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.

Transatlantic (1931)

Vaada (2005)

The Gladiator (1986)

Day of the Idiots (1981)

The Orchard End Murder (1981)

Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)

River's Edge (2018)

Leaving Normal (1992)

The Hunted (2003)

Hotel (1967)

Kick the Moon (2001)

The Ideal City (2013)

The Shore (2011)

Personal Effects (2006)

September Affair (1950)

The Strip (1951)

The Mind Snatchers (1972)

As You Want Me (1997)

My Wonderful Wanda (2021)

Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)

April Snow (2005)

Islands (2025)

Chopsticks (2019)

Rat (2000)

The Fabulous Four (2024)

Corridor of Mirrors (1948)

My Son John (1952)

Miss Staff Sergeant (2010)

Dual Alibi (1947)

The Saint's Vacation (1941)

Mischka (2002)

King of the Mountain (1981)

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

Against the Wall (1994)

Tiger Eyes (2012)

Norman (2010)

'Tis the Season to be Merry (2021)

Jump (2012)

Venghai (2011)

A Majority of One (1961)

Cradle Swapping (2017)

Mili (2015)

Courage Mountain (1990)

Long Lost Son (2006)

Love on the Dole (1941)

The North Star (1943)

Guilty Conscience (1985)

Where the Lilies Bloom (1974)

Silas Marner (1985)

Whispering Corridors (1998)

The Lesser Evil (1998)

Morning Glory (1993)

Ruckus (1981)

Delinquent (2016)

Boundaries (2016)

The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980)

Dance with a Stranger (1985)

Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (1999)

A Town Without Christmas (2001)

Adam Resurrected (2008)