Best Drama movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Nora Navas, Leonardo Sbaraglia,
Directors : Pedro Almodóvar,

An aging film director suffering from chronic illness and writer's block reflects on his life.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Tom Pelphrey, Lily Collins,
Directors : David Fincher,

1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).

Actors : Carey Mulligan, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Bo Burnham, Laverne Cox,
Directors : Emerald Fennell,

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.

Actors : Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Eddie Redmayne, Jeremy Strong, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alex Sharp,
Directors : Aaron Sorkin,

The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, John Travolta,
Directors : Quentin Tarantino,

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Actors : Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Jim Carrey,
Directors : Peter Weir,

An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a television show.

Actors : Catherine Keener, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich, John Cusack,
Directors : Spike Jonze,

A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.

Actors : Willem Dafoe, Christopher Rivera, Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite,
Directors : Sean Baker,

Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.

Actors : Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro, Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi,
Directors : Terry Zwigoff,

With only the plan of moving in together after high school, two unusually devious friends seek direction in life. As a mere gag, they respond to a man's newspaper ad for a date, only to find it will greatly complicate their lives.

Actors : Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Ryan Phillippe,
Directors : Robert Altman,

The lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a party in 1932 in a country house in England as they investigate a murder involving one of them.

Actors : Christopher Walken, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

The story of Frank Abagnale Jr., before his 19th birthday, successfully forged millions of dollars' worth of checks while posing as a Pan Am pilot, a doctor, and legal prosecutor as a seasoned and dedicated FBI agent pursues him.

Actors : Eminem, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger,
Directors : Curtis Hanson,

A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.

Actors : Shari Springer Berman, Harvey Pekar, Chris Ambrose, Paul Giamatti,

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, John C. Reilly, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Beckinsale,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.

Actors : Don Cheadle, Joaquin Phoenix, Sophie Okonedo, Xolani Mali,
Directors : Terry George,

Paul Rusesabagina was a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Hubert Koundé, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston,
Directors : Fernando Meirelles,

A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption.

Actors : David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels,
Directors : George Clooney,

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Actors : Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.

Actors : Christian Bale, Ben Foster, Logan Lerman, Russell Crowe,
Directors : James Mangold,

A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.

Actors : Gena Rowlands, Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve,

A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.