Movies in the Drama genre

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Remember Me

Spoiler Alert: This movie contains spoilers about the time frame during which the movie's ending transpires. One suspects Remember Me would earn the official Nicholas Sparks Seal of Approval, if there was such a thing. This movie is the kind of...

Run Time: 1:52
U.S. Release Date: 2010-03-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/DRAMA
Director: Allen Coulter
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Chris Cooper, ...
Remember the Titans

With a movie like Remember the Titans, your overall opinion will be largely dependent upon how you look at the finished product. If viewed as a crowd-pleasing, feel-good sports movie, the film is an unqualified success, following the accepted form...

Run Time: 1:53
U.S. Release Date: 2000-09-29
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mature Themes, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Boaz Yakin
Cast: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, ...
Rendition

Much as I might like to, I cannot heap praise upon director Gavin Hood's Rendition, a political thriller with aspirations of being so much more that it is. The film treads into the minefield of debate that exists surrounding the question of Constit...

Run Time: 2:00
U.S. Release Date: 2007-10-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Gavin Hood
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, ...
Rental Family

With its curious fusion of tear-jerking drama and fish-out-of-water humor, Rental Family is indeed a strange brew—one of those films that sounds slightly ridiculous in synopsis but blossoms into something unexpectedly tender when experienced mom...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2025-11-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Hikari
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, ...
Requiem for a Dream

Every year, there seems to be one film that kicks you in the stomach and leaves your head reeling. In 1999, it was Tim Roth's profoundly disturbing, unforgettable The War Zone. This year, it's Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream, one of the mos...

Run Time: 1:42
U.S. Release Date: 2000-10-06
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Drugs, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, ...
Reservation Road

It would be interesting to get a psychologist's perspective about why revenge/vigilante (two sides of the same coin) motion pictures are suddenly so popular. From The Brave One to Death Sentence to Before the Devil Knows You're Dead to Reservation ...

Run Time: 1:42
U.S. Release Date: 2007-10-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Terry George
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly, ...
Respect

Respect uses vignettes to provide an overview of the early years of Aretha Franklin’s life and career. Along the way, the movie touches on a number of weighty issues including domestic abuse, alcoholism, and Civil Rights activism. The film c...

Run Time: 2:25
U.S. Release Date: 2021-08-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Liesl Tommy
Cast: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Audra McDonald, ...
Restless

The most surprising thing about Restless, the latest film from indie director Gus Van Sant, is how conventional it is. Of course, this is not the first time Van Sant, whose penchant is for offbeat productions with little widespread appeal, has ente...

Run Time: 1:31
U.S. Release Date: 2011-09-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Gus Van Sant
Cast: Henry Hopper, Mia Wasikowska, Ryo Kase, ...
Revolutionary Road

Since 1997, Titanic fans have been yearning for a re-teaming of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Revolutionary Road is the opportunity they have awaited, but the results may cause as much distress as joy. Directed by Winslet's husband, Sam Men...

Run Time: 1:59
U.S. Release Date: 2008-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, ...
Richard III

Richard III - it's Shakespeare that has nothing to do with Kenneth Branagh. Actually, at first glance, this film doesn't appear to have anything to do with the Bard's play, either. Opening in a 1930's England war room with a tank crashing through...

Run Time: 1:45
U.S. Release Date: 1995-12-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Richard Loncraine
Cast: Ian McKellan, Jim Broadbent, Annette Bening, ...