Best dramas of all time metacritic - Page 2
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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21. Parasite (2019)
Parasite follows the struggling Kim family as they con their way into a wealthy household, escalating from dark satire to tense, violent drama that exposes stark class divides and moral ambiguity. read more
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
97
/100
8.5
/10
9.1
/10
22. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove: a black Cold War satire where a paranoid general triggers a nuclear crisis, sparking War Room farce, dark laughs and a chilling critique of deterrence. read more
Genres: Comedy, Drama, War
97
/100
8.3
/10
9.0
/10
23. 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
24. Ran (1985)
Ran (1985) is Kurosawa’s operatic samurai tragedy: an ageing warlord divides his realm, triggering betrayal, civil war and madness. Visually stunning, brutal and emotionally devastating, with strong themes of ambition and loss. read more
Genres: Action, Drama, War
8.1
/10
97
/100
8.2
/10
8.7
/10
25. 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
26. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Blanche DuBois, a fragile Southern belle, moves to New Orleans, clashing with her sister’s husband Stanley as he exposes her past. A tense, tragic drama about desire, illusion, class and cruelty. read more
Genre: Drama
8.0
/10
97
/100
7.9
/10
8.5
/10
27. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Tense, realist drama set in 1987 Romania: over one day two students, one seeking an illegal abortion, face bureaucracy, danger and moral strain under Ceaușescu’s regime; bleak, urgent and emotionally draining. read more
Genre: Drama
97
/100
7.9
/10
8.8
/10
28. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925), Eisenstein’s silent classic, dramatizes a 1905 sailors’ mutiny and the Odessa Steps massacre. A montage-driven, propagandistic film of collective revolt, sacrifice and state violence. read more
Genres: Drama, History, Thriller
8.0
/10
97
/100
7.9
/10
8.5
/10
29. My Left Foot (1989)
My Left Foot tells Christy Brown’s true story: born with severe cerebral palsy and able to control only his left foot, he’s long misunderstood but learns to write and paint with his foot and becomes a celebrated artist amid family hardship. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama
7.6
/10
97
/100
7.8
/10
8.4
/10
30. American Graffiti (1973)
Set over one summer night in 1962 California, American Graffiti follows recent grads cruising, confronting choices and longing. A nostalgic, character-driven coming‑of‑age film rich in period detail. read more
Genres: Comedy, Drama
6.7
/10
97
/100
7.4
/10
7.9
/10
31. Modern Times (1936)
Modern Times (1936): Chaplin’s Tramp fights dehumanizing industrial life—factory gags, an asylum/jail mishap, and a tender bond with the Gamin. Silent-era comedy with social critique, bittersweet hope. read more
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family
8.6
/10
96
/100
8.5
/10
8.9
/10
32. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave recounts Solomon Northup’s true story: a free Black man kidnapped in 1841, sold into Southern slavery for twelve brutal years. The film is harrowing yet honors resilience, dignity and the fight for freedom. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
7.3
/10
96
/100
8.1
/10
8.3
/10
33. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath follows the Joads, dispossessed Oklahoma sharecroppers who migrate to California, facing exploitation, hardship and family strain. A stark, humane film critiquing economic injustice. read more
Genre: Drama
8.3
/10
96
/100
8.1
/10
8.7
/10
34. 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
35. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968) is a slow-burning psychological horror about a young wife whose pregnancy in an ominous Manhattan building is enveloped by secrecy, isolation and mounting dread, probing control, faith and betrayal. read more
Genres: Drama, Horror
7.7
/10
96
/100
8.0
/10
8.4
/10
36. Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Quiet, powerful drama about Lee Chandler, a withdrawn handyman who must become guardian to his nephew Patrick after his brother's death. Slow, intimate film about grief, guilt, memory and fragile hope. read more
Genre: Drama
7.1
/10
96
/100
7.8
/10
8.2
/10
37. Gravity (2013)
Gravity (2013) is a tense, visually stunning survival drama: after debris strands astronauts Ryan Stone and Matt Kowalsky, it pairs immersive visuals with suspenseful survival and intimate emotional depth. read more
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
5.0
/10
96
/100
7.7
/10
7.4
/10
38. Roma (2018)
Roma (2018) follows Cleo, a Mixteco live-in maid in 1970s Mexico City, as family bonds strain after her pregnancy and the father leaves. Shot in luminous black-and-white, it meditates on memory, class and invisible labor amid political violence. read more
Genre: Drama
7.0
/10
96
/100
7.7
/10
8.1
/10
39. Breathless (1960)
Breathless: thief Michel kills a policeman, flees to Paris and rekindles a fraught romance with Patricia as police close in. Godard’s jump cuts and improvised style make it a stylish, morally ambiguous French New Wave landmark. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
7.6
/10
96
/100
7.7
/10
8.3
/10
40. Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo (1941): A short Disney classic about a baby elephant mocked for huge ears, separated from his mother, who learns to fly with Timothy Q. Mouse's help — turning ridicule into wonder, friendship and hope. read more
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Drama
6.8
/10
96
/100
7.2
/10
7.9
/10
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