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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.

Sliding Doors

2431. Sliding Doors

Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance
6.7

19981h 39min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Peter Howitt

Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.


The Horse Whisperer

2432. The Horse Whisperer

Adventure Drama Romance
6.7

19982h 49min

United States

Director: Robert Redford

The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.


Apt Pupil

2433. Apt Pupil

Drama Thriller
6.7

19981h 47min

France, United States

Director: Bryan Singer

One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.


The Idiots

2434. The Idiots

Comedy Drama
6.7

19981h 54min

Denmark, France

Director: Lars von Trier

A group of people gather at a Copenhagen suburban home to break all the limitations and to bring out the 'inner idiot' in themselves.


Primary Colors

2435. Primary Colors

Drama Comedy
6.7

19982h 23min

France, Germany

Director: Mike Nichols

In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.


Slums of Beverly Hills

2436. Slums of Beverly Hills

Comedy Drama
6.7

19981h 31min

United States

Director: Tamara Jenkins

In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.


The Last Days of Disco

2437. The Last Days of Disco

Comedy Drama Romance
6.7

19981h 53min

United States

Director: Whit Stillman

Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.


This Boy's Life

2438. This Boy's Life

Drama
7.3

19931h 55min

United States

Director: Michael Caton-Jones

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.


Much Ado About Nothing

2439. Much Ado About Nothing

Drama Comedy Romance
7.3

19931h 51min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Kenneth Branagh

As everyone prepares for Claudio and Hero’s wedding, their friends stage a clever prank to bring together two “enemies” — Benedick, a convinced bachelor, and Beatrice, sharp-tongued and unwilling to yield. Meanwhile, the jealous Don John plots to ruin the wedding by accusing the bride of infidelity. Suddenly, the celebration threatens to turn into a scandal.


The Secret Garden

2440. The Secret Garden

Drama Family Fantasy
7.3

19931h 41min

United States

Director: Agnieszka Holland

A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and forgotten. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.