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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.

Music of the Heart

2391. Music of the Heart

Drama Music
6.7

19992h 4min

United States

Director: Wes Craven

After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.


The Best Man

2392. The Best Man

Drama Comedy
6.7

19992h

United States

Director: Malcolm D. Lee

After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new book is loosely based on the lives and loves of his tight-knit group of friends. Harper is set to be best man at his friend Lance's wedding, and all his friends will be in attendance. When an advance copy of the book makes its way into the hands of his ex-flame, Jordan, Harper attempts to keep it under wraps.


Heavenly Creatures

2393. Heavenly Creatures

Drama Fantasy
7.3

19941h 49min

New Zealand, United States

Director: Peter Jackson

Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and obsessive bond.


Little Women

2394. Little Women

Drama Romance
7.3

19941h 55min

United States

Director: Gillian Armstrong

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.


Nobody's Fool

2395. Nobody's Fool

Drama Comedy
7.3

19941h 50min

United States

Director: Robert Benton

A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wife. As his estranged son returns, he faces new family responsibilities, while a banker plots to evict him from his home.


Stepmom

2396. Stepmom

Drama Romance Comedy
6.8

19982h 5min

United States

Director: Chris Columbus

Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.


Great Expectations

2397. Great Expectations

Comedy Drama Romance
6.8

19981h 51min

United States

Director: Alfonso Cuarón

Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the surprising interactions of these vivid characters, "Great Expectations" takes a unique and contemporary look at life's great coincidences.


Bulworth

2398. Bulworth

Comedy Drama Crime Thriller Romance
6.8

19981h 48min

United States

Director: Warren Beatty

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.


Simon Birch

2399. Simon Birch

Comedy Drama Family
6.8

19981h 54min

United States

Director: Mark Steven Johnson

Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her lips sealed no matter how much he protests. Simon, meanwhile, is an 11-year-old dwarf whose outsize personality belies his small stature. Indeed, he often assails the local reverend with thorny theological questions and joins Joe on his quest to find his biological father.


Searching for Bobby Fischer

2400. Searching for Bobby Fischer

Drama
7.4

19931h 50min

United States

Director: Steven Zaillian

A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.