Best Drama movies of 2010s

Actors : John Carroll Lynch, Denis O'Hare, Kathryn Hahn, Paul Giamatti,
Directors : Tamara Jenkins,

An author (Hahn) is undergoing multiple fertility therapies to get pregnant, putting her relationship with her husband (Giamatti) on edge.

Actors : Christopher Meloni, Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Angela Bassett,
Directors : Gregg Araki,

In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.

Actors : Rainn Wilson, Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Devin Brochu,
Directors : Spencer Susser,

A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.

Actors : Jon Bernthal, Max Greenfield, Jessy Schram, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau,
Directors : Ric Roman Waugh,

A newly released prisoner is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.

Actors : Anthony Anderson, Eve, Ice Cube, Regina Hall,
Directors : Malcolm D. Lee,

As their surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, the crew at Calvin's Barbershop come together to bring some much needed change to their neighborhood.

Actors : Freddie Highmore, Sasha Spielberg, Michael Angarano, Emma Roberts,
Directors : Gavin Wiesen,

George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who has made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.

Actors : Tao Zhao, Lanshan Luo, Baoqiang Wang, Wu Jiang,
Directors : Zhangke Jia,

Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

Actors : Millicent Simmonds, Julianne Moore, Oakes Fegley, Michelle Williams,
Directors : Todd Haynes,

The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.

Actors : Hugh Laurie, Dev Patel, Peter Capaldi, Tilda Swinton,
Directors : Armando Iannucci,

A modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.

Actors : Daniel Henshall, Lucas Pittaway, Bob Adriaens, Louise Harris,
Directors : Justin Kurzel,

Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.

Actors : Antony Langdon, Carey Perloff, Larry McHale, Joaquin Phoenix,
Directors : Casey Affleck,

Documenting Joaquin Phoenix's transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper.

Actors : Linda Cardellini, Al Sapienza, Matt Dillon, Tom Hardy,
Directors : Josh Trank,

The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.

Actors : James Rolleston, Taika Waititi, Moerangi Tihore, Cherilee Martin,
Directors : Taika Waititi,

Set on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.

Actors : Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford, Meredith Droeger, Keri Russell,
Directors : Tom Vaughan,

A drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder.

Actors : Kim Wayans, Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis,
Directors : Dee Rees,

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Actors : Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay, Mamoudou Athie, Danielle Macdonald,
Directors : Geremy Jasper,

PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.

Actors : Phillipa Soo, Angelina Jolie, Chaka Khan, Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, Sam Rockwell,
Directors : Thea Sharrock,

A gorilla named Ivan tries to piece together his past with the help of an elephant named Ruby as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.

Actors : Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund, Leighton Meester, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : Shana Feste,

A rising country-music songwriter works with a fallen star to work their way to fame, causing romantic complications along the way.

Actors : Maura Tierney, Timothée Chalamet, Steve Carell, Christian Convery,
Directors : Felix van Groeningen,

Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Joel Kinnaman, Noomi Rapace, Tom Hardy,
Directors : Daniel Espinosa,

A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.