Top 20 drama movies on Netflix

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

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

In the second world war, Shosanna Dreyfus witnessed the execution of her family. After fleeing to Paris, she adopted a new identity as the owner of a cinema. Lieutenant Aldo Raine trained a group of Jewish soldiers ("The Basterds") to attack concrete targets.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama

T.E. Lawrence, a troubled and enigmatic British civil servant, is sent into the desert to take part in a campaign supporting the Arabs against Turkey. He and his friend Sherif Ali will put their souls into this mission. The natives adore Lawrence because he has shown himself to be a lover of the desert and the Arab people.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama

After a long career as a top Navy aviator, Maverick is finally where he wants to be. He is selected to attend the prestigious Top Gun Academy to train elite pilots for a dangerous mission. Alongside him is Bradley, the son of his late friend Goose.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Action/Adventure

Judicial agents Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule investigate the disappearance of a dangerous killer. They will soon discover that the center keeps many secrets and that the island hides something more dangerous than patients.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Drama

A story about family, greed and religion. Daniel Day-Lewis plays a wealthy magnate in a miserable city. Years later, he tries to seize a new site, he has to face preacher Eli Sunday.

Genres: Thriller, Drama

Ofelia and her mother, Carmen, move to a small village. Her new husband, Vidal, is a cruel captain of the Francoist army. Mercedes, the housekeeper, and the doctor live in the area. One night, Ofelia discovers the ruins of a labyrinth.

Genres: Fantasy, Drama

A Vietnam veteran leaves mixed martial arts to work in a steel foundry. He decides to train his youngest son (Tom Hardy) for a tournament. His older brother (Joel Edgerton) will also participate.

Genres: Drama, Sport, Action/Adventure

Solomon tells the story of a black musician cult who lived with his family in New York. After having a drink with two men, Solomon discovers he has been drugged and kidnapped. He decides not to give up and wait for the right time to regain freedom.

Genres: Biography, Drama, History

Tilikum is an orca that was responsible for the death of three people, including an experienced coach. "Blackfish" shows the consequences, sometimes devastating, of keeping those intelligent and sensitive creatures in captivity.

Genres: Documentary, Drama

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

In a small town in Oregon, four teenagers venture into the adventure of looking for a missing boy. Playing heroes, the smart Cornie, the rough and sentimental Chris, the extravagant Teddy and the fearful Vern enter into a hostile environment in which they will have to fend for themselves.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama

A 14 -year -old girl, in the 1948 Palestine, observes from a closed pantry how a tragedy consumes her home.

Genres: Drama, Independent, Drama

A team of scientists has resumed an experiment to find individuals who can control the ultimate weapon: a force called "absolute energy". During a fight, Kaneda’s best friend, Tetsuo, suffers a freak accident and ends up entering a military installation. There the scientists will discover that he is the possessor of absolute energy.

Genres: Animation, Cult, Anime, Action/Adventure, Science fiction, Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Naina is a serious girl with a very serious life. But one day, her soul is awakened by happy Aman, who teaches her that life is meant to be lived.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Musical

A 10-year-old boy born with a facial deformity that has forced him to have surgery 27 times, strives to fit into his new school.

Genres: Drama, Family

Twelve strange and mysterious alien ships are located around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to find a way to converse with the aliens to find out if they came with peaceful or threatening intentions.

Genres: Drama, Science fiction

In 1972, Flight 571 of the Uruguayan Air Force, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashed into a glacier in the heart of the Andes. Only 29 of its 45 passengers survive the accident. Cattered in one of the most inaccessible and hostile environments on the planet, they are forced to resort to extreme measures to stay alive.

Genres: Drama, Reality

A young student discovers that all the books she has chosen in the library have been previously chosen by the same person. When she discovers who he is, she meets the young man who is learning the art of making violins.

Genres: Animation, Anime, Drama, Family, Romance