The Insider
1999 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 2,107 votes
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco. 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
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.
A Good Year
2006 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 1,660 votes
Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Palmer
2021 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 1,943 votes
After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Match Point
2005 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 4,419 votes
Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Iron Claw
2023 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 1,294 votes
The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Rocky V
1990 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 3,509 votes
A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Siege
1998 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 1,522 votes
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Natural Born Killers
1994 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 3,855 votes
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Beast
2022 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 1,792 votes
A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Rio Bravo
1959 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 1,280 votes
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Elite Squad
2007 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 2,764 votes
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Margin Call
2011 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 2,132 votes
Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
2012 · TMDB 5.4/10 · 408 votes
Three generations of a French family open up about their sexual experiences and desires after young Romain is caught masturbating in his biology class. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Call of the Wild
2020 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 3,976 votes
Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Erin Brockovich
2000 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 3,699 votes
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Transcendence
2014 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 5,873 votes
Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Lost City of Z
2017 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 3,126 votes
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 4,520 votes
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Green Zone
2010 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 2,416 votes
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 4,943 votes
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.