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

Stepmom(1998)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A terminally ill woman has to settle on her former husband's new lover, who will be their children's stepmother.



The Deep End(2001)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 76

A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.



Fatal Attraction(1987)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.



The Grifters(1990)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend--both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.



The Bridges of Madison County(1995)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson, for four days in the 1960s.



Cake(2014)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Claire becomes fascinated by the suicide of a woman in her chronic pain support group while grappling with her own, very raw personal tragedy.



The Color Purple(1985)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.



Veronica Guerin(2003)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 67

An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.



Can You Ever Forgive Me?(2018)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 90

When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception. An adaptation of the memoir Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer Lee Israel.



Love Story(1970)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.



Reds(1981)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.



Sophie's Choice(1982)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 57

After spending time with his new neighbors, an aspiring writer realizes they are harboring deep secrets that will forever change him.



Basic Instinct(1992)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 50

A violent, suspended police detective investigates a brutal murder, in which a manipulative and seductive woman could be involved.



Marvin's Room(1996)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.



Guess Who's Coming to Dinner(1967)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African American fiancé.



Hilary and Jackie(1998)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 66

The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.



Sherrybaby(2006)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Sherry tries to integrate again into society and become a good mother.



Winter's Bone(2010)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 45

An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.



Aliens(1986)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 43

The moon from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough?



Music of the Heart(1999)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.




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