Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Omar Benson Miller, Joy Bryant, 50 Cent, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje,
Directors : Jim Sheridan,

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

Actors : Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk,
Directors : Zacharias Kunuk,

The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.

Actors : Peter Mygind, Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade,
Directors : Ole Christian Madsen,

A drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.

Actors : Red West, Souleymane Sy Savane, Diana Franco Galindo, Lane 'Roc' Williams,
Directors : Ramin Bahrani,

Two men form an unlikely friendship that will change both of their lives forever.

Actors : Vince Vaughn, Famke Janssen, Joe Goossen, Jon Favreau,
Directors : Jon Favreau,

Two aspiring boxers, lifelong friends, get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.

Actors : Dakota Goyo, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris,
Directors : Rod Lurie,

Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

Actors : John Malkovich, Max Minghella, Jim Broadbent, Sophia Myles,
Directors : Terry Zwigoff,

Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.

Actors : Jason Clarke, Liana Liberato, Catherine Keener, Clive Owen,
Directors : David Schwimmer,

A teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly, Connie Nielsen, John Travolta,
Directors : John McTiernan,

A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army ranger drill sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.

Actors : Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott,
Directors : Xavier Gens,

A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as 'The Organization' is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Russia and Eastern Europe.

Actors : Samantha Morton, Tim Robbins, Togo Igawa, Om Puri,
Directors : Michael Winterbottom,

A futuristic Brief Encounter (1945), this is a love story in which the romance is doomed by genetic incompatibility.

Actors : Scott Porter, Vanessa Hudgens, Aly Michalka, Gaelan Connell,
Directors : Todd Graff,

A new kid in town assembles a fledgling rock band -- together, they achieve their dreams and compete against the best in the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.

Actors : Bruce McFee, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Don Cheadle, Mike Epps,
Directors : Kasi Lemmons,

The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.

Actors : Shirley Henderson, Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy, Kelly Macdonald,
Directors : John Crowley,

A variety of losers in Dublin have harrowingly farcical intersecting stories of love, greed and violence.

Actors : Amanda Crew, Kim Basinger, Charlie Tahan, Zac Efron,
Directors : Burr Steers,

Charlie's brother, Sam, dies in a car crash that Charlie survives. Charlie is given the gift of seeing his dead brother, but when the girl he falls in love with's life is at risk, he must choose between his girlfriend and his brother.

Actors : Peter Coyote, Shane West, Daryl Hannah, Mandy Moore,
Directors : Adam Shankman,

The story of two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, who are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is made to do community service.

Actors : Hayley Atwell, Matthew Goode, Patrick Malahide, Thomas Morrison,
Directors : Julian Jarrold,

A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War.

Actors : Hayden Christensen, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jena Malone, Kevin Kline,
Directors : Irwin Winkler,

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.

Actors : Kelsey Keel, Adam Brody, Kristen Stewart, Meg Ryan,
Directors : Jon Kasdan,

A sleazy writer has a chance to redeem himself when he goes to stay with his grandmother and befriends the neighbors.

Actors : Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, Gabriela Oltean, Kimberly Elise,
Directors : Nick Cassavetes,

John Quincy Archibald takes a hospital emergency room hostage when his insurance won't cover his son's heart transplant.