Best Drama movies that are golden globes winners or nominees

Darkest Hour(2017)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 84

During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.



Road to Perdition(2002)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Bonds of loyalty are put to the test when a hitman's son witnesses what his father does for a living.



About a Boy(2002)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A cynical, immature young man is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy.



Syriana(2005)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it.



Rachel Getting Married(2008)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years, returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.



War Horse(2011)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.



50/50(2011)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.



Philomena(2013)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.



A Most Violent Year(2014)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 83

In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history.



Lion(2016)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.



Gladiator(2000)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 76

When a Roman General is betrayed, and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.



Cast Away(2000)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island.



The Last King of Scotland(2006)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970's.



Dreamgirls(2006)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.



Into the Woods(2014)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree.



The Edge of Seventeen(2016)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 82

High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.



Jaws(1975)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A giant great white shark arrives on the shores of a New England beach resort and wreaks havoc with bloody attacks on swimmers, until a local sheriff teams up with a marine biologist and an old seafarer to hunt the monster down.



One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 76

A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.



Raging Bull(1980)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.



Unforgiven(1992)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man.




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