Top 100 Drama Movies List

#100 Drama Movie

A Very Long Engagement (2004) R

Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.

Director:

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Writers:

Sébastien Japrisot (novel), Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Stars:

Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jodie Foster

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#99 Drama Movie

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) PG

A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Writers:

Robert Getchell

Stars:

Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Mia Bendixsen

#98 Drama Movie

Jacob's Ladder (1990) R

Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to discover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusion, and perception of death.

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Writers:

Bruce Joel Rubin

Stars:

Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello

#97 Drama Movie

Starred Up (2013)

Eric Love is a 19 year old teenager who is so violent he has been 'Starred Up' (Moved to Adult prison) where he finds his father Neville who Eric hasn't seen since he was 5. Neville tries to get Eric to settle down, so Eric gets a chance to go through therapy with Oliver.

Director:

David Mackenzie

Writers:

Jonathan Asser

Stars:

Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend

#96 Drama Movie

1900 (1976) R

The epic tale of a class struggle in 20th Century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

Director:

Bernardo Bertolucci

Writers:

Franco Arcalli, Giuseppe Bertolucci

Stars:

Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda

#95 Drama Movie

45 Years (2015) R

A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.

Director:

Andrew Haigh

Writers:

David Constantine, Andrew Haigh

Stars:

Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James

#94 Drama Movie

Before Sunrise (1995) R

A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.

Director:

Richard Linklater

Writers:

Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan

Stars:

Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert

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#93 Drama Movie

What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) PG-13

After his father's death, Gilbert has to care for his mentally disabled brother, Arnie, and his morbidly obese mother, which is suddenly challenged when love walks into his life.

Director:

Lasse Hallström

Writers:

Peter Hedges (novel), Peter Hedges

Stars:

Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis

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#92 Drama Movie

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) R

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.

Director:

David Fincher

Writers:

Steven Zaillian, Stieg Larsson

Stars:

Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer

#91 Drama Movie

Prisoners (2013) R

When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

Director:

Denis Villeneuve

Writers:

Aaron Guzikowski

Stars:

Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis

#90 Drama Movie

Babel (2006) R

Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.

Director:

Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Writers:

Guillermo Arriaga, Guillermo Arriaga

Stars:

Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal

#89 Drama Movie

The Fighter (2010) R

A look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s.

Director:

David O. Russell

Writers:

Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy

Stars:

Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams

#88 Drama Movie

50/50 (2011) R

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

Director:

Jonathan Levine

Writers:

Will Reiser

Stars:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick

#87 Drama Movie

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) PG

Ted Kramer's wife leaves her husband, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.

Director:

Robert Benton

Writers:

Avery Corman, Robert Benton

Stars:

Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander

#86 Drama Movie

The Elephant Man (1980) PG

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.

Director:

David Lynch

Writers:

Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren

Stars:

Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft

#85 Drama Movie

Timbuktu (2014) PG-13

A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith abruptly disturbed.

Director:

Abderrahmane Sissako

Writers:

Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall

Stars:

Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki

#84 Drama Movie

Cast Away (2000) PG-13

A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island.

Director:

Robert Zemeckis

Writers:

William Broyles Jr.

Stars:

Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez

#83 Drama Movie

Warrior (2011) R

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.

Director:

Gavin O'Connor

Writers:

Gavin O'Connor, Anthony Tambakis

Stars:

Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton

#82 Drama Movie

A Beautiful Mind (2001) PG-13

After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.

Director:

Ron Howard

Writers:

Akiva Goldsman, Sylvia Nasar

Stars:

Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly

#81 Drama Movie

Lost in Translation (2003) R

A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.

Director:

Sofia Coppola

Writers:

Sofia Coppola

Stars:

Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi

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