The Red Shoes
1948 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 762 votes
A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
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Drama Movies
Discover popular and highly rated drama movies. This page focuses on useful, popular choices for viewers in the United States.
Updated 2026-08-07 · Ratings from TMDB
How we chose these titles
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
Jesus Christ Superstar
1973 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 623 votes
As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
One Fast Move
2024 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 222 votes
A dishonorably discharged soldier seeks out his estranged father to help him pursue his dream of becoming a professional motorcycle racer. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
How Do You Know
2010 · TMDB 5.3/10 · 1,066 votes
After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Night Clerk
2020 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 917 votes
Hotel night clerk Bart Bromley is a highly intelligent young man on the Autism spectrum. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Comrades, Almost a Love Story
1996 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 179 votes
Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Reagan
2024 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 126 votes
Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan's when Reagan first caught the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, Reagan overcomes the odds to become the 40th president of the United States. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
To Leslie
2022 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 249 votes
A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Jobs
2013 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 2,629 votes
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Illang: The Wolf Brigade
2018 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 333 votes
In 2029, an elite police squad combats an anti-reunification terrorist group while another enemy lurks nearby. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Hardcore
1979 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 326 votes
A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search of his runaway teenage daughter who’s making hardcore films in the pits of Los Angeles. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Warriors of Future
2022 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 496 votes
When a meteor carrying a destructive plant strikes the world, a suicide squad is given hours to save their post-apocalyptic city from total collapse. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
My Own Private Idaho
1991 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 1,254 votes
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
THX 1138
1971 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 1,082 votes
People in the future live in a totalitarian society. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
A Million Miles Away
2023 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 542 votes
The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Lost Daughter
2021 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 1,135 votes
A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Look Both Ways
2022 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 730 votes
On the night of her college graduation, Natalie's life splits into parallel realities after she takes a pregnancy test. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Fiddler on the Roof
1971 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 657 votes
In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Suffragette
2015 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 1,681 votes
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 877 votes
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.