globes winners or nominees in best actor - motion picture drama category

The Pianist(2002)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.



Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World(2003)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.



Eastern Promises(2007)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.



Michael Clayton(2007)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.



Blue Valentine(2010)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

The relationship of a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.



The Fighter(2010)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s.



Schindler's List(1993)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazi Germans.



Saving Private Ryan(1998)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.



Nightcrawler(2014)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 83

When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.



Pulp Fiction(1994)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 83

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.



The Truman Show(1998)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 83

An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a television show.



The Aviator(2004)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.



Kinsey(2004)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A look at the life of Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior.



Hotel Rwanda(2004)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

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



Invictus(2009)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 82

Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.



Flight(2012)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

An airline pilot saves almost all his passengers on his malfunctioning airliner which eventually crashed, but an investigation into the accident reveals something troubling.



The Sessions(2012)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.



The Imitation Game(2014)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 82

During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.



Catch Me If You Can(2002)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

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.



Cold Mountain(2003)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.




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