Curated by SceneIt · United States
Discover popular and highly rated drama movies. This page focuses on useful, popular choices for viewers in the United States.
Updated 2026-08-06 · Ratings from TMDB
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
1955 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 822 votes
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2024 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 774 votes
Parthenope, born in the sea near Naples in 1950, is beautiful, enigmatic, and intelligent. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2009 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 227 votes
The story of former Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 2,392 votes
Ali leaves behind a troubled life and follows her dreams to Los Angeles, where she lands a job as a cocktail waitress at the Burlesque Lounge, a once-majestic theater that houses an inspired musical revue. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1960 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 581 votes
Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1994 · TMDB 5.4/10 · 1,187 votes
Mr. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2013 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 3,104 votes
Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 643 votes
Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1961 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 441 votes
While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1991 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 1,225 votes
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2002 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 1,207 votes
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2026 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 115 votes
In 2025 Spain, a celebrated film director struggles to write the screenplay for an autofictional film set in 2004 Spain about an unsuccessful movie director turned director of commercials who suffers a panic attack that forces her to take a break by visiting the Canary Islands, where she begins work on a new film. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2018 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 1,493 votes
After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2011 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 1,451 votes
Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2024 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 353 votes
Lucy and Jane have been best friends for most of their lives and think they know everything there is to know about each other. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 902 votes
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 170 votes
A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2013 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 2,961 votes
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2000 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 685 votes
A Taipei family faces personal and moral uncertainty as everyday events test their relationships and sense of purpose. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 427 votes
After the death of her abusive husband, Matilde finds her new best friend in Miguel, her young, insecure, and disoriented neighbor. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.