Best Drama movies of 1990s

Actors : Jared Leto, Breckin Meyer, Ed O'Neill, R. Lee Ermey,
Directors : Steve James,

Based on the life of Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine, a long distance runner who lived in Oregon and died young

Actors : Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride,
Directors : Harold Becker,

Shadowy elements in the NSA target a nine-year old autistic savant for death when he is able to decipher a top secret code.

Actors : Liv Tyler, Debbie Harry, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shelley Winters,
Directors : James Mangold,

The life of an overweight, unhappy cook is changed after a kind, beautiful college drop-out comes to work as a waitress at his and his mother's road-side restaurant.

Actors : Sheryl Crow, Owen Wilson, Dwight Yoakam, Dennis Haysbert,
Directors : Hampton Fancher,

A cold-blooded serial killer floats around the country and chooses his victims from people who complain about their lives and indicate a willingness to be killed. His murders are introduced...

Actors : Glenn Fitzgerald, Anson Mount, Bob Burrus, Julianne Nicholson,
Directors : Hilary Birmingham,

Tully Coates, Jr., with his good looks and chiseled body, is the local heartthrob, and while he has a new girlfriend virtually every night, he's incapable of getting close to anyone. His ...

Actors : Bill Nunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Tim Roth, Clarence Williams III,
Directors : Giuseppe Tornatore,

A baby boy, discovered in 1900 on an ocean liner, grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.

Actors : Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, Fairuza Balk,
Directors : Andrew Fleming,

A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who even slightly anger them.

Actors : Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara,
Directors : David Mamet,

An employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it. But there's more to it than that.

Actors : Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Charles Martin Smith, Don Johnson,
Directors : Dennis Hopper,

When the drifter Harry Madox reaches a small town in Texas, he gets a job as used car salesman with the dealer George Harshaw and settles down in a hotel room. During a fire, Harry observes...

Actors : Takashi Naitô, Erika Oda, Arata Iura, Susumu Terajima,
Directors : Hirokazu Koreeda,

After death, people have just one week to choose only a memory to keep for eternity.

Actors : Edward Norton, John Mahoney, Laura Linney, Richard Gere,
Directors : Gregory Hoblit,

An altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.

Actors : Kurtwood Smith, Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Mary Kay Place,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

An irresponsible, drug-addicted, recently impregnated woman finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate when both parties attempt to sway her to their respective sides.

Actors : Eric Schweig, Arye Gross, Tim DeKay, Louise Fletcher,
Directors : Thomas Bezucha,

Big Eden is a small, fictional northwestern Montana town.

Actors : Michel Muller, Lionel Abelanski, Rufus, Clément Harari,
Directors : Radu Mihaileanu,

In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.

Actors : Embeth Davidtz, Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Gregory Hoblit,

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

Actors : Hector Elizondo, Al Pacino, Nathan Lane, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Garry Marshall,

Johnny has just been released from prison, and gets a job in a café beside waitress Frankie. Frankie is a bit of a loner, but Johnny is determined their romance will blossom.

Actors : Gregg Henry, Mel Gibson, David Paymer, Maria Bello,
Directors : Brian Helgeland,

After a successful heist, Porter is shot by his wife and his best friend. They leave him there to die but when he recovers, he seeks revenge and wants his share of the money.

Actors : Hinako Saeki, Eun-Kyung Shin, Fhi Fan, Eriko Hatsune,
Directors : Higuchinsky,

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.

Actors : Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi, Tom Skerritt, Diane Keaton,
Directors : Garry Marshall,

A mentally challenged young woman seeks independence by obtaining her own apartment and attending college while her family plans her sister's wedding.

Actors : Werner Herzog, Chloë Sevigny, Ewen Bremner, Brian Fisk,
Directors : Harmony Korine,

A portrait of the effects of schizophrenia on family life is the central focus.