Best Drama Movies List

The Godfather (1972)

Aggregate Rating: 292 | Imdb: 9 | Metascore: 100 | Earnings: $134.82M

Lead Role: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton, | Director: Francis Ford Coppola,

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Aggregate Rating: 283 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 94 | Earnings: $377.02M

Lead Role: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, | Director: Peter Jackson,

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

Schindler's List (1993)

Aggregate Rating: 282 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 93 | Earnings: $96.07M

Lead Role: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall, | Director: Steven Spielberg,

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazi Germans.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Aggregate Rating: 280 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 92 | Earnings: $313.84M

Lead Role: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, | Director: Peter Jackson,

A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle Earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Aggregate Rating: 276 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 90 | Earnings: $216.12M

Lead Role: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, | Director: Steven Spielberg,

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Goodfellas (1990)

Aggregate Rating: 276 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 89 | Earnings: $46.84M

Lead Role: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, | Director: Martin Scorsese,

The story of Henry Hill and his life through the teen years into the years of mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his Mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.

Taxi Driver (1976)

Aggregate Rating: 276 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 93 | Earnings: null

Lead Role: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks, | Director: Martin Scorsese,

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, while attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.

The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Aggregate Rating: 275 | Imdb: 9 | Metascore: 85 | Earnings: $57.30M

Lead Role: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, | Director: Francis Ford Coppola,

The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Aggregate Rating: 275 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 88 | Earnings: $340.48M

Lead Role: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, | Director: Peter Jackson,

While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Aggregate Rating: 273 | Imdb: 9 | Metascore: 80 | Earnings: $28.34M

Lead Role: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, | Director: Frank Darabont,

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Aggregate Rating: 272 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 100 | Earnings: $6.00M

Lead Role: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, | Director: David Lean,

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

The Dark Knight (2008)

Aggregate Rating: 272 | Imdb: 9 | Metascore: 82 | Earnings: $533.32M

Lead Role: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, | Director: Christopher Nolan,

When the menace known as the Joker emerges from his mysterious past, he wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the Dark Knight must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Aggregate Rating: 272 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 91 | Earnings: $74.27M

Lead Role: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, | Director:

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Aggregate Rating: 272 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 89 | Earnings: $34.13M

Lead Role: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne, | Director: Michel Gondry,

When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.

Patton (1970)

Aggregate Rating: 271 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 91 | Earnings: null

Lead Role: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong, | Director: Franklin J. Schaffner,

The World War II phase of the career of the controversial American general, George S. Patton.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Aggregate Rating: 270 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 84 | Earnings: $130.73M

Lead Role: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons, | Director: Jonathan Demme,

A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.

The Departed (2006)

Aggregate Rating: 270 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 85 | Earnings: $132.37M

Lead Role: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, | Director: Martin Scorsese,

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Aggregate Rating: 268 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 87 | Earnings: $380.96M

Lead Role: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, | Director: David Yates,

Harry, Ron, and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Aggregate Rating: 267 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 80 | Earnings: $112.00M

Lead Role: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco, | Director: Milos Forman,

A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.

Trainspotting (1996)

Aggregate Rating: 265 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 83 | Earnings: $16.50M

Lead Role: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, | Director: Danny Boyle,

Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.