Top 100 Drama Movies/TV Shows of All Time

100 titles that travel well across time — a personal watchlist for top 100 drama movies/tv shows of all time.

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1 The Godfather(1972)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Italian
2 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | New Zealand, USA | English, Quenya
3 Schindler's List(1993)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, Hebrew
4 Pulp Fiction(1994)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
5 Breaking Bad(2008)
TV | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
6 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | New Zealand, USA | English, Sindarin
7 12 Angry Men(1957)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
8 The Godfather Part II(1974)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Italian
9 The Silence of the Lambs(1991)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Latin
10 Gisaengchungaka Parasite(2019)
Movie | Drama, Thriller | South Korea | Korean, English
11 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | New Zealand, USA | English, Sindarin
12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
13 El laberinto del faunoaka Pan's Labyrinth(2006)
Movie | Drama, Fantasy | Mexico, Spain | Spanish
14 Better Call Saul(2015)
TV | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
15 Casablanca(1942)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English, French
16 Apocalypse Now(1979)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | USA | English, French
17 American Beauty(1999)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
18 Shichinin no samuraiaka Seven Samurai(1954)
Movie | Action, Drama | Japan | Japanese
19 Saving Private Ryan(1998)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, French
20 The Shawshank Redemption(1994)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
21 Cidade de Deusaka City of God(2002)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Brazil, France | Portuguese
22 Chernobyl(2019)
TV | Drama, History | USA, UK | English, Russian
23 The Departed(2006)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA, Hong Kong | English, Cantonese
24 Rear Window(1954)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | USA | English
25 Psycho(1960)
Movie | Drama, Horror | USA | English
26 It's a Wonderful Life(1946)
Movie | Drama, Family | USA | English, French
27 Django Unchained(2012)
Movie | Drama, Western | USA | English, German
28 Il buono, il brutto, il cattivoaka The Good, the Bad and the Ugly(1966)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | Italy, Spain | Italian, English
29 The Pianist(2002)
Movie | Biography, Drama | France, Poland | English, German
30 No Country for Old Men(2007)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
31 The Sopranos(1999)
TV | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Italian
32 Band of Brothers(2001)
TV | Action, Drama | UK, USA | English, German
33 Nuovo Cinema Paradisoaka Cinema Paradiso(1988)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Italy, France | Italian
34 Fargo(1996)
Movie | Crime, Drama | UK, USA | English
35 Ladri di bicicletteaka Bicycle Thieves(1948)
Movie | Drama | Italy | Italian, German
36 Titanic(1997)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English, Swedish
37 3 Idiots(2009)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
38 Jodaeiye Nader az Siminaka A Separation(2011)
Movie | Drama | Iran, France | Persian
39 Whiplash(2014)
Movie | Drama, Music | USA | English
40 La vita e bellaaka Life Is Beautiful(1997)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Italy | Italian, German
41 L.A. Confidential(1997)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
42 Das Leben der Anderenaka The Lives of Others(2006)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | Germany, France | German
43 Top Gun: Maverick(2022)
Movie | Action, Drama | USA | English
44 C'era una volta il Westaka Once Upon a Time in the West(1968)
Movie | Drama, Western | Italy, USA | Italian, English
45 To Kill a Mockingbird(1962)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
46 Gone with the Wind(1939)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English
47 Stranger Things(2016)
TV | Drama, Fantasy | USA | English
48 Das Boot(1981)
Movie | Drama, War | Germany | German, English
49 Oppenheimer(2023)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA, UK | English, German
50 Taxi Driver(1976)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
51 Der Untergangaka Downfall(2004)
Movie | Biography, Drama | Germany, Austria | German, Russian
52 Citizen Kane(1941)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | USA | English, Italian
53 Modern Times(1936)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
54 Le salaire de la peuraka The Wages of Fear(1953)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | France, Italy | French, English
55 The Queen's Gambit(2020)
TV | Drama | USA | English, French
56 Fargo(2014)
TV | Crime, Drama | USA | English, German
57 The Social Network(2010)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, French
58 Rashomon(1950)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Japan | Japanese
59 Tokyo monogatariaka Tokyo Story(1953)
Movie | Drama | Japan | Japanese, English
60 12th Fail(2023)
Movie | Biography, Drama | India | Hindi
61 Ran(1985)
Movie | Action, Drama | Japan, France | Japanese
62 Rocky(1976)
Movie | Drama, Sport | USA | English, Spanish
63 The King's Speech(2010)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA, UK | English
64 Dil Chahta Hai(2001)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
65 Hotaru no hakaaka Grave of the Fireflies(1988)
Movie | Animation, Drama | Japan | Japanese
66 12 Years a Slave(2013)
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English
67 City Lights(1931)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
68 Seppukuaka Harakiri(1962)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | Japan | Japanese
69 Taare Zameen Paraka Like Stars on Earth(2007)
Movie | Drama, Family | India | Hindi
70 Dark(2017)
TV | Crime, Drama | Germany, USA | German, English
71 Jai Bhim(2021)
Movie | Crime, Drama | India | Tamil
72 Sunset Boulevard(1950)
Movie | Drama, Film-Noir | USA | English
73 Chinatown(1974)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | USA | English, Cantonese
74 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre(1948)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
75 Before Sunset(2004)
Movie | Drama, Romance | France, USA | English, French
76 North by Northwest(1959)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English, French
77 Gran Torino(2008)
Movie | Drama | Germany, USA | English, Hmong
78 Amores perros(2000)
Movie | Drama, Thriller | Mexico | Spanish
79 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge(1995)
Movie | Drama, Romance | India | Hindi
80 The Artist(2011)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | France, Belgium | English, French
81 Smultronstalletaka Wild Strawberries(1957)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Sweden | Swedish, Latin
82 Ikiru(1952)
Movie | Drama | Japan | Japanese, Latin
83 The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | UK, USA | English, Japanese
84 Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India(2001)
Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
85 81/2aka 8(1963)
Movie | Drama | Italy, France | Italian, French
86 Anand(1971)
Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
87 Metropolis(1927)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | Germany | German, English
88 Pather Panchali(1955)
Movie | Drama | India | Bengali
89 Det sjunde insegletaka The Seventh Seal(1957)
Movie | Drama, Fantasy | Sweden | Swedish, Latin
90 The Graduate(1967)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
91 Bahubali 2: The Conclusionaka Baahubali 2: The Conclusion(2017)
Movie | Action, Drama | India | Telugu, Tamil
92 The Wire(2002)
TV | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Greek
93 Salinui chueokaka Memories of Murder(2003)
Movie | Crime, Drama | South Korea | Korean, English
94 Yojinboaka Yojimbo(1961)
Movie | Action, Drama | Japan | Japanese
95 Panchayat(2020)
TV | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
96 Tengoku to jigokuaka High and Low(1963)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Japan | Japanese
97 Room(2015)
Movie | Drama, Thriller | Ireland, Canada | English
98 Kimi no na wa.aka Your Name.(2016)
Movie | Animation, Drama | Japan | Japanese
99 Capharnaumaka Capernaum(2018)
Movie | Drama | Lebanon, USA | Arabic, Amharic
100 The Great Dictator(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, Esperanto

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Updated November 29, 2025 · FlickRatings