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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.

Babe

2481. Babe

Fantasy Drama Comedy Family
6.9

19951h 32min

Australia, United States

Director: Chris Noonan

Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mum, Babe realises that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hoggett knows it. With the help of the sheep dogs, Babe learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be.


Rob Roy

2482. Rob Roy

Adventure History Drama Action War
6.9

19952h 19min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Michael Caton-Jones

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.


Dead Presidents

2483. Dead Presidents

Action Crime Drama Thriller War
6.9

19951h 59min

United States

Director: Albert Hughes

On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist -- a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!


Clockers

2484. Clockers

Crime Drama Mystery Narcotics Crime Psychological Drama
6.9

19952h 8min

United States

Director: Spike Lee

Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.

Themes

Class inequality, Loyalty under pressure, Betrayal and suspicion, Deception and violence, Informant risk, Authority and resistance

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The Godfather Part III

2485. The Godfather Part III

Crime Drama Thriller
7.5

19902h 42min

United States

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.


Cyrano de Bergerac

2486. Cyrano de Bergerac

Drama Comedy History Romance
7.5

19902h 17min

France

Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.


Europa Europa

2487. Europa Europa

History Drama War
7.5

19901h 52min

France, Germany

Director: Agnieszka Holland

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.


The Match Factory Girl

2488. The Match Factory Girl

Drama
7.5

19901h 9min

Finland, Sweden

Director: Aki Kaurismäki

Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at the local dancehall. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand and abandoned by the father, Iris finally decides the time has come to get even and she begins to plot her revenge.


Maverick

2489. Maverick

Action Adventure Comedy Drama Western
7.0

19942h 7min

United States

Director: Richard Donner

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.


The Last Seduction

2490. The Last Seduction

Thriller Crime Romance Drama
7.0

19941h 50min

United States

Director: John Dahl

A desperate woman steals her husband’s “dirty” money and flees to a small town. There, she starts an affair and quickly finds a new candidate for her schemes. Meanwhile, her furious husband will do anything to get the money back.