Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Debra Messing, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan,
Directors : Diane English,

A wealthy New Yorker wrestles with the decision to leave her cheating husband, as she and her friends discover that women really can have it all.

Actors : Elias Koteas, Edie Falco, Kathryn Erbe, Rachel Resheff,
Directors : Eric Mendelsohn,

The story of three people from the same suburban town during the course of one curious autumn day.

Actors : Sarah Wynter, Simon Verhoeven, Jonathan Pryce, Vincent Perez,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

This movie is a biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.

Actors : Anthony LaPaglia, Elaine Stritch, Winona Ryder, Richard Gere,
Directors : Joan Chen,

Romantic drama about an aging playboy who falls for a sweet, but terminally ill, young woman.

Actors : Vincent Deniard, Carole Bouquet, Alain Dion, Jean-Pierre Darroussin,
Directors : Cédric Kahn,

Antoine and Helene drive to South France to return their kids from a holiday camp. The traffic is dense and the atmosphere growingly tense; he is an alcoholic and becomes increasingly drunk...

Actors : Allan Corduner, Kevin Bishop, Paul Rhys, Juliet Stevenson,
Directors : Ventura Pons,

Paul, a handsome and talented music student is employed as the page-turner at one of the world famous pianist Kennington's concerts in San Francisco.

Actors : Ondrej Vetchý, Tara Fitzgerald, Krystof Hádek, Charles Dance,
Directors : Jan Sverák,

The friendship of two men becomes tested when they both fall for the same woman.

Actors : Jessica Biel, Joy Bryant, Jason Statham, Chris Evans,
Directors : Hunter Richards,

London is a drug laden adventure that centers on a party in a New York loft where a young man is trying to win back his ex-girlfriend.

Actors : Eloise Eonnet, Hadrian Dagannaud-Brouard, Chaya Cuénot, Demi Moore,
Directors : Alain Berliner,

A psychological romantic thriller where fantasy and reality become indistinguishable for a woman leading a double life in her dreams.

Actors : Tao Zhao, Jing Dong Liang, Tian-yi Yang, Hongwei Wang,
Directors : Zhangke Jia,

Set in Fenyang, Shanxi Province, the film focuses on a group of amateur theatre troupe performers whose fate mirrors that of the general population in China as massive socio-economic ...

Actors : Clara Khoury, Makram Khoury, Ashraf Barhom, Hiam Abbass,
Directors : Eran Riklis,

In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the...

Actors : Norman Atun, Pearlly Chua, Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen,
Directors : Ming-liang Tsai,

A day laborer is badly beaten, and a young man nurses him back to health.

Actors : Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Clémence Meyer, Emmanuelle Béart,
Directors : André Téchiné,

Emmanuelle Béart stars as a widowed schoolteacher who flees Nazi-occupied Paris with her children. A teenaged boy comes to their rescue by leading them into the forest -- their best shot at survival.

Actors : Claude Brasseur, Cécile De France, Valérie Lemercier, Albert Dupontel,
Directors : Danièle Thompson,

A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.

Actors : Fatemeh Cherag Akhar, Hassan Nebhan, Shahr Banou Sisizadeh, Ameneh Passand,
Directors : Marzieh Makhmalbaf,

A film comprised of three interconnected vignettes that depict women at three stages of life in Iran. The first part centers on a young girl on her ninth birthday who is told that she can ...

Actors : Juan Villegas, Walter Donado, Rosa Valsecchi, Mariela Díaz,
Directors : Carlos Sorin,

In Patagonia, a mechanic who dreams of a different life starts to think big after his adopted pup wins first prize at a local dog show.

Actors : Kôji Yakusho, Keira Knightley, Michael Pitt, Sei Ashina,
Directors : François Girard,

The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron.

Actors : Charlotte Rampling, Kim Rossi Stuart, Andrea Rossi, Alla Faerovich,
Directors : Gianni Amelio,

Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.

Actors : Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Anika Noni Rose, Kimberly Elise,
Directors : Tyler Perry,

Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.

Actors : Yannick Renier, Kris Cuppens, Jérémie Renier, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : Joachim Lafosse,

A divorced mother of two boys reaching adulthood decides to sell their house, find love and get on with her life away from her husband and sons; a decision that will lead to an escalating fraternal dispute.