Best Drama Movies

Drama is where cinema does its heaviest lifting — the breakups, verdicts, families and quiet ruinations that stay with you for years. These are the highest-rated dramas on Filmtally, from towering classics to recent award winners. Track what you've seen and find your next gut-punch.

Half a Sixpence (1967)

Romeo Juliet (2015)

Cellmates (2012)

Saving Paradise (2021)

Ricky 6 (2000)

Love + Hate (2005)

One Minute to Zero (1952)

Anything Is Possible (2013)

The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996)

Two Weeks (2006)

Death and the Compass (1992)

Of Woman and Magic (2000)

A Midsummer Night's Rave (2002)

Love Is the Drug (2006)

Judy Berlin (1999)

Dance Me to My Song (1998)

Heat Wave (1991)

The Miracle Maker (2000)

Broadway Bill (1934)

Death Is a Caress (1949)

Best (2000)

Eye of the Dolphin (2007)

I'll Be Home for Christmas (2016)

Fast Charlie (2023)

Lovers of Paris (1957)

After the Sunset (2004)

Heaven (2019)

Charlie & Boots (2009)

The Perez Family (1995)

Tokyo Joe (1949)

The Sensual Man (1973)

Refuge (2012)

Smith! (1969)

Houdini (1998)

My So-Called Father (2014)

Princess of the Row (2020)

The Night Clerk (2020)

Shadrach (1998)

Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)

Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost (2013)

Race Street (1948)

The Red Pony (1949)

Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse (2020)

Mrs. Parkington (1944)

The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)

The Forbidden Dance (1990)

Rangoon (2017)

Papa (2005)

The Fruit Machine (1988)

The Crowded Sky (1960)

The Christmas Secret (2000)

Crossbow (2007)

Sabah (2005)

Johnny the Partisan (2000)

I Was a Shoplifter (1950)

Ma'lesh Ehna Bnetbahdel (2005)

Navy Blue and Gold (1937)

The Wind in the Willows (2006)

What We Find on the Road (2024)

In Love with the Dead (2007)