The Piano Teacher
2001 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 1,303 votes
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her. 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 2026-08-04 · 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.
The Life List
2025 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 620 votes
When her mother sends her on a quest to complete a teenage bucket list, a young woman uncovers family secrets, finds romance — and rediscovers herself. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Secretary
2002 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 1,967 votes
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Age of Adaline
2015 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 7,144 votes
After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Rocky III
1982 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 4,561 votes
Following Rocky Balboa's intense battle with his most powerful adversary yet – the ferocious Clubber Lang – Rocky joins forces with former rival Apollo Creed in an effort to get back his fighting spirit. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Sum of All Fears
2002 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 1,993 votes
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Platform
2019 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 7,913 votes
A slab of food descends down a vertical facility. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Echo Valley
2025 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 397 votes
Kate lives a secluded life—until her troubled daughter shows up, frightened and covered in someone else's blood. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Beautiful Boy
2018 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 2,907 votes
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Founder
2016 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 5,452 votes
The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Panic Room
2002 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 5,486 votes
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Big
1988 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 4,101 votes
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Graduate
1967 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 3,734 votes
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Baise-moi
2000 · TMDB 4.8/10 · 491 votes
Nadine and Manu are two mad women, as tidy as can be, almost perfectionists. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Rocky II
1979 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 4,880 votes
After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Straight Outta Compton
2015 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 4,242 votes
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Rambo: Last Blood
2019 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 4,278 votes
After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the border into Mexico to meet her biological father. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Coyote Ugly
2000 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 2,299 votes
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Shallow Hal
2001 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 3,210 votes
After taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
First Man
2018 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 5,732 votes
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.