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.

Afraid of the Dark (1991)

Goodbye Gemini (1970)

Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007)

Lakeboat (2000)

The Misfit Brigade (1987)

Nocturnal Uproar (1979)

The Student Nurses (1970)

Weekender (2011)

Trucker (2008)

Murder 2 (2011)

The Moss (2008)

Harry & Son (1984)

Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (2001)

The Good and the Bad (1976)

Raising Genius (2004)

Touch (1997)

The Fighter (1983)

Fanny Hill (1983)

Night Catches Us (2010)

Zoo in Budapest (1933)

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)

Starkweather (2004)

Endgame (2001)

Once in the Life (2000)

Unless (2016)

A Safe Place (1971)

Billy the Kid (1941)

Mistrial (1996)

Crossfire (2008)

Evita (1996)

Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015)

One Down, Two to Go (1982)

Whispers (2015)

Khushi (2003)

A Tale of Legendary Libido (2008)

Cafe Society (1997)

Bright Angel (1990)

Deep Powder (2013)

Low Blow (1986)

Lucky Girl (2001)

David et Madame Hansen (2012)

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

Cedar Boys (2009)

Shot in the Dark (2021)

Running Brave (1983)

Baby Sister (1983)

Blue Dream (2013)

David and Bathsheba (1951)

Wendy Cracked a Walnut (1990)

The Onion Field (1979)

College Coach (1933)

The Riverman (2004)

Danielle Steel's Zoya (1997)

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)

Fishbowl California (2018)

Jackson County Jail (1976)

Love & Friendship (2016)

Chasing Destiny (2001)

Madso's War (2010)

Johnny Tsunami (1999)