Best Drama movies of 1990s

Actors : Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, Sean Penn,

A New York cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother.

Actors : Eric Boucher, Patrice Chéreau, Daniel Auteuil, Carole Bouquet,
Directors : Claude Berri,

A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband, and the ...

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Catherine Keener, Danielle von Zerneck, Steve Buscemi,
Directors : Tom DiCillo,

Film about filmmaking. It takes place during one day on set of non-budget movie. Ultimate tribute to all independent filmmakers.

Actors : Tony Shalhoub, Gena Rowlands, Cheech Marin, Bruce Davison,
Directors : John Roberts,

Paulie, a talking parrot, recounts his travels looking for his original owner to a Russian janitor who helps him to the end of his journey.

Actors : Stephen Lang, Tom Berenger, Richard Jordan, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Ron Maxwell,

In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

Actors : Juan David Restrepo, Germán Jaramillo, Anderson Ballesteros, Manuel Busquets,
Directors : Barbet Schroeder,

The tempestuous love story between Fernando, an older man who has recently returned to his crime-ridden drug capitol hometown of Medellin, Colombia and the gun-happy 16-year-old assassin ...

Actors : Josif Josifovski, Grégoire Colin, Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Serbedzija,
Directors : Milcho Manchevski,

In the republic of Macedonia, amid war in Bosnia, an Albanian girl being hunted by Christians is offered protection by a monk who has taken a vow of silence.

Actors : Oprah Winfrey, Yada Beener, Danny Glover, Emil Pinnock,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

Based on the book by Toni Morrison, in which a slave is visited by the spirit of her deceased daughter.

Actors : Asia Argento, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rupert Everett, Jared Harris,
Directors : Michael Radford,

A young woman attempts to end her criminal career. But she needs love to make it.

Actors : Radha Mitchell, Megan Mullally, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Jacqueline Heinze,
Directors : Marc Forster,

The story of a Californian couple expecting a child and their group of friends confronted with the tragedy of a big loss.

Actors : Janet McTeer, Jay O. Sanders, Kimberly J. Brown, Gavin O'Connor,
Directors : Gavin O'Connor,

A woman constantly runs from town to town with her 12 year old daughter to escape failed relationships. The film opens with one escape and the shift into a new start in San Diego. There Mom...

Actors : Drew Barrymore, Tom Skerritt, Sara Gilbert, Cheryl Ladd,
Directors : Katt Shea,

A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.

Actors : Meera Syal, Martin Walsh, Glen Berry, Linda Henry,
Directors : Hettie Macdonald,

In a suburb of London, young Jamie is escaping sport hours, to avoid being the victim of his comrades. Young Ste, his neighbor, is beaten by his father, and comes to sleep overnight. They discover new feelings, sleeping in the same bed.

Actors : Ed Harris, Kiefer Sutherland, Sally Field, Olivia Burnette,
Directors : John Schlesinger,

When the courts fail to keep behind bars the man who raped and murdered her daughter, a woman seeks her own form of justice.

Actors : Stockard Channing, Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joe Mantegna,
Directors : Jon Avnet,

An ambitious young woman, determined to build a career in TV journalism, gets good advice from her first boss, and they fall in love.

Actors : Shirley Henderson, Gina McKee, Ian Hart, Molly Parker,
Directors : Michael Winterbottom,

There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, places personal ads, looking for love; ...

Actors : W. Earl Brown, Daryl Hannah, Charlotte Ayanna, Kristin Bauer van Straten,
Directors : Michael Radford,

A non-glamorous portrayal of the lives of people who make their living at a strip club.

Actors : Jane March, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Frédérique Meininger, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Annaud,

In 1929 French Indochina, a French teenage girl embarks on a reckless and forbidden romance with a wealthy, older Chinese man, each knowing that knowledge of their affair will bring drastic consequences to each other.

Actors : Frances Sternhagen, John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

The oncologist wife of a prominent child psychologist suspects her husband has an unhealthy scientific obsession with their child, unaware of what - or who - is really going on inside his head.

Actors : Kurtwood Smith, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Rubin, Cary Elwes,
Directors : Alan Shapiro,

A journalist becomes the unwanted center of attention for a 14-year-old girl, who proceeds to sabotage his life after he refuses her sexual advances.