Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Dog Day Afternoon(1975)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 25

A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.



Ghost(1990)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 26

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.



Katyn(2007)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 41

An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.



Emma(1996)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 33

In rural 1800s England things go bad for a young matchmaker after she finds a man for another woman.



Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves(1991)

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Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 26

When Robin and his Moorish companion come to England and the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham, he decides to fight back as an outlaw.



The Proposal(2009)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to keep her visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada.



The Apostle(1997)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 42

After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.



The Great Escape(1963)

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Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 25

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.



Taps(1981)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 40

Military cadets take extreme measures to insure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.



Women Talking(2022)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.



The Rose(1979)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 47

The tragic life of a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager.



Being There(1979)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 28

A simple, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful businessman and an insider in Washington politics.



Primal Fear(1996)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 24

An altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.



Carlito's Way(1993)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.



A Dry White Season(1989)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener's son is brutally beaten up by the police ...



The Man Who Sold His Skin(2020)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 57

His own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.



The Crossing Guard(1995)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 40

Freddy Gale is a seedy jeweller who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl.



Pearl Harbor(2001)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.



Good Morning, Vietnam(1987)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 23

In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.



Heavenly Creatures(1994)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 26

Two girls have an intense fantasy life; their parents, concerned the fantasy is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge.




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