The Top 100 Dramas of the 2010s

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1

Django Unchained

2012    Quentin Tarantino    Rated R

Drama    Revenge Film    Revisionist Western

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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The Social Network

2010    David Fincher    Rated PG13

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Drama

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Moonrise Kingdom

2012    Wes Anderson    Rated PG13

Childhood Drama    Comedy Drama    Drama

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Argo

2012    Ben Affleck    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Docudrama    Drama

Down by 6 in the past 45 days 6

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Black Swan

2010    Darren Aronofsky    Rated R

Drama    Psychological Thriller    Showbiz Drama

Down by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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Silver Linings Playbook

2012    David O. Russell    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Drama    Romantic Comedy

Up by 24 in the past 45 days 24

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50/50

2011    Jonathan Levine    Rated R

Buddy Film    Comedy Drama    Drama

Down by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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Life of Pi

2012    Ang Lee    Rated PG13

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Coming-of-Age

Down by 12 in the past 45 days 12

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Warrior

2011    Gavin O'Connor    Rated PG13

Action    Drama    Family Drama

Up by 7 in the past 45 days 7

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011    David Fincher    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Detective Film

Down by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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The Fighter

2010    David O. Russell    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Drama

Up by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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The King's Speech

2010    Tom Hooper    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Drama

Down by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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Lincoln

2012    Steven Spielberg    Rated PG13

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Drama

Down by 11 in the past 45 days 11

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

2012    Stephen Chbosky    Rated PG13

Coming-of-Age    Drama

Up by 13 in the past 45 days 13

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127 Hours

2010    Danny Boyle    Rated R

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Based-on-a-True-Story

Down by 7 in the past 45 days 7

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The Master

2012    Paul Thomas Anderson    Rated R

Drama    Period Film    Psychological Drama

Up by 56 in the past 45 days 56

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The Town

2010    Ben Affleck    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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The Tree of Life

2011    Terrence Malick    Rated PG13

Drama    Family Drama    Fantasy

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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The Descendants

2011    Alexander Payne    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Drama    Family Drama

Down by 13 in the past 45 days 13

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Take Shelter

2011    Jeff Nichols    Rated R

Drama    Family Drama    Psychological Drama

Up by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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A Separation

2011    Asghar Farhadi    Rated PG13

Drama    Ensemble Film    Foreign Language Film

Up by 7 in the past 45 days 7

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Blue Valentine

2010    Derek Cianfrance    Rated R

Drama    Marriage Drama    Romance

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes

2011    Rupert Wyatt    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Drama

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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Shame

2011    Steve McQueen    Rated NC17

Drama    Psychological Drama

Down by 13 in the past 45 days 13

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Up by 57 in the past 45 days 57

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Winter's Bone

2010    Debra Granik    Rated R

Detective Film    Drama    Family Drama

Down by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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Les Misérables

2012    Tom Hooper    Rated PG13

Based-on-19th-Century-Literature    Based-on-Theatre    Drama

Down by 18 in the past 45 days 18

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The Amazing Spider-Man

2012    Marc Webb    Rated PG13

Action    Based-on-Comics    Drama

Down by 17 in the past 45 days 17

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Beasts of the Southern Wild

2012    Benh Zeitlin    Rated PG13

Drama    Fantasy

Down by 31 in the past 45 days 31

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Safety Not Guaranteed

2012    Colin Trevorrow    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Drama

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Never Let Me Go

2010    Mark Romanek    Rated R

Drama    Dystopian Film    Escape Film

Down by 9 in the past 45 days 9

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Beginners

2010    Mike Mills    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Drama    Romance

Down by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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Melancholia

2011    Lars von Trier    Rated R

Apocalyptic Film    Disaster Film    Drama

Up by 28 in the past 45 days 28

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Let Me In

2010    Matt Reeves    Rated R

Childhood Drama    Drama    Horror

Down by 6 in the past 45 days 6

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Four Lions

2010    Christopher Morris    Rated R

Black Comedy    Comedy Drama    Drama

Up by 12 in the past 45 days 12

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Animal Kingdom

2010    David Michôd    Rated R

Coming-of-Age    Crime    Crime Drama

Up by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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Chronicle

2012    Josh Trank    Rated PG13

Drama    Fantasy    Found Footage Film

Down by 12 in the past 45 days 12

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The Ides of March

2011    George Clooney    Rated R

Based-on-Theatre    Drama    Political Drama

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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End of Watch

2012    David Ayer    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Buddy Film

Up by 31 in the past 45 days 31

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The Skin I Live In

2011    Pedro Almodóvar    Rated R

Drama    Foreign Language Film    Revenge Film

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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42

Win Win

2011    Thomas McCarthy    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Drama    Sports Comedy

Up by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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Submarine

2010    Richard Ayoade    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age    Drama

Up by 6 in the past 45 days 6

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Down by 18 in the past 45 days 18

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Flight

2012    Robert Zemeckis    Rated R

Addiction Drama    Disaster Film    Drama

Down by 15 in the past 45 days 15

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The Help

2011    Tate Taylor    Rated PG13

Drama    Period Film

Down by 24 in the past 45 days 24

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48

The Ghost Writer

2010    Roman Polanski    Rated PG13

Drama    Mystery    Political Thriller

Down by 16 in the past 45 days 16

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Contagion

2011    Steven Soderbergh    Rated PG13

Drama    Mystery    Science Fiction

Down by 19 in the past 45 days 19

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Amour

2012    Michael Haneke    Rated PG13

Drama    Foreign Language Film    Romance

Up by 80 in the past 45 days 80

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51

The Grey

2012    Joe Carnahan    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Adventure

Up by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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52

Fast Five

2011    Justin Lin    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Chase Movie

Up by 16 in the past 45 days 16

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Super

2010    James Gunn    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Black Comedy

Down by 9 in the past 45 days 9

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Young Adult

2011    Jason Reitman    Rated R

Black Comedy    Comedy Drama    Drama

Down by 19 in the past 45 days 19

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55

Rabbit Hole

2010    John Cameron Mitchell    Rated PG13

Based-on-Theatre    Drama    Family Drama

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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The Book of Eli

2010    Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Adventure

Down by 11 in the past 45 days 11

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57

Lawless

2012    John Hillcoat    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Crime    Crime Drama

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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58

Certified Copy

2010    Abbas Kiarostami    Not Rated

Drama    Foreign Language Film    Romance

Down by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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59

Another Earth

2011    Mike Cahill    Rated PG13

Drama    Psychological Drama    Psychological Sci-Fi

Down by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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The Lincoln Lawyer

2011    Brad Furman    Rated R

Courtroom Drama    Crime    Crime Drama

Down by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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61

Killer Joe

2011    William Friedkin    Rated NC17

Black Comedy    Crime    Crime Comedy

Up by 92 in the past 45 days 92

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62

War Horse

2011    Steven Spielberg    Rated PG13

Animal Picture    Coming-of-Age    Drama

Down by 22 in the past 45 days 22

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63

Jane Eyre

2011    Cary Fukunaga    Rated PG13

Based-on-19th-Century-Literature    Costume Romance    Drama

Down by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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Bernie

2011    Richard Linklater    Rated PG13

Black Comedy    Comedy Drama    Crime

Up by 33 in the past 45 days 33

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The Place Beyond the Pines

2012    Derek Cianfrance    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Up by 1321 in the past 45 days 1321

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It's Kind of a Funny Story

2010    Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck    Rated PG13

Comedy    Coming-of-Age    Drama

Down by 66 in the past 45 days 66

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Ruby Sparks

2012    Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Drama    Fantasy

Down by 27 in the past 45 days 27

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69

The Illusionist

2010    Sylvain Chomet    Not Rated

Animation    Comedy Drama    Drama

Down by 28 in the past 45 days 28

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Red State

2011    Kevin Smith    Not Rated

Drama    Horror    Religious Drama

Up by 24 in the past 45 days 24

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71

We Bought a Zoo

2011    Cameron Crowe    Rated PG

Animal Picture    Based-on-a-True-Story    Comedy Drama

Down by 8 in the past 45 days 8

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72

Biutiful

2010    Alejandro González Iñárritu    Rated R

Drama    Family Drama    Foreign Language Film

Down by 16 in the past 45 days 16

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73

The Impossible

2012    Juan Antonio Bayona    Rated PG13

Disaster Film    Drama    Family Drama

Up by 234 in the past 45 days 234

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Holy Motors

2012    Leos Carax    Not Rated

Drama    Foreign Language Film    Psychological Drama

Up by 45 in the past 45 days 45

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75

Cyrus

2010    Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Drama    Romance

Down by 26 in the past 45 days 26

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My Week With Marilyn

2011    Simon Curtis    Rated R

Drama    Period Film    Showbiz Drama

Up by 6 in the past 45 days 6

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Another Year

2010    Mike Leigh    Rated PG13

Comedy Drama    Drama    Romance

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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78

Unstoppable

2010    Tony Scott    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Drama

Up by 10 in the past 45 days 10

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Real Steel

2011    Shawn Levy    Rated PG13

Action    Cyberpunk / Tech Noir    Cyborg / Android / Robot

Down by 71 in the past 45 days 71

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80

Greenberg

2010    Noah Baumbach    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Drama    Slice of Life

Down by 23 in the past 45 days 23

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Magic Mike

2012    Steven Soderbergh    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Drama    Romance

Down by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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82

Somewhere

2010    Sofia Coppola    Rated R

Drama    Family Drama    Showbiz Drama

Up by 11 in the past 45 days 11

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83

Incendies

2010    Denis Villeneuve    Not Rated

Based-on-Theatre    Drama    Foreign Language Film

Up by 67 in the past 45 days 67

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84

Carnage

2011    Roman Polanski    Rated R

Based-on-Theatre    Black Comedy    Comedy Drama

Down by 12 in the past 45 days 12

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85

The Next Three Days

2010    Paul Haggis    Rated PG13

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

Down by 41 in the past 45 days 41

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86

Hesher

2010    Spencer Susser    Rated R

Coming-of-Age    Drama    Family Drama

Up by 34 in the past 45 days 34

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87

Youth in Revolt

2010    Miguel Arteta    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age    Drama

Down by 29 in the past 45 days 29

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Tyrannosaur

2011    Paddy Considine    Not Rated

Drama    Romance    Romantic Drama

Down by 52 in the past 45 days 52

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Up by 72 in the past 45 days 72

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90

Love and Other Drugs

2010    Edward Zwick    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Drama    Romance

Down by 10 in the past 45 days 10

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91

Due Date

2010    Todd Phillips    Rated R

Buddy Film    Comedy    Comedy Drama

Down by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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92

Green Zone

2010    Paul Greengrass    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Drama

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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93

Side Effects

2013    Steven Soderbergh    Rated R

Drama    Psychological Thriller    Thriller

Up by 794 in the past 45 days 794

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Carlos

2010    Olivier Assayas    Not Rated

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Crime

Up by 8 in the past 45 days 8

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95

A Dangerous Method

2011    David Cronenberg    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Based-on-Theatre    Biopic

Up by 32 in the past 45 days 32

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96

Everything Must Go

2011    Dan Rush    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Drama

Down by 35 in the past 45 days 35

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Meek's Cutoff

2010    Kelly Reichardt    Not Rated

Adventure Drama    Drama    Feminist Film

Up by 58 in the past 45 days 58

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98

The Way Back

2010    Peter Weir    Rated PG13

Drama    Escape Film    War

Down by 39 in the past 45 days 39

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99

Weekend

2011    Andrew Haigh    Not Rated

Drama    Gay and Lesbian Film    Romance

Up by 39 in the past 45 days 39

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The Karate Kid

2010    Harald Zwart    Rated PG

Action    Coming-of-Age    Drama

Down by 27 in the past 45 days 27

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