Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

In the Line of Fire(1993)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.



Moonstruck(1987)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Loretta Castorini, a book keeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.



Serpico(1973)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 66

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.



American History X(1998)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.



Venus(2006)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.



Breakfast at Tiffany's(1961)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.



Wag the Dog(1997)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a presidential sex scandal.



Stand by Me(1986)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 64

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.



Motherless Brooklyn(2019)

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Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 73

In 1950s New York, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend.



Donnie Brasco(1997)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 64

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one.



Quo vadis, Aida?(2020)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.



Glengarry Glen Ross(1992)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 66

An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.



The Hand of God(2021)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 76

In 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.



Howards End(1992)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 73

A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.



Ed Wood(1994)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Ambitious but troubled movie director, Edward D. Wood Jr, tries his best to fulfill his dream, despite his lack of support.



Sleepless in Seattle(1993)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.



Sex, Lies, and Videotape(1989)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.



Burlesque(2010)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.



The Lady in the Van(2015)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her van that's parked in his driveway.



Grandma(2015)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A teenager facing an unplanned pregnancy seeks help from her acerbic grandmother, a woman who is long estranged from her daughter.




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