Best Drama movies of 1990s

Actors : Ed Harris, Powers Boothe, Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

A biographical story of former U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame.

Actors : Harvey Fierstein, Sally Field, Robin Williams, Pierce Brosnan,
Directors : Chris Columbus,

After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.

Actors : Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman, Téa Leoni, Robert Duvall,
Directors : Mimi Leder,

Unless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with Earth, only those allowed into shelters will survive. Which people will survive?

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett,
Directors : P.J. Hogan,

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.

Actors : Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates,
Directors : Jon Avnet,

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.

Actors : Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, James Caan, Charlize Theron,
Directors : James Gray,

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he ...

Actors : Vanessa Williams, James Coburn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan,
Directors : Chuck Russell,

A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.

Actors : Demi Moore, Michael Douglas, Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : William Friedkin,

An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a third world country.

Actors : Tobey Maguire, Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Lee Gogin,
Directors : Terry Gilliam,

An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.

Actors : Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Harvey Keitel, John Turturro,
Directors : Spike Lee,

Young drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them.

Actors : Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Jason Patric,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

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.

Actors : Cheech Marin, Rene Russo, Kevin Costner, Don Johnson,
Directors : Ron Shelton,

A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.

Actors : J.E. Freeman, Willem Dafoe, Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : David Lynch,

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

Actors : Stacy Edwards, Michael Martin, Matt Malloy, Aaron Eckhart,
Directors : Neil LaBute,

Two business executives--one an avowed misogynist, the other recently emotionally wounded by his love interest--set out to exact revenge on the female gender by seeking out the most innocent, uncorrupted girl they can find and ruining her life.

Actors : Dominic West, Viggo Mortensen, Elizabeth Perkins, Sandra Bullock,
Directors : Betty Thomas,

A big-city newspaper columnist is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center after ruining her sister's wedding and crashing a stolen limousine.

Actors : Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

A violent, suspended police detective investigates a brutal murder, in which a manipulative and seductive woman could be involved.

Actors : Terry Kinney, Eleanor Bron, Dan Aykroyd, Gillian Anderson,
Directors : Terence Davies,

A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.

Actors : Andy Romano, Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Anthony Lucero,
Directors : Allan Moyle,

Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.

Actors : Stuart Wilson, Krystia Mova, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.