Best Drama movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Billy Elliot(2000)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.



Thirteen(2003)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.



Bright Star(2009)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 82

The three-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne near the end of his life.



Youth(2015)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A retired orchestra conductor is on holiday with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip's birthday.



Kramer vs. Kramer(1979)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 73

Ted Kramer's wife leaves her husband, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.



Ordinary People(1980)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 78

The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.



Full Metal Jacket(1987)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.



Boys Don't Cry(1999)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Female-born Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.



Wonder Boys(2000)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 74

An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.



Ali(2001)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.



Monster's Ball(2001)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 73

After a family tragedy, a racist prison guard reexamines his attitudes while falling in love with the African American wife of the last prisoner he executed.



In the Valley of Elah(2007)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 73

A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.



The Blind Side(2009)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 69

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.



Song of the Sea(2014)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Ben, a young Irish boy, and his little sister Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the fairies and save the spirit world.





The Untouchables(1987)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.



The Usual Suspects(1995)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.



The Green Mile(1999)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 69

The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.



The Lost Daughter(2021)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.



Don't Look Up(2021)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.




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