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- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) For those who think Martin Scorsese only makes films about masculinity and gangsters, this underrated classic is strong evidence to the contrary.
- Boyz N the Hood (1991) The impact of John Singleton's coming-of-age drama cannot be overstated, not only for its nuanced examination of young Black men's lives in South Central L.A., but also for being a launching pad for its stars, including Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Nia Long, Angela Bassett, and Regina King.
- Carol (2015) Forbidden love has rarely been as luscious as it is in Todd Haynes' sweeping romantic drama set in 1950s New York. Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) is a quiet department store clerk who encounters Carol Aird (Cate Blanchett), an elegant customer who entrances her.
- The Devil All the Time (2020) Based on the novel by Donald Ray Pollock, The Devil All the Time features a tangled web of connections spanning the two decades post-WWII.
- ‘Leave The World Behind’
- 'To Leslie'
- 'A Man called Otto'
- 'Rrr'
- 'All Quiet on The Western Front'
- 'Emily The Criminal'
- 'The Good nurse'
- 'Hustle'
- 'Okja'
- 'I'm Thinking of Ending Things'
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Rotten Tomatoes: 73% | IMDb: 6.4/10
Writer and directorSam Esmail (Mr. Robot) adapts the hit apocalyptic novel of the same name by Rumaan Alam with the help of some of Hollywood's biggest names, including Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Julia Roberts (Homecoming), Ethan Hawke (Training Day), and Kevin Bacon (The Following). The story tracks two families who are reluctantly stuck together in a house as a mysterious power and internet blackout causes electronics everywhere to go haywire, creating danger around every corner with boats...
Rotten Tomatoes: 93% | IMDb: 7.1/10
Director Michael Morris makes his feature film debut with To Leslie, a small-town drama inspired by the true story of a Texas woman who won over $100,000 in the lottery and ended up spending it all on drugs and alcohol. Andrea Riseborough (What Remains) gives a stunning Academy Award-nominated performance as the titular Leslie, who finds herself broke and destitute shortly after her big win. To Leslie is a gritty and honest portrayal of addiction and the ways it not only affects alcoholic and...
Rotten Tomatoes: 70% | IMDb: 7.5/10
Based on the novel A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Otto follows a curmudgeonly widower played by Tom Hanks (Apollo 13), who is all but ready to end his life. However, his new neighbors are just as stubborn as he is, constantly forcing him to interact with them as they try to get Otto to embrace life again. The movie was directed by Marc Forster (Christopher Robin) and written by David Magee (Finding Neverland), with Mariana Treviño (Club de Cuervos), Rachel Keller (Legion),...
Rotten Tomatoes: 95% | IMDb: 7.8/10
An award-winning film with an impressive budget that allowed for an extravagant spectacle,RRR is an action-packed Indian musical adventure sure to get toes tapping. Directed byS.S. Rajamouli, RRR builds a beautifully moving fictional story inspired by historical events. Starring N.T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan, RRRtakes audiences to the 1920s, where Indian revolutionaries begin to fight back against British colonialists. Seamlessly transitioning through fierce fight sequences, explosions tha...
Rotten Tomatoes: 90% | IMDb: 7.8/10
Based on Erich Maria Remarque’s classic novel,All Quiet on the Western Front is an epic war drama film by director Edward Berger, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell. Set during World War I, All Quiet on the Western Front follows a young soldier, Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer), and his distress as he finds his ideals shattered by the realities of war. Diverging from the novel, Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Front also builds a parallel storyline to reveal th...
Rotten Tomatoes: 94% | IMDb: 6.7/10
Written and directed by John Patton Ford in his debut,Emily the Criminalstars the usually dry-wittedAubrey Plaza (The White Lotus) in a spectacularly unexpected role. Set in Los Angeles and co-starring Theo Rossi (Luke Cage), the film follows Plaza as the down-on-her-luck titular character Emily, who, desperate for work, finds herself involved in a dangerous scam that lures her deeper into the criminal underworld. Presenting ambiguous values and fascinating philosophical implications, Emily t...
Rotten Tomatoes: 74% | IMDb: 6.8/10
Directed by Tobias Lindholm (Mindhunter), The Good Nurse is a true-crime drama that places a couple of Oscar winners in a tense circumstance.Jessica Chastain(The Eyes of Tammy Faye) co-stars as an ICU nurse who becomes wary when her colleague (Eddie Redmayne) is suspected of causing the untimely deaths of patients in the hospital where they work. With a script from Krysty Wilson-Cairns, The Good Nurseis based on the real-life case of serial killer Charles Cullen, unraveling drama with high st...
Rotten Tomatoes: 93% | IMDb: 7.3/10
A film that once again proves thatAdam Sandler has the acting chops to take on more serious roles, Hustle is a sports drama that is as sincere as it is sturdy. Sandler plays Stanley Sugarman, a struggling basketball talent scout who aspires to be a coach. After a career setback, he hitches his hopes and money on an unknown but talented Spanish player named Bo Cruz, played by real-life basketball player Juancho Hernangómez. Stanley begins training the young talent for the NBA draft with the ho...
Rotten Tomatoes: 86% | IMDb: 7.3/10
Directed and co-written by acclaimed filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, Okja is a science-fiction adventure that’s as heartfelt as it is fantastical. The film follows Mija (Ahn Seo-hyun), a young girl who lives with her grandfather — one of several people tasked with raising a super pig for a giant corporation that intends to use them for food. Mija bonds with their pig, named Okja, and when the corporation comes to collect, it sets off a series of high-stakes attempts to get her back. The film was writ...
Rotten Tomatoes: 82% | IMDb: 6.6/10
Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman,I’m Thinking of Ending Things is a surrealist psychological thriller based on the 2016 book of the same name by Iain Reid. The film centers on a young woman(Jessie Buckley)who takes a trip with her boyfriend, Jake (Jesse Plemons), to meet his parents while considering ending their relationship. Conversations on the drive feel just a bit off, with interjections and strange disruptions all beginning to get under your skin. It only gets more reflective fro...
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Jul 25, 2023 · From romantic comedies to Oscar baits, from American family movies to foreign indie films, Netflix has something for everyone—but if you ask me, Netflix's drama films are their best efforts. Here are my picks for the best drama movies on Netflix that are actually originals by Netflix and worth watching!
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