Best Drama movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Terrence Malick,

The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, Adrian Grenier, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt,
Directors : David Frankel,

A smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine.

Actors : Will Smith, Brian Howe, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton,
Directors : Gabriele Muccino,

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Tom Georgeson, Andrew Simpson, Judi Dench,
Directors : Richard Eyre,

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.

Actors : Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Shepard, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck,
Directors : Andrew Dominik,

Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.

Actors : Amy Adams, Chris Messina, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci,
Directors : Nora Ephron,

Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.

Actors : Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Leonardo DiCaprio,
Directors : Baz Luhrmann,

A writer and wall street trader, Nick, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby.

Actors : Dean Mumford, Will Dalton, Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga,
Directors : Jeff Nichols,

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.

Actors : Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Annette Bening,
Directors : Mike Mills,

The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.

Actors : Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow, Margot Robbie, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Jay Roach,

A group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network.

Actors : Dustin Hoffman, John McGiver, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles,
Directors : John Schlesinger,

A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York to seek personal fortune but, in the process, finds himself a new friend.

Actors : Perry Lopez, Faye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson, John Huston,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

Actors : Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Broderick, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections, particularly with an obsessive overachiever determined to become student body president.

Actors : Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter, Richard Farnsworth,
Directors : David Lynch,

An old man makes a long journey by lawn-mover tractor to mend his relationship with an ill brother.

Actors : Daniel Durant, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin, Emilia Jones,
Directors : Sian Heder,

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music by wanting to go to Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

Actors : Robin de Jesus, Andrew Garfield, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexandra Shipp,
Directors : Lin-Manuel Miranda,

On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.

Actors : Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Michael Cera, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Aaron Sorkin,

The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans,
Directors : Darren Aronofsky,

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Actors : Vanessa Hudgens, Nikki Reed, Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood,
Directors : Catherine Hardwicke,

A thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.

Actors : Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Ewan McGregor,
Directors : Tim Burton,

A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.