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Top Dramas (#1601-1861)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1601 David Holzman's Diary 1967 Jim McBride 2416
1602 Mon oncle d'Amérique 1980 Alain Resnais 2417
1603 Vera Drake 2004 Mike Leigh 2418
1604 Shortbus 2006 John Cameron Mitchell 2419
1605 America, America 1963 Elia Kazan 2421
1606 The Wind Rises 2013 Hayao Miyazaki 2422
1607 Carnal Knowledge 1971 Mike Nichols 2423
1608 The Spiral Staircase 1946 Robert Siodmak 2425
1609 The Goodbye Girl 1977 Herbert Ross 2426
1610 Sicko 2007 Michael Moore 2427
1611 Parenthood 1989 Ron Howard 2428
1612 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 2014 Matt Reeves 2429
1613 The Damned 1962 Joseph Losey 2430
1614 Man of Marble 1977 Andrzej Wajda 2432
1615 Yentl 1983 Barbra Streisand 2433
1616 My Summer of Love 2004 Pawel Pawlikowski 2434
1617 Cutter's Way 1981 Ivan Passer 2436
1618 Irma Vep 1996 Olivier Assayas 2437
1619 The Official Story 1985 Luis Puenzo 2438
1620 Raw Deal 1948 Anthony Mann 2439
1621 The Joy Luck Club 1993 Wayne Wang 2440
1622 Together 2000 Lukas Moodysson 2441
1623 Before the Rain 1994 Milcho Manchevski 2442
1624 Stranger by the Lake 2013 Alain Guiraudie 2443
1625 Wild Style 1983 Charlie Ahearn 2444
1626 The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933 Alexander Korda 2445
1627 Caro Diario 1993 Nanni Moretti 2446
1628 Arlington Road 1999 Mark Pellington 2449
1629 The Immigrant 1917 Charles Chaplin 2450
1630 The Florida Project 2017 Sean Baker 2452
1631 My Favorite Year 1982 Richard Benjamin 2453
1632 Enemy at the Gates 2001 Jean-Jacques Annaud 2456
1633 Hell or High Water 2016 David Mackenzie 2457
1634 Darling 1965 John Schlesinger 2458
1635 The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 Milos Forman 2459
1636 Lars and the Real Girl 2007 Craig Gillespie 2461
1637 Still Life 2006 Zhangke Jia 2465
1638 Exotica 1994 Atom Egoyan 2467
1639 Dead End 1937 William Wyler 2470
1640 We Need to Talk about Kevin 2011 Lynne Ramsay 2471
1641 The Master 2012 Paul Thomas Anderson 2472
1642 Broken Arrow 1950 Delmer Daves 2475
1643 The Bridge 1959 Bernhard Wicki 2478
1644 Marie Antoinette 2006 Sofia Coppola 2479
1645 Varsity Blues 1999 Brian Robbins 2480
1646 The Cloud-Capped Star 1960 Ritwik Ghatak 2481
1647 Dog Star Man: Part II 1963 Stan Brakhage 2482
1648 La Ciénaga 2001 Lucrecia Martel 2485
1649 They Died with Their Boots on 1941 Raoul Walsh 2487
1650 A Time to Kill 1996 Joel Schumacher 2488
1651 Desert Hearts 1985 Donna Deitch 2489
1652 Attack! 1956 Robert Aldrich 2491
1653 El Sur 1983 Víctor Erice 2494
1654 Baby Driver 2017 Edgar Wright 2495
1655 The Fisher King 1991 Terry Gilliam 2497
1656 Son of Saul 2015 László Nemes 2498
1657 Richard III 1995 Richard Loncraine 2503
1658 Dog Star Man: Part III 1964 Stan Brakhage 2506
1659 Departures 2008 Yojiro Takita 2508
1660 Lola 1961 Jacques Demy 2509
1661 Rabbit-Proof Fence 2002 Phillip Noyce 2510
1662 Falling Down 1993 Joel Schumacher 2511
1663 Charley Varrick 1973 Don Siegel 2515
1664 Jailhouse Rock 1957 Richard Thorpe 2516
1665 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945 Elia Kazan 2517
1666 Criss Cross 1949 Robert Siodmak 2518
1667 Before Night Falls 2000 Julian Schnabel 2519
1668 The Pajama Game 1957 George Abbott and Stanley Donen 2520
1669 Twilight 2008 Catherine Hardwicke 2521
1670 A Simple Plan 1998 Sam Raimi 2523
1671 The Muppet Christmas Carol 1992 Brian Henson 2527
1672 Chloe in the Afternoon 1972 Eric Rohmer 2529
1673 Anastasia 1997 Don Bluth and Gary Goldman 2530
1674 Sleepers 1996 Barry Levinson 2533
1675 Devils on the Doorstep 2000 Wen Jiang 2534
1676 Reversal of Fortune 1990 Barbet Schroeder 2538
1677 Defending Your Life 1991 Albert Brooks 2539
1678 Dodge City 1939 Michael Curtiz 2540
1679 The Big Sick 2017 Michael Showalter 2541
1680 El Cid 1961 Anthony Mann 2544
1681 The Son's Room 2001 Nanni Moretti 2545
1682 Layer Cake 2004 Matthew Vaughn 2546
1683 Dance, Girl, Dance 1940 Dorothy Arzner 2547
1684 Zatôichi 2003 Takeshi Kitano 2550
1685 Baby Face 1933 Alfred E. Green 2551
1686 Blow 2001 Ted Demme 2553
1687 Fist of Legend 1994 Gordon Chan 2555
1688 The Patriot 2000 Roland Emmerich 2557
1689 A Letter to Three Wives 1949 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 2558
1690 Léolo 1992 Jean-Claude Lauzon 2559
1691 Gloria 1980 John Cassavetes 2560
1692 Wake in Fright 1971 Ted Kotcheff 2561
1693 River's Edge 1986 Tim Hunter 2565
1694 The Mighty Ducks 1992 Stephen Herek 2567
1695 David Copperfield 1935 George Cukor 2568
1696 Zorba the Greek 1964 Michael Cacoyannis 2569
1697 Annihilation 2018 Alex Garland 2570
1698 Living in Oblivion 1995 Tom DiCillo 2571
1699 Salt of the Earth 1954 Herbert J. Biberman 2572
1700 Tsotsi 2005 Gavin Hood 2573
1701 Nebraska 2013 Alexander Payne 2574
1702 The Terminal 2004 Steven Spielberg 2575
1703 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 2010 Apichatpong Weerasethakul 2577
1704 It's Always Fair Weather 1955 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 2579
1705 Europa '51 1952 Roberto Rossellini 2582
1706 The China Syndrome 1979 James Bridges 2588
1707 The Broadway Melody 1929 Harry Beaumont 2590
1708 Band of Brothers 2001 David Frankel, Mikael Salomon, Tom Hanks, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, and Tony To 2591
1709 The Heartbreak Kid 1972 Elaine May 2592
1710 The Smiling Madame Beudet 1923 Germaine Dulac 2595
1711 Santa Sangre 1989 Alejandro Jodorowsky 2596
1712 Murder on the Orient Express 1974 Sidney Lumet 2597
1713 El Norte 1983 Gregory Nava 2598
1714 Casualties of War 1989 Brian De Palma 2600
1715 Parasite 2019 Bong Joon Ho 2601
1716 God's Own Country 2017 Francis Lee 2602
1717 Pyaasa 1957 Guru Dutt 2603
1718 Across the Universe 2007 Julie Taymor 2604
1719 The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 Joel Coen 2605
1720 The Friends of Eddie Coyle 1973 Peter Yates 2606
1721 The American President 1995 Rob Reiner 2607
1722 Rent 2005 Chris Columbus 2608
1723 Dreamgirls 2006 Bill Condon 2609
1724 Beginners 2010 Mike Mills 2611
1725 French Cancan 1955 Jean Renoir 2612
1726 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 2613
1727 Ladyhawke 1985 Richard Donner 2614
1728 Husbands 1970 John Cassavetes 2615
1729 Blue Chips 1994 William Friedkin 2617
1730 Van Gogh 1991 Maurice Pialat 2619
1731 Divorce - Italian Style 1961 Pietro Germi 2621
1732 Jesus Christ Superstar 1973 Norman Jewison 2622
1733 Zabriskie Point 1970 Michelangelo Antonioni 2624
1734 Days of Glory 2006 Rachid Bouchareb 2626
1735 My Winnipeg 2007 Guy Maddin 2627
1736 Knute Rockne, All American 1940 Lloyd Bacon 2630
1737 The Jungle Book 2016 Jon Favreau 2631
1738 Walking and Talking 1996 Nicole Holofcener 2632
1739 Life Is Sweet 1990 Mike Leigh 2633
1740 Ma Vie en Rose 1997 Alain Berliner 2634
1741 Away from Her 2006 Sarah Polley 2635
1742 Bad Timing 1980 Nicolas Roeg 2636
1743 61* 2001 Billy Crystal 2638
1744 Green Street Hooligans 2005 Lexi Alexander 2642
1745 Saved! 2004 Brian Dannelly 2644
1746 Terra em Transe 1967 Glauber Rocha 2647
1747 Enemy Mine 1985 Wolfgang Petersen 2648
1748 La Femme Infidčle 1969 Claude Chabrol 2650
1749 Carousel 1956 Henry King 2651
1750 Hamlet 1996 Kenneth Branagh 2652
1751 Ministry of Fear 1944 Fritz Lang 2653
1752 Nothing but a Man 1964 Michael Roemer 2654
1753 Crazy, Stupid, Love. 2011 Glenn Ficarra and John Requa 2657
1754 Lonesome Dove 1989 Simon Wincer 2658
1755 Mother India 1957 Mehboob Khan 2662
1756 Caravaggio 1986 Derek Jarman 2663
1757 Citizen Ruth 1996 Alexander Payne 2664
1758 Torch Song Trilogy 1988 Paul Bogart 2665
1759 Carlos 2010 Olivier Assayas 2666
1760 Hereditary 2018 Ari Aster 2667
1761 The Lusty Men 1952 Nicholas Ray 2668
1762 Bridge to Terabithia 2007 Gabor Csupo 2669
1763 Birth 2004 Jonathan Glazer 2672
1764 Ichi the Killer 2001 Takashi Miike 2673
1765 The Devil Wears Prada 2006 David Frankel 2675
1766 Crazy Rich Asians 2018 Jon M. Chu 2678
1767 Stalingrad 1993 Joseph Vilsmaier 2679
1768 Fantomas 1913 Louis Feuillade 2682
1769 Like Water for Chocolate 1992 Alfonso Arau 2683
1770 The Descendants 2011 Alexander Payne 2684
1771 The Good Earth 1937 Sidney Franklin 2689
1772 What Dreams May Come 1998 Vincent Ward 2690
1773 Frost/Nixon 2008 Ron Howard 2692
1774 The Curse of the Cat People 1944 Robert Wise and Gunther von Fritsch 2693
1775 Cul-de-sac 1966 Roman Polanski 2694
1776 Wild River 1960 Elia Kazan 2696
1777 A Night to Remember 1958 Roy Ward Baker 2697
1778 Tender Mercies 1983 Bruce Beresford 2698
1779 Fallen Angels 1995 Kar-Wai Wong 2699
1780 Swept Away ... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August 1974 Lina Wertmüller 2700
1781 The Bad Seed 1956 Mervyn LeRoy 2701
1782 Mommie Dearest 1981 Frank Perry 2702
1783 Happy-Go-Lucky 2008 Mike Leigh 2703
1784 La Collectionneuse 1967 Eric Rohmer 2704
1785 Mother 1926 Vsevolod Pudovkin 2705
1786 Wild Tales 2014 Damián Szifrón 2706
1787 Crime Wave 1953 André De Toth 2707
1788 It Happened in Broad Daylight 1958 Ladislao Vajda 2708
1789 Bright Star 2009 Jane Campion 2710
1790 White Material 2009 Claire Denis 2712
1791 Julia 1977 Fred Zinnemann 2713
1792 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1981 Bob Rafelson 2714
1793 How to Marry a Millionaire 1953 Jean Negulesco 2716
1794 I Stand Alone 1998 Gaspar Noé 2717
1795 About Time 2013 Richard Curtis 2718
1796 The Lovers of the Arctic Circle 1998 Julio Medem 2719
1797 The Accused 1988 Jonathan Kaplan 2721
1798 A Boy and His Dog 1975 L.Q. Jones 2722
1799 Drunken Angel 1948 Akira Kurosawa 2723
1800 The Westerner 1940 William Wyler 2724
1801 A Taste of Honey 1961 Tony Richardson 2726
1802 Glory Road 2006 James Gartner 2727
1803 Training Day 2001 Antoine Fuqua 2728
1804 The River 1997 Ming-liang Tsai 2730
1805 L'Amour Fou 1969 Jacques Rivette 2731
1806 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011 Tomas Alfredson 2733
1807 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 1974 Michael Cimino 2734
1808 Crossfire 1947 Edward Dmytryk 2736
1809 The Legend of 1900 1998 Giuseppe Tornatore 2737
1810 Offside 2006 Jafar Panahi 2738
1811 In the Bedroom 2001 Todd Field 2740
1812 The Darjeeling Limited 2007 Wes Anderson 2741
1813 Man on the Moon 1999 Milos Forman 2742
1814 While the City Sleeps 1956 Fritz Lang 2743
1815 Frances Ha 2012 Noah Baumbach 2745
1816 Liebelei 1933 Max Ophüls 2746
1817 The Imposter 2012 Bart Layton 2747
1818 Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War 2004 Je-gyu Kang 2749
1819 Winter Sleep 2014 Nuri Bilge Ceylan 2750
1820 The Great War 1959 Mario Monicelli 2752
1821 All Is Lost 2013 J.C. Chandor 2754
1822 Jesus of Montreal 1989 Denys Arcand 2755
1823 Punishment Park 1971 Peter Watkins 2756
1824 Isle of Dogs 2018 Wes Anderson 2757
1825 Pocahontas 1995 Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg 2758
1826 L'Enfant 2005 Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne 2759
1827 Run Silent Run Deep 1958 Robert Wise 2760
1828 Return of the Dragon 1972 Bruce Lee 2761
1829 Love Exposure 2008 Shion Sono 2762
1830 The Petrified Forest 1936 Archie Mayo 2765
1831 A Woman Is a Woman 1961 Jean-Luc Godard 2766
1832 The Fall of the House of Usher 1960 Roger Corman 2768
1833 Chaplin 1992 Richard Attenborough 2770
1834 The Illusionist 2006 Neil Burger 2771
1835 A River Runs Through It 1992 Robert Redford 2773
1836 Way Down East 1920 D.W. Griffith 2774
1837 Murmur of the Heart 1971 Louis Malle 2777
1838 The Turin Horse 2011 Béla Tarr 2779
1839 Ulysses' Gaze 1995 Theodoros Angelopoulos 2781
1840 Margaret 2011 Kenneth Lonergan 2782
1841 Bloody Sunday 2002 Paul Greengrass 2784
1842 Blonde Venus 1932 Josef von Sternberg 2785
1843 Clear and Present Danger 1994 Phillip Noyce 2786
1844 Shame 2011 Steve McQueen 2787
1845 28 Weeks Later 2007 Juan Carlos Fresnadillo 2788
1846 Of Mice and Men 1939 Lewis Milestone 2789
1847 The Promised Land 1975 Andrzej Wajda 2793
1848 The Ten Commandments 1923 Cecil B. DeMille 2796
1849 Nine Queens 2000 Fabián Bielinsky 2797
1850 Veronika Voss 1982 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 2799
1851 Maedchen in Uniform 1931 Leontine Sagan 2800
1852 Femme Fatale 2002 Brian De Palma 2801
1853 You Only Live Once 1937 Fritz Lang 2802
1854 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! 1989 Pedro Almodóvar 2803
1855 The Doors 1991 Oliver Stone 2805
1856 Querelle 1982 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 2806
1857 Love, Simon 2018 Greg Berlanti 2807
1858 Adventureland 2009 Greg Mottola 2808
1859 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1969 Sydney Pollack 2809
1860 The Kingdom 1994 Morten Arnfred and Lars von Trier 2810
1861 Fury 2014 David Ayer 2811
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