Best Drama movies of 1990s

Actors : Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Renato Scarpa,

Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

Actors : Sissy Spacek, Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken,
Directors : Hugh Wilson,

A naive man comes out into the world after spending 35 years in a nuclear fallout shelter.

Actors : Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Larry Block, Marc Anthony,

A failing Italian restaurant run by two brothers gambles on one special night to try to save the business.

Actors : Cheech Marin, Rene Russo, Kevin Costner, Don Johnson,
Directors : Ron Shelton,

A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.

Actors : Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates,
Directors : Jon Avnet,

A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett,
Directors : P.J. Hogan,

When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : William Friedkin,

An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a third world country.

Actors : Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Jason Patric,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized; over 10 years later, they get their chance for revenge.

Actors : Tobey Maguire, Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Lee Gogin,
Directors : Terry Gilliam,

An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.

Actors : Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Harvey Keitel, John Turturro,
Directors : Spike Lee,

Young drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them.

Actors : Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, James Caan, Charlize Theron,
Directors : James Gray,

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he ...

Actors : Vanessa Williams, James Coburn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan,
Directors : Chuck Russell,

A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.

Actors : Demi Moore, Michael Douglas, Caroline Goodall, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.

Actors : Robin Williams, Max von Sydow, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra,
Directors : Vincent Ward,

After he dies in a car crash, a man searches heaven and hell for his beloved wife.

Actors : Stacy Edwards, Michael Martin, Matt Malloy, Aaron Eckhart,
Directors : Neil LaBute,

Two business executives--one an avowed misogynist, the other recently emotionally wounded by his love interest--set out to exact revenge on the female gender by seeking out the most innocent, uncorrupted girl they can find and ruining her life.

Actors : J.E. Freeman, Willem Dafoe, Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : David Lynch,

Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Mary-Louise Parker, Brad Renfro, Tommy Lee Jones,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.

Actors : Carroll O'Connor, Robert Loggia, Minnie Driver, David Duchovny,
Directors : Bonnie Hunt,

A man who falls in love with the woman who received his wife's heart must decide which woman it is who holds his heart.

Actors : Stuart Wilson, Krystia Mova, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.

Actors : Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, Dan Aykroyd, Gillian Anderson,
Directors : Terence Davies,

A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.