Top Drama Movies


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

181. Witness for the Prosecution

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Henry Daniell
Plot: A man on trial for murder goes through a rigorous plot twisting court trial; based on an Agatha Christie story.

182. Dune

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Josh Brolin, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem
Plot: Based on Frank Herbert's ground-breaking novel, the film follows the incredible journey of Paul Atreides, a noble's son who holds within himself a great destiny - one that revolves around the most dangerous planet in the galaxy, the desert world of Arrakis and the most valuable commodity it holds: the Spice, Melange.

183. 50/50

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jonathan Levine
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Anjelica Huston, Marie Avgeropoulos
Plot: A young man is diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer and decides to fight for his life with the help his friend, mother and a young therapist.

184. 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.

185. The Wild Bunch

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson, Warren Oates, Edmond O'Brien
Plot: A group of old gunfighters are looking for the last score before they
retire in the old west.

186. The Blind Side

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Lee Hancock
Actors: Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, Tim McGraw, Ray McKinnon, Quinton Aaron, Ashley LeConte Campbell
Plot: Based on the true story of Michael Oher, an overlooked young African-American who was taken in by the Touhys who provide him an education and groom his natural talents in football.

187. Children of Men

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Actors: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Pam Ferris
Plot: In 2027 hope for the human race is running thin. There are no children, pregnancies and people have turned on one another. One pregnant woman needs to bear her child to give save the world from itself.

188. Breakfast at Tiffany's

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Blake Edwards
Actors: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney
Plot: When a struggling writer moves into a New York apartment building, he becomes captivated by Holly Golightly. Her public persona as a sophisticated socialite is belied by her private life as a vulnerable woman.

189. Do the Right Thing

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Ossie Davis, Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Ruby Dee, Rosie Perez, Bill Nunn
Plot: On the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, tensions rise, passions flare and races clash between locals.

190. Salesman, The ( Forushande )

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Actors: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Mina Sadati, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini, Mehdi Koushki
Plot: An Iranian couple are forced out of their crumbling apartment and must find new accommodations. Both are also rehearsing for an upcoming production of Death of a Salesman. Their new apartment, unknown to them, was the former home of a lady of the night - one with many clients. When the wife is alone and a client comes calling - it has a chilling affect on their lives and relationship.

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