Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Michael Kelly, Tess Harper, Adrian Lee, Kip Pardue,
Directors : Tim Kirkman,

Three overlapping stories of estranged families in three regions of North Carolina.

Actors : Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Svea Lohde, Jutta Lampe,
Directors : Margarethe von Trotta,

After the death of her father, Hannah becomes concerned with the strange behavior of her mother. As her mother's troubled childhood is revealed, Hannah realizes how little she ever knew.

Actors : J.K. Simmons, Brittany Snow, Adam Scott, Alex Frost,
Directors : Lee Toland Krieger,

A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.

Actors : Maura Tierney, Brittany Snow, Peter Facinelli, Matthew Broderick,
Directors : Peter Tolan,

A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehab.

Actors : Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis, Ian Holm, Sarah Hyland,
Directors : Stanley Tucci,

Around 1940, The New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character, who cadges meals, drinks, and contributions to the Joe Gould Fund, and who is writing a...

Actors : Mark Rendall, Zoe Kazan, Maryann Urbano, Hunter Canning,
Directors : Bradley Rust Gray,

On a summer break from college, a young epileptic woman struggles to balance her feelings for her fledgling boyfriend while her friend Al crashes with her for the season.

Actors : Jacqueline Kim, Eugenia Yuan, Michael Aki, Matt Westmore,
Directors : Eric Byler,

Michael, a young mechanic, is forced to choose between a daring tryst with an alluring stranger and the habitual comfort of his bittersweet obsession: his beautiful young tenant.

Actors : Timothy Spall, Ruth Sheen, Alison Garland, Lesley Manville,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

In a poor working class London home Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry, but when an unexpected tragedy occurs, they and their local community are brought together, and they rediscover their love.

Actors : Pleuni Touw, Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap,
Directors : Ben Sombogaart,

A romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds, forever changed when they emigrate to New Zealand as war brides.

Actors : Paul Dano, Bruce Altman, Billy Kay, Brian Cox,
Directors : Michael Cuesta,

A 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.

Actors : Richard Jenkins, Pablo Schreiber, Tom Guiry, Emile Hirsch,
Directors : Michael Burke,

Sensitive, somewhat effeminate farm-boy Duncan Mudge can barely cope with grim, since Ma's death even gloomier father Edgar's manly expectations, and seeks comfort in petting a chicken he ...

Actors : Hiam Abbass, Hend El Fahem, Maher Kamoun, Monia Hichri,
Directors : Raja Amari,

After the death of her husband, Lilia's life revolves solely around her teenage daughter, Salma. Whilst looking for Salma late one night, Lilia stumbles upon a belly dance cabaret and ...

Actors : John Malkovich, Emily Blunt, Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Sean McGinly,

A young man, much to the chagrin of his father, becomes the new assistant to an illusionist in decline.

Actors : Morgan Freeman, Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, Josh Lucas,
Directors : Lasse Hallström,

Desperate to provide care for her daughter, down-on-her-luck Jean moves in with her father in-law from whom she is estranged. Through time, they learn to forgive each other and heal old wounds.

Actors : Taraji P. Henson, Maeve Quinlan, Kevin Hart, Morris Chestnut,
Directors : Bill Duke,

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

Actors : Tom Schilling, Jonas Jägermeyr, Devid Striesow, Max Riemelt,
Directors : Dennis Gansel,

In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) - high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich ...

Actors : Anthony LaPaglia, Sigourney Weaver, Irene Walsh, Jim Simpson,
Directors : Jim Simpson,

The story of a fire captain who lost eight men in the collapse of the World Trade Center and the editor who helps him prepare the eulogies he must deliver.

Actors : Bobote, Antonio Dechent, Orestes Villasan Rodríguez, Antonio Canales,
Directors : Tony Gatlif,

Caco is a proud, handsome man, head of a family, and very powerful in the local community. Yet he has been torn to pieces by the death of his beloved daughter. He constantly visits her ...

Actors : Haley Bennett, Chace Crawford, Shannon Woodward, Jake Weber,
Directors : Mickey Liddell,

A girl with PTSD attempts to refresh her life at a new school, but soon finds it impossible when she's afflicted by not only bullying and bad memories, but also the supernatural.

Actors : Yolande Moreau, Geneviève Mnich, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent,
Directors : Martin Provost,

Based on the life of French painter Séraphine de Senlis.