Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen, Jin Wang,
Directors : Alice Wu,

A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.

Actors : Isaiah Stone, Jennifer Lawrence, Garret Dillahunt, John Hawkes,
Directors : Debra Granik,

An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.

Actors : Jennifer Aniston, John Carroll Lynch, Dan Fogler, Aaron Eckhart,
Directors : Brandon Camp,

A widower whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru, falls for the hotel florist where his seminar is given, only to learn that he hasn't yet truly confronted his wife's passing.

Actors : Richard Petrocelli, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz,
Directors : Philip Seymour Hoffman,

A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship, and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples.

Actors : Paprika Steen, Sonja Richter, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas,
Directors : Susanne Bier,

A Dogme film about an engaged couple that is torn apart after the man is paralyzed in an accident, and the woman falls in love with the husband of the woman who caused the accident.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Clifton Collins Jr., Matthew Davis, Tom Guiry,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

Actors : Gary Stretch, Paddy Considine, Toby Kebbell, Stuart Wolfenden,
Directors : Shane Meadows,

A disaffected soldier returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother years ago.

Actors : Laurien Van den Broeck, Jan Decleir, Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt,
Directors : Erik Van Looy,

Vincke and Verstuyft are the best detectives of the Antwerp police department. They are confronted with the murder on a leading executive and put all their effort to catch the murderer.

Actors : Ed Harris, Matthew Goode, Diane Kruger, Ralph Riach,
Directors : Agnieszka Holland,

A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life.

Actors : Brittany Murphy, Heather Locklear, Jesse Spencer, Dakota Fanning,
Directors : Boaz Yakin,

A grown-up woman, who kept her childish instincts and behavior, starts working as a nanny of a 8-year-old girl, who actually acts like an adult. But in the end everything turns to its right places.

Actors : Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Mehmet Eryilmaz, Nazan Kesal,
Directors : Nuri Bilge Ceylan,

A dowdy university instructor Isa is an inattentive husband to his younger, TV-business wife Bahar. Self-absorbed and selfish, Isa only communicates in the most rudimentary way, while she, similarly, detaches into crying jags and juvenile behavior.

Actors : Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, François Cluzet, Jean Dujardin,
Directors : Guillaume Canet,

A near-fatal accident leaves one friend in the hospital while the rest go on their annual vacation. But their secrets and personal grief threaten to drive them apart.

Actors : Paul Kaye, Kate Magowan, Mike Wilmot, Beatriz Batarda,
Directors : Michael Dowse,

Its All Gone Pete Tong is a comedy following the tragic life of legendary Frankie Wilde. The story takes us through Frankie's life from one of the best DJ's alive, through subsequent battle...

Actors : David Hayman, Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman,
Directors : Atom Egoyan,

Karen O'Connor, a young journalist known for her celebrity profiles, is consumed with discovering the truth behind a long-buried incident that affected the lives and careers of showbiz team Vince Collins and Lanny Morris.

Actors : Eman Xor Oña, Limara Meneses, Mario Guerra, Jon Adams,

Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.

Actors : Patrick Fugit, Jason Schwartzman, Brittany Murphy, John Leguizamo,
Directors : Jonas Åkerlund,

A drug dealer introduces one of his customers, a 'speed freak', to the man who runs the meth lab. A crazy three-day adventure ensues.

Actors : Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Don Blum,
Directors : Michael Winterbottom,

In London, England, love blooms between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English glaciologist, named Matt, where over the next few months in between attending rock concerts, the two lovers have intense sexual encounters.

Actors : T.I., Lauren London, Evan Ross, Greg Andrews,
Directors : Chris Robinson,

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.

Actors : Mariana Loyola, Catalina Saavedra, Andrea García-Huidobro, Claudia Celedón,
Directors : Sebastián Silva,

A drama centered on a maid trying to hold on to her position after having served a family for 23 years.

Actors : Til Schweiger, Sylvester Stallone, Kip Pardue, Burt Reynolds,
Directors : Renny Harlin,

A young hot shot driver is in the middle of a championship season and is coming apart at the seams. A former CART champion is called in to give him guidance.