Top Drama Movies


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

91. The Wolf of Wall Street

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin, Jon Bernthal, Kyle Chandler
Plot: A Wall Street stockbroker lives the high life with his likewise wealthy buddies - but the net is closing in around him. But even as the feds close in on one of the largest securities fraud cases in the corporate banking world, he refuses to cooperate in any way.

92. Donnie Darko

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Kelly
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze, Mary McDonnell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore
Plot: A movie of a teenage boy who sees an imaginary six foot tall bunny rabbit who tells him when the world is going to end.

93. The Hustler

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Rossen
Actors: Paul Newman, George C. Scott, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, Michael Constantine, Myron McCormick
Plot: A young pool player challenges a long-time champion in a high stakes game of pool.

94. The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Actors: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Mae Whitman, Paul Rudd, Dylan McDermott
Plot: An introverted freshman is dealing with a lot in life: first love, mental instability and his friend's suicide. Two seniors take the teen under their wing to introduce him to the real world.

95. Titanic

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Cameron
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart
Plot: The maiden voyage of the Titanic sets the stage for a love affair between a young socialite and a poor artist.

96. Into the Wild

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sean Penn
Actors: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener
Plot: A top student gives up all his possessions and travels to Alaska on foot.

97. Gone Girl

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Fincher
Actors: Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens
Plot: On the eve of their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports his wife, Amy, has gone missing. As increasing police and media pressure mount, the facade of a loving and blissful union crumbles and amidst the lies and behavior of Nick, the question remains - did he kill her?

98. The Killing

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Sterling Hayden, Vince Edwards, Coleen Gray, Jay C. Flippen, Elisha Cook Jr., Marie Windsor
Plot: A group of men try to knock off a horse track in an elaborate plan to make them all rich when something goes wrong.

99. Network

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Ned Beatty, Robert Duvall, Peter Finch, Wesley Addy
Plot: A soon to be retired news anchor is exploited by the Network he has worked for, for so long as he spouts off at the media.

100. Magnolia

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Philip Baker Hall, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly
Plot: A story of several characters that are related in some way as they search for forgiveness and happiness.

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