Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Frank Wolff, Stathis Giallelis, Harry Davis, Elena Karam,
Directors : Elia Kazan,

A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to the United States.

Actors : Maureen Stapleton, Lee Grant, Walter Matthau, Barbara Harris,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

Three vignettes, each set in room 719 of New York's Plaza Hotel, make up this comedy.

Actors : Shelley Long, Ryan O'Neal, Sam Wanamaker, Drew Barrymore,
Directors : Charles Shyer,

Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.

Actors : Richard Burton, Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack, Elizabeth Taylor,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.

Actors : Gena Rowlands, Julie Carmen, Tony Knesich, Buck Henry,
Directors : John Cassavetes,

When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.

Actors : Steve McQueen, Natalie Wood, Edie Adams, Herschel Bernardi,
Directors : Robert Mulligan,

Angie Rossini is an innocent Italian Catholic Macy's salesgirl, who discovers she's pregnant from a fling with Rocky, a musician. Angie finds Rocky (who doesn't remember her at first) to ...

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Bernie Kuby, Ivan Bonar, Alan Alda,
Directors : Robert Mulligan,

A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner. Although both are married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have ...

Actors : Al Pacino, Bob Dishy, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

While facing the stress of his play being produced on Broadway, a playwright deals with having to raise his son, his stepdaughters, and his stepsons.

Actors : Gailard Sartain, Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin,
Directors : Ron Shelton,

A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made him a controversial figure.

Actors : Elke Sommer, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Newman, Diane Baker,
Directors : Mark Robson,

As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.

Actors : Martin Balsam, John Cassavetes, Charlton Heston, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Larry Peerce,

A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly (Charlton Heston) and SWAT ...

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Kathy Baker, Jay Patterson, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.

Actors : Dorothy Tutin, Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley,
Directors : Ken Hughes,

Oliver Cromwell can no longer tolerate King Charles' policies, and the self-interest of the ruling class, and leads a civil war to install Parliament as the ultimate ruler of England.

Actors : Geraldine Page, Richard Bradford, John Heard, Carlin Glynn,
Directors : Peter Masterson,

In 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home for one last time.

Actors : Gregory Peck, David Janssen, Richard Crenna, James Franciscus,
Directors : John Sturges,

Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat, Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.

Actors : William Holden, Roger C. Carmel, Marj Dusay, Kay Lenz,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

Breezy is a teen-aged hippy with a big heart. After taking a ride with a man who only wants her for sex, Breezy manages to escape. She runs to hide on a secluded property where stands the ...

Actors : Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch, Mel Gibson,
Directors : Mark Rydell,

A farming family battles severe storms, a bank is threatening to repossess their farm, and there are other hard times in a battle to save and hold on to their farm.

Actors : Alfre Woodard, James Russo, Diana Scarwid, Farrah Fawcett,
Directors : Robert M. Young,

A woman takes revenge on the man who invades her home and tries to rape her.

Actors : Sean Connery, Karl Malden, Natalie Wood, Brian Keith,
Directors : Ronald Neame,

The USA must join forces with the USSR in order to destroy a gigantic asteroid heading straight for Earth.