Top Drama Movies


The Top Drama Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Drama List". Lists are calculated daily.

161. All Quiet on the Western Front ( Im Westen nichts Neues )

Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edward Berger
Actors: Daniel Brühl, Felix Kammerer, Joe Weintraub, Sebastian Hülk, Albrecht Schuch, Anton von Lucke
Plot: Follows a group of young, idealistic germans who quickly enlist during WWI whose lives are shattered by the brutal reality of the war.

162. Misery

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rob Reiner
Actors: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen, Lauren Bacall, Graham Jarvis
Plot: A famous novelist crashes on a snowy Colorado road. He is rescued by his
"number one fan" but soon finds that she is unstable and willing to do
anything to have her way.

163. Barry Lyndon

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Hardy Krüger, Steven Berkoff, Marisa Berenson, André Morell, Patrick Magee
Plot: A young man takes on a liberal approach to nobility when he gambles,
duels, and fights his way to becoming a nobleman while winning the heart
of a woman. Takes place during 18th Century Europe.

164. Drive

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Actors: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks
Plot: A stuntman-turned-wheelman must use all his skills to survive after a botched job results in a contract on his head.

165. The Heiress

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Montgomery Clift, Olivia de Havilland, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, Vanessa Brown, Betty Linley
Plot: In this adaptation of Henry James' Washington Square, mousy heiress
Catherine, beaten down by her domineering father, falls in love with a
handsome young stranger. But her father fears the young man may be a
fortune hunter, and attempts to thwart their romance. The experience that
follows produces a side of Catherine no one imagined.

166. Aguirre, Wrath of God ( Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Cecilia Rivera, Ruy Guerra, Del Negro, Peter Berling
Plot: An adventure set in the 1500's, Spanish soldiers begin to loose touch with
themselves as greed takes over their search for riches.

167. Portrait of a Lady on Fire ( Portrait de la jeune fille en feu )

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Céline Sciamma
Actors: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras, Armande Boulanger
Plot: In 18th century Brittany, a young, female French painter, Marianne is tasked with painting a portrait of Héloïse before her upcoming forced marriage. As Héloïse has resisted all previous attempts to paint her before, Marianne must befriend her by day - and paint her from memory by night. But it doesn't take long before the two draw ever closer to one another.

168. Kramer vs. Kramer

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Benton
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Justin Henry, Jane Alexander, Meryl Streep, JoBeth Williams, Howard Duff
Plot: A divorced couple cope with caring and not caring for their son as the man must battle in court to try to keep him.

169. Boogie Nights

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Julianne Moore, Heather Graham, Burt Reynolds, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Plot: A young man has a gift, his gift gets him praises. He uses his gift to get
into the porn industry in the 70's. This is the story of him and his gift.

170. Let the Right One In ( Låt den rätte komma in )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Actors: Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist, Peter Carlberg
Plot: A child vampire finds friendship with an unexpected boy that lives in the apartment building.

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