Best Drama movies of 1990s

Actors : Eric Stoltz, Josh Hamilton, Samuel Gould, Catherine Kellner,
Directors : Noah Baumbach,

After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all...

Actors : Jenifer Lewis, Theresa Randle, Spike Lee, Isaiah Washington,
Directors : Spike Lee,

This Spike Lee film examines the life of an aspiring actress in New York. She is upset by the treatment of women in the movie industry during one of her screen tests with 'QT'. Out of work ...

Actors : Nadia Litz, Gabrielle Rose, Elize Frances Stolk, Molly Parker,
Directors : Jeremy Podeswa,

Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's ...

Actors : Kevin Anderson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Elizabeth Lawrence,
Directors : Joseph Ruben,

A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.

Actors : Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora, Sam Shepard, Ethan Hawke,
Directors : Michael Almereyda,

Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.

Actors : Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga,
Directors : Lee Tamahori,

A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.

Actors : Kurtwood Smith, Bill Paxton, Sherilyn Fenn, Julian Sands,
Directors : Jennifer Lynch,

A surgeon becomes obsessed with the seductive woman he once was in an affair with. Refusing to accept that she has moved on, he amputates her limbs and holds her captive in his mansion.

Actors : Troels Lyby, Bodil Jørgensen, Anne Louise Hassing, Jens Albinus,
Directors : Lars von Trier,

The group of people gather at the house in Copenhagen suburb to break all the limitations and to bring out the "inner idiot" in themselves.

Actors : Ian Hart, Ned Beatty, Campbell Scott, Liev Schreiber,
Directors : Tom Gilroy,

As the seasons change in a Connecticut town, two men of different age and backgrounds who work together outdoors for the local park system, share thoughts and feelings that gradually deepen...

Actors : Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryiam Palvin Almani, Elham Saboktakin, Mojgan Faramarzi,
Directors : Jafar Panahi,

Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.

Actors : Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Denis Leary,
Directors : Ted Demme,

A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

Actors : Max Pomeranc, Ben Kingsley, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen,
Directors : Steven Zaillian,

A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Actors : Tom Wilkinson, Florence Hoath, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Minnie Driver,
Directors : Sandra Goldbacher,

When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family ...

Actors : Juan José Ballesta, Pablo Galán, Alberto Jiménez, Manuel Morón,
Directors : Achero Mañas,

El Bola, a 12 year old boy a.k.a. "Pellet" is a 12 year old boy raised in a violent and sordid environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he avoids becoming close to classmates. The ...

Actors : Gary Oldman, Johanna ter Steege, Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbé,
Directors : Bernard Rose,

The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Besides all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved, and the movie tries to ...

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, Judy Davis, Richard Roxburgh, Sam Neill,
Directors : Peter Duncan,

Few knew that Stalin spent his last night in the arms of a young Australian woman. Few still knew that their "love-child" brought Australia to the brink of civil war. Until now ...

Actors : Sharon Stone, James Woods, Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger,
Directors : Luis Llosa,

A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.

Actors : Kôji Yakusho, Eri Watanabe, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka,
Directors : Masayuki Suo,

A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.

Actors : Bruce Willis, Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight, and attracting the interest of a down and out reporter.

Actors : Heydon Prowse, Kate Maberly, Maggie Smith, Andrew Knott,
Directors : Agnieszka Holland,

Living in India, Mary Lennox, a young, privileged girl, is left orphaned when her parents are killed in an earthquake. She is sent back to England where she goes to live on her uncle's ...