Top Drama Movies


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

141. Dances with Wolves

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kevin Costner
Actors: Kevin Costner, Graham Greene, Mary McDonnell, Tantoo Cardinal, Robert Pastorelli
Plot: A Civil War Commander heads to the plains to settle during the civil war when he first encounters Native Americans.

142. Crash

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Haggis
Actors: Matt Dillon, Ryan Phillippe, Terrence Howard, Michael Pena
Plot: Different people of different races lives connect in an often unforgettable way leaving them looking different at the world.

143. The Last Picture Show

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman
Plot: A coming of age story about a men and women in a small Texas town during the 1950s.

144. Frankenstein

Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Whale
Actors: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, John Boles, Mae Clarke, Frederick Kerr, Dwight Frye
Plot: A scientist assembles a living being from corpse parts in which his experiment goes bad when the being escapes.

145. Your Name. ( Kimi no na wa )

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Actors: Ryƻnosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraish, RyƓ Narita, Aoi Yuki, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kaito Ishikawa
Plot: Two souls who couldn't be any further apart: Mitsuha Miyamizu is a girl living in a small mountain town where she yearns to get away from her small life, her father's electoral campaign and the superstitions that drive the community. Taki Tachiban lives a fast and busy life in Tokyo where he works part time at an Italian restaurant and strives for his dreams of becoming an artist or architect. When the two dream, a celestial bond causes them to switch bodies - and the possibilities and adventure it opens up will change their lives forever.

146. Anatomy of a Murder

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Otto Preminger
Actors: James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, George C. Scott, Orson Bean, Eve Arden
Plot: During a murder trial, a man claims that he was insane while he watched his wife being raped and killed. Will the jury buy his story....

147. Silver Linings Playbook

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David O. Russell
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker
Plot: After eight months in an institution, Pat Solitano moves in with his parents, wanting nothing more to get his life back in order, starting with re-connecting with he ex-wife. He meets a young woman with challenges of her own who promises to help him, as long as he does something for her in return. Yet as the plan comes together, these two damaged individuals begin to form their own bond.

148. Hell or High Water

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Mackenzie
Actors: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Katy Mixon, Kevin Rankin, Gil Birmingham
Plot: With the family ranch on the line, two brothers decide to rob the very banks looking to foreclose on their homes. Taking only small bills and using a nearby casino to change out the money, they have a few days to complete the task. A Texas Ranger nearing retirement takes up the case but as both near the end point, more than money is put on the line.

149. Ex Machina

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alex Garland
Actors: Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander, Sonoya Mizuno, Corey Johnson, Chelsea Li
Plot: An everyday programmer working as cog in the machine of the world's largest internet company finds himself as a winner of a competition to spend a week at the private mountain retreat of the secretive CEO of the company. But once he arrives, he finds himself as part of an experiment - interacting with world's most advanced A.I. - housed in the body of a beautiful female robot.

150. Apollo 13

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan
Plot: A group of US astronauts deal with a catastrophe in outer space. With the country and NASA's help they try to get back home.

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