Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine,
Directors : Philip Kaufman,

In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.

Actors : Cary Elwes, Udo Kier, Willem Dafoe, John Malkovich,
Directors : E. Elias Merhige,

The filming of Nosferatu (1922) is hampered by the fact that its star Max Schreck is taking the role of a vampire far more seriously than seems humanly possible.

Actors : Geoffrey Rush, Salma Hayek, Mía Maestro, Alfred Molina,
Directors : Julie Taymor,

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.

Actors : Nia Vardalos, Michael Constantine, Christina Eleusiniotis, John Corbett,
Directors : Joel Zwick,

A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.

Actors : Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, J.D. Evermore,
Directors : John Lee Hancock,

A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.

Actors : Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht,
Directors : Roger Donaldson,

A brilliant young CIA trainee is asked by his mentor to help find a mole in the Agency.

Actors : Alex Etel, Daisy Donovan, James Nesbitt, Lewis McGibbon,
Directors : Danny Boyle,

Ethics, being human and the soul come to the fore when a 7-year old finds a bag of Pounds just days before the currency is switched to Euros and learns what we are really made of.

Actors : Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Suzuka Ohgo,
Directors : Rob Marshall,

Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.

Actors : Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Samuel L. Jackson, Rick Gonzalez,
Directors : Thomas Carter,

Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him.

Actors : Anthony Anderson, Ludacris, Taryn Manning, Terrence Howard,
Directors : Craig Brewer,

With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

Actors : Miranda July, Miles Thompson, Brandon Ratcliff, John Hawkes,
Directors : Miranda July,

A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.

Actors : Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu, Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : Paul McGuigan,

A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi and The Boss. Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat and finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get them before they get him.

Actors : Jason Biggs, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood, Paul Walker,
Directors : Frank Marshall,

Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival.

Actors : Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Tabu,
Directors : Mira Nair,

American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.

Actors : Danny Glover, Michael Peña, Rhona Mitra, Mark Wahlberg,
Directors : Antoine Fuqua,

A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the President. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to find the real killer and the reason he was set up.

Actors : Danny Hoch, Eva Mendes, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg,
Directors : James Gray,

A New York City nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hit men.

Actors : Ioan Gruffudd, Josh Brolin, Colin Hanks, Elizabeth Banks,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

A chronicle of the life and presidency of George W. Bush.

Actors : Miranda Richardson, Paul Bettany, Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend,
Directors : Jean-Marc Vallée,

A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.

Actors : Hilary Swank, Thomas D. Mahard, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo,
Directors : Tony Goldwyn,

A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.

Actors : Patrick Fabian, Louis Herthum, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr,
Directors : Daniel Stamm,

A troubled evangelical minister agrees to let his last exorcism be filmed by a documentary crew.