Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Kaori Tsuji, Tarô Suwa, Bison Katayama, Sylvie Testud,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

A Belgian woman looks back on her year at a Japanese corporation in Tokyo in 1990. She is Amélie, born in Japan, living there until age 5. After college graduation, she returns with a ...

Actors : Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup, Francie Swift, Nicolas Suresky,
Directors : Bart Freundlich,

After hitting the road a man encounters characters that make him realize the importance of family.

Actors : Paulo Autran, Michel Joelsas, Germano Haiut, Daniela Piepszyk,
Directors : Cao Hamburger,

A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil.

Actors : Anny Mariano, Judy Marte, Paola Mendoza, Dominic Colón,

Follows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.

Actors : Alessandro Nivola, Abigail Breslin, Brittany Snow, Elisabeth Shue,
Directors : David M. Rosenthal,

A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.

Actors : Villmar Björkman, Linnea Cart-Lamy, Leif Edlund, Sara Eriksson,
Directors : Ruben Östlund,

In several unrelated stories, the consequences of putting ones foot down - or failing to do so - are explored.

Actors : Maria Hofstätter, Christine Jirku, Viktor Hennemann, Georg Friedrich,
Directors : Ulrich Seidl,

In a suburb of Vienna during some hot summer days: A teacher who is in bondage to a sleazy pimp, a very importunate hitchhiker, a private detective on the run for some car vandals, a couple...

Actors : Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, AnnaSophia Robb, Eva Marie Saint,
Directors : Wayne Wang,

A mischievous dog befriends a lonely young girl in a new town and helps her make new friends.

Actors : Jamie Starr, Lukas Haas, Kim Basinger, Craig Sheffer,
Directors : Susan Montford,

Della Myers is an overwhelmed upper-middle-class housewife who lives in a large house in the suburbs with her twin children and her abusive husband, Kenneth. Kenneth lets Della know that he...

Actors : Rosanna Arquette, Arliss Howard, Paul Le Mat, Debra Winger,
Directors : Arliss Howard,

Vietnam veteran Leon Barlow is struggling as a writer, and his personal life isn't much better. His unsympathetic ex-wife Marilyn doesn't approve of his visits with his two children, and he...

Actors : Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle, Ahmad Riaz, Shamshad Akhtar,
Directors : Ken Loach,

Sparks fly in Glasgow's south side when a young Asian man enters into a relationship with a Caucasian woman.

Actors : Kyra Sedgwick, Marisa Tomei, Ron Eldard, Marley Shelton,
Directors : Fisher Stevens,

A group of thirtysomethings having problems with fidelity gets an opportunity to turn back the clock.

Actors : Zooey Deschanel, Lou Taylor Pucci, Judy Greer, M. Ward,
Directors : Martin Hynes,

When his mother dies, a teenager takes a road-trip in a stolen car to find his long-lost brother. Along the way he discovers a profound connection with the car-owner and with himself as well.

Actors : Anupam Kher, Jesse Metcalfe, Austin Basis, Sara Foster,
Directors : James Dodson,

An employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone.

Actors : Robin Wright, Lynn Redgrave, Suzi Hofrichter, Kenneth Branagh,
Directors : Michael Kalesniko,

Shy, chain-smoking, insomniac Peter McGowan is an L.A. playwright with a string of hits that preceded his current ten years of failed productions. His mother-in-law is sinking into senility...

Actors : Danny Hoch, Tomas Milian, Manny Perez, Jude Ciccolella,
Directors : Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa,

"Washington Heights" tells the story of Carlos Ramirez, a young illustrator burning to escape the Latino neighborhood of the same name to make a splash in New York City's commercial ...

Actors : Emmanuelle Devos, Vincent Lindon, Mathieu Amalric, Hippolyte Girardot,
Directors : Emmanuel Carrère,

Marc is sitting in his bath one morning and asks his wife, "how would you feel if I shaved off my mustache?" She doesn't think it's a great idea, for the 15 years they've been married, ...

Actors : Darsheel Safary, Tanay Chheda, Sachet Engineer, Aamir Khan,

An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.

Actors : Claudia Gerini, Natalia Barcelò, Sergio Castellitto, Penélope Cruz,
Directors : Sergio Castellitto,

A destitute woman (Cruz) becomes involved with an upper-crust physician (Castellitto).

Actors : Maria João Bastos, Adriano Luz, Clotilde Hesme, Ricardo Pereira,
Directors : Raoul Ruiz,

Follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.