Top Drama Movies


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

191. 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.

192. Secret in Their Eyes, The ( secreto de sus ojos, El )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juan José Campanella
Actors: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella, José Luis Gioia
Plot: A retired legal counselor looks for closure in his professional and personal life while he writes a novel.

193. 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.

194. The Imitation Game

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Morten Tyldum
Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Tuppence Middleton
Plot: The true life story of the English cryptanalyst, mathematician and logician Alan Turing. During WWII the Turing led a group of code breakers at a top secret facility in Bletchley Park during the darkest days of the war in order to crack the German's Enigma code.

195. Training Day

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Actors: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin, Raymond J. Barry
Plot: A seasoned veteran takes a rookie cop on patrol in L.A. and shows him the dark side of authority.

196. Raise the Red Lantern ( Da hong deng long gao gao gua )

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong
Plot: 1920s China - the young Songlian if forced into marriage with the powerful lord Chen Zuoqian following her father's death. He already has three wives, and the women are constantly scheming to be the chosen one he spends the night with - signified by a red lantern - as the incentives - status, power, privilege - cannot be ignored. But his power struggle will soon get out of hand.

197. Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The ( Toki o kakeru shôjo )

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Actors: Riisa Naka, Emily Hirst, Takuya Ishida, Andrew Francis, Mitsutaka Itakura, Alex Zahara
Plot: A young girl finds she has the ability to go back in time and at first
uses this ability to her advantage. But as she soon finds out, altering
fate has its own consequences and as she realizes this ability is only
temporary she races to fix everything she has altered.

198. Rebel Without a Cause

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Nicholas Ray
Actors: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, Rochelle Hudson
Plot: A teenager who leaves his old home town to start a new continues to rebel against the rules and conformities while falling in love with someone unlike him.

199. Amores Perros ( Love's a Bitch )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Actors: Emilio Echevarr, Gael García Bernal, Adriana Barraza, Rodrigo Murray, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero
Plot: A severe car crash involves three different stories as they cope with life through changes, a different kind of love, and many regrets.

200. The Truman Show

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Natascha McElhone, Brian Delate, Noah Emmerich
Plot: An insurance salesman discovers that his entire life has been a television show.

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