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.

See You Up There (2017)

Amour (2012)

American Gangster (2007)

Dedicated to my ex (2019)

Millennium Actress (2002)

The Color Purple (1985)

Boogie Nights (1997)

The Irishman (2019)

Roma (2018)

The Game (1997)

Another Round (2020)

The Revenant (2015)

Nights of Cabiria (1957)

Fury (2014)

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Woman in the Dunes (1964)

Wrath of Man (2021)

Mississippi Burning (1988)

Sleepers (1996)

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Innocent Voices (2005)

The Man from Earth (2007)

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)

The Graduate (1967)

Le Samouraï (1967)

Captain Phillips (2013)

Notorious (1946)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Short Term 12 (2013)

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

Prayers for Bobby (2009)

Searching (2018)

Lost Highway (1997)

All the Bright Places (2020)

A Few Good Men (1992)

Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Flamin' Hot (2023)

Training Day (2001)

King Richard (2021)

Coach Carter (2005)

RRR (2022)

Hamnet (2025)

Touch of Evil (1958)

Emancipation (2022)

Boyz n the Hood (1991)

Aftersun (2022)

I, Daniel Blake (2016)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Better Days (2019)

The Holdovers (2023)

A Star Is Born (2018)

Donnie Brasco (1997)

I Origins (2014)

First Blood (1982)

Young Hearts (2024)

Gandhi (1982)

Moulin Rouge! (2001)

The Woman King (2022)

The Wrestler (2008)

JFK (1991)