Best Drama movies of 2023

Actors : Sreejith Babu, Ajayaghosh, Jeo Baby, Sreenath Babu,
Directors : Krishand,

Purusha Pretham, Krishand's third feature, is a police procedural story that has never been seen before in Malayalam cinema; an investigative thriller with interesting twists and turns.

Actors : Nora Tschirner, Burak Yigit, Frederick Lau,
Directors : Markus Goller,

When he moves his car while drunk Mark loses his driver's license and has to undergo an MPA. During a course he meets Helena and tries to sober up with her, but temptations lurk everywhere.

Actors : Keerthy Suresh, Tamannaah Bhatia, Raghu Babu, Chiranjeevi,
Directors : Meher Ramesh,

A doting brother tries to hunt down notorious criminals who had harmed his sister.

Actors : Bo Huang, Yunpeng Yue, Mintao Liu, Yibo Wang,
Directors : Chengpeng Dong,

Ding Lei, a street dance veteran, invites a young entertainer to join his club. However, they are faced with a series of challenges.

Actors : Kang Ki-young, Hyun Bin, Hwang Jung-min, Sung-woo Jeon,
Directors : Soon-rye Yim,

A Korean diplomat is dispatched to Afghanistan when a group of South Korean tourists is taken hostage by the Taliban. When all measures fail and one hostage is killed, he is forced to team up with a special agent to rescue the survivors.

Actors : Venkat Govada, Chaitanya Krishna, Viswanath GR,
Directors : Suresh Palla,

"Krishna Ghattam" is a tale of morality and reform. Amidst turmoil, Prasad decides to stand tall. A casanova's pursuits meet his nemesis. A self-righteous boy is tested. Will there be reform? See the battle between wisdom and intelligence.

Actors : Sachin Cheluvarayaswamy, Chikkanna, Sony Mulewa, Vainidhi Jagdish,

Revolves around the journey of a last bencher, who is often considered a misfit, as he defies all odds to pursue his dreams.

Actors : Akio Chen, Kuan-Ting Liu, Run-yin Bai,
Directors : Ya-chuan Hsiao,

This family drama is about an 11-year-old boy who befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox, and learns from him how to survive in a rapidly changing world as well as things his poor father would never be able to teach him.

Actors : Frances Fisher, Amy Smart, David Arquette, William Mapother,

A journalist and oil company executive find themselves on opposite sides of the fight during the construction of the contentious Dakota Access Pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota.

Actors : Woo-Seok Byeon, Kim Da-Mi, Kim Soo Hyung, So-nee Jeon,
Directors : Young-Keun Min,

'Hello, My Soulmate' is a coming-of-age story where two friends first meet at 11 years old and spend the course of 14 years remaining close and sharing experiences in both friendship and romance.

Actors : Michael X. Sommers, Molly Kunz, Claire Saunders,
Directors : Gordon Shoemaker Foxwood,

Lily Pierce, haunted, seeks her estranged father, a disgraced history professor, to learn how to battle supernatural threats like knights fighting monsters, drawing from a bygone era of swords and armor.

Actors : Deepak Shetty, Samyuktha Hornadu, Gopalkrishna Deshpande, Chaithra J. Achar,
Directors : Basil Alchalakkal,

Toby, an estranged man deemed to be a beast, vows to break free from the evil world and transform himself for Jenny.

Actors : Chemban Vinod Jose, Joju George, Kalyani Priyadarshan,
Directors : Joshiy,

An emotionally charged mass family entertainer that delves into the profound theme of relationships that run deeper than blood. The story revolves around the enigmatic character, Antony and his close-knit group of friends.

Actors : Acoryé White, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Cindy Hogan, Augie Duke,

A newlywed interracial couple Mike (White) and Ava (Duke) move to a new home set on starting new beginnings, but a historical evil, locked away for years, is about to break free and wreak havoc on their relationship and their lives.

Actors : Pramod Velliyanad, Roshan Mathew, Shine Tom Chacko, Rima Kallingal, Tovino Thomas,
Directors : Aashiq Abu,

A young, enthusiastic and free-spirited writer arrives to stay in a desolate mansion, rumored to be haunted by the apparition of a young woman who committed suicide when she was betrayed in love.

Actors : Marian Rivera, Coney Reyes, Dingdong Dantes,
Directors : Mae Cruz-Alviar,

Mary loves John her entire life. After years of marriage, John's priorities change, straining their relationship and leading to a tragic accident that takes Mary's life. An extraordinary proposition allows John to rewind time.

Actors : Debbie Pollack, Guillermo Villegas, Fátima Molina, Adriana Barraza,
Directors : Ernesto Contreras,

Georgina is a teacher determined to make a difference in the lives of the children she educates in the classroom of a wagon school in rural Mexico.

Actors : Bobby Vats, Rajneeshh Dubey, Dollye Tomar,
Directors : Rajneeshh Dubey,

An intense and captivating love story drama of Pyaari, an enigma of womanhood, desiring love with freedom and of a common dreamy tea-seller Laxman Chai wallah.

Actors : Minne Koole, Sabri Saad El-Hamus, Shahine El-Hamus,
Directors : Shady El-Hamus,

Following a dispute with his father, a young man falls prey to cryptocurrency's allure and an entrepreneur's audacious promises of financial freedom.

Actors : Mullai Arasi, Samuthirakani, Abhirami,
Directors : Lakshmy Ramakrishnan,

A heart-wrenching tale of adoption unfolds, pitting adoptive parents against the biological mother. Media intervention escalates the issue to legal consequences and emotional turmoil, finally leading to a gripping courtroom climax.