Movies in the Drama genre

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Virgin Suicides, The

The Virgin Suicides is Sofia Coppola's directorial debut, and its effectiveness illustrates that she's better behind the camera than she is in front of it. (Most movie-goers will remember her ill-fated attempt to portray Michael Corleone's daughte...

Run Time: 1:36
U.S. Release Date: 2000-04-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Sofia Coppola
Cast: James Woods, Danny DeVito, Leslie Hayman, ...
Viridiana

When it was released in 1961, Viridiana was seen as shocking by some, blasphemous by others, and even deemed controversial by those accustomed to European filmmakers coloring outside the lines. Today, the “edgy” and “envelope-pushing” ...

Run Time: 1:30
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Luis Bunuel
Cast: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, ...
Visitor, The

It's a pleasant thing to encounter occasionally a movie in which people are portrayed as decent (if flawed) individuals. In The Visitor, there are no human villains. No one wears a black hat. The antagonist is The System - the nameless, faceless...

Run Time: 1:43
U.S. Release Date: 2008-04-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Thomas McCarthy
Cast: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, ...
Volver

All the world is in love with Almodovar, or at least so he would have us believe. His full name is Pedro Almodovar, but no one bothers with the first name, least of all Pedro. His movies trumpet "A Film by Almodovar" with pride, and his latest, Vol...

Run Time: 2:00
U.S. Release Date: 2006-09-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Violence, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Cast: Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, ...
Vow, The

The only reason any male could have for seeing The Vow is the hope of getting laid afterwards. The only reason any female could have for seeing The Vow is if she views the plots of Harlequin romance novels as the height of modern storytelling. Thi...

Run Time: 1:45
U.S. Release Date: 2012-02-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Michael Sucsy
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Jessica Lange, ...
Vox Lux

Vox Lux opens with a shock to the system – a scene so stark and well-crafted that its aftermath lingers even as it informs the life decisions of Celeste, the movie’s central character. The movie starts out immersed in normalcy – a high s...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Drama
Director: Brady Corbet
Cast: Natalie Portman, Raffey Cassidy, Jude Law, ...
Vukovar

If you turn on the evening news these days, one of the first images you're likely to see will originate from the devastated former Yugoslavia, where centuries-old hatreds have boiled over to ignite a scenario of unspeakable horror. Yet the sights ...

Run Time: 1:36
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Boro Draskovic
Cast: Mirjana Jokovic, Boris Isakovic
W.

It would be grossly unfair to criticize W. as a hatchet job - it's too clumsy for such a description to apply. This movie frequently feels like the shotgun marriage of Nightline and Saturday Night Live. Superficial, uninformative, and inert, this...

Run Time: 2:09
U.S. Release Date: 2008-10-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Josh Brolin, James Cromwell, Elizabeth Banks, ...
Wackness, The

The Wackness is a period piece drama that takes viewers back to the summer of 1994 in New York City. It's three months in the life of a drug dealer as he traverses the road from high school graduation to the start of college. This is basically a ...

Run Time: 1:35
U.S. Release Date: 2008-07-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Jonathan Levine
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Famke Janssen, ...
Wah-Wah

As coming of age stories go, Wah-Wah does little to distinguish itself. Based on the memories of actor-turned-director/writer Richard E. Grant, the bland film loses its focus early during the proceedings and never gets it back. With the late 196...

Run Time: 1:37
U.S. Release Date: 2006-05-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Richard E. Grant
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, ...