Best Drama movies that are award winners or nominees

Jackie(2016)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 88

Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy.



Sully(2016)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew.



Elle(2016)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 89

A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her.



Hustlers(2019)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 87

Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.



Pain and Glory(2019)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 90

An aging film director suffering from chronic illness and writer's block reflects on his life.



Mank(2020)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 87

1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).



Promising Young Woman(2020)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.



The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.



Pulp Fiction(1994)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 82

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.



The Truman Show(1998)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 83

An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a television show.



Being John Malkovich(1999)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.



Hamilton(2020)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 87

The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Captured live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original Broadway cast.



The Florida Project(2017)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 92

Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.



Ghost World(2001)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 84

With only the plan of moving in together after high school, two unusually devious friends seek direction in life. As a mere gag, they respond to a man's newspaper ad for a date, only to find it will greatly complicate their lives.



Gosford Park(2001)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 85

The lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a party in 1932 in a country house in England as they investigate a murder involving one of them.



Catch Me If You Can(2002)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

The story of Frank Abagnale Jr., before his 19th birthday, successfully forged millions of dollars' worth of checks while posing as a Pan Am pilot, a doctor, and legal prosecutor as a seasoned and dedicated FBI agent pursues him.



8 Mile(2002)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.



American Splendor(2003)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 87

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.



The Aviator(2004)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.



Hotel Rwanda(2004)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

Paul Rusesabagina was a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.




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