Best Drama movies

Actors : Ed Harris, Powers Boothe, Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

A biographical story of former U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame.

Actors : Kyle MacLachlan, Hannah Gross, Eve Hewson, Ethan Hawke, Josh Hamilton, Eli A. Smith,
Directors : Michael Almereyda,

A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.

Actors : Eric Bana, Robert Duvall, Phyllis Somerville, Drew Barrymore,
Directors : Curtis Hanson,

A hotshot poker player tries to win a tournament in Vegas, but is fighting a losing battle with his personal problems.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Tilda Swinton, Alex Jennings,
Directors : Edward Berger,

When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation.

Actors : Arturo Castro, Joe Alwyn, Mason Lee, Garrett Hedlund,
Directors : Ang Lee,

19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.

Actors : Michelle Trachtenberg, Trevor Blumas, Joan Cusack, Kim Cattrall,
Directors : Tim Fywell,

With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey (Trachtenberg) from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.

Actors : Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest, Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Jessie Nelson,

A mentally handicapped man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter, and in the process teaches his cold hearted lawyer the value of love and family.

Actors : Brenda Blethyn, Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt,
Directors : Robert Redford,

The story about two sons of a stern minister -- one reserved, one rebellious -- growing up in rural Montana while devoted to fly fishing.

Actors : Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eric Johnson, Eloise Mumford,
Directors : James Foley,

Anastasia and Christian get married, but Jack Hyde continues to threaten their relationship.

Actors : Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Larry Block, Marc Anthony,

A failing Italian restaurant run by two brothers gambles on one special night to try to save the business.

Actors : John Hurt, Maury Chaykin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver,
Directors : Richard Kwietniowski,

A bank manager with: (a) a gambling problem and (b) access to a multimillion dollar account gets into a messy situation. Based on the story of the largest one-man bank fraud in Canadian history.

Actors : Missy Peregrym, Vanessa Lengies, Nikki SooHoo, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : Jessica Bendinger,

After a run-in with the law, Haley Graham (Missy Peregrym) is forced to return to the world from which she fled some years ago. Enrolled in an elite gymnastics program run by the legendary Burt Vickerman (Jeff Bridges), Haley's rebellious attitude gives way to something that just might be called team spirit.

Actors : Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman, Téa Leoni, Robert Duvall,
Directors : Mimi Leder,

Unless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with Earth, only those allowed into shelters will survive. Which people will survive?

Actors : Armand Schultz, Dina Korzun, Emily Watson, Paul Giamatti,
Directors : Sophie Barthes,

Paul is an actor who feels bogged down by his participation in a production of Chekov's play, Vanya.

Actors : Billy Bob Thornton, Emilio Echevarría, Jason Patric, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : John Lee Hancock,

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.

Actors : Tim Roth, Octavia Spencer, Naomi Watts, Kelvin Harrison Jr.,
Directors : Julius Onah,

A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student.

Actors : Amber Valletta, Julian McMahon, Shyann McClure, Sandra Bullock,
Directors : Mennan Yapo,

Depressed housewife learns her husband was killed in a car accident the day previously, awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home, and then awakens the next day after to a world in which he is still dead.

Actors : Michelle Rodriguez, Santiago Douglas, Jaime Tirelli, Paul Calderon,
Directors : Karyn Kusama,

Diana, without her father knowing it, trains as a boxer and achieves impressive success, blazing new trails for female boxers.

Actors : Lakeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson,
Directors : Justin Simien,

A single mom named Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest and a historian to help exorcise her newly bought mansion after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts.

Actors : Robert Redford, Alessandro Nivola, Willem Dafoe, Helen Mirren,
Directors : Pieter Jan Brugge,

As an executive is held captive by an employee, it's up to his wife to deliver the ransom.