Top 100 Drama Movies List

#80 Drama Movie

Cape Fear (1991) R

A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Writers:

John D. MacDonald, James R. Webb

Stars:

Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange

#79 Drama Movie

Argo (2012) R

Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980.

Director:

Ben Affleck

Writers:

Chris Terrio, Tony Mendez

Stars:

Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman

#78 Drama Movie

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

Director:

Richard Brooks

Writers:

Richard Brooks, James Poe

Stars:

Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives

#77 Drama Movie

Birdman (2014) R

Illustrated upon the progress of his latest Broadway play, a former popular actor's struggle to cope with his current life as a wasted actor is shown.

Director:

Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Writers:

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone

Stars:

Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton

#76 Drama Movie

Rushmore (1998) R

The extracurricular king of Rushmore preparatory school is put on academic probation.

Director:

Wes Anderson

Writers:

Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson

Stars:

Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams

#75 Drama Movie

Boogie Nights (1997) R

The story of a young man's adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Director:

Paul Thomas Anderson

Writers:

Paul Thomas Anderson

Stars:

Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds

#74 Drama Movie

Her (2013) R

A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need.

Director:

Spike Jonze

Writers:

Spike Jonze

Stars:

Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson

#73 Drama Movie

Deliverance (1972) R

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

Director:

John Boorman

Writers:

James Dickey

Stars:

Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty

#72 Drama Movie

Sling Blade (1996) R

Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.

Director:

Billy Bob Thornton

Writers:

Billy Bob Thornton

Stars:

Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh

#71 Drama Movie

Rain man (1988) R

Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.

Director:

Barry Levinson

Writers:

Barry Morrow, Ronald Bass

Stars:

Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino

#70 Drama Movie

The Sixth Sense (1999) PG-13

A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.

Director:

M. Night Shyamalan

Writers:

M. Night Shyamalan

Stars:

Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette

#69 Drama Movie

American Beauty (1999) R

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

Director:

Sam Mendes

Writers:

Alan Ball

Stars:

Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch

#68 Drama Movie

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice.

Director:

Robert Mulligan

Writers:

Harper Lee, Horton Foote

Stars:

Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton

#67 Drama Movie

A Separation (2011) PG-13

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

Director:

Asghar Farhadi

Writers:

Asghar Farhadi

Stars:

Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat

#66 Drama Movie

American History X (1998) R

A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.

Director:

Tony Kaye

Writers:

David McKenna

Stars:

Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo

#65 Drama Movie

Cool Hand Luke (1967) PG

A man refuses to conform to life in a rural prison.

Director:

Stuart Rosenberg

Writers:

Donn Pearce (screenplay), Frank Pierson

Stars:

Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin

#64 Drama Movie

The Legend of 1900 (1998) R

A baby boy, discovered in 1900 on an ocean liner, grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.

Director:

Giuseppe Tornatore

Writers:

Alessandro Baricco, Giuseppe Tornatore

Stars:

Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Bill Nunn

#63 Drama Movie

127 Hours (2010) R

An adventurous mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.

Director:

Danny Boyle

Writers:

Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy

Stars:

James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara

#62 Drama Movie

Silver Linings Playbook (2012) R

After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.

Director:

David O. Russell

Writers:

David O. Russell, Matthew Quick

Stars:

Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro

#61 Drama Movie

Jerry Maguire (1996) R

When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent with the only athlete who stays with him.

Director:

Cameron Crowe

Writers:

Cameron Crowe

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger

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