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Best Drama Movies of the 20th Century
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
RDrama2h22Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
The Godfather (1972)
RCrime, Drama2h55An organized crime dynasty's aging patriarch transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
12 Angry Men (1957)
ApprovedCrime, Drama1h36A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
RCrime, Drama3h22The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
RCrime, Drama2h34The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Schindler's List (1993)
RBiography, Drama, History3h15In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Fight Club (1999)
RDrama2h19An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.
Forrest Gump (1994)
PG-13Drama, Romance2h22The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
Goodfellas (1990)
RBiography, Crime, Drama2h26The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
RDrama2h13A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
PGDrama, Family, Fantasy2h10An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
PG-13Comedy, Drama, Romance1h56When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
RDrama, War2h49Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
Se7en (1995)
RCrime, Drama, Mystery2h07Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.
Seven Samurai (1954)
Not RatedAction, Adventure, Drama3h27A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.
The Green Mile (1999)
RCrime, Drama, Fantasy3h09The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
RCrime, Drama, Thriller1h58A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
American History X (1998)
RDrama1h59A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.
Casablanca (1942)
PGDrama, Romance, War1h42A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
PGDrama, Romance2h35A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.
City Lights (1931)
GComedy, Drama, Romance1h27With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Not RatedAnimation, Drama, War1h29A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
Léon: The Professional (1994)
RAction, Crime, Drama1h50Mathilda, a 12-year-old girl, is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.
Modern Times (1936)
GComedy, Drama, Family1h27The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
The Lion King (1994)
GAnimation, Adventure, Drama1h28Lion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.
Apocalypse Now (1979)
RDrama, Mystery, War2h27A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
RCrime, Drama3h49A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Paths of Glory (1957)
TV-PGDrama, War1h28After refusing to attack an enemy position, a general accuses the soldiers of cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
PassedDrama, Film-Noir1h50A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
The Great Dictator (1940)
GComedy, Drama, War2h05Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
The Shining (1980)
RDrama, Horror2h26A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
ApprovedCrime, Drama, Mystery1h56A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
RCrime, Drama, Sci-Fi2h16In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.
Amadeus (1984)
PGBiography, Drama, History2h40The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
American Beauty (1999)
RDrama2h02A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Not RatedDrama1h29In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen. He and his son set out to find it.
Braveheart (1995)
RBiography, Drama, History2h58Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
Children of Heaven (1997)
PGDrama, Family, Sport1h29After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.
Citizen Kane (1941)
PGDrama, Mystery1h59Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'.
Das Boot (1981)
RAdventure, Drama, Thriller2h29The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror.