Best Drama movies of 1990s

Actors : Ron Silver, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Annabella Sciorra,
Directors : Barbet Schroeder,

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.

Actors : Mickey Rourke, Christina Ricci, Vincent Gallo, Ben Gazzara,
Directors : Vincent Gallo,

After being released from prison, Billy is set to visit his parents with his wife, whom he does not actually have. This provokes Billy to act out, as he kidnaps a girl and forces her to act as his wife for the visit.

Actors : Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Jan Munroe, Annette Bening,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

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.

Actors : Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

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

Actors : Michael J. Fox, Annette Bening, Michael Douglas, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Rob Reiner,

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.

Actors : Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman, Peter Berg, Michael Raysses,
Directors : John Dahl,

A devious sexpot steals her husband's drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.

Actors : Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Glenndon Chatman, Jess Willard,
Directors : Gina Prince-Bythewood,

In 1981 in L.A., Monica moves in next door to Quincy. They're 11, and both want to play in the NBA, just like Quincy's dad. Their love-hate relationship lasts into high school, with ...

Actors : David Morse, Pamela Reed, Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.

Actors : Tony Shalhoub, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Duvall, John Travolta,
Directors : Steven Zaillian,

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.

Actors : Giuseppe Sulfaro, Matilde Piana, Luciano Federico, Monica Bellucci,
Directors : Giuseppe Tornatore,

Amidst the war climate, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.

Actors : Scott Glenn, Chris O'Donnell, Robin Tunney, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Martin Campbell,

A climber must rescue his sister on top of K2, one of the world's biggest mountains.

Actors : Taye Diggs, Juliette Lewis, Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro,
Directors : Christopher McQuarrie,

Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.

Actors : Al Pacino, James Rebhorn, Chris O'Donnell, Gabrielle Anwar,
Directors : Martin Brest,

A prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated.

Actors : Frank Coughlan, Sean Kearns, Daragh Donnelly, Daniel Day-Lewis,
Directors : Jim Sheridan,

Young Danny Flynn is released from prison after 14 years after "taking the rap" for the IRA and tries to rebuild his life in his old Belfast neighborhood.

Actors : Magda Szubanski, Elizabeth Daily, Mickey Rooney, James Cromwell,
Directors : George Miller,

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.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Michael Rooker, Queen Latifah, Denzel Washington,
Directors : Phillip Noyce,

A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his female partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.

Actors : Rachel Ticotin, Barbara Hershey, Robert Duvall, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

An unemployed defense worker frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

Actors : Ray Allen, Rosario Dawson, Milla Jovovich, Denzel Washington,
Directors : Spike Lee,

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.

Actors : Stockard Channing, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Sandra Bullock,
Directors : Griffin Dunne,

Two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, face closed-minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love.

Actors : Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd,
Directors : John Pasquin,

When a man inadvertantly kills Santa on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place.