Best Drama movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Josh Brolin, Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon,

A stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.

Actors : Bill Murray, Idris Elba, Neel Sethi, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : Jon Favreau,

After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther, Bagheera, and free spirited bear, Baloo.

Actors : Bob Odenkirk, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government.

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 : Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.

Actors : Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear,

A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

Actors : Josef Altin, Viggo Mortensen, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Naomi Watts,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

Actors : Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Olivia Williams,
Directors : Lone Scherfig,

A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.

Actors : Michelle Williams, John Doman, Ryan Gosling, Faith Wladyka,
Directors : Derek Cianfrance,

The relationship of a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.

Actors : Dwight Henry, Quvenzhané Wallis, Lowell Landes, Levy Easterly,
Directors : Benh Zeitlin,

Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.

Actors : Bradley Cooper, Kyle Gallner, Sienna Miller, Cole Konis,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.

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 : Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Dan Gilroy,

When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.

Actors : Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Natalie Portman,
Directors : Pablo Larraín,

Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy.

Actors : Valerie Mahaffey, Laura Linney, Aaron Eckhart, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew.

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Nora Navas, Leonardo Sbaraglia,
Directors : Pedro Almodóvar,

An aging film director suffering from chronic illness and writer's block reflects on his life.

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 : Catherine Keener, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich, John Cusack,
Directors : Spike Jonze,

A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.