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Best Drama Movies

The 50 highest-rated drama movies among the 29,482 with at least 1,000 IMDb votes, ranked by IMDb rating and votes. Ratings are IMDb’s. Badges show the services that carry each title in your country; pick one to keep only its titles. Open a title for every way to watch it, or run it as a live search to see the badges on every card.

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1. 1
   The Shawshank Redemption(1994)

   ★ 9.3 · 3M votes · Drama, Crime · 142m

2. 2
   The Godfather(1972)

   ★ 9.2 · 2M votes · Crime, Drama · 175m

3. 3
   The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)

   ★ 9.0 · 2M votes · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Action · 201m

4. 4
   Schindler's List(1993)

   ★ 9.0 · 2M votes · Biography, Drama, History, War · 196m

5. 5
   The Godfather Part II(1974)

   ★ 9.0 · 2M votes · Crime, Drama · 202m

6. 6
   The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)

   ★ 8.9 · 2M votes · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Action · 178m

7. 7
   Fight Club(1999)

   ★ 8.8 · 3M votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 139m

8. 8
   Forrest Gump(1994)

   ★ 8.8 · 3M votes · Drama, Romance, Comedy · 142m

9. 9
   Pulp Fiction(1994)

   ★ 8.8 · 2M votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller, Comedy · 154m

10. 10
    12 Angry Men(1957)

    ★ 9.0 · 1M votes · Crime, Drama · 96m

11. 11
    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002)

    ★ 8.8 · 2M votes · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Action · 179m

12. 12
    Interstellar(2014)

    ★ 8.7 · 3M votes · Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi · 169m

13. 13
    GoodFellas(1990)

    ★ 8.7 · 1M votes · Biography, Crime, Drama · 145m

14. 14
    Seven(1995)

    ★ 8.6 · 2M votes · Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller · 127m

15. 15
    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly(1966)

    ★ 8.8 · 901K votes · Adventure, Drama, Western · 178m

16. 16
    The Silence of the Lambs(1991)

    ★ 8.6 · 2M votes · Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller · 118m

17. 17
    Saving Private Ryan(1998)

    ★ 8.6 · 2M votes · Drama, War, History · 169m

18. 18
    The Green Mile(1999)

    ★ 8.6 · 2M votes · Crime, Drama, Fantasy · 189m

19. 19
    Django Unchained(2012)

    ★ 8.5 · 2M votes · Drama, Western · 165m

20. 20
    Gladiator(2000)

    ★ 8.5 · 2M votes · Action, Adventure, Drama · 155m

21. 21
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)

    ★ 8.6 · 1M votes · Drama · 133m

22. 22
    The Prestige(2006)

    ★ 8.5 · 2M votes · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi · 130m

23. 23
    The Departed(2006)

    ★ 8.5 · 2M votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 151m

24. 24
    Léon: The Professional(1994)

    ★ 8.5 · 1M votes · Action, Crime, Drama · 110m

25. 25
    The Dark Knight Rises(2012)

    ★ 8.4 · 2M votes · Crime, Thriller, Action, Drama · 164m

26. 26
    City of God(2002)

    ★ 8.6 · 882K votes · Crime, Drama · 130m

27. 27
    American History X(1998)

    ★ 8.5 · 1M votes · Crime, Drama · 119m

28. 28
    The Lion King(1994)

    ★ 8.5 · 1M votes · Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family · 88m

29. 29
    The Usual Suspects(1995)

    ★ 8.5 · 1M votes · Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller · 106m

30. 30
    Inglourious Basterds(2009)

    ★ 8.4 · 2M votes · Drama, War, Thriller · 153m

31. 31
    Life Is Beautiful(1997)

    ★ 8.6 · 823K votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance · 116m

32. 32
    Parasite(2019)

    ★ 8.5 · 1M votes · Drama, Thriller, Comedy · 132m

33. 33
    Whiplash(2014)

    ★ 8.5 · 1M votes · Drama, Music, Thriller · 106m

34. 34
    The Intouchables(2011)

    ★ 8.5 · 1M votes · Comedy, Drama · 112m

35. 35
    The Pianist(2002)

    ★ 8.5 · 1M votes · Biography, Drama, Music, War · 150m

36. 36
    The Shining(1980)

    ★ 8.4 · 1M votes · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 146m

37. 37
    Good Will Hunting(1997)

    ★ 8.4 · 1M votes · Drama, Romance · 126m

38. 38
    It's a Wonderful Life(1946)

    ★ 8.6 · 559K votes · Drama, Family, Fantasy · 130m

39. 39
    Psycho(1960)

    ★ 8.5 · 794K votes · Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 109m

40. 40
    Joker(2019)

    ★ 8.3 · 2M votes · Drama, Crime, Thriller · 122m

41. 41
    Casablanca(1942)

    ★ 8.5 · 661K votes · Drama, Romance, War · 102m

42. 42
    American Beauty(1999)

    ★ 8.3 · 1M votes · Drama · 122m

43. 43
    Seven Samurai(1954)

    ★ 8.6 · 406K votes · Action, Drama · 207m

44. 44
    The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)

    ★ 8.2 · 2M votes · Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama · 180m

45. 45
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(2004)

    ★ 8.3 · 1M votes · Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi · 108m

46. 46
    Dune: Part Two(2024)

    ★ 8.4 · 793K votes · Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi · 166m

47. 47
    Braveheart(1995)

    ★ 8.3 · 1M votes · Drama, War, Action, History · 178m

48. 48
    Batman Begins(2005)

    ★ 8.2 · 2M votes · Crime, Drama, Action · 140m

49. 49
    Apocalypse Now(1979)

    ★ 8.4 · 778K votes · Drama, Mystery, War · 147m

50. 50
    Shutter Island(2010)

    ★ 8.2 · 2M votes · Mystery, Thriller, Drama · 138m