Best Drama movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Erin Brockovich(2000)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 76

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.



Training Day(2001)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 75

On his first day on the job as a Los Angeles narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes beyond a full work day in training within the narcotics division of the LAPD with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.



The New World(2005)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 77

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



The Pursuit of Happyness(2006)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 73

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.



Notes on a Scandal(2006)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 78

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.



The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford(2007)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 75

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.



Happy-Go-Lucky(2008)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 82

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.



Bombshell(2019)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network.



Chinatown(1974)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 74

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



The Fugitive(1993)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 75

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.



Election(1999)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 78

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.



The Straight Story(1999)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 78

An old man makes a long journey by lawn-mover tractor to mend his relationship with an ill brother.



CODA(2021)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 82

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music by wanting to go to Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.



tick, tick...BOOM!(2021)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 79

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.



Requiem for a Dream(2000)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 72

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.



Florence Foster Jenkins(2016)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 79

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.



Richard Jewell(2019)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 80

American security guard Richard Jewell saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is vilified by journalists and the press who falsely reported that he was a terrorist.



Thelma & Louise(1991)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Two best friends set out on an adventure but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the American police as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed!



The Sixth Sense(1999)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.



The Banshees of Inisherin(2022)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 88

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.




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