Top Rated Drama Movies on Fandor

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2009

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2009
7.5
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece
The Man from Earth

2007

The Man from Earth

2007
7.6
A departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes an unexpected turn when he shares a stunning secret about his past. As the conversation unfolds, skepticism and curiosity collide, challenging everything they thought they knew about history, science, and belief.
The Girl Who Played with Fire

2009

The Girl Who Played with Fire

2009
7
Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920
7.9
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.
Short Term 12

2013

Short Term 12

2013
7.8
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
Holy Motors

2012

Holy Motors

2012
7
We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.
Fist of Fury

1972

Fist of Fury

1972
7.2
Chen Chen returns to his former school in Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While investigating the man's death, Chen discovers that a rival Japanese school is operating a drug smuggling ring. To avenge his master’s death, Chen takes on both Chinese and Japanese assassins… and even a towering Russian.
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

2008

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

2008
7.3
After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid and isolated, leading to a dramatic confrontation with the law that ultimately seals his fate as the nation's most infamous public enemy.
Polytechnique

2009

Polytechnique

2009
7.2
A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.
Mood Indigo

2013

Mood Indigo

2013
6.1
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
Tideland

2005

Tideland

2005
6.5
Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
The Congress

2013

The Congress

2013
6.4
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
Death and the Maiden

1994

Death and the Maiden

1994
7.1
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
On Golden Pond

1981

On Golden Pond

1981
7.2
For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.
Late Spring

1949

Late Spring

1949
8
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
Cheap Thrills

2013

Cheap Thrills

2013
6.4
Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price.
Pieta

2012

Pieta

2012
7.1
A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.
Night Moves

2014

Night Moves

2014
5.8
The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

2010

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

2010
6.9
A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.
Borgman

2013

Borgman

2013
6.5
An enigmatic vagrant cons himself into the home life of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.

Top Rated Drama Movies on Fandor

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2009

2007

2007

2009

2009

1920

1920

2013

2013

2012

2012

1972

1972

2008

2008

2009

2009

2013

2013

2005

2005

2013

2013

1994

1994

1981

1981

1949

1949

2013

2013

2012

2012

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2014

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2010

2013

2013