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Best Drama Movies of the 2000s
#1 The Dark Knight (2008) · ★ 8.5 · 36,822 votes · 2h 32m · action, thriller, dramaBatman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations t…
#2 The Pianist (2002) · ★ 8.4 · 10,494 votes · 2h 30m · drama, warThe true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work…
#3 City of God (2002) · ★ 8.4 · 8,434 votes · 2h 9m · drama, crimeIn the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related vio…
#4 A Dog's Will (2000) · ★ 8.4 · 1,243 votes · 1h 44m · comedy, fantasy, romanceThe lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be ju…
#5 Inglourious Basterds (2009) · ★ 8.2 · 24,844 votes · 2h 33m · thriller, drama, warIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalpi…
#6 Gladiator (2000) · ★ 8.2 · 21,548 votes · 2h 35m · action, adventure, dramaAfter the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced…
#7 The Prestige (2006) · ★ 8.2 · 18,162 votes · 2h 10m · drama, science-fiction, mysteryA mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequ…
#8 The Departed (2006) · ★ 8.2 · 16,699 votes · 2h 31m · thriller, drama, crimeTo take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop cu…
#9 Oldboy (2003) · ★ 8.2 · 10,241 votes · 2h 0m · action, thriller, dramaWith no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.…
#10 Innocent Voices (2005) · ★ 8.2 · 523 votes · 2h 0m · drama, warA young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life when he desperately tries to avoid the war that is raging all…
#11 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) · ★ 8.1 · 16,796 votes · 1h 48m · romance, drama, science-fictionJoel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he re…
#12 Pride & Prejudice (2005) · ★ 8.1 · 8,957 votes · 2h 8m · romance, dramaA story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, bu…
#13 There Will Be Blood (2007) · ★ 8.1 · 7,730 votes · 2h 38m · dramaRuthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landown…
#14 Memories of Murder (2003) · ★ 8.1 · 4,846 votes · 2h 11m · thriller, drama, crimeA sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with confl…
#15 In the Mood for Love (2000) · ★ 8.1 · 3,290 votes · 1h 39m · romance, dramaIn 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.…
#16 Elite Squad (2007) · ★ 8.1 · 2,822 votes · 1h 55m · action, drama, crimeIn 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers i…
#17 Prayers for Bobby (2009) · ★ 8.1 · 653 votes · 1h 29m · tv-movie, drama, historyBobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling…
#18 Catch Me If You Can (2002) · ★ 8.0 · 17,525 votes · 2h 21m · drama, crimeA true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI…
#19 No Country for Old Men (2007) · ★ 8.0 · 13,842 votes · 2h 2m · thriller, drama, westernLlewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bel…
#20 Gran Torino (2008) · ★ 8.0 · 11,858 votes · 1h 56m · dramaDisgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.…
#21 Requiem for a Dream (2000) · ★ 8.0 · 11,338 votes · 1h 42m · drama, crimeThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.…
#22 Million Dollar Baby (2004) · ★ 8.0 · 10,419 votes · 2h 12m · dramaDespondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and t…
#23 Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) · ★ 8.0 · 7,343 votes · 1h 33m · drama, familyProfessor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As th…
#24 The Lives of Others (2006) · ★ 8.0 · 4,249 votes · 2h 17m · thriller, dramaIn 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the…
#25 The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) · ★ 8.0 · 2,947 votes · 2h 10m · thriller, drama, mysteryHoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and m…
#26 3 Idiots (2009) · ★ 8.0 · 2,846 votes · 2h 51m · comedy, dramaRascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish sch…
#27 Like Stars on Earth (2007) · ★ 8.0 · 1,413 votes · 2h 42m · dramaIshaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who…
#28 Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) · ★ 8.0 · 794 votes · 2h 28m · action, adventure, dramaWhen two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.…
#29 Nobody Knows (2004) · ★ 8.0 · 685 votes · 2h 21m · dramaIn a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.…
#30 The Best of Youth (2003) · ★ 8.0 · 620 votes · 6h 7m · romance, drama, historyAfter a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of po…
#31 The Notebook (2004) · ★ 7.9 · 12,889 votes · 2h 3m · romance, dramaAn epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who i…
#32 A Beautiful Mind (2001) · ★ 7.9 · 11,435 votes · 2h 15m · romance, dramaFrom the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking disco…
#33 The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) · ★ 7.9 · 10,886 votes · 1h 57m · dramaA struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.…
#34 Downfall (2004) · ★ 7.9 · 4,479 votes · 2h 35m · drama, history, warIn April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capita…
#35 Freedom Writers (2007) · ★ 7.9 · 2,492 votes · 2h 3m · drama, crimeA young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.…
#36 Mary and Max (2009) · ★ 7.9 · 2,343 votes · 1h 32m · comedy, drama, animationA tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man livin…
#37 Persepolis (2007) · ★ 7.9 · 2,255 votes · 1h 35m · drama, animationIn 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Rev…
#38 Tokyo Godfathers (2003) · ★ 7.9 · 1,575 votes · 1h 32m · comedy, drama, animationOn Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.…
#39 Millennium Actress (2002) · ★ 7.9 · 1,084 votes · 1h 27m · romance, drama, animationDocumentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a ke…
#40 Departures (2008) · ★ 7.9 · 958 votes · 2h 10m · dramaDaigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency…