Sleeping Dogs
2024 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 651 votes
Roy Freeman, an ex-homicide detective with a fractured memory, is forced to revisit a case he can't remember. 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 2026-08-05 · 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.
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
2007 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 396 votes
When rogue shinigami Ryuk leaves his Death Note in the human world, he has no idea how far the one who finds it will take his new-found power. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Any Given Sunday
1999 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 1,851 votes
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Gunman
2015 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 1,051 votes
Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Summer Palace
2006 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 115 votes
Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Captive
2014 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 1,180 votes
Eight years after their daughter Cassandra's abduction tore them apart, an estranged couple discover disturbing clues that indicate that she is still alive. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Dangerous Liaisons
1988 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 1,287 votes
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Serenity
2019 · TMDB 5.5/10 · 1,641 votes
The quiet life of Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain who lives on the isolated Plymouth Island, where he spends his days obsessed with capturing an elusive tuna while fighting his personal demons, is interrupted when someone from his past comes to him searching for help. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Rocketman
2019 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 5,038 votes
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 3,145 votes
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sweet November
2001 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 1,464 votes
Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Curiosa
2019 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 248 votes
A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th century authors Pierre Louÿs and Marie de Régnier. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Alive
1993 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 1,603 votes
The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Punch-Drunk Love
2002 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 2,804 votes
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Cradle 2 the Grave
2003 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 1,047 votes
Gang leader Tony pulls off a major diamond heist with his crew, but cop-turned-criminal Ling knows who has the loot and responds by kidnapping Tony's daughter and holding her for ransom. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sudden Death
1995 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 827 votes
When a man's daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game – with the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end – he frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue her and abort an impending explosion before the final buzzer. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Possession of Hannah Grace
2018 · TMDB 5.6/10 · 1,505 votes
When a cop who is just out of rehab takes the graveyard shift in a city hospital morgue, she faces a series of bizarre, violent events caused by an evil entity in one of the corpses. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Physician
2013 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 1,208 votes
England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Kid
1921 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 2,414 votes
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sling Blade
1996 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 877 votes
Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.