Best dramas of all time - Page 3
In the following page, you will see a ranking of the bests dramas of all time. We have gathered the ratings of Imdb, Metacritic, Filmaffinity and crafted our own algorithm and generated the following ratings.
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41. 8½ (1963)
8 1/2 (1963): Fellini's dreamlike, semi-autobiographical film follows director Guido Anselmi through creative block into memories and fantasies. A poetic, comic‑melancholic meditation on art, desire and identity. read more
Genre: Drama
93
/100
8.0
/10
8.7
/10
42. Touch of Evil (1958)
Touch of Evil: a tense film-noir on the US-Mexico border. Mexican officer Mike Vargas investigates a car bombing, exposing racist corruption as cop Hank Quinlan protects his legend, endangering Vargas's wife and forcing a moral showdown. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
8.2
/10
99
/100
8.0
/10
8.7
/10
43. Notorious (1946)
Notorious (1946): Alicia, daughter of a Nazi spy, is recruited to infiltrate pro‑Nazi exiles in Rio, marries their leader as cover, risking love, betrayal and poison in Hitchcock’s tense, elegiac spy‑romance. read more
Genres: Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
8.1
/10
100
/100
7.9
/10
8.7
/10
44. Amour (2012)
Amour (2012), by Michael Haneke, is an austere, harrowing drama about an elderly couple after Anne's stroke: Georges' devoted caregiving, their moral struggles, dignity, decline, and love tested to its limits. read more
Genre: Drama
95
/100
7.9
/10
8.7
/10
45. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946): George Bailey, despairing on Christmas Eve, is shown by angel Clarence through flashbacks and a "what if" world that his ordinary life matters — a moving story of sacrifice, community and hope. read more
Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy
8.2
/10
89
/100
8.6
/10
8.6
/10
46. Hara-Kiri (1962)
Harakiri (1962) — a spare, devastating period drama: ronin Hanshiro's seppuku plea unfolds via flashbacks into a calculated revenge exposing feudal hypocrisy, ritual cruelty and moral collapse. read more
Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery
85
/100
8.6
/10
8.6
/10
47. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) — a harrowing animated drama about siblings Seita and Setsuko struggling to survive wartime Japan after bombing. Intimate, heartbreaking; contains starvation, illness, and death. read more
Genres: Animation, Drama, War
8.0
/10
94
/100
8.5
/10
8.6
/10
48. Paths of Glory (1957)
Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957) is a stark WWI drama exposing military cruelty and hypocrisy: a doomed assault, scapegoated soldiers, and Colonel Dax's moral defense against self‑serving generals. read more
Genres: Drama, War
8.4
/10
90
/100
8.4
/10
8.6
/10
49. High and Low (1963)
High and Low (1963) — Akira Kurosawa — pits executive Kingo Gondo’s moral crisis (pay ransom for his chauffeur’s child or salvage a takeover) against a meticulous police hunt, probing class, duty and ambition. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
8.4
/10
90
/100
8.4
/10
8.6
/10
50. Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver: Travis Bickle, an alienated 1970s NYC cabbie, obsesses over Betsy and a child prostitute Iris, spiraling into vigilante violence. Intense, unsettling film. Warnings: child sexual exploitation, graphic violence. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
8.1
/10
94
/100
8.2
/10
8.6
/10
51. Gone with the Wind (1939)
Gone with the Wind is an epic Civil War–era romance following Scarlett O’Hara’s struggle to save Tara amid love and loss with Rhett and Ashley. Lavish, long and engrossing, visually grand but historically and morally problematic. read more
Genres: Drama, History, Romance
7.9
/10
97
/100
8.2
/10
8.6
/10
52. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Reflective Western: Senator Ransom 'Ranse' Stoddard returns to Shinbone and recalls arriving as an idealistic lawyer who confronted outlaw Liberty Valance, loved Hallie, and faced a moral, legendary showdown. read more
Genres: Drama, Western
8.3
/10
94
/100
8.1
/10
8.6
/10
53. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Battle of Algiers (1966) is a raw, semi-documentary film that recreates Algeria’s urban independence struggle: insurgent bombings, female operatives, French torture, and moral ambiguity. read more
Genres: Drama, War
8.0
/10
96
/100
8.1
/10
8.6
/10
54. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Depression-era thriller where a fake preacher marries a widow to find $10,000 hidden by her children in a doll. Laughton’s expressionistic, noirish film is a hymn-tinged nightmare about corrupted faith and innocence. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
8.1
/10
97
/100
8.0
/10
8.6
/10
55. Past Lives (2023)
Past Lives is a quiet, character-driven drama about Nora and Hae Sung, childhood friends reunited after decades for a week that forces them to confront choices, longing, identity and fate. read more
Genre: Drama
94
/100
7.8
/10
8.6
/10
56. Aftersun (2022)
Aftersun is an intimate, mood-driven drama about memory and parenthood: Sophie recalls a summer with her young father. Subtle performances, nostalgic warmth and quiet devastation linger long after the film ends. read more
Genre: Drama
95
/100
7.6
/10
8.6
/10
57. The Dark Knight (2008)
Batman, Gordon and DA Harvey Dent try to dismantle Gotham’s organized crime, but the Joker’s chaotic assaults unleash anarchy, moral dilemmas, intense action and Dent’s tragic fall. read more
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
8.1
/10
85
/100
9.0
/10
8.5
/10
58. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Fellowship is broken. Frodo and Sam, led—and betrayed—by Gollum—head to Mordor. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli face Rohan’s turmoil and Saruman’s war as Gandalf returns. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
8.0
/10
87
/100
8.8
/10
8.5
/10
59. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
McMurphy feigns insanity to escape prison and clashes with Nurse Ratched in a psychiatric ward. His rebellion awakens patients, exposing abuse and forcing tragic costs—darkly comic, powerful critique. read more
Genre: Drama
8.3
/10
84
/100
8.7
/10
8.5
/10
60. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) is a tense psychological thriller: FBI trainee Clarice Starling consults imprisoned Hannibal Lecter to catch Buffalo Bill, sparking a chilling cat-and-mouse of insight, manipulation and moral dread. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror
8.2
/10
86
/100
8.6
/10
8.5
/10
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