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.

Deadly Force (1983)

The Brylcreem Boys (1996)

Black Fist (1977)

Hurricane Streets (1997)

Cryptozoo (2021)

Pop in Q (2016)

Marguerite of the Night (1955)

Rock On 2 (2016)

Reform School Girl (1994)

Mr. Stitch (1995)

Adrift in Manhattan (2007)

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)

The Good Wife (1987)

Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)

The Greek Tycoon (1978)

Catching Dust (2024)

In Search of Fellini (2017)

Sueno (2005)

Ted & Venus (1991)

All In (2006)

The Ex (1996)

Stranger Inside (2001)

Break Up (1978)

Bowling Balls (2014)

Flower and Snake 2: Sketch of Hell (1985)

Rich Kids (1979)

The Uncovering (2018)

Elyse (2020)

Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Afghan Luke (2011)

American Gun (2005)

Rare Beasts (2021)

Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)

My Father, Die (2016)

Dear White People (2014)

Murder in Three Acts (1986)

The Card Counter (2021)

Deceiver (1997)

The Magus (1968)

Fighting Mad (1976)

The Crypt: The Last Secret (2020)

Sex and the Other Man (1996)

The Stripper (1963)

Lonely Street (2009)

The Wife (1996)

Poster Boy (2004)

The High and the Mighty (1954)

I'm in Love with a Church Girl (2013)

My Christmas Prince (2017)

Just Like a Woman (2013)

Ethan Frome (1993)

I Love You Too (2010)

Black Butterflies (2011)

Death Clique (2014)

The Impure Ones (1954)

The Heart at Work (2000)

Ville-Marie (2015)

Forget Me Not (2011)

Private Tuition (1986)

Beck 19 - The Vulture (2007)