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 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

2. 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

3. Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump suffers a mental retard from young age. But thanks to his tenacity and good heart, he will be the protagonist of crucial events in his country.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Filmaffinity Rating 8.2 /10 IMDB Rating 8.8 /10

4. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Clarice Starling, an FBI trainee, aids a hunt for 'Buffalo Bill,' who skins women. She consults imprisoned cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter, trading personal truths for clues to stop the killer.

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 8.2 /10 IMDB Rating 8.6 /10

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Oppenheimer (2023)

Dramatic retelling of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role leading the Manhattan Project to build the first atomic bomb. He grapples with moral and political fallout, fame, security hearings and opposes nuclear proliferation.

Genres: Drama, Reality

Filmaffinity Rating 7.4 /10 IMDB Rating 8.2 /10

15. Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)

A devout man, Pawan "Bajrangi," finds a speech-impaired Pakistani girl lost in India and vows to return her home. Battling legal, political and logistical obstacles, his cross-border journey becomes a moving testament to compassion bridging national divides.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.2 /10 IMDB Rating 8.1 /10

16. The End of Evangelion (1997)

After the final angel is defeated, Shinji falls into depression. Seele orders an attack on Nerv, leading Gendo and Rei to terminal dogma. Gendo initiates his own plan, while Shinji's sanity is tested as he must decide the fate of humanity.

Genres: Animation, Anime, Action/Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Science fiction

IMDB Rating 8.1 /10

17. PK (2014)

An alien named PK (Aamir Khan) lands on Earth, where he will have to get used to living with humans while fixing his spaceship.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Science fiction

Filmaffinity Rating 7.1 /10 IMDB Rating 8.1 /10

18. Warrior (2011)

Ex-Marine Tommy returns to Pittsburgh and, coached by his estranged, recovering alcoholic father, enters a winner-take-all MMA tournament. Brother Brendan also fights; as they advance, old wounds, rivalry and hope for redemption surface.

Genres: Drama, Sport, Action/Adventure

Filmaffinity Rating 7.3 /10 IMDB Rating 8.1 /10

19. Dead Poets Society (1989)

At a conservative New England boarding school, free-spirited teacher John Keating inspires students, shy Todd, ambitious Neil and others revive the secret Dead Poets Society, challenge tradition and parental and institutional authority, gain confidence, deepen bonds and pay for following their voice.

Genres: Drama, Comedy

Filmaffinity Rating 7.6 /10 IMDB Rating 8.1 /10

20. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

The story of Desmond Doss, a military doctor in WWII who refused to carry weapons due to personal beliefs. Despite this, he bravely served in battle and became the first conscientious objector to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in Okinawa.

Genres: Drama, Biography

Filmaffinity Rating 7.2 /10 IMDB Rating 8.1 /10