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Best Drama Films

Ranked by community votes
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The Shawshank Redemption

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1995

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12 Years a Slave

The official website for all things Disney: theme parks, resorts, movies, tv programs, characters, games, videos, music, shopping, and more

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Schindler's List

Winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director

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The Godfather

Filmed on location in New York City and Long Island, New York

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Casablanca

Set in Morocco during World War II, filming locations included the city of Rabat

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Moon

2009 film directed by Duncan Jones

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The New World

2005 film by Terrence Malick

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Anatomy of Hell

2004 film by Catherine Breillat

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The English Patient

1996 film directed by Anthony Minghella

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The Brest Fortress

2010 film directed by Alexander Kott

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Gone Baby Gone

2007 film by Ben Affleck

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We Need to Talk About Kevin

2011 film by Lynne Ramsay

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Celeste and Jesse Forever

2012 film by Lee Toland Krieger

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The Skulls

2000 film directed by Rob Cohen

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Water Lilies

2007 French drama film directed by Céline Sciamma

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Two in One

2007 film by Kira Muratova

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The Man from Earth

2007 film by Richard Schenkman

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13 Assassins

2010 film by Takashi Miike

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13 Tzameti

2005 film directed by Géla Babluani

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A Dangerous Method

2011 film by David Cronenberg

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Orlando

1992 film by Sally Potter

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Broken Embraces

2009 film by Pedro Almodóvar

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The Musketeer

2001 film by Peter Hyams

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Y tu mamá también

2001 film by Alfonso Cuarón

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The Moon and Other Lovers

2008 film by Bernd Böhlich

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The Bad Intentions

2011 film directed by Rosario García-Montero

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Tideland

2005 film by Terry Gilliam

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The Lives of Others

2006 film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

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Gangs of New York

2002 film directed by Martin Scorsese

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The Hours

2002 film directed by Stephen Daldry

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

2008 US-UK film directed by Mark Herman

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Kaza-hana

2000 film by Shinji Sōmai

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A Beautiful Mind

2001 film by Ron Howard

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The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet

2013 film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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33 Scenes from Life

2008 film directed by Małgorzata Szumowska

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44 Inch Chest

2009 film directed by Malcolm Venville

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Pan's Labyrinth

2006 film by Guillermo del Toro

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Chocolat

2000 film directed by Lasse Hallström

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A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001 film directed by Steven Spielberg

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Robin Hood

2010 film by Ridley Scott

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What are the most popular drama films?▾

The top-rated drama films based on community votes are: #1 The Shawshank Redemption, #2 12 Years a Slave, #3 Schindler's List. See the full rankings above.

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What happens when two drama films have the same score?▾

When scores are tied, the one with more community votes ranks higher (more votes means a more reliable score). If votes are also equal, the entity that has been on the platform longer takes priority.