Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci, Zachary Quinto, Paul Bettany,
Directors : J.C. Chandor,

Follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.

Actors : Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.

Actors : Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira,
Directors : Ryan Coogler,

The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.

Actors : Nicole Kidman, John Leguizamo, Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent,
Directors : Baz Luhrmann,

A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets.

Actors : Danny Huston, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Sean Penn,
Directors : Alejandro González Iñárritu,

A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.

Actors : Guilied Lopez, Orlando Tobón, Virgina Ariza, Catalina Sandino Moreno,
Directors : Joshua Marston,

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.

Actors : Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Paul Giamatti,
Directors : Neil Burger,

In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.

Actors : Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson,
Directors : Todd Field,

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations in suburban Massachusetts.

Actors : Philip Seymour Hoffman, Peter Friedman, Laura Linney, Philip Bosco,
Directors : Tamara Jenkins,

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

Actors : Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Viola Davis,
Directors : John Patrick Shanley,

A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.

Actors : Nicole Kidman, Miles Teller, Dianne Wiest, Aaron Eckhart,
Directors : John Cameron Mitchell,

Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.

Actors : Ezra Miller, John C. Reilly, Tilda Swinton, Jasper Newell,
Directors : Lynne Ramsay,

Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.

Actors : Ben Whishaw, Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, Amber Heard,
Directors : Tom Hooper,

A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

Actors : Chiwetel Ejiofor, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen, Donald Glover,
Directors : Jon Favreau,

After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.

Actors : Keith David, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

A young recruit in Viet Nam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Juliette Binoche,
Directors : Anthony Minghella,

At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

Actors : Edward Norton, Zach Grenier, Meat Loaf, Brad Pitt,
Directors : David Fincher,

An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.

Actors : Timothy Spall, Freddie Spry, Jack Nielen, Kristen Stewart,
Directors : Pablo Larraín,

During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana Spencer, struggling with mental health problems, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.

Actors : María Cecilia Botero, Stephanie Beatriz, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo,

A young Colombian girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.

Actors : Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge, Tom Hanks, Helen Thomson,
Directors : Baz Luhrmann,

The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.