Best Drama movies on amazon prime that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Mario Van Peebles, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight,
Directors : Michael Mann,

A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.

Actors : Cooper Hoffman, Alana Haim, Tom Waits, Sean Penn,
Directors : Paul Thomas Anderson,

The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

Actors : Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Joanna Kulig,
Directors : Pawel Pawlikowski,

A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold ...

Actors : Sophie Nélisse, Mohamed Fellag, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx,
Directors : Philippe Falardeau,

At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.

Actors : Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Actors : J.K. Simmons, Nicole Kidman, Nina Arianda, Javier Bardem,
Directors : Aaron Sorkin,

Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

Actors : Barry Miller, Joseph Cali, Karen Lynn Gorney, John Travolta,
Directors : John Badham,

A Brooklyn teenager feels his only chance to succeed is as the king of the disco floor. His carefree youth and weekend dancing help him to forget the reality of his bleak life.

Actors : Tom Cruise, Paul Newman, Helen Shaver, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

Fast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.

Actors : Barbra Streisand, Anne Francis, Kay Medford, Omar Sharif,
Directors : William Wyler,

The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfield girl, subsequent career and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.

Actors : Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

A violent, suspended police detective investigates a brutal murder, in which a manipulative and seductive woman could be involved.

Actors : Colman Domingo, Regina King, Stephan James, KiKi Layne,
Directors : Barry Jenkins,

A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime while carrying their first child.

Actors : Ricardo Darín, Francisco Bertín, Santiago Armas Estevarena, Gina Mastronicola,
Directors : Santiago Mitre,

A team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship during the 1980s in a battle against odds and a race against time.

Actors : Martin Balsam, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George,
Directors : Arthur Penn,

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.

Actors : Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz,
Directors : Frank Oz,

Kermit and his friends go to New York to get their musical on Broadway only to find it's a more difficult task than they anticipated.

Actors : Lukas Haas, Josef Sommer, Kelly McGillis, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Peter Weir,

A young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder; policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.

Actors : Paul Schneider, Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, R.D. Reid,
Directors : Craig Gillespie,

A delusional young man strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet.

Actors : David Keith, Robert Loggia, Debra Winger, Richard Gere,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

A young man must complete his work at a Navy Flight school to become an aviator, with the help of a tough gunnery sergeant and his new girlfriend.

Actors : James Larkin, Simon Shepherd, Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh,
Directors : Kenneth Branagh,

In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Keira Knightley, Dominic Cooper,
Directors : Saul Dibb,

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

Actors : Janet Jackson, Regina King, Tupac Shakur, Joe Torry,
Directors : John Singleton,

In this film, we see the world through the eyes of main character Justice, a young African-American poet. A mail carrier invites a few friends along for a long overnight delivery run.