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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
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
2004 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 1,082 votes
When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 480 votes
The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2007 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 632 votes
In Oklahoma, Agnes, a lonely waitress living in an isolated and dilapidated roadside motel, meets Peter, a quiet and mysterious man with whom she establishes a peculiar relationship. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2003 · TMDB 5.9/10 · 197 votes
A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2014 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 2,988 votes
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1992 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 165 votes
When her husband is kicked in the groin by the village head, Qiu Ju, a peasant woman, despite her pregnancy, travels to a nearby town, and later a big city to deal with its bureaucrats and find justice. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 387 votes
Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 506 votes
After her grandfather's death, 20-year-old Alma decides to go back to her childhood home - a little island in the heart of the majestic Canadian forest. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2011 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 557 votes
As the home planet of the Green Lantern Corps faces a battle with an ancient enemy, Hal Jordan prepares new recruit Arisia for the coming conflict by relating stories of the first Green Lantern and several of Hal's comrades. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2011 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 484 votes
A French woman mourning over the death of her husband three years prior is courted by a Swedish co-worker. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1928 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 1,104 votes
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1990 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 282 votes
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 196 votes
As Pushpa, a labourer, rises in the world of red sandalwood smuggling, he ends up making many enemies. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1986 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 580 votes
January 1978. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2005 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 359 votes
Chan, an articulate senior detective nearing the end of his career, is taking care of the daughter of a witness killed by ruthless crime lord Po. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2007 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 418 votes
In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1960 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 759 votes
Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1960 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 812 votes
Dr. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1990 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 711 votes
After being released from a mental hospital, a troubled young man tracks down an actress he once had sex with and forces her into captivity, determined to make her part of his life. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1997 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 1,001 votes
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.