Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Girl, Interrupted(1999)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s.



Shine(1996)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.



Spanglish(2004)

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Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.



The Prom(2020)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.



Harriet(2019)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 77

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.



Malcolm X(1992)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 64

Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.



Being the Ricardos(2021)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.



Born on the Fourth of July(1989)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.



The Color of Money(1986)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Fast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.



Philadelphia(1993)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 59

When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.



Crimes and Misdemeanors(1989)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 64

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.



The Phantom of the Opera(2004)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House. He kidnaps the soprano and forces the owners of the play to keep her as the lead role of the play.



Anonymous(2011)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 66

The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.



A Few Good Men(1992)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Neo military lawyer Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder; they contend they were acting under orders.



Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom(2013)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.



Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason(2004)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she's dreamed of having.



Under the Tuscan Sun(2003)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A writer impulsively buys a villa in Tuscany in order to change her life.



Contact(1997)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.



Paradise Now(2005)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.



I Lost My Body(2019)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.




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