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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.

Total Eclipse

2591. Total Eclipse

Drama Romance
6.5

19951h 51min

France, Belgium

Director: Agnieszka Holland

Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.


Boys on the Side

2592. Boys on the Side

Comedy Drama
6.5

19951h 55min

France, United States

Director: Herbert Ross

After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Jane's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.


The Pillow Book

2593. The Pillow Book

Drama Romance
6.5

19952h 6min

France, United Kingdom

Director: Peter Greenaway

Nagito has a fetish for calligraphy on the human body and meets her ideal soulmate Jerome, an English translator sent to Japan. However, once Nagiko's father's gay publisher rejoins the scene, the story is overtaken by treachery and bloodlust.


Forget Paris

2594. Forget Paris

Comedy Drama Romance
6.5

19951h 41min

United States

Director: Billy Crystal

Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches.


The Addiction

2595. The Addiction

Drama Horror
6.5

19951h 22min

United States

Director: Abel Ferrara

A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.


Tales from the Hood

2596. Tales from the Hood

Horror Crime Thriller Drama Fantasy
6.5

19951h 38min

United States

Director: Rusty Cundieff

A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.


Ghost

2597. Ghost

Fantasy Drama Thriller Mystery Romance
7.1

19902h 7min

United States

Director: Jerry Zucker

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

Themes

Everlasting love, Afterlife contact, Crime and corruption, Belief vs skepticism, Deception and trust, Unseen influence

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State of Grace

2598. State of Grace

Drama Crime Thriller
7.1

19902h 15min

United States

Director: Phil Joanou

Hell's Kitchen, New York. Terry Noonan returns home after a ten-year absence. He soon reconnects with Jackie, a childhood friend and member of the Irish mob, and rekindles his love affair with Jackie's sister Kathleen.


The Hairdresser's Husband

2599. The Hairdresser's Husband

Comedy Drama Romance
7.1

19901h 22min

France

Director: Patrice Leconte

Antoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume, and the enticing figure of a woman with an opulent bosom. After all, he had always known he would marry one, completing his idealized love fantasy.


The Santa Clause

2600. The Santa Clause

Fantasy Drama Comedy Family
6.6

19941h 37min

United States

Director: John Pasquin

On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.