Best Drama movies of 1990s

Actors : Luciano Federico, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Matilde Piana, 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 : Omar Epps, Glenndon Chatman, Jess Willard, Sanaa Lathan,
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, Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, Pamela Reed,
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 : Simon Lyndon, Renée Brack, Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo,
Directors : Andrew Dominik,

Chopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison. His book, "From the Inside", upon which the film is based, was a best-seller.

Actors : Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs, 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 : Annabella Sciorra, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver,
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 : Annette Bening, Anjelica Huston, Jan Munroe, John Cusack,
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 : Michael J. Fox, Martin Sheen, Annette Bening, Michael Douglas,
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 : 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 : Vincent Gallo, Mickey Rourke, Christina Ricci, 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 : John Travolta, Tony Shalhoub, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Duvall,
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 : Ben Duncan, Samantha Morton, Woody Allen, Sean Penn,
Directors : Woody Allen,

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

Actors : Gabrielle Anwar, Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn,
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 : Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall,
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 : Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Eric Lloyd, Wendy Crewson,
Directors : John Pasquin,

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

Actors : Frank Coughlan, Sean Kearns, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daragh Donnelly,
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 : Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, 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 : 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 : Magda Szubanski, Mickey Rooney, James Cromwell, Elizabeth Daily,
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.