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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 Hand That Rocks the Cradle

2621. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Drama Thriller
6.7

19921h 50min

United States

Director: Curtis Hanson

Happy couple Claire and Michael hire a young nanny, Peyton, so they can have more time for their own lives. But everything changes when it turns out the sweet girl isn’t quite who she claims to be.


Singles

2622. Singles

Romance Comedy Drama
6.7

19921h 39min

United States

Director: Cameron Crowe

A group of young adults in their twenties, who share an apartment in the city of Seattle, ponder on love and face all the challenges of adulthood.


Damage

2623. Damage

Drama Romance
6.7

19921h 51min

France, United Kingdom

Director: Louis Malle

The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.


Bugsy

2624. Bugsy

Crime Drama Mystery
6.8

19912h 16min

United States

Director: Barry Levinson

New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.


Dead Again

2625. Dead Again

Mystery Drama Crime Thriller
6.8

19911h 47min

United States

Director: Kenneth Branagh

In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.


The Prince of Tides

2626. The Prince of Tides

Drama Romance
6.8

19912h 12min

United States

Director: Barbra Streisand

A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the process.


Grand Canyon

2627. Grand Canyon

Drama
6.8

19912h 14min

United States

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship of two men from different races and classes brought together when one finds himself in jeopardy in the other's rough neighborhood.


Until the End of the World

2628. Until the End of the World

Drama Science Fiction Adventure
6.8

19912h 38min

Germany, Australia

Director: Wim Wenders

In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.


Kafka

2629. Kafka

Drama Mystery Science Fiction
6.8

19911h 38min

France, United States

Director: Steven Soderbergh

After a colleague is murdered, insurance worker Kafka gets embroiled in an underground group who are attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society.


The Grifters

2630. The Grifters

Crime Drama
6.9

19901h 50min

Canada, United States

Director: Stephen Frears

A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.