Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Brendan Fraser, Michael Caine, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija,
Directors : Phillip Noyce,

An older British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.

Actors : Alain Chabat, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gael García Bernal, Miou-Miou,
Directors : Michel Gondry,

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

Actors : Milhem Cortaz, André Ramiro, Irandhir Santos, Wagner Moura,
Directors : José Padilha,

After a prison riot, former-Captain Nascimento, now a high ranking security officer in Rio de Janeiro, is swept into a bloody political dispute that involves government officials and paramilitary groups.

Actors : Ian Hart, David Hart, Claire Hackett, Anthony Borrows,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

A family falls into poverty during the Depression.

Actors : Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano, Nazareno Timpano, Artemio Vallone,
Directors : Michelangelo Frammartino,

An old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of Calabria, at the southernmost tip of Italy. He herds goats under skies that most villagers have ...

Actors : Derek Luke, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Tyler Perry, David Mann,
Directors : Tyler Perry,

Mischievous grandma Madea lands in jail, where she meets a variety of mixed-up characters.

Actors : Hank Harris, Christina Ricci, Brenda Blethyn, Dominique Swain,

A sorority girl finds her life falling apart after she develops romantic feelings for a mentally-challenged man.

Actors : Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Hristos Passalis, Christos Stergioglou,
Directors : Yorgos Lanthimos,

Three teenagers live isolated, without leaving their house, because their over-protective parents say they can only leave when their dogtooth falls out.

Actors : Jet Li, Li Sun, Yong Dong, Yun Qu,
Directors : Ronny Yu,

A biography of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia, who is the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.

Actors : Hugo Weaving, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea, Natalie Portman,
Directors : James McTeigue,

In a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman.

Actors : Keira Knightley, Matthew Rhys, Simon Armstrong, Sienna Miller,
Directors : John Maybury,

Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both.

Actors : Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelia Randou, Ariane Labed, Yorgos Lanthimos,
Directors : Athina Rachel Tsangari,

Stuck in her boring factory town, twenty-three-year-old Marina is at the mercy of both her father's impending death and her distaste for other humans.

Actors : Nade Dieu, Rony Kramer, Simon Eine, Sarah Adler,
Directors : Jean-Luc Godard,

Divided into three "kingdoms" -- Enfer (Hell), Purgatoire (Purgatory) and Paradis (Paradise) -- Notre Musique is an indictment of modern times.

Actors : Justine Waddell, Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Kim Uylenbroek,
Directors : Tarsem Singh,

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story of five mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality blurs as the tale advances.

Actors : Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément,
Directors : Xavier Dolan,

A semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.

Actors : Piera Degli Esposti, Claudia Gerini, Kseniya Rappoport, Michele Placido,
Directors : Giuseppe Tornatore,

Haunted by a horrible past, a Ukrainian young woman calculatedly insinuates herself into the life of a rich Italian family.

Actors : Billy Crawford, Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann, Clara Bellar,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

Years before Father Lankester Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil's soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa. Merrin's initial battle with Pazuzu leads to the rediscovery of his faith.

Actors : Seung-yeon Lee, Hyun-kyoon Lee, Hyuk-ho Kwon, Jeong-ho Choi,
Directors : Ki-duk Kim,

A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days.

Actors : Will Adamsdale, Adeel Akhtar, Arsher Ali, Riz Ahmed,
Directors : Christopher Morris,

Four incompetent British jihadists set out to train for and commit an act of terror.

Actors : Bill Haugland, Nelson Landrieu, Ivonne Coll, Billy Crudup,
Directors : Keith Gordon,

A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.