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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.

The House of the Spirits

2551. The House of the Spirits

Romance Drama
6.9

19932h 20min

Denmark, Germany

Director: Bille August

A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.


Matinee

2552. Matinee

Comedy Drama
6.9

19931h 39min

United States

Director: Joe Dante

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.


Bad Lieutenant

2553. Bad Lieutenant

Crime Drama
7.0

19921h 36min

United States

Director: Abel Ferrara

While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.


Juice

2554. Juice

Crime Drama Thriller
7.0

19921h 36min

United States

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson

Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.


Bob Roberts

2555. Bob Roberts

Comedy Drama
7.0

19921h 42min

Germany, United Kingdom

Director: Tim Robbins

Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by singing '60s-style acoustic folk songs with lyrics espousing far-right conservative social and economic views.


Peter's Friends

2556. Peter's Friends

Comedy Drama
7.0

19921h 41min

United Kingdom

Director: Kenneth Branagh

After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter invites his friends from college: married couple Roger and Mary, the lonely Maggie, fashionable Sarah, and writer Andrew, who brings his American TV star wife, Carol. Sarah's new boyfriend, Brian, also attends. It has been 10 years since college, and they find their lives are very different.


Indochine

2557. Indochine

Drama Romance
7.0

19922h 39min

France, Vietnam

Director: Régis Wargnier

In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughter Camillevare the three points of a cross-cultural romantic triangle. As the struggle against European imperialism sweeps Indochina, Jean-Baptiste and Camille have to choose sides and Éliane faces the emotionally difficult challenge of raising the child of her daughter and ex-lover.


The Craft

2558. The Craft

Horror Drama Fantasy
6.5

19961h 41min

United States

Director: Andrew Fleming

A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.


Executive Decision

2559. Executive Decision

Action Adventure Drama Thriller
6.5

19962h 12min

United States

Director: Stuart Baird

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.


Stealing Beauty

2560. Stealing Beauty

Drama Romance
6.5

19961h 56min

Italy, United Kingdom

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.