Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Match Point(2005)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

At a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for an actress who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law.



Syriana(2005)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it.



Half Nelson(2006)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 82

An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.



Rachel Getting Married(2008)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years, returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.



A Single Man(2009)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

An English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.



Easy A(2010)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A clean-cut high school student relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.



Crazy, Stupid, Love.(2011)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars.



Shame(2011)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A man's carefully cultivated private life is disrupted when his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.



War Horse(2011)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.



50/50(2011)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.



Philomena(2013)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.



A Most Violent Year(2014)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 83

In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history.



Straight Outta Compton(2015)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.



Nocturnal Animals(2016)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A wealthy art gallery owner receives a draft of her ex-husband's new novel, and once she starts reading it she just cannot put it down.



Lion(2016)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.



Captain Fantastic(2016)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.



Sing Street(2016)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.



The Two Popes(2019)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict XVI and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.



Mulan(2020)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Jet Li, Li Gong, Gong Li, Donnie Yen, Yifei Liu,
Niki Caro,

A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father.



News of the World(2020)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.




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