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

Actors : Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Christine Dunford, Tom Wood,
Directors : Victor Nunez,

A reclusive beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son's previous dastardly cohorts.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Kate Nelligan, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner,
Directors : Barbra Streisand,

A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.

Actors : Robert Prosky, Susan Sarandon, Raymond J. Barry, Sean Penn,
Directors : Tim Robbins,

A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.

Actors : Willem Dafoe, Mads Mikkelsen, Oscar Isaac, Rupert Friend,
Directors : Julian Schnabel,

A look at the life of painter Vincent van Gogh during the time he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France.

Actors : Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

Actors : Lukas Haas, Josef Sommer, Kelly McGillis, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Peter Weir,

A young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder; policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.

Actors : Diane Venora, Forest Whitaker, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E. Wright,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

The troubled life and career of the jazz musician, Charlie "Bird" Parker.

Actors : Ruth Nelson, Robin Williams, Robert De Niro, Julie Kavner,
Directors : Penny Marshall,

The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Juliette Lewis, Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.

Actors : Deborah Kara Unger, Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Vicellous Shannon,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Actors : Richard Burton, Gino Cervi, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole,
Directors : Peter Glenville,

King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas à Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the king's.

Actors : Brendan Fraser, Michael Caine, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija,
Directors : Phillip Noyce,

An older British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.

Actors : David Keith, Robert Loggia, Debra Winger, Richard Gere,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

A young man must complete his work at a Navy Flight school to become an aviator, with the help of a tough gunnery sergeant and his new girlfriend.

Actors : Rosemary Murphy, Gregory Peck, Frank Overton, John Megna,
Directors : Robert Mulligan,

Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.

Actors : River Phoenix, Jadrien Steele, Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Peter Weir,

An eccentric and dogmatic inventor sells his house and takes his family to Central America to build a utopia in the middle of the jungle. Conflicts with his family, a local preacher and ...

Actors : Josette Simon, Denzel Washington, Wabei Siyolwe, Kevin Kline,
Directors : Richard Attenborough,

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country, after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the black activist Steve Biko.

Actors : J.T. Walsh, Danny DeVito, Jack Nicholson, Armand Assante,
Directors : Danny DeVito,

The story of the notorious American labor union figure Jimmy Hoffa, who organizes a bitter strike, makes deals with members of the organized crime syndicate, and mysteriously disappears in 1975.

Actors : Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sam Shepard, Natalie Portman,
Directors : Jim Sheridan,

A young man comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan.

Actors : Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Lee Grant, Warren Oates,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

An African American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town.

Actors : Gary Sinise, Rene Russo, Mel Gibson, Brawley Nolte,
Directors : Ron Howard,

When a multimillionaire man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then turns the tables on the kidnappers when he uses the ransom money as a reward for the capture of the kidnappers.