Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Anne of the Thousand Days(1969)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 10

Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.



Melvin and Howard(1980)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 15

The story of hard-luck Melvin E. Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.



Rambling Rose(1991)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A young woman who exudes sexuality battles temptation.



Alfie(1966)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An unrepentant ladies' man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle.



The Flamingo Kid(1984)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Set in Brooklyn, 1963, Jeffrey Willis has just finished high school and isn't quite sure what the future holds. His parents expect him to go to college but he is starting to find his ...



For the Boys(1991)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 10

With the help of the singer and dancer Dixie Leonhard US-Entertainer Eddie Sparks wants to bring some fun to the soldiers during World War II. Becoming a perfect team they tour from North ...



Cheyenne Autumn(1964)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 11

The Cheyenne, tired of broken U.S. government promises, head for their ancestral lands but a sympathetic cavalry officer is tasked to bring them back to their reservation.



In Country(1989)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her Uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around...



The Ninth Configuration(1980)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A new commanding officer arrives at a remote castle serving as an insane asylum for crazy and AWOL U.S.M.C. soldiers where he attempts to rehabilitate them by allowing them to live out ...



Under the Volcano(1984)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 12

The last 24 hours in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a lonely, depressed English consul who retreats to alcohol for solace.



Alice's Restaurant(1969)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A cinematic adaption of Arlo Guthrie's classic song story.



A Patch of Blue(1965)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.



The Day of the Dolphin(1973)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Dr Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand English, although they do have a limited...



Sweet Dreams(1985)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Jessica Lange stunningly portrays Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.



The Sandpiper(1965)

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Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wed headmaster of an Episcopal boarding school in California.



The Cave(2019)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 28

A Thai youth football team is trapped in a cave while rescue workers scramble to save them.



The Clan of the Cave Bear(1986)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A young Cro-Magnon woman is raised by Neanderthals.



Jacknife(1989)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle they both...



The Front Page(1974)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 0

As a tabloid newspaper editor tries to prevent his top reporter from retiring, an escaped death row convict shows up at the office trying to convey his innocence.



Lover Come Back(1961)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.




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