Best dramas of all time metacritic - Page 5
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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81. There Will Be Blood (2007)
There Will Be Blood follows Daniel Plainview, a ruthless prospector who builds an oil empire using an adopted boy, clashing obsessively with preacher Eli Sunday—an intense study of ambition, greed, faith and moral decay. read more
Genre: Drama
7.3
/10
93
/100
8.2
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8.3
/10
82. Yojimbo (1961)
Yojimbo follows Sanjuro, a clever ronin who pits two rival gangs in a 19th‑century town against each other while protecting locals. His plots lead to violence, culminating in a tense, justice‑seeking showdown. read more
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
8.0
/10
93
/100
8.2
/10
8.5
/10
83. Spotlight (2015)
Spotlight dramatizes the Boston Globe's investigation into decades of Catholic priest abuse and cover-up, showing methodical journalism, emotional testimony, and a sobering call for accountability. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.3
/10
93
/100
8.1
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8.2
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84. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) follows three WWII veterans returning to small‑town America as they face emotional, social and economic challenges rebuilding identity, relationships and purpose. read more
Genres: Drama, Romance, War
8.2
/10
93
/100
8.1
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8.5
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85. 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
86. Do the Right Thing (1989)
Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989) follows a Brooklyn day as simmering racial tensions among neighbors and a pizza shop erupt into violence. Energetic, provocative, funny and heartbreaking. read more
Genres: Comedy, Drama
7.3
/10
93
/100
8.0
/10
8.2
/10
87. Rio Bravo (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959): Sheriff John T. Chance arrests a man and endures a tense siege as a rancher’s hired guns close in. With a ragged team he faces loyalty, dry humor and sudden violence in a character-driven Western. read more
Genres: Action, Drama, Western
8.0
/10
93
/100
8.0
/10
8.4
/10
88. The Last Picture Show (1971)
The Last Picture Show (1971) is a quiet B/W coming‑of‑age drama set in 1951 Texas. Two friends confront loss, awkward sexual awakenings, fading dreams and the town cinema’s symbolic closure. read more
Genres: Drama, Romance
7.8
/10
93
/100
8.0
/10
8.4
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89. Solaris (1972)
Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972) is a slow, philosophical sci‑fi about memory, grief and the unknowable. A psychologist meets materialized memories on a haunted station; it favors meditative mood, ambiguity and moral reflection. read more
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
7.5
/10
93
/100
7.9
/10
8.2
/10
90. Shoplifters (2018)
Shoplifters (2018): An impoverished Tokyo family survives by odd jobs and petty theft. They take in a found girl; as bonds deepen, secrets and moral dilemmas emerge, testing what truly makes a family. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
7.4
/10
93
/100
7.9
/10
8.2
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91. Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach (1939) follows diverse passengers on an Arizona stagecoach who face Apache raids and rising tensions. A compact Western blending suspense, action and moral drama about honor, redemption and unlikely solidarity. read more
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Western
8.0
/10
93
/100
7.8
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8.4
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92. Lady Bird (2017)
Lady Bird follows Christine, an artsy Sacramento senior in 2002 who dreams of leaving, chases romance and theater, clashes with her practical mother in a witty, bittersweet coming-of-age tale. read more
Genres: Comedy, Drama
6.6
/10
93
/100
7.4
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7.8
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93. Uncut Gems (2019)
Uncut Gems follows jeweler Howard Ratner, a gambling-addicted man who gambles on a rare opal to clear debts, spiraling into reckless, high-stakes bets that endanger his business, family and life. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.6
/10
93
/100
7.4
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7.8
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94. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Inside Llewyn Davis follows a week in 1961 Greenwich Village as stubborn, homeless folk singer Llewyn Davis sabotages chances while delivering raw performances in a bleak, melancholic tone. read more
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music
6.7
/10
93
/100
7.4
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7.8
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95. TÁR (2022)
Tár follows Lydia Tár, a celebrated conductor whose brilliance and control over the musical world mask moral compromises; mounting pressures expose cracks in her public image and private life amid intense performances. read more
Genres: Drama, Music
93
/100
7.4
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8.3
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96. Toni Erdmann (2016)
Toni Erdmann is a slow-burning, bittersweet comedy-drama about a prank-loving father who invents an outrageous alter ego to reconnect with his corporate daughter. Cringe humor and tenderness reveal identity, authenticity, and emotional repair. read more
Genres: Comedy, Drama
6.4
/10
93
/100
7.3
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7.7
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97. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Young hobbit Frodo inherits the One Ring and, warned by Gandalf of Sauron’s threat, joins a diverse Fellowship on a perilous quest to destroy it in Mount Doom—an epic journey of friendship, sacrifice and looming darkness. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
8.0
/10
92
/100
8.9
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8.7
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98. Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas follows Henry Hill’s rise in an Italian‑American crime family, portraying the seductive thrills, brutal violence and ultimate unraveling of mob life with kinetic, darkly comic storytelling. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
8.4
/10
92
/100
8.7
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8.8
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99. Ikiru (1952)
Ikiru (1952) follows bureaucrat Kanji Watanabe, who, after a terminal cancer diagnosis, seeks meaning—from brief pleasures to creating a children’s playground—revealing themes of mortality, compassion, and quiet moral courage. read more
Genre: Drama
92
/100
8.3
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8.8
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100. No Country for Old Men (2007)
No Country for Old Men: a bleak 1980 West Texas thriller where Llewelyn Moss’s $2M theft sparks a relentless hunt by Anton Chigurh, while Sheriff Bell mourns moral decay. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.2
/10
92
/100
8.2
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8.2
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