The Best Dramas of All Time

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Oldboy

2003    Chan-wook Park    Rated R

Based-on-Comics    Based-on-Manga    Drama

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Stalker

1979    Andrei Tarkovsky    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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103

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966    Mike Nichols    Not Rated

Based-on-Theatre    Drama    Marriage Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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104

In the Heat of the Night

1967    Norman Jewison    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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105

Barry Lyndon

1975    Stanley Kubrick    Rated PG

Based-on-19th-Century-Literature    Drama    Period Film

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Solaris

1972    Andrei Tarkovsky    Rated PG

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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107

The Green Mile

1999    Frank Darabont    Rated R

Drama    Fantasy    Prison Film

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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108

Pan's Labyrinth

2006    Guillermo del Toro    Rated R

Drama    Fairy Tales and Legends    Fantasy

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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109

Witness for the Prosecution

1957    Billy Wilder    Not Rated

Courtroom Drama    Drama    Mystery

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Patton

1970    Franklin J. Schaffner    Rated PG

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Drama

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111

The Grapes of Wrath

1940    John Ford    Not Rated

Americana    Drama    Family Drama

Down by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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112

In the Mood for Love

2000    Wong Kar-Wai    Rated PG

Drama    Foreign Language Film    Period Film

Up by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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113

Children of Men

2006    Alfonso Cuarón    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Adventure

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Casino

1995    Martin Scorsese    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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115

Jules and Jim

1962    François Truffaut    Not Rated

Costume Romance    Drama    Foreign Language Film

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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116

Midnight Cowboy

1969    John Schlesinger    Rated R

Buddy Film    Drama    Prostitution Film

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Nashville

1975    Robert Altman    Rated R

Americana    Drama    Ensemble Film

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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118

The Battle of Algiers

1966    Gillo Pontecorvo    Not Rated

Docudrama    Drama    Foreign Language Film

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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119

The Social Network

2010    David Fincher    Rated PG13

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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120

Do the Right Thing

1989    Spike Lee    Rated R

Drama    Ensemble Film    Message Movie

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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121

Barton Fink

1991    Ethan & Joel Coen    Rated R

Black Comedy    Comedy Drama    Drama

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122

Let the Right One In

2008    Tomas Alfredson    Rated R

Childhood Drama    Drama    Foreign Language Film

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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123

The Truman Show

1998    Peter Weir    Rated PG

Comedy Drama    Drama    Media Satire

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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124

Donnie Darko

2001    Richard Kelly    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age    Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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126

The Virgin Spring

1960    Ingmar Bergman    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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127

Freaks

1932    Tod Browning    Not Rated

Drama    Horror    Melodrama

Up by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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128

Straw Dogs

1971    Sam Peckinpah    Rated R

Drama    Psychological Drama    Psychological Thriller

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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129

There Will Be Blood

2007    Paul Thomas Anderson    Rated R

Drama    Family Drama    Period Film

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Dead Poets Society

1989    Peter Weir    Rated PG

Coming-of-Age    Drama    Ensemble Film

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Moonrise Kingdom

2012    Wes Anderson    Rated PG13

Childhood Drama    Comedy Drama    Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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The Shop Around the Corner

1940    Ernst Lubitsch    Not Rated

Comedy    Drama    Romance

Up by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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Apollo 13

1995    Ron Howard    Rated PG

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

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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134

Argo

2012    Ben Affleck    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Docudrama    Drama

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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135

Chungking Express

1994    Wong Kar-Wai    Rated PG13

Drama    Foreign Language Film    Romance

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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136

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930    Lewis Milestone    Not Rated

Action    Anti-War Film    Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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137

Black Narcissus

1947    Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger    Not Rated

Drama    Melodrama    Religious Drama

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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138

Serpico

1973    Sidney Lumet    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Crime

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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139

Almost Famous

2000    Cameron Crowe    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age    Drama

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Lolita

1962    Stanley Kubrick    Not Rated

Black Comedy    Comedy Drama    Drama

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142

Paris, Texas

1984    Wim Wenders    Rated R

Drama    New German Cinema    Road Movie

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143

Requiem for a Dream

2000    Darren Aronofsky    Rated NC17

Addiction Drama    Drama    Psychological Drama

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144

The Warriors

1979    Walter Hill    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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145

Belle de jour

1967    Luis Buñuel    Rated R

Drama    Erotic Drama    Foreign Language Film

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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146

Moon

2009    Duncan Jones    Rated R

Drama    Psychological Sci-Fi    Science Fiction

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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In a Lonely Place

1950    Nicholas Ray    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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148

Boogie Nights

1997    Paul Thomas Anderson    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Drama    Ensemble Film

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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La Strada

1954    Federico Fellini    Not Rated

Drama    Foreign Language Film    Italian Neorealism

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Five Easy Pieces

1970    Bob Rafelson    Rated R

Drama    Family Drama    Psychological Drama

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151

The Lost Weekend

1945    Billy Wilder    Not Rated

Addiction Drama    Drama    Film Noir

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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152

Black Swan

2010    Darren Aronofsky    Rated R

Drama    Psychological Thriller    Showbiz Drama

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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153

Silver Linings Playbook

2012    David O. Russell    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Drama    Romantic Comedy

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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154

Cinema Paradiso

1988    Giuseppe Tornatore    Rated PG

Coming-of-Age    Drama    Foreign Language Film

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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155

Once Upon a Time in America

1984    Sergio Leone    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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156

MASH

1970    Robert Altman    Rated R

Anti-War Film    Black Comedy    Comedy Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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157

Rushmore

1998    Wes Anderson    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age    Drama

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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158

From Here to Eternity

1953    Fred Zinnemann    Not Rated

Drama    Ensemble Film    Romance

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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159

Band of Brothers

2001    David Frankel    Not Rated

Docudrama    Drama    Epic

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160

The Right Stuff

1983    Philip Kaufman    Rated R

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

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161

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958    Richard Brooks    Not Rated

Based-on-Theatre    Drama    Ensemble Film

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162

Papillon

1973    Franklin J. Schaffner    Rated PG

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

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Nights of Cabiria

1957    Federico Fellini    Not Rated

Drama    Foreign Language Film    Italian Neorealism

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The Verdict

1982    Sidney Lumet    Rated R

Courtroom Drama    Drama

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165

American Graffiti

1973    George Lucas    Rated PG

Americana    Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age

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Harakiri

1962    Masaki Kobayashi    Not Rated

Drama    Foreign Language Film    Mystery

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Army of Shadows

1969    Jean-Pierre Melville    Not Rated

Drama    Foreign Language Film    French New Wave

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168

The Battleship Potemkin

1925    Sergei M. Eisenstein    Not Rated

Drama    Foreign Language Film    Silent Film

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169

In Bruges

2008    Martin McDonagh    Rated R

Black Comedy    Buddy Film    Comedy Drama

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170

The Quiet Man

1952    John Ford    Not Rated

Comedy Drama    Drama    Romance

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171

Wait Until Dark

1967    Terence Young    Not Rated

Based-on-Theatre    Crime    Crime Drama

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Cries and Whispers

1972    Ingmar Bergman    Rated R

Drama    Ensemble Film    Family Drama

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The Lion in Winter

1968    Anthony Harvey    Rated PG

Based-on-Theatre    Drama    Family Drama

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The Magnificent Ambersons

1942    Orson Welles    Rated PG

Drama    Family Drama    Period Film

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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176

Hud

1963    Martin Ritt    Not Rated

Americana    Drama    Western

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Spellbound

1945    Alfred Hitchcock    Not Rated

Drama    Film Noir    Medical Drama

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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178

Pierrot le fou

1965    Jean-Luc Godard    Not Rated

Avant-garde / Experimental    Drama    Foreign Language Film

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179

East of Eden

1955    Elia Kazan    Rated PG

Americana    Drama    Family Drama

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Held position in the past 45 days 0

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The Wrestler

2008    Darren Aronofsky    Rated R

Drama    Psychological Drama    Slice of Life

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182

The Exterminating Angel

1962    Luis Buñuel    Not Rated

Comedy Drama    Comedy of Manners    Drama

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Giant

1956    George Stevens    Not Rated

Americana    Drama    Romance

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The Natural

1984    Barry Levinson    Rated PG

Americana    Drama    Period Film

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185

Ugetsu

1953    Kenji Mizoguchi    Not Rated

Costume Romance    Drama    Fantasy

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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186

Amarcord

1973    Federico Fellini    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age    Drama

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187

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962    Robert Aldrich    Not Rated

Drama    Gothic Film    Horror

Up by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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188

The Killer

1989    John Woo    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Buddy Film

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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189

Hoosiers

1986    David Anspaugh    Rated PG

Docudrama    Drama    Rural Drama

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190

Easy Rider

1969    Dennis Hopper    Rated R

Americana    Biker Film    Crime

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First Blood

1982    Ted Kotcheff    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Adventure

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The Karate Kid

1984    John G. Avildsen    Rated PG

Action    Coming-of-Age    Drama

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193

Band of Outsiders

1964    Jean-Luc Godard    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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194

A Few Good Men

1992    Rob Reiner    Rated R

Based-on-Theatre    Courtroom Drama    Crime

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Magnolia

1999    Paul Thomas Anderson    Rated R

Drama    Ensemble Film    Psychological Drama

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Lost in Translation

2003    Sofia Coppola    Rated R

Comedy    Comedy Drama    Comedy of Manners

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Children of Paradise

1945    Marcel Carné    Not Rated

Costume Romance    Drama    Foreign Language Film

Up by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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Deliverance

1972    John Boorman    Rated R

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Buddy Film

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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199

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938    Michael Curtiz    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Once

2006    John Carney    Rated R

Drama    Musical    Musical Drama

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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