Most Popular Drama Feature Films
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The Hurt Locker
(2008) Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb. Dir: Kathryn Bigelow With: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty Action | Drama | Thriller | War |
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Edge of Darkness
(2010) As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence. Dir: Martin Campbell With: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston Drama | Thriller |
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Dear John
(2010) A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave. Dir: Lasse Hallström With: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins Drama | Romance | War |
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The Book of Eli
(2010) A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Dir: The Hughes Brothers, The Hughes Brothers With: Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Western |
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Daybreakers
(2009) In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind. Dir: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig With: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill Action | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller |
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Mulholland Dr.
(2001) After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. Dir: David Lynch With: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller |
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Up in the Air
(2009) With a job that has him traveling around the country firing people, Ryan Bingham leads an empty life out of a suitcase, until his company does the unexpected: ground him. Dir: Jason Reitman With: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick Comedy | Drama | Romance |
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Inglourious Basterds
(2009) In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. Dir: Quentin Tarantino With: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth Drama | Thriller | War |
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A Serious Man
(2009) A black comedy set in 1967 and centered on Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern professor who watches his life unravel when his wife prepares to leave him because his inept brother won't move out of the house. Dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen With: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick Comedy | Drama |
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The Lovely Bones
(2009) Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal. Dir: Peter Jackson With: Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Saoirse Ronan Drama | Fantasy | Thriller |







