Best Drama movies of 1990s

Actors : Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Isaiah Washington, Jenifer Lewis,
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 : Gary Sinise, Faye Dunaway, William Fichtner, Matt Dillon,
Directors : Kevin Spacey,

While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the police are searching for.

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 : 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 : Yu Xia, Yufei Xing, Peiqi Liu, Jared Harris,
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 : Camryn Manheim, Austin Pendleton, Noah Fleiss, 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 : Ivan Lukac, Patrik Minar, Sofia Polanska, Pavol Simon,
Directors : Agnieszka Holland,

The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood. During his investigation, the priest, who is experiencing a crisis of faith, re-discovers his own purpose in life.

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Tadanobu Asano, Shinji Takeda, Takeshi Kitano, Ryûhei Matsuda,
Directors : Nagisa Ôshima,

The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad.

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

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

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 : Bob Dishy, Edie Falco, Carlin Glynn, 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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.

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

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