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100 Best Drama Movies Of All Time To Watch (List)

Zak Ben - Sunday, April 13, 2014

What is drama? A serious parenthesis between tragedy and comedy, one might venture. Its definition is complex and the boundaries between these three genres are blurred, and often blurred. In cinema, drama often does rhyme with anger, violence, denunciation, but also with tears, when declines in melodrama . In this classification, we shows the top 100 best drama movies of all time list. 


Top 100 Best Drama Movies Of All Time To Watch (List)




The Top Best Drama Movies 1991 - 2000

1) " The wings of freedom '"by Frank Darabont (1994) 

2) " The Piano "by Jane Campion (1993) 

3) " In the Name of the Father" by Jim Sheridan (1993) 

4) " American Beauty "by Sam Mendes (1999) 

5) " The Age of Innocence "by Martin Scorsese (1993) 

6) " A True Story "by David Lynch (1999) 

7) " Farewell My Concubine "by Chen Kaige (1993) 

8) " America today "by Robert Altman - USA (1993) 

9) " Hurricane - The cry of innocence "by Norman Jewison (1999) 

10) " Forrest Gump "by Robert Zemeckis (1994) 

11) " Insider - Behind the Truth "by Michael Mann (1999) 

12)  “Shine”  by Scott Hicks (1996)

13) " The Talented Mr. Ripley (film)" by Anthony Minghella (1999) 

14) " The English Patient "by Anthony Minghella (1996) 

15) " Sense and Sensibility "by Ang Lee (1995) 

16) “The Funeral (1996 film)” by Abel Ferrara (1996)

17) " Breaking the Waves "by Lars von Trier (1996) 

18) " Philadelphia "by Jonathan Demme (1993) 

19) " Sonatine "by Takeshi Kitano (1993) 

20) " Carlito's Way "by Brian De Palma (1993) 

21) “Fight Club” by David Fincher (1999)

22) " Three Colors: Blue " Krzysztof Kieslowski (1993) 

23) " The Double Life of Véronique "of Krzysztof Kieślowski (1991) 

24) " Magnolia "by Paul Thomas Anderson (1999) 

25) " Schindler's list "of Steven Spielberg  (1993) 

26) “Casino'” by Martin Scorsese (1995)

27) " Happiness "by Todd Solondz (1998) 

28) " Raise the Red Lantern " by Zhang Yìmóu  (1991) 

29) “The Truman Show " of Peter Weir (1998)

30) " Titanic ", James Cameron (1997)



The Best Drama Movies 1981 - 1990

1) “Ran” by Akira Kurosawa (1985)

2) " Fanny and Alexander " of Ingmar Bergman's (1982) 

3) " Once Upon a Time in America " by Sergio Leone (1984) 

4)  " The Rainmaker " by Barry Levinson (1988)

5) " Do the Right Thing " by Spike Lee (1989) 

6) " Mississippi Burning " by Alan Parker (1988) 

7) " The Verdict " of Sidney Lumet (1982) 

8) " Goodfellas (1990) " by Martin Scorsese (1990) 

9) " Amadeus " of Milos Forman (1984) 

10) “Paris Texas” of Wim Wenders (1984)

11) " My Left Foot " of Jim Sheridan  (1989) 

12) “On Golden Pond (1981 film)” of Mark Rydell (1981)

13) " Terms of Endearment " by James L. Brooks (1983) 

14)  “Wings of Desire” by Wim Wenders (1987)

15) " Sophie's Choice (film) " by Alan J. Paku (1982) 

16) " Talk Radio " of Oliver Stone (1988) 

17) " Dead Poets Society " by Peter Weir (1989) 

18) " The Mission (1986 film) " by Roland Joffe (1986) 

19) " The Color Purple "by Steven Spielberg (1985) 

20) "Crimes and Misdemeanors " by Woody Allen (1989) 



The Top Best Drama Movies 2001 - 2010 

1) " There Will Be Blood " of Paul Thomas Anderson (2007) 

2) “Million Dollar Baby” by Clint Eastwood (2004)

3) " The Wrestler " by Darren Aronofsky (2008) 

4) “A History of Violence” by David Cronenberg (2005)

5) " 25th Hour" by Spike Lee  (2002) 

6) " Dogville "Lard by Von Trier (2003) 

7) " The Lives of Others " Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (2006) 

8) " 21 Grams " by Alejandro González Iñárritu (2003) 

9) " The Pianist (2002 film) " by Roman Polanski (2002) 

10) “City of God” by Fernando Meirelles (2002)

11)  "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) " by Cristian Mungiu (2007)

12) " The Constant Gardener " by Fernando Meirelles (2005) 

13)  " 3-Iron " by Kim Ki-horned (2004)

14) “The Reader (2008 film)” by Stephen Daldry (2008)

15) " Hotel Rwanda " by Terry George (2004) 

16) “Into the Wild” of Sean Penn (2007)

17) " The Diving Bell and the Butterfly " by Julian Schnabel   (2007) 

18) " The Barbarian Invasions "by Denys Arcand (2003) 

19) “Mystic River” by Clint Eastwood (2003)

20)  “The Hours” by Stephen Daldry (2002)



The Top Best Drama Movies 1971 - 1980 

1) " The Elephant Man "says David Lynch  (1980) 

2) “A Clockwork Orange (film)” by Stanley Kubrick (1971)

3) “The Godfather"  y Francis Ford Coppola (1972)

4) " Nashville "said Robert Altman (1975) 

5) " One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest "by Milos Forman (1975) 

6) “Taxi driver” by Martin Scorsese (1976)

7) " Network (film) " by Sidney Lumet (1976) 

8) " Ordinary People "by Robert Redford (1980) 

9) " Midnight Express " by Alan Parker (1978) 

10) " Barry Lyndon "said Stanley Kubrick (1975) 

11) “Raging Bull” by Martin Scorsese (1980)

12) " Cries and Whispers " of Ingmar Bergman (1972) 

13) “The Godfather Part II” by Francis Ford Coppola (1974)

14) " The Deer Hunter (1978) " by Michael Cimino (1978) 

15) " Badlands (film) " by Terrence Malick (1973) 

16) " Children of a Lesser God "by Randa Haines (1980) 

17) " Kramer vs. Kramer " by Robert Benton (1979) 

18) “The China Syndrome” by James Bridges (1979)

19) " Stroszek "by Wener Herzog (1977) 


20) " Days of Heaven " by Terrence Malick (1978)


The Top Best Drama Movies 1961 - 1970


1) " 8 ½ " by Federico Fellini (1963) 

2) " Gangster Story " by Arthur Penn (1967) 

3) " Judgment at Nuremberg " by Stanley Kramer (1961) 

4) " Persona "by Ingmar Bergman (1966) 

5) " The Exterminating Angel " by Luis Buñuel (1962) 

6) " A Man for All Seasons "by Fred Zinnemann (1966) 

7) " To Kill a Mockingbird "by Robert Mulligan (1962) 

8) " Doctor Zhivago "by David Lean (1965 ) 

9) “Jules e Jim” by François Truffaut (1962)


10) " The Servant (1963 film) "by Joseph Losey (1963)