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Displaying Search Results: 278 Best Movies in Genre Drama

When the Wind Blows ( 1986 )

Genre:   Animation | Drama | War

Runtime:  84

Country:  United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  Jimmy T. Murakami

Writer:   Raymond Briggs | Raymond Briggs

Stars:   Peggy Ashcroft | John Mills | Robin Houston | James Russell

Plot:    A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.

The Color Purple ( 1985 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  154

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Steven Spielberg

Writer:   Menno Meyjes | Alice Walker

Stars:   Danny Glover | Whoopi Goldberg | Margaret Avery | Oprah Winfrey

Plot:    A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.

La historia oficial ( 1985 )

Genre:   Drama | History

Runtime:  112

Country:  Argentina

Language:  Spanish | English

Director:  Luis Puenzo

Writer:   Aída Bortnik | Luis Puenzo

Stars:   Héctor Alterio | Norma Aleandro | Chunchuna Villafañe | Hugo Arana

Plot:    During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.

The Verdict ( 1982 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  129

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Sidney Lumet

Writer:   Barry Reed | David Mamet | Jay Presson Allen

Stars:   Paul Newman | Charlotte Rampling | Jack Warden | James Mason

Plot:    An outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.

Missing ( 1982 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama | History | Mystery | Thriller

Runtime:  122

Country:  United States | Mexico

Language:  English | Spanish | French

Director:  Costa-Gavras

Writer:   Costa-Gavras | Donald E. Stewart | Thomas Hauser | John Nichols

Stars:   Jack Lemmon | Sissy Spacek | Melanie Mayron | John Shea

Plot:    "When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him."

My Dinner with Andre ( 1981 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama

Runtime:  110

Country:  United States

Language:  English | French

Director:  Louis Malle

Writer:   Wallace Shawn | Andre Gregory

Stars:   Andre Gregory | Wallace Shawn | Jean Lenauer | Roy Butler

Plot:    Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.

Mephisto ( 1981 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  146

Country:  Hungary | West Germany | Austria

Language:  German | Hungarian | English

Director:  István Szabó

Writer:   Péter Dobai | István Szabó | Klaus Mann

Stars:   Klaus Maria Brandauer | Ildikó Bánsági | Krystyna Janda | Rolf Hoppe

Plot:    In early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor faces a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?

Ordinary People ( 1980 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  124

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Robert Redford

Writer:   Judith Guest | Alvin Sargent | Nancy Dowd

Stars:   Donald Sutherland | Mary Tyler Moore | Judd Hirsch | Timothy Hutton

Plot:    The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( 1977 )

Genre:   Drama | Sci-Fi

Runtime:  138

Country:  United States | United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  Steven Spielberg

Writer:   Steven Spielberg | Hal Barwood | Jerry Belson | John Hill | Matthew Robbins

Stars:   Richard Dreyfuss | François Truffaut | Teri Garr | Melinda Dillon

Plot:    An Indiana electric lineman finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

The Shootist ( 1976 )

Genre:   Drama | Romance | Western

Runtime:  100

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Don Siegel

Writer:   Glendon Swarthout | Miles Hood Swarthout | Scott Hale

Stars:   John Wayne | Lauren Bacall | Ron Howard | James Stewart

Plot:    A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.

Nashville ( 1975 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama | Music

Runtime:  160

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Robert Altman

Writer:   Joan Tewkesbury

Stars:   David Arkin | Barbara Baxley | Ned Beatty | Karen Black

Plot:    Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.

Shurayuki-hime ( 1973 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  97

Country:  Japan

Language:  Japanese | English

Director:  Toshiya Fujita

Writer:   Kazuo Kamimura | Kazuo Koike | Norio Osada

Stars:   Meiko Kaji | Toshio Kurosawa | Masaaki Daimon | Miyoko Akaza

Plot:    A young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.

Deliverance ( 1972 )

Genre:   Adventure | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  109

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  John Boorman

Writer:   James Dickey | James Dickey | John Boorman

Stars:   Jon Voight | Burt Reynolds | Ned Beatty | Ronny Cox

Plot:    Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

Jeremiah Johnson ( 1972 )

Genre:   Adventure | Drama | Western

Runtime:  108

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Crow | French

Director:  Sydney Pollack

Writer:   Vardis Fisher | Raymond W. Thorp | Robert Bunker | John Milius | Edward Anhalt

Stars:   Robert Redford | Will Geer | Delle Bolton | Josh Albee

Plot:    A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.

Walkabout ( 1971 )

Genre:   Adventure | Drama

Runtime:  100

Country:  United Kingdom | Australia | United States

Language:  English | Aboriginal | Czech

Director:  Nicolas Roeg

Writer:   Edward Bond | Donald G. Payne | Nicolas Roeg

Stars:   Jenny Agutter | Luc Roeg | David Gulpilil | John Meillon

Plot:    Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.

Giù la testa ( 1971 )

Genre:   Drama | War | Western

Runtime:  157

Country:  Italy

Language:  English | Italian | Spanish

Director:  Sergio Leone

Writer:   Sergio Leone | Sergio Donati | Luciano Vincenzoni | Sergio Donati | Sergio Leone | Roberto De Leonardis | Carlo Tritto

Stars:   Rod Steiger | James Coburn | Romolo Valli | Maria Monti

Plot:    A low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.

McCabe & Mrs. Miller ( 1971 )

Genre:   Drama | Western

Runtime:  120

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Cantonese

Director:  Robert Altman

Writer:   Edmund Naughton | Robert Altman | Brian McKay | Robert Towne | Joseph Calvelli

Stars:   Warren Beatty | Julie Christie | Rene Auberjonois | William Devane

Plot:    A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo ( 2024 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Runtime:  178

Country:  France | Belgium

Language:  French | Romanian | Italian

Director:  Alexandre de La Patellière | Matthieu Delaporte

Writer:   Alexandre Dumas | Alexandre de La Patellière | Alexandre de La Patellière | Alexandre de La Patellière | Matthieu Delaporte | Matthieu Delaporte | Matthieu Delaporte

Stars:   Pierre Niney | Bastien Bouillon | Anaïs Demoustier | Anamaria Vartolomei

Plot:    'After escaping from an island prison where he spent 14 years for being wrongly accused of state treason, Edmond Dantès returns as the Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on the men who betrayed him.'

Anatomie d'une chute ( 2023 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  151

Country:  France

Language:  French | English

Director:  Justine Triet

Writer:   Justine Triet | Arthur Harari

Stars:   Sandra Hüller | Swann Arlaud | Milo Machado-Graner | Antoine Reinartz

Plot:    A woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.

All of Us Strangers ( 2023 )

Genre:   Drama | Romance

Runtime:  105

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English

Director:  Andrew Haigh

Writer:   Andrew Haigh | Taichi Yamada

Stars:   Andrew Scott | Paul Mescal | Carter John Grout | Jamie Bell

Plot:    A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with his downstairs neighbor while discovering a mysterious new way to heal from losing his parents 30 years ago.

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