Top Drama Movies


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

201. Remember the Titans

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Boaz Yakin
Actors: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Donald Faison, Ethan Suplee
Plot: Two suburban Virginia high schools are integrated, and the new African American puts his job on the line to bring the team together.

202. Passion of Joan of Arc, The ( passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La )

Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Actors: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Michel Simon
Plot: Silent French film about the trial and execution of St. Joan of Arc.

203. Great Beauty, The ( grande bellezza, La )

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Actors: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi
Plot: Jep Gambardella has been a lethal Lothario in Rome for decades. But after his 65th birthday he gets a shock from the past - one that will have him re-examining his lifestyle and maybe find true beauty.

204. Stalag 17

Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: William Holden, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Don Taylor
Plot: At a POW camp during WWII a possible German spy may have been uncovered, but who is it?

205. Brooklyn

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Crowley
Actors: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Michael Zegen, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters
Plot: Set in the 1950s, Ellis Lacey is a woman caught between two men and two countries as she must decide between her Irish heritage or her new life in New York.

206. 127 Hours

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny Boyle
Actors: James Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Clémence Poésy, Darin Southam
Plot: When a mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder in a remote area near Moab, Utah, he must resort to extreme measures in order to survive.

207. Moneyball

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bennett Miller
Actors: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Robin Wright, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Pratt, Kathryn Morris
Plot: The Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane is low on money but high on ideas. Using the assistance of computer-generated analysis for his draft, he hopes to put together a standout team on a modest budget.

208. The Verdict

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, Roxanne Hart
Plot: Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) in an Oscar-nominated role, is an alcoholic, ambulance-chasing, washed-up attorney. Picking up a medical malpractice suit that is gifted to him by a fellow attorney (Jack Warden), he goes against a high-powered law firm and takes it to court rather than settle, redeeming himself along the way.

209. Five Easy Pieces

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Rafelson
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Sally Struthers, Lois Smith, Toni Basil
Plot: A man who works for an oil-drilling company is constantly, irresponsibly on the move.

210. Fruitvale Station

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ryan Coogler
Actors: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Ariana Neal, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray
Plot: Based on the true story of Oscar Grant, who wakes up on Dec. 21, 2008 and feels something in the air - and resolves to change things - with his mother, his girlfriend, his 4-year-old daughter - but change is not easy and as he interacts with the family, friends and strangers throughout the day - he ends at Fruitvale BART station, where one more encounter, with police officers, will shake a city to it core.

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