Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in best actor - motion picture drama category

Actors : Laura Harrier, John David Washington, Topher Grace, Adam Driver,
Directors : Spike Lee,

Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.

Actors : Mark Gatiss, Olivia Colman, Anthony Hopkins, Rufus Sewell, Olivia Williams,
Directors : Florian Zeller,

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, Roy Dotrice, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge,
Directors : Milos Forman,

The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.

Actors : Kevin Spacey, Thora Birch, Annette Bening, Wes Bentley,
Directors : Sam Mendes,

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

Actors : Thomas Kretschmann, Emilia Fox, Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

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

Actors : Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Mark Margolis, Evan Rachel Wood,
Directors : Darren Aronofsky,

A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.

Actors : Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Leo,
Directors : David O. Russell,

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.

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

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.

Actors : Tom Sizemore, Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

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.

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Hope Davis, Kathy Bates, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

A man upon retirement embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.

Actors : Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy, Paul Bettany, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Peter Weir,

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.

Actors : Tom Wilkinson, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Michael O'Keefe,
Directors : Tony Gilroy,

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.

Actors : Allen Leech, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Benedict Cumberbatch,
Directors : Morten Tyldum,

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

Actors : Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Tom Pelphrey, Lily Collins,
Directors : David Fincher,

1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, John Travolta,
Directors : Quentin Tarantino,

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.

Actors : Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Jim Carrey,
Directors : Peter Weir,

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

Actors : Cate Blanchett, John C. Reilly, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Beckinsale,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

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

Actors : Colin Farrell, James Keane, Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Directors : Scott Cooper,

A faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.

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 : 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.