Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Matthew Sunderland, Karl Urban, Lois Lawn, Simon Ferry,
Directors : Robert Sarkies,

Based on the Aramoana Massacre that occurred on 13 November and 14 November 1990. Resident David Gray, an unemployed gun collector, went on a rampage in which 13 people were shot dead, before Gray himself was shot by police.

Actors : Juan Villegas, Walter Donado, Rosa Valsecchi, Mariela Díaz,
Directors : Carlos Sorin,

In Patagonia, a mechanic who dreams of a different life starts to think big after his adopted pup wins first prize at a local dog show.

Actors : Léa Seydoux, Elina Löwensohn, Bruno Todeschini, Sylvie Testud,
Directors : Jessica Hausner,

In order to escape her isolation, wheelchair-bound Christine makes a life changing journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees Mountains.

Actors : Kôji Yakusho, Keira Knightley, Michael Pitt, Sei Ashina,
Directors : François Girard,

The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron.

Actors : Zach Braff, Dean Cain, Ben Weber, Timothy Olyphant,
Directors : Greg Berlanti,

In the palm-shaded oasis of West Hollywood, we meet Dennis, a promising photographer. As he prepares to celebrate his twenty-eighth birthday, he laments, ' I can't decide if my friends are ...

Actors : Maya Maron, Nitai Gvirtz, Daniel Magon, Orly Silbersatz Banai,
Directors : Nir Bergman,

Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.

Actors : Tao Zhao, Jing Dong Liang, Tian-yi Yang, Hongwei Wang,
Directors : Zhangke Jia,

Set in Fenyang, Shanxi Province, the film focuses on a group of amateur theatre troupe performers whose fate mirrors that of the general population in China as massive socio-economic ...

Actors : Bridget Moynahan, William Hurt, Margarita Levieva, Tim Robbins,
Directors : Henry Bean,

A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it.

Actors : Lifan Dong, Jie Dong, Benshan Zhao, Biao Fu,
Directors : Yimou Zhang,

Zhao is an aging bachelor who hasn't been lucky in love. Thinking he has finally met the woman of his dreams, Zhao leads her to believe he is wealthy and agrees to a wedding far beyond his ...

Actors : Clara Khoury, Makram Khoury, Ashraf Barhom, Hiam Abbass,
Directors : Eran Riklis,

In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the...

Actors : Sarah Wynter, Simon Verhoeven, Jonathan Pryce, Vincent Perez,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

This movie is a biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.

Actors : Andrzej Chyra, Wojciech Solarz, Dominique Horwitz, Katharina Thalbach,
Directors : Volker Schlöndorff,

A nearly illiterate woman becomes one of the founders of Poland's Solidarity union.

Actors : Gerald McRaney, Scott Wilson, Jason Dolley, Ann Dowd,
Directors : Sandy Tung,

Marty Preston and Judd Travers must join together to clear the latter's name after he is accused of killing a man he once fought in a bar.

Actors : Charlotte Rampling, Kim Rossi Stuart, Andrea Rossi, Alla Faerovich,
Directors : Gianni Amelio,

Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.

Actors : Anthony LaPaglia, Elaine Stritch, Winona Ryder, Richard Gere,
Directors : Joan Chen,

Romantic drama about an aging playboy who falls for a sweet, but terminally ill, young woman.

Actors : Orla Brady, Hayley Atwell, Joss Ackland, Kevin Flood,
Directors : Anthony Byrne,

HOW ABOUT YOU tells the story of Ellie, a young woman left in charge of the residential home run by her older sister, over the Christmas period. Whilst most of the residents have left to ...

Actors : Norman Atun, Pearlly Chua, Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen,
Directors : Ming-liang Tsai,

A day laborer is badly beaten, and a young man nurses him back to health.

Actors : Eloise Eonnet, Hadrian Dagannaud-Brouard, Chaya Cuénot, Demi Moore,
Directors : Alain Berliner,

A psychological romantic thriller where fantasy and reality become indistinguishable for a woman leading a double life in her dreams.

Actors : Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Clémence Meyer, Emmanuelle Béart,
Directors : André Téchiné,

Emmanuelle Béart stars as a widowed schoolteacher who flees Nazi-occupied Paris with her children. A teenaged boy comes to their rescue by leading them into the forest -- their best shot at survival.

Actors : Sara Rue, Kett Turton, John Doe, Karen Black,
Directors : Todd Stephens,

Two young misfits head for New York City to celebrate their idol and muse, Stevie Nicks, at The Night of 1,000 Stevies. Along the road, in order for them to escape their painful pasts, they...