Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Parallel Mothers(2021)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 75

The story of two mothers who give birth the same day.



Guess Who's Coming to Dinner(1967)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African American fiancé.



Mississippi Burning(1988)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 48

Two F.B.I. Agents, with wildly different styles, arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.



All the Pretty Horses(2000)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Two Texas cowboys head to Mexico in search of work, but soon find themselves in trouble with the law after one of them falls in love with a wealthy rancher's daughter.



Hilary and Jackie(1998)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 66

The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.



Causeway(2022)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home.



Selena(1997)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 58

The true story of Selena Quintanilla-Perez, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart topping albums on the Latin music charts.



Peggy Sue Got Married(1986)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.



The Eyes of Tammy Faye(2021)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 69

An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.



Roman J. Israel, Esq.(2017)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action.



Michael Collins(1996)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.



Elling(2001)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 62

When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, Elling, a sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and...



Dead Again(1991)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 57

An amnesiac and a private eye find they might have a past life connection.



Seven Years in Tibet(1997)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 48

True story of Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who became friends with the Dalai Lama at the time of China's takeover of Tibet.



Benny & Joon(1993)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 51

A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.



Winter's Bone(2010)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 45

An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.



Chaplin(1992)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 49

A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker Charlie Chaplin.



Silverado(1985)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 52

A misfit bunch of friends come together to right the injustices which exist in a small town.



The Big Chill(1983)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina winter house after the funeral of one of their friends.



Tucker: The Man and His Dream(1988)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 61

The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.




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