
Drama movies
Emotional and character-driven narratives that explore the complexities of the human condition and relationships.
Subgenres include: Psychological Drama, Professional Drama, Entertainment Industry Drama.

1951. Frailty
Drama Thriller Crime Mind Game Thriller Serial Killer Crime2002•1h 40min
Germany, United States
Director: Bill Paxton
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Police are searching in vain for a serial killer. Meanwhile, a mysterious man comes to an FBI agent and says that his deeply religious father had visions in childhood, urging him to kill people who are, in fact, demons.
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1952. Dirty Pretty Things
Crime Drama Thriller Organized Crime Psychological Drama2002•1h 37min
United Kingdom, United States
Director: Stephen Frears
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An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.
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1953. Amen.
Drama History Historical Drama Biographical History2002•2h 12min
France, Germany
Director: Costa-Gavras
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Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is appalled to discover that a poison gas he helped discover is being used to kill Jews. Driven by his conscience to alert the rest of the world, Gerstein teams up with a young Jesuit priest, Riccardo Fontana, but their protestations fall on deaf ears in the Vatican.
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1954. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Comedy Crime Action Drama1997•1h 29min
Germany
Director: Thomas Jahn
Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in tequila and decide to take one last trip to the sea. Drunk and still in pajamas they steal the first fancy car they find, a 60's Mercedes convertible. The car happens to belong to a bunch of gangsters, which immediately start to chase it, since it contains more than the pistol Martin finds in the glove box.

1956. Ghost World
Comedy Drama Coming-of-Age Drama Dark Comedy2001•1h 51min
United Kingdom, United States
Director: Terry Zwigoff
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Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.
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1957. Sexy Beast
Crime Thriller Drama Heist Domestic Thriller2001•1h 29min
Spain, United Kingdom
Director: Jonathan Glazer
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Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job.
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1959. Read My Lips
Crime Drama Romance Thriller Relationship Drama2001•1h 55min
France
Director: Jacques Audiard
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She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.
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1960. His Secret Life
Drama Romance Passionate Romance Relationship Drama2001•1h 46min
France, Italy
Director: Ferzan Özpetek
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When Antonia's husband Massimo is killed in a car accident, she accidentally discovers that he has been having a same-sex affair with a produce wholesaler named Michele.

