Top Drama Movies


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

171. 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.

172. Persona ( Kinematografi )

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand
Plot: A nurse is in charge of a woman who can not talk as she begins to delve into confusion about the women who can not talk and herself.

173. The Fighter

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David O. Russell
Actors: Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, Dendrie Taylor
Plot: The story of boxer "Irish" Mickey Ward and his trainer / brother as he goes from amateur to professional.

174. The Exorcist

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: William Friedkin
Actors: Ellen Burtyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn
Plot: A little girl is possessed by a demon. Can the Catholic church save her?

175. Shutter Island

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, Michelle Williams, Max von Sydow
Plot: US Marshal Teddy Daniels is sent to Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital to investigate a patient's disappearance. Long seeking to get to the island for personal reasons, his promising investigation is halted by the hospital blocking records. With a twisted doctor running things, and a hurricane looming, Daniels soon begins to question the real reason why he's there.

176. Black Swan

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Actors: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey , Winona Ryder, Benjamin Millepied
Plot: At the New York City ballet a veteran dancer and an impressive upstart compete for the lead role in Swan Lake - but in this competitive world, finding the balance between light and dark can take its toll.

177. 12 Monkeys

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe, Christopher Plummer, David Morse, Jon Seda
Plot: In a future devasted by a virus, a convict is sent back in time by a group of scientists in hopes of learning how to stop the disease.

178. Doctor Zhivago

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Lean
Actors: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin
Plot: During a Russian revolution a Russian Doctor falls for a political activist?s wife even though he himself is married. They are separated and joined many times while they suffer hardships.

179. Shoplifters ( Manbiki kazoku )

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Actors: Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Jyo Kairi
Plot: A family of small-time crooks use shoplifting to help ends meet but their
operation comes under new scrutiny when they take in a child from the
streets.

180. Hotel Rwanda

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Terry George
Actors: Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Sophie Okonedo, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Joaquin Phoenix, Antonio David Lyons
Plot: A hotel manager tries to save the lives tutsi refugees while the Hutu militia take over Rwanda.

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