Best Drama movies that are golden globes winners or nominees

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.



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.



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.



Airport(1970)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 32

A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.



The Killing Fields(1984)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.



Casualties of War(1989)

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Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 24

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.





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.



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 ...



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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 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 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.




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