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Top 10 Drama Movies That Will Move You

February 07, 2026 5 min read

Drama is the backbone of cinema. These are the films that critics and audiences agree are the best — ranked by GoodScore, our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB.

How GoodScore works: We combine ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB into a single 0-100 score. Higher = better. No single platform bias.

1
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972 · 2h 55m · Dir. Francis Ford Coppola

Drama, Crime

94
GoodScore

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the...

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12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957 · 1h 37m · Dir. Sidney Lumet

Drama

94
GoodScore

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes...

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3
Schindler's List

Schindler's List

1993 · 3h 15m · Dir. Steven Spielberg

Drama, History, War

93
GoodScore

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

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4
The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II

1974 · 3h 22m · Dir. Francis Ford Coppola

Drama, Crime

91
GoodScore

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

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5
Parasite

Parasite

2019 · 2h 13m · Dir. Bong Joon Ho

Comedy, Thriller, Drama

91
GoodScore

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

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6
Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

1988 · 1h 29m · Dir. Isao Takahata

Animation, Drama, War

91
GoodScore

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned...

Netflix
7
777 Charlie

777 Charlie

2022 · 2h 46m · Dir. Kiranraj K

Drama, Adventure, Comedy

90
GoodScore

Dharma is stuck in a rut with his negative and lonely lifestyle and spends each day in the comfort of his loneliness. A pup named Charlie who is naughty and energetic which is a complete contrast with the Dharma’s character...

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8
C/o Kancharapalem

C/o Kancharapalem

2018 · 2h 32m · Dir. Venkatesh Maha

Drama, Romance

90
GoodScore

From a schoolboy’s crush to a middle-aged bachelor’s office romance, four love stories spanning age, religion and status unfold in a small Indian town.

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9
Jai Bhim

Jai Bhim

2021 · 2h 44m · Dir. T.J. Gnanavel

Crime, Drama, Mystery

89
GoodScore

A pregnant woman from a primitive tribal community, searches desperately for her husband, who is missing from police custody. So as to find her husband and seek justice for them, as their voice, a High Court advocate rises in support....

Amazon Prime Video
10
Violet Evergarden: The Movie

Violet Evergarden: The Movie

2020 · 2h 20m · Dir. Taichi Ishidate

Animation, Drama, Fantasy

89
GoodScore

As the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.

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