Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron,
Directors : John Hillcoat,

In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.

Actors : Taraji P. Henson, Wenwen Han, Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith,
Directors : Harald Zwart,

Work causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master.

Actors : Eric Deulen, John Robinson, Elias McConnell, Alex Frost,
Directors : Gus Van Sant,

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

Actors : Eric Bana, Julian Glover, Orlando Bloom, Brad Pitt,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.

Actors : Lucas McHugh Carroll, Tony Hale, Patton Oswalt, Matt Damon,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.

Actors : Frances Fisher, Jennifer Connelly, Ron Eldard, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : Vadim Perelman,

An abandoned wife is evicted from her house and starts a tragic conflict with her home's new owners.

Actors : Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew Goode, Jeff Daniels, Isla Fisher,
Directors : Scott Frank,

Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.

Actors : Michael Vartan, Dylan Smith, Connie Nielsen, Robin Williams,
Directors : Mark Romanek,

A mentally unstable photo developer begins to attack a middle-class family after his obsession with them becomes more sick and disturbing than any of them could imagine.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, Adrian Grenier, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt,
Directors : David Frankel,

A smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine.

Actors : Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Bill Sage, Josh Lucas,
Directors : Mary Harron,

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.

Actors : Samantha Morton, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Directors : Charlie Kaufman,

A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

Actors : Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Cliff Curtis, Vicky Haughton,
Directors : Niki Caro,

A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright, Spencer Treat Clark, Bruce Willis,
Directors : M. Night Shyamalan,

A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.

Actors : Samantha Morton, Djimon Hounsou, Paddy Considine, Sarah Bolger,
Directors : Jim Sheridan,

A family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

Actors : Burt Young, Milo Ventimiglia, Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Tarver,
Directors : Sylvester Stallone,

Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight; against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon.

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans,
Directors : Darren Aronofsky,

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Actors : Sarah Habel, Ellen Page, Kristen Wiig, Drew Barrymore,
Directors : Drew Barrymore,

In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.

Actors : Henry Goodman, David Roper, Colm Meaney, Jimmy Reddington,
Directors : Tom Hooper,

The story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.

Actors : Jeremy Sisto, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Keri Russell,
Directors : Adrienne Shelly,

Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.

Actors : Ian McShane, Ray Winstone, Amanda Redman, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : Jonathan Glazer,

Brutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.