Best Award-winning Dramas on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Award-winning Dramas on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 83 titles in category code 89804. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Rated 9.3/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1994, 2h 22m. Framed for murder, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison and gradually forms a close bond with older inmate Red.
2. Schindler's List (1993)
Rated 8.9/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1993, 3h 15m. Oskar Schindler becomes an unlikely humanitarian, spending his entire fortune to help save 1,100 Jews from Auschwitz during World War II.
3. The Green Mile (1999)
Rated 8.6/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1999, 3h 08m. When a prison guard discovers that a death row inmate possesses mysterious powers, he tries desperately to prevent the condemned man's execution.
4. The Pianist (2002)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2002, 2h 28m. Famed Polish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman struggles to survive the onslaught of Nazi tyranny during World War II in this drama based on his memoirs.
5. Dhh (2017)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, from 2017, 2h 06m. Convinced only a miracle can save them from failing school exams, a trio of friends seek help from a magician.
6. Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, from 1973, 2h 43m. This intense drama follows the marriage of Marianne and Johan as it deteriorates when Marianne learns of Johan's infatuation with another woman.
7. Django Unchained (2012)
Rated 8.4/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2012, 2h 45m. Accompanied by a German bounty hunter, a freed slave named Django travels across America to free his wife from a sadistic plantation owner.
8. Casino (1995)
Rated 8.2/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1995, 2h 51m. This tense and sordid tale chronicles the rise and fall of a casino owner, his friend and Mafia underboss, and an ex-prostitute with expensive taste.
9. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Rated 8.2/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2001, 2h 15m. This Oscar-winning drama charts the life and work of famed economist John Forbes Nash Jr., a brilliant man plagued by the anguish of mental illness.
10. The Seventh Seal (1957)
Rated 8.2/10 on IMDb, from 1957, 1h 37m. A medieval knight heads home after years of combat.