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Best Drama Movies of All Time

This collection ranks 171,009 Drama movies. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. At the top of the list is The Shawshank Redemption.

171,009 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  6. 6

    Forrest Gump

    1994· 2h 22m· en

    8.530.3K
  7. 7

    Fight Club

    1999· 2h 19m· en

    8.432.7K
  8. 8

    Interstellar

    2014· 2h 49m· en

    8.540.9K
  9. 9

    GoodFellas

    1990· 2h 25m· en

    8.414.7K
  12. 12

    Parasite

    2019· 2h 13m· ko

    8.521.2K
  15. 15

    Your Name.

    2016· 1h 46m· ja

    8.512.9K
  17. 17

    Whiplash

    2014· 1h 47m· en

    8.417.0K
  25. 25

    The Lion King

    1994· 1h 29m· en

    8.320.0K
  28. 28

    The Prestige

    2006· 2h 10m· en

    8.218.0K
  29. 29

    Gladiator

    2000· 2h 35m· en

    8.221.4K
  33. 33

    The Departed

    2006· 2h 31m· en

    8.216.5K
  37. 37

    Rear Window

    1954· 1h 53m· en

    8.37.3K
  38. 38

    Scarface

    1983· 2h 50m· en

    8.213.3K
  39. 39

    Green Book

    2018· 2h 10m· en

    8.213.1K
  42. 42

    Joker

    2019· 2h 2m· en

    8.128.2K
  45. 45

    Harakiri

    1962· 2h 15m· ja

    8.51.3K
  48. 48

    I Swear

    2025· 2h 1m· en

    8.2470
  50. 50

    Michael

    2026· 2h 8m· en

    8.74.2K

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Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

171,009 movies with real rating data match this collection.

How are these movies ranked?

By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.

Which movie is ranked #1?

The Shawshank Redemption currently holds the top position in this collection.

How often is this list updated?

Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.