Top Rated Drama Movies on Vudu - Page 17

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

2002

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

2002
7.7
A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.
Platoon

1986

Platoon

1986
7.7
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
The Post

2017

The Post

2017
7
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
The Royal Tenenbaums

2001

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001
7.5
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.
High School Musical

2006

High School Musical

2006
6.5
A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.
Deepwater Horizon

2016

Deepwater Horizon

2016
6.9
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014
5.9
The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
American Made

2017

American Made

2017
6.9
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
Zero Dark Thirty

2012

Zero Dark Thirty

2012
7
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Moulin Rouge!

2001

Moulin Rouge!

2001
7.5
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
Contact

1997

Contact

1997
7.4
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
Allied

2016

Allied

2016
6.8
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Hell or High Water

2016

Hell or High Water

2016
7.3
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
Pain & Gain

2013

Pain & Gain

2013
6.3
Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.
Public Enemies

2009

Public Enemies

2009
6.7
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
Donnie Brasco

1997

Donnie Brasco

1997
7.5
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Carrie

2013

Carrie

2013
6
A contemporary take on the horror classic about an awkward, telekinetic teenage girl, whose lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.
Rocky IV

1985

Rocky IV

1985
7.1
After Apollo Creed is killed by Ivan Drago in a match, Rocky Balboa becomes depressed and becomes determined to get revenge.
Cinema Paradiso

1988

Cinema Paradiso

1988
8.4
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Once Upon a Time in the West

1968

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968
8.3
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.