Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Hidden Figures(2016)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 84

The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.



Silence(2016)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 85

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.



Toni Erdmann(2016)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 91

A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.



A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood(2019)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 88

Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel.



Shakespeare in Love(1998)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.



Da 5 Bloods(2020)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 87

Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.



Phantom Thread(2017)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 92

Set in 1950's London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.



The Disaster Artist(2017)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 85

When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.



A Beautiful Mind(2001)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 79

After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.



The Royal Tenenbaums(2001)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A clan's estranged patriarch loses his home and learns that his ex-wife plans to remarry.



The Hours(2002)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 83

The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.



Collateral(2004)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.



Munich(2005)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day.



Flags of Our Fathers(2006)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 82

The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.



Volver(2006)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 83

After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.



Into the Wild(2007)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 79

After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.



The Curious Case of Benjamin Button(2008)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.



Gran Torino(2008)

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Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.



Invictus(2009)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.



The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(2011)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.




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