North
1994 · TMDB 5.1/10 · 279 votes
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. 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 2026-08-09 · Ratings from TMDB
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Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
Courageous
2011 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 423 votes
Law enforcement officers Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners stand up to the worst the streets have to offer with confidence and focus. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 902 votes
A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
55 Days at Peking
1963 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 187 votes
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Out of the Furnace
2013 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 2,162 votes
Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Double Life of Véronique
1991 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 909 votes
Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
A Bittersweet Life
2005 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 1,015 votes
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Across the Universe
2007 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,464 votes
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Lamb
2021 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 1,067 votes
An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Overcomer
2019 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 308 votes
After reluctantly agreeing to coach cross-country, high school basketball Coach John Harrison helps the least likely runner attempt the impossible in the biggest race of the year. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sanjuro
1962 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 737 votes
In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Get On Up
2014 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 575 votes
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Tully
2018 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 1,543 votes
Marlo, a mother of three, including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Misbehaviour
2020 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 305 votes
A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in overnight fame for the newly-formed organization. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Acts of Vengeance
2017 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 614 votes
A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 294 votes
Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Ron Clark Story
2006 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 185 votes
Passionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. 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.
The Operative
2019 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 249 votes
A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Shop Around the Corner
1940 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 856 votes
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.