Drama Movies
The list contains the best, new, and most relevant Drama Movies ordered by relevance. Trendflicks helps you find the most attractive Movies from all kinds of streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video, HBO, etc.
Best Movies
Popular Movies:
About Schmidt(2002) , The Color of Time(2014) , These Final Hours(2014) , The Young Wife(2023) , Suburban Mayhem(2006) , The Last Letter from Your Lover(2021) , Notes on a Scandal(2006) , Memoria(2021) , No Good Deed(2003) , Good Posture(2019) , Running with Scissors(2006) , Prime(2005) , The Upside of Anger(2005) , Roger Dodger(2002) , Lars and the Real Girl(2007) , The Rack Pack(2016) , The Breastford Wives(2007) , Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams(2002) , Lantana(2002) , Nothing Like The Sun(2018) , Gay Mean Girls: Reloaded(2023) , Dead Man's Shoes(2006) , Death Sentence(2007) , The Glass House(2001) , Solaris(2002) , Liberty Stands Still(2002) , Orange County(2002) , Closing the Ring(2007) , Honey Boy(2019) , Thank You for Smoking(2005)
List of Best Movies
About Schmidt (2002)
7.2
R
Duration: 125min
Country: US
Plot: After years of stable employment in Omaha, Nebraska's insurance sector, Warren Schmidt is about to retire. He is compelled to examine his marriage, personal life, and relationship with his daughter, who is alienated from him all at the same time. A sequence of frequently humorous occurrences occurs when Schmidt sets out on an erratic RV trip to Denver, Colorado, for his daughter's wedding.
Director: Alexander Payne
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, June Squibb
The Color of Time (2014)
4.1
R
Duration: 72min
Country: US
Plot: Williams was a French jeweler with a small boy and a stunning wife named Catherine. However, when a reading in New York draws near, he has writer's block and becomes troubled by flashbacks. Williams thought back on several significant events in his life when he was driving to New York. The movie explores how fragments of a person's life might be transformed into lyrical sentiments by jumping back and forth between the past and the present.
Director: Gabrielle Demeestere
Cast: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Jessica Chastain, Zach Braff, Henry Hopper
Release Date: 2014-07-31
Duration: 87min
Country: AU
Plot: Twelve hours remain before the terrible catastrophe that will end life as we know it, and today is the final day on Earth. James decided to spend the remainder of his days at a wild farewell party. Along the road, he unwillingly helps a little girl named Rose, who is frantically looking for her father. James finds himself faced with an unexpected amount of responsibility in the last hours of his life, which forces him to face the things that truly matter.
Director: Zak Hilditch
Cast: Nathan Phillips, Angourie Rice, Daniel Henshall, Jessica De Gouw, David Field
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2023-03-12
Duration: 97min
Country: US
Plot: Cecil's focus is on Lestina's uncertainties and hopes for the "non-wedding" day. It's a daylong celebration of love between Celestina and her feeble lover, River, who is arriving hours late rather than a wedding or commitment ceremony. Celestina feels as though her mother detests the thought of her marrying her non-consensual partner, River, who is stuck in a depressing profession and leaves her tight circle of friends following a tragedy.
Director: Tayarisha Poe
Cast: Kiersey Clemons, Leon Bridges, Aya Cash, Judith Light, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Duration: 95min
Plot: Following a disastrous marriage, Katrina is parenting her small children by herself. Katrina's brother Danny is the only significant person in her life; nevertheless, due to a murder, Danny is imprisoned and faces a harsh trial and maybe life in prison. Katrina longs for her sibling. To file an appeal, she needs money. Being the first in line for the throne, she attempts to persuade her partner to kill her father.
Director: Paul Goldman
Cast: Emily Barclay, Steve Bastoni, Laurence Breuls, Michael Dorman, Anthony Hayes
Duration: 110min
Country: GB
Plot: Aspiring journalist Ellie Haworth is driven to solve the mystery surrounding the forbidden event at their core after coming upon a cache of covert love letters from 1965. Ellie's personal love story develops with the assistance of a genuine, endearing archivist who helps her locate more clues as she delves into the background of wealthy industrialist Jennifer Sterling and Anthony O'Hare, the financial journalist tasked with covering him.
Director: Augustine Frizzell
Cast: Shailene Woodley, Felicity Jones, Callum Turner, Joe Alwyn, Nabhaan Rizwan
Duration: 92min
Country: US
Plot: Barbara discovers Sheba, the school's recently married art instructor, having an extramarital affair with a male student one day after class. Sheba sobbed as he said that he had fallen in love with the student during the tutoring session once the situation was made public. Barbara came to the realization that, even though she had pledged to keep it a secret, Sheba's condition was extremely risky and that she may back out at any time.
Director: Richard Eyre
Cast: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Phil Davis
Memoria (2021)
6.4
PG
Release Date: 2021-12-26
Duration: 136min
Country: US
Plot: While visiting her ailing sister in Bogota, Colombia, Scottish botanist Jessica becomes friends with a teenage singer and a French archeologist who is overseeing the building of a century-long tunnel under the Andes. She would be awakened every night by increasingly loud explosions that would disturb her. Ultimately, the quest for revelations and answers took place amid the verdant, complex forests of Bogota. But the reality doesn't sit well with everyone.
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Agnes Brekke, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jerónimo Barón, Juan Pablo Urrego
No Good Deed (2003)
5.4
R
Duration: 97min
Country: US
Plot: When his neighbor comes over, she begs him to get her daughter, who has been residing on Turk Street with her shady boyfriend. Friar objects, saying she should submit the matter to missing people since he is only a grand theft auto officer. Though he is prepared to spend two weeks at a dream music camp in the Berkshires, he caves to the neighbor's persistent appeals and agrees to look for her kid.
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stellan Skarsgård, Doug Hutchison, Joss Ackland
Duration: 92min
Country: GB
Plot: Lilian has been given to family friends in Brooklyn, while her widowed father is presently living it up in Paris with a young, fresh lover. Living under the roof of renowned novelist Julia Price, Lilian has little actual reason to lead a different lifestyle from her reclusive roommate. With the assistance of some new persons in her life, Lilian abruptly decides to film an unauthorized documentary about Julia in an attempt to impress her ex-boyfriend and the other cynics around her.
Director: Dolly Wells
Cast: Grace Van Patten, Emily Mortimer, Norbert Leo Butz, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Timm Sharp
Duration: 116min
Country: US
Plot: The tale of a youngster who was abandoned by his mother and then deserted by her. When Augusten Burroughs turns 14, his parents divorce, and his mother—who considers herself a talented poet on the cusp of stardom—delivers him to the quirky home of her psychiatrist, Dr. Finch. That year, Augusten did cosmetology, wrote a journal, and stayed out of school. He befriends Finch's younger daughter, his mother's mental illness gets worse, he takes an older girlfriend, and he occasionally receives presents from an unexpected benefactor.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Cast: Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes
Prime (2005)
6.2
PG-13
Duration: 102min
Country: US
Plot: Rafi is a photographer who is divorced. She meets a young painter named David. They are fond of one another. Lisa, Rafi's therapist, provides her with kind support. Mommy to David is Lisa. She is taken aback. Rafi and David are plagued by issues. Their families, cultures, and ages are dissimilar. Rapper David is Jewish and resides with his grandparents. Rafi is a well-to-do, fashion-forward Catholic. They had to handle Lisa's demands as well as their disagreements. They question their ability to remain together.
Director: Ben Younger
Cast: Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, Bryan Greenberg, Jon Abrahams, Zak Orth
Duration: 118min
Country: US
Plot: When her husband abruptly vanishes, Terry Wolfmeyer, a sharp-witted suburban woman, is left to raise her four brash kids. When she develops feelings for her neighbor Denny—a former all-star baseball player who is now a radio DJ—things get even more crazy. Her girls are now on their own as a result. They had to balance their own love issues with their mother's.
Director: Mike Binder
Cast: Joan Allen, Kevin Costner, Erika Christensen, Keri Russell, Alicia Witt
Roger Dodger (2002)
6.8
R
Duration: 106min
Country: US
Plot: The film tells the humorous account of a New York incident. A cunning and cruel writer, Roger Swanson believes he can con women into having sex with him. When his little nephew Nick pays him a visit, his entire world transforms. Nick begs Roger to teach him how to approach ladies since he wants to stop being a virgin. Roger accepts and spends the evening taking Nick around. Roger discovers, however, that he is not an expert on both men and women. His actions and attitude need to be altered.
Director: Dylan Kidd
Cast: Campbell Scott, Jesse Eisenberg, Isabella Rossellini, Elizabeth Berkley, Jennifer Beals
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
7.3
PG-13
Duration: 106min
Country: US
Plot: Lars Lindstrom plays a painfully bashful young guy in a tiny northern town who eventually brings the girl of his dreams home to his brother and sister-in-law. The only problem is that she isn't real; she's a sex doll Lars purchased off the Internet. Lars, on the other hand, is looking for a deep, meaningful connection rather than sex. His sister-in-law is concerned for him, and his brother believes he's crazy, but the entire town gradually joins in on his illusion in support of this good-natured lad they've always adored.
Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner, Nancy Beatty
Duration: 88min
Plot: Two extremely different snooker players are the subject of this film. Exuberant and flamboyant is Alex Higgins. He popularizes snooker with his remarkable abilities and charisma. Steve Davis is cautious and composed. His focus and hard effort pay off as he wins a lot of snooker contests. In the 1980s, they are competitors vying for the top rank. Steve's manager, Barry Hearn, makes snooker a professional sport.
Director: Brian Welsh
Cast: Luke Treadaway, Will Merrick, Kevin Bishop, Nichola Burley, John Sessions
Release Date: 2007-04-10
Duration: 79min
Plot: Rob and Laura, a young married couple, move to the quiet, pleasant town of Breastford, and the kind locals of the Breastford Womens Association immediately make them feel at home. Rob and Laura have sex with these three gorgeous people almost right away, but they quickly realize something is wrong and figure out why: Doc Brady, the mayor of the town, has created a gadget that, with a single button push, converts women into sex-crazed, ravenous robots.
Director: Jim Wynorski
Cast: Glori-Anne Gilbert, Frankie Cullen, Taylor Wayne, Friday, Monique Parent
Duration: 100min
Country: US
Plot: Juni and Carmen are sent to Disneyland by the OSS for a crucial assignment. Having been abandoned by her father for a long time, Alexsandra, the president's only child, takes the TRANSMOOKER computer chip from the national defense system, and several assassins pursue her. They are sent on an expedition to an unidentified island, where they have to battle a pack of weird beasts and two obnoxious spy children.
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Alexa PenaVega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Steve Buscemi
Lantana (2002)
7.2
R
Duration: 121min
Country: DE
Plot: Leon has reached middle age, and his marriage to Sonia has become virtual at best. Outside the family, Leon maintains strong contact with Jane, with whom he briefly experiences passion and confidence. Even though Sonia felt her husband was having an affair, she decided to hold all of her hurt and rage inside. Sonia's tree hole is psychotherapist Valerie, who frequently keeps her secure and enlightened. Leon started looking for psychotherapist Valerie when she abruptly vanished one day.
Director: Ray Lawrence
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Kerry Armstrong, Rachael Blake
Duration: 103min
Plot: Alice Mitchell was employed as a street vendor in 1949. As her illness grew worse, she made a fruitless attempt to patch things up with her estranged family by coming out as gay. She goes to live with a Christian family and gains their support by mistakenly adopting their religion. The daughter of a Christian household named Annabelle drew her attention. However, she ultimately decided to break up with him so that she could make amends with her parents.
Director: Nguyen Nguyen
Cast: Stefanie Estes, Olivia Howell, Sarah Navratil, Marshal Hilton, Kelly Hancock
Duration: 98min
Plot: The second season, which takes place during the upcoming academic year, builds on the themes of the first season but concentrates on a different set of students. As Savannah Lin, a student journalist, gets entangled in the intricate workings of social justice "safe space," she has to decide whether to stand up for her community or to keep her voice honest after being betrayed. This season delves into topics of corruption and the fight for narrative authority in the field of social justice.
Director: Heyishi Zhang
Dead Man's Shoes (2006)
7.5
R
Duration: 90min
Country: GB
Plot: His brother was tortured by Sonny, a violent local gang boss, and his goons when Richard, a former paratrooper in the British Army Parachute Regiment, was serving in the army. Richard's brother was ultimately forced to shoot himself. Richard returns to his Derbyshire hometown of Matlock in order to get revenge on others. Nobody is safe now, and as army-trained Richard sets out on a planned, gory mission of killing, one thing is certain: the icy, vengeful angel will not stop until justice is served.
Director: Shane Meadows
Cast: Paddy Considine, Toby Kebbell, Gary Stretch, Neil Bell, Seamus O'Neill
Death Sentence (2007)
6.7
R
Duration: 105min
Country: US
Plot: Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive who lives the perfect life. One night, on the way home with his son, who had just won a game, the father and son were robbed at a gas station! The son who bought something in the convenience store at the gas station died under the knife of the gangster! Nick memorized the gunman's face, and the suspect was caught shortly after but was acquitted for lack of witness evidence. Nick, who hates violence, goes crazy and decides to take revenge himself. After killing the acquitted murderer, the mob, who learned of the incident, decided to pay for it with blood and issued a fatwa against Nick's family.
Director: James Wan
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Jordan Garrett, John Goodman
The Glass House (2001)
5.8
PG-13
Duration: 107min
Country: US
Plot: After their parents perished in a car crash, Ruby and Rhett were left to raise themselves. Right at this point, the two kids were going to be turned over to an orphanage when their parents' old friends Irene and Terry couple took them in. Their opulent Malibu City villa served as the siblings' second home, providing them with a luxurious lifestyle free from worries about clothes or food.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Cast: Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgård, Trevor Morgan, Chris Noth
Solaris (2002)
6.2
PG-13
Release Date: 2002-11-27
Duration: 99min
Country: US
Plot: A group of scientists positioned aboard a space station in orbit severed all lines of communication with Earth one year from now. A psychologist named Dr. Chris Kelvin was asked to look at it. The orbit of the space station sits around Solaris, a liquid planet that is home to an enigmatic energy. When Kelvin gets there, he finds that one of the other two committed a mystery suicide, and the other two are seriously disturbed. He is given a second shot at love when Solaris sends his long-dead wife, Lea, back to life.
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies, Ulrich Tukur
Duration: 96min
Country: US
Plot: Liberty Wallace, an heiress and the current marketing director of one of the biggest weapons manufacturers in America, is oblivious to the horrors that her company and her CEO husband, Victor, may bring about. Freedom becomes trapped in an explosives-filled food truck while traveling to meet her actor boyfriend. This is all because of "Joe," a shooter whose little daughter was killed and who now wants Freedom for himself.
Director: Kari Skogland
Cast: Linda Fiorentino, Wesley Snipes, Tanya Allen, Hart Bochner, Terry Chen
Orange County (2002)
6.2
PG-13
Duration: 82min
Country: US
Plot: Shaun lives in quaint Orange County and attends an unremarkable high school. He had a carefree lifestyle and enjoyed surfing, so several pals joined him. However, everything shifts one day when Shaun sees one of his friends suffer a surfing accident. It was then that he happened to find a copy of Marcus Skinner's book The Neat Jacket in a well-known sand spot. Shaun read it multiple times before deciding he wanted to be a writer instead of pursuing his ambition of being a professional surfer.
Director: Jake Kasdan
Cast: Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, Catherine O'Hara, John Lithgow
Closing the Ring (2007)
6.4
R
Duration: 118min
Country: US
Plot: Before boarding the plane, Teddy gives his lover Ethel a ring and hands her over to his friend Jack. Ethel, devastated to discover her beloved would never come back to her, marries Jack. Over the years, Ethel never forgot Teddy, but she just kept the strong feelings deep in her heart. When the ring that once symbolized Ethel and Teddy's vow is returned fifty years later by a strange young guy, Ethel's deepest feelings finally burst.
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Mischa Barton, Stephen Amell, Neve Campbell
Honey Boy (2019)
7.2
R
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2019-10-22
Duration: 94min
Country: US
Plot: Hollywood's newest TV star at twelve years old is named Otis. The former circus clown-turned-father came back to him and took on the role of guardian as his career took off. When Otis was not on set, he resided in a hotel on the outskirts of the city with his controlling father, where he was abused. The film explores the contentious relationship between a father and son and their decade-long quest to repair their broken hearts.
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Byron Bowers, Laura San Giacomo
Duration: 92min
Country: US
Plot: Nick is the public face of the tobacco business. In addition to speaking like a salesperson every day to persuade people to smoke, he must also handle complaints from scientific, environmental, and anti-smoking organizations, work for the government, and represent the tobacco industry in the Senate. Two more close pals of Nick's are Bobby, who represents the guns business, and Polly, who advocates for the booze industry.
Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott