Best Drama movies of 1990s

Actors : Bobote, Antonio Dechent, Orestes Villasan Rodríguez, Antonio Canales,
Directors : Tony Gatlif,

Caco is a proud, handsome man, head of a family, and very powerful in the local community. Yet he has been torn to pieces by the death of his beloved daughter. He constantly visits her ...

Actors : Jenifer Lewis, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Isaiah Washington,
Directors : Spike Lee,

This Spike Lee film examines the life of an aspiring actress in New York. She is upset by the treatment of women in the movie industry during one of her screen tests with 'QT'. Out of work ...

Actors : Max Pomeranc, Ben Kingsley, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen,
Directors : Steven Zaillian,

A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Actors : Troels Lyby, Bodil Jørgensen, Anne Louise Hassing, Jens Albinus,
Directors : Lars von Trier,

The group of people gather at the house in Copenhagen suburb to break all the limitations and to bring out the "inner idiot" in themselves.

Actors : Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, William Fichtner, Matt Dillon,
Directors : Kevin Spacey,

While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the police are searching for.

Actors : Nadia Litz, Gabrielle Rose, Elize Frances Stolk, Molly Parker,
Directors : Jeremy Podeswa,

Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's ...

Actors : Bruce Willis, Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight, and attracting the interest of a down and out reporter.

Actors : Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora, Sam Shepard, Ethan Hawke,
Directors : Michael Almereyda,

Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.

Actors : Kurtwood Smith, Bill Paxton, Sherilyn Fenn, Julian Sands,
Directors : Jennifer Lynch,

A surgeon becomes obsessed with the seductive woman he once was in an affair with. Refusing to accept that she has moved on, he amputates her limbs and holds her captive in his mansion.

Actors : Amy Braverman, Miranda Rhyne, Anne Heche, Catherine Keener,
Directors : Nicole Holofcener,

Things have been tough lately for Amelia. Her best friend moved out of the apartment, her cat got cancer, and now her best friend, Laura, is getting married. She copes with things, from the...

Actors : Tom Wilkinson, Florence Hoath, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Minnie Driver,
Directors : Sandra Goldbacher,

When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family ...

Actors : Lisa Yang, Kuo-Chu Chang, Chen Chang, Elaine Jin,
Directors : Edward Yang,

Based on a true story, primarily on a conflict between two youth gangs, a 14-year-old boy's girlfriend conflicts with the head of one gang for an unclear reason, until finally the conflict comes to a violent climax.

Actors : Juan José Ballesta, Pablo Galán, Alberto Jiménez, Manuel Morón,
Directors : Achero Mañas,

El Bola, a 12 year old boy a.k.a. "Pellet" is a 12 year old boy raised in a violent and sordid environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he avoids becoming close to classmates. The ...

Actors : Gary Oldman, Johanna ter Steege, Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbé,
Directors : Bernard Rose,

The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Besides all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved, and the movie tries to ...

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Richard Roxburgh,
Directors : Peter Duncan,

Few knew that Stalin spent his last night in the arms of a young Australian woman. Few still knew that their "love-child" brought Australia to the brink of civil war. Until now ...

Actors : Ian Hart, Ned Beatty, Campbell Scott, Liev Schreiber,
Directors : Tom Gilroy,

As the seasons change in a Connecticut town, two men of different age and backgrounds who work together outdoors for the local park system, share thoughts and feelings that gradually deepen...

Actors : Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryiam Palvin Almani, Elham Saboktakin, Mojgan Faramarzi,
Directors : Jafar Panahi,

Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.

Actors : Sharon Stone, James Woods, Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger,
Directors : Luis Llosa,

A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.

Actors : Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga,
Directors : Lee Tamahori,

A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.

Actors : Kôji Yakusho, Eri Watanabe, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka,
Directors : Masayuki Suo,

A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.