Top 20 drama movies on Netflix

Drama genre is intended to be a serious genre mixed with intense sensations. A good drama movie can blossom sensations and feelings if you aim to watch series with your partner or alone. Here there are the best drama movies you can watch today in Netflix to have a really intense time.

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The main character will gain the confidence of the director of the centre and the respect of his fellow prisoners. He is convicted of the murder of his wife, after being sentenced to life imprisonment.

Genres: Crime, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 8.6 /10 IMDB Rating 9.3 /10

2. The Godfather (1972)

In 1940s America, Don Vito Corleone is the powerful leader of a New York mafia family. He has four children, including the impulsive Sonny, the faint-hearted Fredo, and Michael, who wants nothing to do with his father's criminal activities. When Don Corleone refuses to get involved in the drug trade, a rival gang orders his assassination, leading to a brutal and bloody war between mafia families.

Genres: Crime, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 9.0 /10 IMDB Rating 9.2 /10

3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Continuation of the history of the Corleone through two parallel stories: Michael's choice as head of family businesses and the origins of the patriarch, Don Vito Corleone, first in his native Sicily and later in the United States, where, starting from below , he became a powerful head of the New York mafia.

Genres: Cult, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 8.9 /10 IMDB Rating 9.0 /10

4. 12th Fail (2023)

A sincere small-town man heads to Delhi to become a police officer, facing systemic adversity at every step ahead of the notorious civil service exams.

Genres: Musical, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.1 /10 IMDB Rating 8.7 /10

5. The Green Mile (1999)

A gigantic black man is accused of brutally murdering two nine-year-old sisters. After a naive and childish personality, Coffee hides a prodigious supernatural gift. He is awaiting his imminent execution.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 7.9 /10 IMDB Rating 8.6 /10

6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Private James Ryan launched himself with his squadron of paratroopers behind enemy lines. His three brothers have died in the war and the men of Captain John Miller’s patrol must risk their lives to find him.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, History

Filmaffinity Rating 7.8 /10 IMDB Rating 8.6 /10

7. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Children of a japanese navy officer who lives in Kobe, Japan. They fail to reach the bunker where their mother awaits them. When they look for their mother, they find her badly injured in school.

Genres: Animation, Anime, Drama, Food

Filmaffinity Rating 8.0 /10 IMDB Rating 8.5 /10

8. Léon: The Professional (1994)

Mathilda is a 12-year-old girl with a drug dealer as a father, who does business with Stan, a corrupt D.E.A. agent. One day, while Mathilda is in a supermarket, Stan kills his family. She then takes refuge in the house of Léon, a lonely and mysterious neighbor who turns out to be a hit man.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Thriller, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.6 /10 IMDB Rating 8.5 /10

9. Back to the Future (1985)

A random mistake leads Marty McFly to 1955, a year in which his parents had not yet met. After preventing his first encounter, he must get them to meet and get married.

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Science fiction, Action/Adventure, Romance, Family, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.5 /10 IMDB Rating 8.5 /10

10. Dangal (2016)

Mahavir Singh Phogat is a wrestling coach who trains his daughters Babita Kumari and Geeta.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Biography, Drama, Sport

Filmaffinity Rating 7.3 /10 IMDB Rating 8.3 /10

11. Heat (1995)

Neil is an expert thief. His gang is formed by professional criminals that they can even impress Detective Vincent Hanna. When McCauley’s gang prepares the final blow, and Hanna’s team is ready to avoid it.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Cult, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 7.5 /10 IMDB Rating 8.3 /10

12. Good Will Hunting (1997)

Will is a young rebel with amazing intelligence, especially for mathematics. The discovery of his talent by the teachers will raise a dilemma: continue with his usual life - an easy work, good friends with whom to have some beers - or take advantage of his great intellectual qualities in some university. Only the advice of a lonely and bohemian teacher will help you decide.

Genre: Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.5 /10 IMDB Rating 8.3 /10

13. Joker (2019)

Arthur Fleck lives in Gotham with his mother and his only motivation in life is to make people laugh. He acts as a clown in small jobs, but he has mental problems that make people see him as a freak. A series of tragic events will increase his anger against a society that ignores him.

Genres: Drama, Crime

Filmaffinity Rating 7.9 /10 IMDB Rating 8.3 /10

14. Laapataa Ladies (2024)

In rural India (2001), two newlywed brides swapped on a crowded train are separated: one forms bonds at an unfamiliar station; the other hides under a false name amid secrets and a suspicious cop. A comic, moving journey about identity and womanhood.

Genres: Musical, Drama, Comedy

IMDB Rating 8.3 /10

15. Maharaja (2024)

Maharaja, a small-town barber devoted to his daughter and a beloved dustbin "Lakshmi", pushes police after its theft. His probe reveals a violent gang and a revenge plot as he fights to recover it and protect his child.

Genre: Drama

IMDB Rating 8.3 /10

16. Taxi Driver (1976)

Travis Bickle is an insociable man who barely has contact with others. He lives on Betsy, an attractive blonde who works as a volunteer in a political campaign.

Genres: Crime, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 8.1 /10 IMDB Rating 8.2 /10

17. Swades (2004)

NASA employee Mohan Bhargav comes to India to take his grandmother with him. He comes across various social problems that villagers face and decides to take a stand.

Genre: Drama

IMDB Rating 8.2 /10

18. Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

The story of a young woman with a curse that gives her the look of an old woman. Sophie decides to ask a magician Howl, who lives in a walking castle, for help.

Genres: Animation, Anime, Action/Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.8 /10 IMDB Rating 8.2 /10

19. Prisoners (2013)

Keller Dover faces his worst nightmare: his six-year-old daughter, Anna, has disappeared with her friend Joy, and as time passes, he panics. Desperate, she decides to take matters into her own hands. But how far is she willing to go to find out the whereabouts of her daughter?

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.6 /10 IMDB Rating 8.2 /10

20. Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019)

A love story between a mentally ill father who was wrongly accused of murder and his adorable six-year-old daughter. The prison would be his home. Based on the 2013 Korean film 7-beon-bang-ui seon-mul.

Genre: Drama

IMDB Rating 8.2 /10