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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.

Jakob the Liar

2461. Jakob the Liar

Comedy Drama History
6.5

19992h

France, Hungary

Director: Peter Kassovitz

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.


The Big Kahuna

2462. The Big Kahuna

Comedy Drama
6.5

19991h 30min

United States

Director: John Swanbeck

Three salesmen working for a firm that makes industrial lubricants are waiting in the company's "hospitality suite" at a manufacturers' convention for a "big kahuna" named Dick Fuller to show up, in hopes they can persuade him to place an order that could salvage the company's flagging sales.


Four Weddings and a Funeral

2463. Four Weddings and a Funeral

Comedy Drama Romance
7.1

19941h 57min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Mike Newell

A 32-year-old bachelor, Charles, does everything he can to avoid getting married—until, at yet another wedding, he meets a charming American woman.


Wild Things

2464. Wild Things

Mystery Thriller Drama
6.6

19981h 48min

United States

Director: John McNaughton

When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...


A Perfect Murder

2465. A Perfect Murder

Crime Thriller Drama
6.6

19981h 47min

United States

Director: Andrew Davis

Extremely successful financier Steven Taylor considers his young wife his greatest treasure. But their relationship is far from perfect: Steven suspects she’s cheating on him, and decides to hire a hitman…


A Civil Action

2466. A Civil Action

Drama
6.6

19981h 55min

United States

Director: Steven Zaillian

Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.


Clay Pigeons

2467. Clay Pigeons

Crime Comedy Drama Romance
6.6

19981h 44min

Germany, United Kingdom

Director: David Dobkin

Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl, kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with the affair. Clay unknowingly befriends a serial killer named Lester Long who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."


High Art

2468. High Art

Drama Romance
6.6

19981h 41min

Canada, United States

Director: Lisa Cholodenko

When Syd, a young editor at an influential art magazine, becomes involved with her neighbor, a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both seek to exploit each other for their respective careers while slowly falling in love with each other.


In the Line of Fire

2469. In the Line of Fire

Action Drama Thriller Crime Mystery
7.2

19932h 8min

United States

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.


The Age of Innocence

2470. The Age of Innocence

Drama Romance
7.2

19932h 18min

United States

Director: Martin Scorsese

In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.