Best Drama movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Days of Thunder(1990)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.



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.



Crimson Tide(1995)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 58

On a U.S. nuclear missile sub, a young First Officer stages a mutiny, to prevent his trigger happy Captain from launching his missiles, before confirming his orders to do so.



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.



Amistad(1997)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 60

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.



Primary Colors(1998)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A man joins the political campaign of a smooth-operator candidate for president of the USA.



The Good German(2006)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 65

While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.



August Rush(2007)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 57

A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.



Beyond the Lights(2014)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 70

The pressures of fame have superstar singer Noni on the edge, until she meets Kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.



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.



Hoosiers(1986)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship.



Working Girl(1988)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 61

When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.



The Abyss(1989)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 56

A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and face danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.



Field of Dreams(1989)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 57

An Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices, interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields; he does, and the 1919 Chicago White Sox come.



Reversal of Fortune(1990)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 72

Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.



The Fisher King(1991)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.



The American President(1995)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Comedy-drama about a widowed U.S. president and a lobbyist who fall in love. It's all above-board, but "politics is perception" and sparks fly anyway.



Kundun(1997)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 65

From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.



A Civil Action(1998)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 64

The families of children who died sue two companies for dumping toxic waste: a tort so expensive to prove, the case could bankrupt their lawyers.



Babe: Pig in the City(1998)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.




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