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:
Flipped(2010) , Instant Family(2018) , War Dogs(2016) , Zero Dark Thirty(2012) , CODA(2021) , Catch Me If You Can(2002) , Hacksaw Ridge(2016) , The Truman Show(1998) , No Country for Old Men(2007) , The Breakfast Club(1985) , The Help(2011) , Radio Rebel(2012) , The Hand that Rocks the Cradle(1992) , 9 Songs(2004) , Never Been Kissed(1999) , Flipped(2015) , Human Traffic(1999) , Spoiler Alert(2022) , Alfie(2004) , Thirteen(2016) , Black Swan(2010) , Beautiful Disaster(2023) , Me Before You(2016) , Ex Machina(2015) , The Prestige(2006) , Wild Child(2008) , mid90s(2018)
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Flipped (2010)
7.7
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Duration: 89min
Country: US
Plot: In the film Flipped, Juli and Bryce, two teens, have conflicting affections for one another. Since second grade, Juli has liked Bryce, but Bryce finds her aggravating. They perceive each other differently as they become older. Bryce begins to like Juli, and Juli ceases to like Bryce. From their points of view, they narrate their tale. The literature on which the film is based.
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe, Rebecca De Mornay, Anthony Edwards, John Mahoney
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Instant Family (2018)
7.3
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Duration: 118min
Country: US
Plot: Pete and Ellie made the decision to get married and become parents at the beginning of the novel. They intend to adopt a child, but after meeting three siblings, they unexpectedly find themselves in the care of three kids. The three adopted children of the couple will be the main characters of the novel. Sadly, it appears that none of the three recently adopted kids are interested in their new parents.
Director: Sean Anders
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Allyn Rachel, Isabela Merced, Julie Hagerty
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War Dogs (2016)
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Duration: 114min
Country: US
Plot: The actual story of David and Efraim, two friends who become arms traffickers for the US government, is the basis for the film War Dogs. They submitted bids for tiny contracts to provide arms during the Iraq War. They are extremely wealthy, but they also run afoul of the authorities, the mafia, and their rivals. Todd Phillips directed the dark comedy film.
Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Ana de Armas, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Pollak
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Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
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Duration: 157min
Country: US
Plot: The film Zero Dark Thirty is based on the real-life events surrounding the search for Osama bin Laden, the head of al-Qaeda. It centers on Maya, a CIA analyst who pursues him for years on end. To locate hints, she employs technology, questioning techniques, and intellect. She has to deal with dangers, concerns, and barriers. When she eventually finds his hiding place in Pakistan, she persuades the authorities to conduct an invasion. Kathryn Bigelow is the director of the film.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong
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CODA (2021)
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Duration: 112min
Country: US
Plot: Ruby can hear. But she is the only hearing member of the deaf family from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ruby is 17 years old and works before school for her family's fishing company. She has a strong desire to sing. She joins the school chorus and enjoys singing with her duet partner. She is faced with a difficult decision.
Director: Siân Heder
Cast: Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo
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Catch Me If You Can (2002)
8.1
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Duration: 141min
Country: US
Plot: Con artist Frank Abagnale Jr. poses as a pilot, physician, attorney, and other professional. He leads a lavish lifestyle and writes fraudulent cheques. An FBI agent named Carl Hanratty follows him everywhere. Although Frank enjoys the game, he still longs for his family. When Carl finally catches up with Frank, he not only befriends him.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye
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Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
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Duration: 139min
Country: US
Plot: The amazing real account of Desmond T. Doss, a conscientious objector who, in the most bloody combat of World War II, saved 75 soldiers on Okinawa without firing a shot. Being the first American soldier to fight unarmed on the front lines of World War II, he held the view that although war was justified, killing was nonetheless morally reprehensible. Doss, an Army medic, risked his life to evacuate wounded soldiers close to enemy lines while dodging enemy fire.
Director: Mel Gibson
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn, Teresa Palmer, Luke Bracey
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The Truman Show (1998)
8.2
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Duration: 103min
Country: US
Plot: Truman Burbank is a nice man who sells insurance. He likes to explore. But he does not know his life is a TV show. Christof is the TV boss who controls everything. Truman lives in a fake world with cameras everywhere. The TV network makes money from him. Truman does not know the truth. He is like a trapped rat.
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor
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Duration: 122min
Country: US
Plot: At a violent drug transaction scene, a hunter by the name of Moss discovers a bag full of cash. He flees with the money, but Chigurh, a vicious assassin, is hunting him down. Sheriff Bell makes an effort to shield Moss and his spouse, but Chigurh's aggression is too strong for him. Chigurh makes his getaway after Moss and his wife are slain. Bell, feeling elderly and forlorn, retires.
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald
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Duration: 98min
Country: US
Plot: On a Saturday, five teenagers who didn't get along had to stay at school. Their cruel teacher assigns them to write an autobiographical paper. They are receptive to one another. They divulge their hopes, anxieties, and secrets. They discover they share a good deal of similarities. Also, they become mates.
Director: John Hughes
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy
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The Help (2011)
8.1
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2011-08-10
Duration: 146min
Country: US
Plot: Despite her family's financial struggles and her desperate need for work, African-American maid Aibileen Clark, a middle-aged woman, has spent her life caring for white children. Her only son, Minny Jackson, is also African-American, and she recently lost him. Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, a young white woman, recently returned home after graduating from college only to discover that her childhood maid had vanished without explanation. All three of these stories work together to show how "the help" is the center of Jackson, Mississippi, life, but racial boundaries keep them at a remove.
Director: Tate Taylor
Cast: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain
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Duration: 90min
Country: US
Plot: Tara, a quiet 17-year-old high school student, is the main character. Nobody knows that she has a wild side, though, as she is constantly frightened to talk to people in public. After becoming a DJ, she established Radio Rebel, a little radio station in her apartment. Her modest classmate next to her was the original radio darling, but her station only gained popularity over time and attracted regular listeners who were unaware of this. Her advocacy for unfairness at the school, which was going to create a stir, was only later that she started to appear on a radio show.
Director: Peter Howitt
Cast: Debby Ryan, Sarena Parmar, Adam DiMarco, Atticus Mitchell, Merritt Patterson
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Duration: 110min
Country: US
Plot: Emma, Michael and Claire's little daughter, lead a peaceful and happy existence. A short while later, Claire gave birth to another child, bringing joy to this lovely family. But after the delivery examination, Claire finds out that Morton, the obstetrician and gynecologist, is planning to misbehave. She makes a complaint against him, which leads to Morton's breakdown and death, as well as Mrs. Morton's miscarriage and inability to conceive. The child born in Claire's womb six months later was called Joey. Claire chooses to employ a nanny called Peyton—who happens to be Mrs. Morton—to look after Joey. She reappears with Claire this time, surreptitiously but solely to carry out her plot of retaliation.
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson, Madeline Zima
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9 Songs (2004)
4.7
NR
Duration: 69min
Country: GB
Plot: Lisa was the first person Matt met at a Brookston music event. Beautiful and full of charisma, Lisa, 21, was Matt's ideal lady. Along with cooking together, they attend concerts. Matt was living life daily. They were pretty happy then, though they did fight from time to time. However, Lisa wouldn't allow Matt to drop her off at the airport when the time eventually arrived. Long departure rituals, she remarked, were not her thing. Returned to his own life, Matt wanders the streets in search of solace from Lisa's absence. Lisa will continue living in the United States, on the opposite side of the planet. The movie starts as Matt, many years later, recalls Lisa on the flight.
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, Alex Kapranos, Guy Garvey, Robert Levon Been
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Never Been Kissed (1999)
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Duration: 107min
Country: US
Plot: Josie Gellar, the copy editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, was itching to move from being a meticulous copy editor to a reporter. She gets her opportunity when the benevolent owner gives the editor an assignment to cover the high school scene covertly. Josie, a dissatisfied and teased geek, receives a popular makeover from her brother, Rob Geller, a naturally humorous dropout. The joys and passion of youth return to both siblings.
Director: Raja Gosnell
Cast: Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Molly Shannon, Michael Vartan, Jessica Alba
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Flipped (2015)
5.3
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Duration: 87min
Country: US
Plot: Ni, a female model, and her boyfriend Scott were tragically involved in an automobile accident; she barely survived, locked inside the overturned vehicle. Nicole dialed a random number for assistance after being unable to get through on her mobile or vehicle phone. Nicole's position first seemed to worry and sympathetically concern the odd man on the other end of the phone, but he soon realized that Nicole was a celebrity after looking up her name on Wikipedia and decided to take advantage of it.
Director: Harris Demel
Cast: Stella Maeve, Michael Madsen, Gichi Gamba, Tom Virtue
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Human Traffic (1999)
7.1
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Duration: 99min
Country: IE
Plot: Five closest friends spend a weekend juggling their own issues and relationships amid the Cardiff party scene of the 1990s. Jip describes his fear of being impotent as a sexual paranoia. Jip's partner Lulu doesn't think there's anything about males to like. Nina despises her fast-food restaurant job, and her partner Koop, who aspires to be a legendary hip-hop D.J., frequently snaps out of unjustified envy. Moff comes in sixth, and his family is not fond of his actions.
Director: Justin Kerrigan
Cast: John Simm, Shaun Parkes, Nicola Reynolds, Lorraine Pilkington, Danny Dyer
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Spoiler Alert (2022)
7.3
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Duration: 110min
Country: US
Plot: A movie version of the best-selling memoir "Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies," by Michael Ausiello, delves into the emotional whirlwind his relationship experienced during the 11 months that separated him and his partner, photographer Kit Cowan, from his terminal cancer diagnosis to his death. Snippets of the couple's 14-year courtship are strewn throughout the story like a roller coaster.
Director: Michael Showalter
Cast: Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, Sally Field, Bill Irwin, Josh Pais
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Alfie (2004)
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Duration: 103min
Country: US
Plot: Alfie, a British limousine driver, is surrounded by attractive ladies in Manhattan and is just interested in one-night encounters with them all. He has no commitment of any kind. His best buddies are Lonette, his girlfriend, and Marlon, his coworker. After having a short romance with Lonette, Alfie is forced to consider his way of life.
Director: Charles Shyer
Cast: Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Omar Epps, Jane Krakowski, Renée Taylor
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Thirteen (2016)
7.2
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2016-02-28
Duration: 295min
Plot: Lvy escaped from the cellar where she had been in capacity for 13 years, and on that day, she finally regained her freedom and returned to her long-lost life. But that day was just the beginning of everything. From that day, Iwy felt immense emotional pressure, how to make others accept her again, how to enjoy life again, how to love others again.
Director: Vanessa Caswill
Cast: Stuart Graham, Peter McDonald, Natasha Little, Aneurin Barnard, Eleanor Wyld
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Duration: 108min
Country: US
Plot: The New York Theatre Company is reviving Swan Lake. The lead dancers are required to portray the Black Swan and the White Swan. Nina, who has practiced ballet since she was a young girl and has excelled under her mother's care, hopes to stand out from the crowd. However, she has a strong rival in Lily. At the audition of the lead dancers, her performance of White Swan is impeccable, but the Black Swan is not good enough. She feels stressed both physically and mentally and returns home to find red spots on her back and a foot injury. Under intense pressure plus injuries, she seems to be slipping into the role of Black Swan.
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder
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Duration: 96min
Country: US
Plot: Abby and Travis are college students who have known each other for a while. Among their contacts, they fall in love naturally. However, Travis doesn't believe in pure relationships. He only believes in a one-night relationship until he meets Abby. The movie tells that two people with unhappy pasts learn to trust each other and change how they see things.
Director: Roger Kumble
Cast: Dylan Sprouse, Virginia Gardner, Austin North, Libe Barer, Rob Estes
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Me Before You (2016)
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Duration: 110min
Country: US
Plot: Me Before You tells the story of Clark, a girl with no big dreams, who came to take care of Will, a wealthy young man who had recently suffered from lower limb paralysis due to an accident. Their encounter made two parallel lines that would never intersect woven together, and they became redemption in each other's lives.
Director: Thea Sharrock
Cast: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer, Charles Dance, Brendan Coyle
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Ex Machina (2015)
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Release Date: 2015-04-10
Duration: 108min
Country: US
Plot: Caleb, a programmer at the biggest online corporation globally, receives a week-long pass to stay at Nathan, the CEO of the company,'s exclusive mountain retreat after winning a competition. Upon reaching the secluded site, Caleb discovers that he is required to partake in an odd yet captivating trial where he must communicate with the world's inaugural authentic artificial intelligence, embodied as a stunning robotic female.
Director: Alex Garland
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Corey Johnson
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The Prestige (2006)
8.5
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Release Date: 2006-10-17
Duration: 130min
Country: US
Plot: A magician's companion and assistant around the end of the nineteenth century in London is Robert Angier, his devoted wife Julia McCullough, and Alfred Borden. Robert accuses Alfred of killing Julia after she unintentionally passes away during a performance, and the two get hostile. Both rise to fame and compete as magicians, undermining the other's onstage show. Following Alfred's impressive feat, Robert develops an obsession with learning his rival's trade secret, which has disastrous results.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall
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Wild Child (2008)
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Duration: 98min
Country: US
Plot: Ever since her mother died, Poppy Moore, a Malibu brat, has shamelessly pushed her wealthy but seldom present father, Gerry. After he loses patience, she is sent to Abbey Mount, the former English boarding school where her mother attended. Most of her roommates become her enemies on her first day. She chooses to misbehave and assume responsibility for everyone until she is fired because she is unwilling to submit to the severe rule.
Director: Nick Moore
Cast: Emma Roberts, Alex Pettyfer, Natasha Richardson, Kimberley Nixon, Juno Temple
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mid90s (2018)
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Duration: 86min
Country: US
Plot: Sweet 13-year-old Stevie is on the verge of blowing up. Although his mother is kind and considerate, she is a bit too open about her personal life. His older brother is a fierce and reticent bully. Therefore, Stevie looks for a place to fit in in his working-class suburb of Los Angeles. It's at the Motor Avenue skate shop, he discovers.
Director: Jonah Hill
Cast: Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges, Na-kel Smith, Olan Prenatt