Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Ray Winstone, John Malkovich, Lena Headey, Dougray Scott,
Directors : Liliana Cavani,

A dying family man in need of money is being persuaded to assassinate a European crime boss.

Actors : Gregory Smith, David Moscow, Ashley Johnson, Jordana Brewster,
Directors : Rick Rosenthal,

In the shadow of a family loss, the youngest son develops interest in an attractive high school classmate, paying little mind of her athletic boyfriend or of his own female best friend.

Actors : Shuangbao Wang, Qiang Li, Baoqiang Wang, Jing Ai,
Directors : Yang Li,

Two Chinese coal miners have hit upon the perfect scam: murder one of their fellow mine workers, make the death look like an accident, and extort money from the boss to keep the incident ...

Actors : Walter Perez, Pedro Castaneda, Veronica Loren, Abel Becerra,
Directors : Chris Eska,

August Evening follows an aging undocumented farm worker named Jaime and his young, widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe, as their lives are thrown into upheaval. Lupe is more of a daughter to ...

Actors : Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Hayden Panettiere, Isabella Rossellini,
Directors : Matt Tauber,

An architect engages in conflict with an activist who lives in a dangerous complex the architect designed.

Actors : Charlotte Rampling, Dimitris Katalifos, Stellan Skarsgård, Deborah Kara Unger,
Directors : Jonathan Nossiter,

Under the influence of signs and premonitions, a man allows himself to veer in and out of a love affair with his colleague.

Actors : Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Ángel de Andrés López, Sancho Gracia,
Directors : Álex de la Iglesia,

Julián Torralba is a former movie stuntman in Almeria, Spain. He and several of his colleagues, who once made a living in American Westerns shot in Spain, now are reduced to doing stunt ...

Actors : Joy Parmer Moore, Louis Gossett Jr., Michael Joiner, Michael Higgenbottom,
Directors : David G. Evans,

Everything can change in an instant...and take a lifetime to unravel. Every day, we have the opportunity to rebuild relationships by extending and receiving God's grace. Offer The Grace Card, and never underestimate the power of God's love.

Actors : Bianca Hunter, Kevin Corrigan, Vincent D'Onofrio, Paz de la Huerta,
Directors : Ethan Hawke,

This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, involving an ensemble cast of some 30-35 characters.

Actors : Joanna Adler, Don McKellar, Parker Posey, Olympia Dukakis,
Directors : Thom Fitzgerald,

An intense relationship drama that takes the form of a mystery, The Event centers around a series of unexplained deaths that occur among the gay community in New York's fashionable Chelsea ...

Actors : Élodie Bouchez, Abdellatif Kechiche, Robin Wright, Aasif Mandvi,
Directors : Jeff Stanzler,

Against the anxieties and fears of post-9/11 America, an Arab cab driver picks up a troubled professional woman with unexpected results.

Actors : Olivier Gourmet, Madeleine Budd, Isabelle Huppert, Adélaïde Leroux,
Directors : Ursula Meier,

Life for an isolated rural family is upended when a major highway next to their property, constructed 10 years before but apparently abandoned, is finally opened.

Actors : Jun Wu, Bai Qing Xin, Xiao Keng Ye, Jingfan Hu,
Directors : Zhuangzhuang Tian,

Liyan and Yuwen live in post-war torpor, childless but with Liyan's school-aged sister. He coughs, imagining he has TB; Yuwan embroiders; they sleep in separate rooms. A surprise visit from...

Actors : Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Daniella Wircer, Alon Friedman, Ohad Knoller,
Directors : Eytan Fox,

The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the ...

Actors : Ye Liu, Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Shuangbao Wang,
Directors : Sijie Dai,

Two youths sent for a Maoist "re-education" in the mountains fall in love with the village tailor's granddaughter.

Actors : Clotilde Hesme, Julien Lucas, Eric Rulliat, Louis Garrel,
Directors : Philippe Garrel,

1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet, dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov cocktail...

Actors : Tracy Coogan, Graham Sibley, Tonya Cornelisse, David M. Wallace,
Directors : David Gebroe,

Zombie Honeymoon is a gore-soaked exploration of how far the boundaries of true love can be pushed without reaching a breaking point.

Actors : Lei Hao, Xueyun Bai, Lin Cui, Xiaodong Guo,
Directors : Ye Lou,

Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.

Actors : Kate Dollenmayer, Mark Herlehy, Christian Rudder, Jennifer L. Schaper,
Directors : Andrew Bujalski,

Marnie just graduated from college, drinks likes she's still in school, and is looking for a temporary job but a permanent boyfriend. She loves a guy who doesn't love her (?), ping-pongs ...

Actors : Marie-Josée Croze, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Stephanie Morgenstern, Pierre Lebeau,
Directors : Denis Villeneuve,

After plunging her car into a river, a woman encounters a man who helps her come to terms with her life.