6 Best Golden Globe Best Actress Drama Winning Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 12, 2026

The Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama rewards performances you can’t look away from. Still Alice follows a linguistics professor’s life upended by early-onset Alzheimer’s, Monster tracks a troubled woman’s search for love spiraling into a killing spree, and Boys Don’t Cry follows a young transgender man’s search for acceptance in small-town Nebraska. Erin Brockovich, Terms of Endearment and Sophie’s Choice round out the six.

Still Alice (2014)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A linguistics professor and her family struggle to cope after she is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's.

Directed by Wash Westmoreland & Richard Glatzer · 1h 41m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix · Rent: Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, FlixFling, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Monster (2003)

IMDb ★ 7.3 RT 81% Metacritic 74

A fictionalised account of Aileen Wuornos, a sex worker turned serial killer of her own clients.

Directed by Patty Jenkins · 1h 49m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar31 wins & 26 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Erin Brockovich (2000)

TMDB ★ 7.4

An unemployed single mother builds a case against a utility company poisoning a small town's water.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh · 2h 11m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Boys Don't Cry (1999)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 90% Metacritic 86

A trans man's new life and relationships in a small Nebraska town end in real, brutal violence.

Directed by Kimberly Peirce · 1h 58m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar50 wins & 39 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Terms of Endearment (1983)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A mother and daughter's stormy, loving relationship survives three decades of heartbreak.

Directed by James L. Brooks · 2h 12m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Sophie's Choice (1982)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A concentration camp survivor's past conceals a decision no one should ever have to make.

Directed by Alan J. Pakula · 2h 31m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Philo, Peacock Premium Plus, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Golden Globe Best Actress Drama Winning Movies

Still Alice (2014)

Monster (2003)

Erin Brockovich (2000)

Boys Don't Cry (1999)

Terms of Endearment (1983)

Sophie's Choice (1982)

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