Top Drama Movies


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

321. Mean Streets

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Robert De Niro, David Proval, Harvey Keitel, David Carradine, Richard Romanus, Amy Robinson
Plot: A young crook uses his anger to survive in NYC stealing and busting jaws.

322. Out of the Past

Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Rhonda Fleming, Kirk Douglas, Richard Webb, Jane Greer, Virginia Huston
Plot: A gas attendant of a small town finds his history has caught up to him as a gambling booking finds him.

323. The Color Purple

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Desreta Jackson, Rae Dawn Chong, Willard E. Pugh
Plot: The story of a young black women's entire life - including hardships and the things that made her happy.

324. Mudbound

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dee Rees
Actors: Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Jonathan Banks, Jason Clarke, Kerry Cahill

325. First Reformed

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Schrader
Actors: Amanda Seyfried, Ethan Hawke, Michael Gaston, Cedric the Entertainer, Van Hansis, Victoria Hill
Plot: Reverend Ernst Toller presides over a dwindling congregation in the historic First Reformed Church in upstate New York. As the church prepares for a 250th anniversary celebration, Toller, who struggles with depression and loneliness, finds his life slipping out of control when he tries to help a pregnant parishioner.

326. Hachi: A Dog's Tale ( Hachiko: A Dog's Story )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Lasse Hallström
Actors: Sarah Roemer, Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Jason Alexander, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Erick Avari
Plot: A man finds a puppy at the train station. They get very attached to each other and the dog follows his owner everyday to the train station and waits for him when he gets back from work. Even after the owners death he meets up everyday for years.This is the real story of the most loyal and loving companion to ever exist.

327. Mr. Turner

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Leigh
Actors: Tom Wlaschiha, Timothy Spall, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Lesley Manville, Richard Bremmer, James Fleet
Plot: Explores the last half-century in the life of British artist J.M.W. Turner
- a brilliant, if somewhat eccentric, painter.

328. Bo Burnham: Inside

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bo Burnham
Actors: Bo Burnham

329. Legends of the Fall

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edward Zwick
Actors: Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, Anthony Hopkins, Gordon Tootoosis, Karina Lombard
Plot: The story of three brothers living in the northern west who all have
differing personalities as they fight for war, love, and nature in near
seclussion.

330. The Last King of Scotland

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Actors: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney, Kerry Washington, Adam Kotz
Plot: A young Scottish doctor travels away from his family ways to experience something new when he runs into the new President of Uganda who happens to have strong feelings for the Scottish.

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