Best movies that are golden globes winners or nominees in best actor - motion picture drama category

The Ugly American(1963)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 5

An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country...



Rio Conchos(1964)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A former Confederate officer and a Mexican try to prevent a former Confederate colonel from selling stolen rifles to renegade Apaches in Mexico.



The Fixer(1968)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 7

In Czarist Russia, around 1911, a Russian-Jewish handyman, Yakov Bok, is wrongly imprisoned for a most unlikely crime.



Hawaii(1966)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An American missionary and his wife travel to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.



Reuben, Reuben(1983)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 5

A drunken Scottish poet, who has not written a word in years, feels compelled to regain control of his life and work after meeting a beautiful young woman.



Fanny(1961)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A love triangle between a young woman, a rich 60-something man and an aspiring sailor set in early 20th century Marseilles.



A Majority of One(1961)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 4

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness and forgiveness.



Twice in a Lifetime(1985)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 4

A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate....



Weeds(1987)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 4

A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.



Conspiracy of Hearts(1960)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 5

Catholic nuns risk their lives to help Jewish children in an Italian internment camp escape to Palestine during World War II.



The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm(1962)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The story of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, and three of their stories...



Sons and Lovers(1960)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Jack Cardiff received a 1960 Oscar Nomination as Best Director for this lush, engaging film starring Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell and Donald Pleasence, which was adapted from D.H. ...



Pressure Point(1962)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A black prison psychiatrist is assigned the distasteful task of helping a paranoid American Nazi charged with sedition.



Gigot(1962)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Jackie Gleason plays a mute janitor who befriends Nicole, the little daughter of a prostitute.



The Interns(1962)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 4

During their first year of internship at New North Hospital, a group of aspiring doctors undergo both personal and professional upheavals. John Paul Otis destroys his medical career when he...



The Man in the Glass Booth(1975)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking Charlie with his outrageousness and ...



Bridge to the Sun(1961)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Based on a true story, this compelling drama relates the difficulties of a young woman married to a Japanese diplomat during World War II, victim of suspicion and animosity from her husband's government.



Popi(1969)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Abraham is a Puerto Rican single parent with two boys. He is becoming very worried about them living in their run down neighborhood when one day he notices that Cubans who escape are ...



Tribute(1980)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A shallow Broadway press agent learns he is dying just as his son by his ex-wife arrives for a visit.




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