Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Burghart Klaußner, Sandra Hüller, Imogen Kogge, Anna Blomeier,
Directors : Hans-Christian Schmid,

An epileptic girl suffers a breakdown during her first year at university, then decides to seek help from a priest in battling the troubles associated with her strict upbringing.

Actors : Richard Serra, Matthew Barney, Aimee Mullins, Paul Brady,
Directors : Matthew Barney,

The third film of a five-part art-installation epic -- it's part-zombie movie, part-gangster film.

Actors : Mohammad Amir Naji, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan, Hamid Aghazi,
Directors : Majid Majidi,

When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter's hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams, everything changes for a struggling rural family in Iran. Karim motorbikes ...

Actors : Jason Ritter, Jesse Eisenberg, Eva Amurri Martino, Chris Marquette,
Directors : Fred Durst,

College student Charlie Banks has to face old problems when the bully he had an unpleasant encounter with back in high school shows up on his campus.

Actors : Serge Livrozet, Jean-Pierre Mangeot, Karin Viard, Aurélien Recoing,
Directors : Laurent Cantet,

An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.

Actors : Diane Lane, Keanu Reeves, John Hawkes, Bryan Hearne,
Directors : Brian Robbins,

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

Actors : Lynn Collins, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Assumpta Serna, Olivia Thirlby,

A young couple, in love and facing a life-changing decision, find one seemingly ordinary July 4th cleaved in two by the flip of a coin on the Brooklyn Bridge.

Actors : Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora, Sam Shepard, Ethan Hawke,
Directors : Michael Almereyda,

Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.

Actors : John Cena, Danny Glover, Patricia Clarkson, Devon Graye,
Directors : Mel Damski,

A book-smart teenager joins his school's wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend, 10 years ago.

Actors : Adrian Grenier, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Eric Stoltz, Joey Lauren Adams,
Directors : James Toback,

A basketball player strikes a deal with the mob to fix a basketball game.

Actors : Paul Borghese, Chira Cassel, Anthony Cirillo, Lauren Birkell,
Directors : David Ross,

A teenager turns her babysitting service into a call-girl service for married guys after fooling around with one of her customers.

Actors : Gilbert Melki, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Malik Zidi,
Directors : André Téchiné,

Traveling from France to Tangiers, a man looks to reunite with his former love, though their romance ended some 30 years earlier.

Actors : Isabelle Carré, Melvil Poupaud, Louis-Ronan Choisy, Pierre Louis-Calixte,
Directors : François Ozon,

Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling ...

Actors : Samantha Morton, Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Paul Ritter,
Directors : Laurence Dunmore,

The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.

Actors : Damian Lewis, Seu Jorge, Joseph Fiennes, Brian Cox,
Directors : Rupert Wyatt,

Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict fourteen years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's ...

Actors : Cameron Diaz, Christopher Eccleston, Jordana Brewster, Blythe Danner,
Directors : Adam Brooks,

A teenage girl travels to Paris in the 1970s trying to find out about her sister's suicide, and falls in love with her dead sister's boyfriend.

Actors : Kevin Corrigan, Patton Oswalt, Michael Rapaport, Marcia Jean Kurtz,
Directors : Robert D. Siegel,

A hard-core New York Giants fan struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.

Actors : Famke Janssen, Dakota Fanning, Elisabeth Shue, Robert De Niro,
Directors : John Polson,

As a widower tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide, his daughter finds solace -- at first -- in her imaginary friend.

Actors : Nae-sang Ahn, Seung-wan Ryoo, Kyoung-gu Sul, So-ri Moon,
Directors : Chang-dong Lee,

An irresponsible and childish ex-con befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively stronger bond with her.

Actors : Liam Hemsworth, Greg Kinnear, Miley Cyrus, Bobby Coleman,
Directors : Julie Anne Robinson,

A rebellious girl is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.