Best Drama movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Life(1999)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 58

The story of wrongfully convicted men (Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence) who discover the value of life after serving 65 years in prison.



Drive My Car(2021)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Yusuke Kafuku is a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears.



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.



The Day of the Jackal(1973)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.



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.



Fried Green Tomatoes(1991)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 55

A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.



Sleepers(1996)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 51

After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized; over 10 years later, they get their chance for revenge.



My Best Friend's Wedding(1997)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 53

When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.



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.



The Natural(1984)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 55

An unknown comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.



Willow(1988)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 51

A reluctant dwarf must play a critical role in protecting a special baby from an evil queen.



Flatliners(1990)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 52

Five medical students experiment on "near death" experiences that involve past tragedies until the dark consequences begin to jeopardize their lives.



Wild at Heart(1990)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 52

Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.



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.



Legends of the Fall(1994)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 50

In the early 1900s, three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of Montana are affected by betrayal, history, love, nature, and war.



The Client(1994)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.



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.



What Dreams May Come(1998)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 52

After he dies in a car crash, a man searches heaven and hell for his beloved wife.



Velvet Goldmine(1998)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 57

In 1984, British journalist Arthur Stuart investigates the career of 1970s glam superstar Brian Slade, who was heavily influenced in his early years by hard-living and rebellious American singer Curt Wild.



The Tragedy of Macbeth(2021)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A Scottish lord becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland, and his ambitious wife supports him in his plans of seizing power.




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