Best Drama movies of 1990s

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 : Ned Beatty, Ian Hart, 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 : 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 : Lyle Lovett, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Glenne Headly, Ron Eldard,
Directors : Anjelica Huston,

A mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture. Will their family ever be what they expect?

Actors : Peter Fonda, Karl Geary, Elina Löwensohn, Nic Ratner,
Directors : Michael Almereyda,

This ultra-hip, post-modern vampire tale is set in contemporary New York City. Members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of ...

Actors : Noah Fleiss, Camryn Manheim, Austin Pendleton, Karen Young,
Directors : Frank Whaley,

A disadvantaged, abused, neglected, exploited but basically decent kid slips into criminality while trying to cope with his harsh, inescapable reality.

Actors : Ray Winstone, Kate Ashfield, Annabelle Apsion, Lara Belmont,
Directors : Tim Roth,

An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.

Actors : Bob Dishy, Carlin Glynn, Edie Falco, Barbara Barrie,
Directors : Eric Mendelsohn,

A lonely, but talented teacher enjoys a flirtation with her married principal, who returns her affections but is hampered by his high-strung wife. He is also hampered by a deadbeat son, who...

Actors : Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson, John Lone, Jeremy Irons,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling - but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.

Actors : Rojin Younessi, Madi Ekhtiar-dini, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini, Ayoub Ahmadi,
Directors : Bahman Ghobadi,

Young Iranian Kurds (brothers and sisters) try to save the youngest of them, who is seriously ill.

Actors : Robert Ri'chard, Rosario Dawson, Usher Raymond, Forest Whitaker,
Directors : Craig Bolotin,

A group of teens is bent on improving the run-down conditions of their high-school.

Actors : Claude Maki, Masaya Katô, Omar Epps, Takeshi Kitano,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

A Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence.

Actors : Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian, Enman Gao,
Directors : Yimou Zhang,

In a remote mountain village, the teacher must leave for a month, and the mayor can find only a 13-year old girl, Wei Minzhi, to substitute. The teacher leaves one stick of chalk for each ...

Actors : Jared Harris, Yu Xia, Yufei Xing, Peiqi Liu,
Directors : Ann Hu,

Beijing, 1902: an enterprising young portrait photographer named Liu Jinglun, keen on new technology, befriends a newly-arrived Englishman who's brought projector, camera, and ...

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Sean Connery, Anthony Edwards, Gillian Anderson,
Directors : Willard Carroll,

Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in L.A.

Actors : Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.

Actors : Makiko Esumi, Gohki Kashiyama, Takashi Naitô, Tadanobu Asano,
Directors : Hirokazu Koreeda,

A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.

Actors : Moneca Stori, Michael Dobson, Sumi Mutoh, Yoshikazu Fujiki,
Directors : Hiroyuki Okiura,

A traumatized member of an elite para-military police force falls for the sister of a female terrorist courier who died in front of him on duty.

Actors : Jennifer Dundas, Jamie Harrold, Joelle Carter, Lauren Ambrose,
Directors : Robert J. Siegel,

Two girl friends in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina find their relationship changing as they encounter new arrivals to the town. Frankie works with her brother, Neil running their family's ...

Actors : Dana Delany, Anna Paquin, Terry Kinney, Jeff Daniels,
Directors : Carroll Ballard,

A father and daughter decide to attempt to lead a flock of orphaned Canada Geese south by air.