List of drama films is a chronological listing of films in the drama genre.
1910s
1920s
- Dante's Inferno
- The Enchanted Cottage
- Greed
- Janice Meredith
- The Last Laugh
- The Saga of Gosta Berling
- Strike
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Jazz Singer, The
- King of Kings, The
- Konets Sankt-Peterburga
- Love of Jeanne Ney
- Oktyabr
- Seventh Heaven
- Sunrise
- The Man Who Laughs
- The Way of All Flesh
1930s
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
- Camille
- Dodsworth
- Fury
- Osaka Elegy
- La Belle Équipe
- Romeo and Juliet
- The Petrified Forest
- San Francisco
- Sisters of the Gion
1937
- A Star is Born
- Dead End
- The Good Earth
- Grand Illusion
- J'accuse
- Life of Emile Zola
- Pépé le Moko
- Stella Dallas
- Topper
1938
1939
1940s
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
- Grapes of Wrath
- Kitty Foyle
- Knute Rockne, All American
- The Letter
- The Man I Married
- The Mortal Storm
- Our Town
- Casablanca
- Joan of Paris
- The Magnificent Ambersons
- Mrs. Miniver
- The Pied Piper
- Pride of the Yankees
- Random Harvest
- Day of Wrath
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
- Ossessione
- Sanshiro Sugata
- So Proudly We Hail!
- Song of Bernadette
- Watch on the Rhine
- The Children Are Watching Us
- Going My Way
- Jane Eyre
- Lifeboat
- Mr. Skeffington
- Passage to Marseilles
- Secret Command
- Since You Went Away
- Till We Meet Again
- To Have and Have Not
- Wilson
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Bells of St. Mary's
- Brief Encounter
- Children of Paradise
- Corn Is Green
- I Know Where I'm Going!
- Lost Weekend
- Mildred Pierce
- The Southerner
- The Best Years of Our Lives
- Brief Encounter
- Gilda
- Great Expectations
- Humoresque
- Leave Her to Heaven
- No Regrets for Our Youth
- Paisà
- Utamaro and His Five Women
1950s
1950
- Capture
- Diary of a Country Priest
- Flowers of St. Francis
- In a Lonely Place
- Olvidados, Los
- Sunset Blvd.
- Ways of Love
1951
- Browning Version
- Cry the Beloved Country
- Early Summer
- Place in the Sun, A
- Rashomon
- River, The
- Streetcar Named Desire, A
1952
- Bad and the Beautiful
- Casque D'Or
- Come Back, Little Sheba
- Forbidden Games
- Ikiru
- Life of Oharu
- Member of the Wedding
- Mother
- Othello
- Umberto D.
- Viva Zapata!
1953
1954
- Caine Mutiny, The
- Chikamatsu Monogatari
- Country Girl
- Generation, A
- Late Chrysanthemums
- Magnificent Obsession
- On the Waterfront
- Sansho the Bailiff
- Seven Samurai
- Strada, La
- Wild One, The
1955
- Blackboard Jungle
- Der Letzte Akt
- East of Eden
- I'll Cry Tomorrow
- Lola Montès
- Ordet
- Rebel Without a Cause
- Man with the Golden Arm, The
1956
- ... And God Created Woman
- A Man Escaped'
- Anastasia
- Friendly Persuasion
- Giant
- Lust for Life
- Requiem for a Heavyweight
- Somebody Up There Likes Me
1957
- Cranes Are Flying, The
- Face in the Crowd, A
- Hatful of Rain, A
- Man of a Thousand Faces
- Nights of Cabiria
- Seventh Seal, The
- Sweet Smell of Success
- Three Faces of Eve
- Throne of Blood
- Twelve Angry Men
- Wild Strawberries
1958
- Ashes and Diamonds
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Defiant Ones, The
- Human Condition, Part 1: No Greater Love
- I Want to Live!
- Look Back in Anger
- Night to Remember
- The Old Man and the Sea
- Rikisha-Man, The
- Run Silent, Run Deep
- Separate Tables
1959
1960s
1960
- L'avventura
- Ballad of a Soldier
- Breathless
- Cruel Story of Youth
- Devi
- Elmer Gantry
- Human Condition, Part 2: The Road to Eternity, The
- Entertainer, The
- Inherit the Wind
- Night and Fog in Japan
- Rocco and His Brothers
- Sun's Burial, The
- Sundowners
- Sunrise at Campobello
- Trou, Le
- Two Women
- Virgin Spring, The
1961
- Accattone
- Children's Hour, The
- Connection
- Human Condition, Part 3: A Soldier's Prayer
- Hustler, The
- Island, The
- Judgment at Nuremberg
- Last Year at Marienbad
- Lola
- Misfits, The
- Raisin in the Sun, A
- Splendor in the Grass
- Taste of Honey, A
- Through a Glass Darkly
1962
- Advise and Consent
- Billy Budd
- Birdman of Alcatraz
- Cleo from 5 to 7
- Days of Wine and Roses
- L'eclisse
- Harakiri
- Intruder, The
- Jules and Jim
- Knife in the Water
- Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The
- Lolita
- Lonely Are the Brave
- Long Day's Journey into Night
- Miracle Worker, The
- My Life to Live
- Requiem for a Heavyweight
- To Kill a Mockingbird
1963
- America, America
- An Actor's Revenge
- Contempt
- Feu Follet, Le
- High and Low
- Hud
- Leopard, The
- Lilies of the Field
- Lord of the Flies
- Muriel
- Raven's End
- Servent, The
- Shock Corridor
- Silence, The
- Smrt Si Rika Engelchen
- This Sporting Life
- Vidas Secas
- Winter Light
1964
- Black God, White Devil
- Carpet Baggers
- Charulata
- Gamlet
- Gate of Flesh
- Gospel According to St. Matthew, The
- I Am Cuba
- Intentions of Murder
- Night of the Iguana, The
- Nothing But a Man
- Pawnbroker, The
- Pumpkin Eater, The
- Red Desert
- Séance on a Wet Afternoon
- Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors
- Zorba the Greek
1965
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1966
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1967
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1968
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1969
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1970s
1980s
1980
- Breaker Morant
- Coal Miner's Daughter, The
- Elephant Man, The
- Great Santini, The
- Ko To Tamo Peva
- Last Metro
- Ordinary People
- Playing for Time
- Raging Bull
- Resurrection, The
- Urban Cowboy
1981
- Absence of Malice
- Chariots of Fire
- Circle of Deceit
- Man of Iron
- Marianne and Juliane
- Masada
- Mephisto
- On Golden Pond
- Pixote
- Postman Always Rings Twice, The
- Prince of the City
- Ragtime
- Skokie
- Smash Palace
- Three Brothers
- Zigeunerweisen
1982
- Another Way
- Boat People
- De Stilte Rond Christine M
- Fanny & Alexander
- Grey Fox, The
- Little Gloria... Happy at Last
- Missing
- Moonlighting
- Napló gyermekeimnek
- Night of the Shooting Stars, The
- Przesluchanie
- Sophie's Choice
- Verdict, The
- Veronika Voss
- Year of Living Dangerously, The
- Yol
1983
- L'Argent
- Ballad of Narayama, The
- Betrayal
- Entre Nous
- Makioka Sisters
- Mur, Le
- Norte, El
- Nos Amours, À
- One Deadly Summer
- Right Stuff, The
- Silkwood
- Tender Mercies
- Testament
- WarGames
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990s
1990
- Angel at My Table, An
- Cyrano De Bergerac
- Ju Dou
- Longtime Companion
- Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
- Reise der Hoffnung
- Song of the Exile
- Vincent and Theo
1991
- Belle Noiseuse, La
- Boern Natturunnar
- Boyz 'N the Hood
- Days of Being Wild
- Double Life of Veroni, The
- Europa, Europa
- Fisher King, The
- Hoyat Gwan Tsoi Loi
- My Own Private Idaho
- Raise the Red Lantern
- Rambling Rose
- Stranger, The
1992
- Bad Lieutenant
- Centre Stage
- Coeur en Hiver, Un
- Crying Game, The
- Daens
- Daughters of the Dust
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- Howards End
- Lorenzo's Oil
- Malcolm X
- Player, The
- River Runs Through It, A
- Scene at the Sea, A
- Urga
1993
- Age of Innocence
- Blue
- Blue Kite, The
- Bronx Tale, A
- Calendar
- Farewell, My Concubine
- Fearless
- In the Name of the Father
- Menace II Society
- Naked
- Piano, The
- Remains of the Day, The
- Ruby in Paradise
- Scent of Green Papaya
- Schindler's List
- Searching for Bobby Fischer
- Seopyonjae
- Shadowlands
- Short Cuts
- What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1994
- Before the Rain
- Borrowed Life, A
- Chungking Express
- Exotica
- Fresh
- Heavenly Creatures
- Little Women
- Once Were Warriors
- Pom Poko
- Postino, Il
- Quiz Show
- Red
- Satantango
- Shawshank Redemption
- Strawberry and Chocolate
- Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
- Through the Olive Trees
- To Live
- Vanya on 42nd Street
- Wild Reeds
1995
- Apollo 13
- Bridges of Madison County
- Clockers
- Cérémonie, La
- Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
- Cyclo
- Dead Man Walking
- Fallen Angels
- Good Men, Good Women
- Haine, La
- Leaving Las Vegas
- Maborosi
- Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud
- Safe
- Whisper of the Heart
- White Balloon
1996
- L'Appartement
- Breaking the Waves
- Gabbeh
- English Patient
- Forgotten Silver
- Goodbye South, Goodbye
- Hard Eight
- Kolya
- Lone Star
- Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored
- Pillow Book
- Ponette
- Portrait of a Lady, The
- Prisoner of the Mountains
- Ridicule
- Secrets & Lies
- Shine
- Single Spark, A
- Sling Blade
1997
- Apostle, The
- Boxer, The
- Butcher Boy, The
- Character
- Eel, The
- Fireworks
- Good Will Hunting
- Happy Together
- Heunggong Chaichou
- Ice Storm
- In the Company of Men
- Live Flesh
- Lost Paradise
- Mother and Son
- River, The
- Sweet Hereafter, The
- Taste of Cherry
1998
- After Life
- Apple, The
- Central Station
- Flowers of Shanghai
- Gods and Monsters
- Harmonists, The
- My Name Is Joe
- Ratcatcher
- Red Violin
- The Silence
- Simple Plan, A
1999
2000s
2000
- Before Night Falls
- Blackboards
- Cast Away
- The Circle
- Dancer in the Dark
- Day I Became A Woman
- Faithless
- George Washington
- Hamlet
- Our Lady of the Assassins
- Our Song
- Road Home
- Taboo
- Traffic
- Under the Sand
- Where the Heart Is
- Yi Yi
- You Can Count On Me
2001
- A Beautiful Mind
- All About Lily Chou-Chou
- In Praise of Love
- In the Bedroom
- Kandahar
- Lantana
- The Man Who Wasn't There
- Millennium Actress
- Millennium Mambo
- Monster's Ball
- Mulholland Drive
- Nowhere in Africa
- The Son's Room
- Time Out
2002
- 8 Mile
- About Schmidt
- All or Nothing
- Better Luck Tomorrow
- Bloody Sunday
- Catch Me If You Can
- City of God
- Distant
- Far From Heaven
- Frida
- Gangs of New York
- Hours, The
- Lilya 4-Ever
- Magdalene Sisters
- Pianist, The
- Quiet American, The
- Rabbit-Proof Fence
- Son, The
- Springtime in a Small Town
- Talk to Her
- Unfaithful
- Whale Rider
2003
- 21 Grams
- At Five in the Afternoon
- BAADASSSSS!
- Big Fish
- Best of Youth
- Cold Creek Manor
- Cold Mountain
- Crimson Gold
- House of Sand and Fog
- How to Deal
- The Human Stain
- In America
- Le Divorce
- The Last Samurai
- The Life of David Gale
- Lost in Translation
- The Magdalene Sisters
- Maria Full of Grace
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Memories of Murder
- Mona Lisa Smile
- Monster
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- My Life Without Me
- Mystic River
- Osama
- Radio
- The Return
- Rosenstrasse
- Saraband
- Seabiscuit
- Shattered Glass
- Son Frère
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ...And Spring
- Sylvia
- Tears of the Sun
2004
- The Aviator
- Bad Education
- Being Julia
- Brothers
- Closer
- Finding Neverland
- Forty Shades of Blue
- Garden State
- Gilles' Wife
- Head-On
- Holy Girl, The
- House of Flying Daggers
- Hotel Rwanda
- Innocence
- L'Intrus
- Keane
- Kinsey
- Maria Full of Grace
- Million Dollar Baby
- Moolaadé
- My Summer of Love
- Mysterious Skin
- Nine Lives
- Nobody Knows
- The Notebook
- Ray
- Sea Inside, The
- Tony Takitani
- Turtles Can Fly
- Vera Drake
- Very Long Engagement, A
2005
- Brokeback Mountain
- Broken Flowers
- Capote
- Child, The
- Cinderella Man
- Constant Gardener, The
- Crash
- Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The
- Empire Falls
- Fateless
- Green Street Hooligans
- Good Night, and Good Luck
- Hidden
- Hustle & Flow
- Junebug
- Lackawanna Blues
- Lady Vengeance
- Match Point
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Munich
- North Country
- Paradise Now
- Shopgirl
- Sometimes in April
- Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
- Squid and the Whale, The
- Syriana
- Transamerica
- Walk The Line