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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.

Zero Effect

2351. Zero Effect

Comedy Crime Drama Mystery
6.9

19981h 56min

United States

Director: Jake Kasdan

Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, he doesn't know what to do with himself when he's not working; he has no social skills, writes bad music and drives Steve crazy.


One True Thing

2352. One True Thing

Drama Romance
6.9

19982h 7min

United States

Director: Carl Franklin

A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.


The Piano

2353. The Piano

Drama Romance
7.5

19932h

Australia, France

Director: Jane Campion

Ada, a mute woman who enters an arranged marriage and travels to New Zealand for it, becomes caught in a tense struggle between her new manipulative husband and a stern frontier man to whom she feels a forbidden attraction.


A Perfect World

2354. A Perfect World

Drama Crime Thriller
7.5

19932h 18min

United States

Director: Clint Eastwood

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.


Rudy

2355. Rudy

Drama History
7.5

19931h 54min

United States

Director: David Anspaugh

Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.


Menace II Society

2356. Menace II Society

Drama Crime Thriller
7.5

19931h 37min

United States

Director: Allen Hughes

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.


Stalingrad

2357. Stalingrad

Drama History War
7.5

19932h 14min

Germany

Director: Joseph Vilsmaier

A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they're placed under the command of a sadistic captain, the platoon lieutenant leads his men to desert. The platoon members attempt escape from the city, now surrounded by the Soviet Army.


Cop Land

2358. Cop Land

Crime Drama Thriller
7.0

19971h 44min

United States

Director: James Mangold

Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.


Breakdown

2359. Breakdown

Crime Mystery Thriller Drama Action
7.0

19971h 33min

United States

Director: Jonathan Mostow

On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.


Kundun

2360. Kundun

Drama History
7.0

19972h 14min

United States

Director: Martin Scorsese

The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.