Best Drama movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Danny Huston, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Sean Penn,
Directors : Alejandro González Iñárritu,

A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.

Actors : Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Jude Law, Natalie Portman,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.

Actors : Amy Adams, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.

Actors : Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Lubna Azabal, Mustafa Kamel,
Directors : Denis Villeneuve,

Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history, and fulfill their mother's last wishes.

Actors : Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Su Elliot, Jamie Bell,
Directors : Cary Fukunaga,

A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.

Actors : Ben Whishaw, Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, Amber Heard,
Directors : Tom Hooper,

A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

Actors : Edward Norton, Zach Grenier, Meat Loaf, Brad Pitt,
Directors : David Fincher,

An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.

Actors : Timothy Spall, Freddie Spry, Jack Nielen, Kristen Stewart,
Directors : Pablo Larraín,

During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana Spencer, struggling with mental health problems, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.

Actors : Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.

Actors : Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei,
Directors : Todd Field,

A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.

Actors : Tobey Maguire, Chris Cooper, Jeff Bridges, Elizabeth Banks,
Directors : Gary Ross,

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Terrence Malick,

The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Tom Georgeson, Andrew Simpson, Judi Dench,
Directors : Richard Eyre,

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.

Actors : Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Shepard, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck,
Directors : Andrew Dominik,

Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.

Actors : Elliot Cowan, Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Samuel Roukin,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.

Actors : Perry Lopez, Faye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson, John Huston,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

Actors : Julianne Moore, Sela Ward, Tommy Lee Jones, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Andrew Davis,

Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt lead by a seasoned US Marshall.

Actors : Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Broderick, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections, particularly with an obsessive overachiever determined to become student body president.

Actors : Jon Bernthal, Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney,
Directors : Reinaldo Marcus Green,

A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.

Actors : Robin de Jesus, Andrew Garfield, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexandra Shipp,
Directors : Lin-Manuel Miranda,

On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.