Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Christopher Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Isaach De Bankolé, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : Claire Denis,

Amidst turmoil and racial conflict in a Francophone African state, a white French woman fights for her coffee crop, her family and ultimately for her life.

Actors : Lynn Shelton, Joshua Leonard, Mark Duplass, Alycia Delmore,
Directors : Lynn Shelton,

Two guys take their bromance to another level when they participate in an art film project.

Actors : Bijou Phillips, Brad Renfro, Nick Stahl, Rachel Miner,
Directors : Larry Clark,

A pack of naïve teenagers conspire to murder a mutual friend, whose aggressive demeanor has proved too much.

Actors : Morgan Freeman, Radha Mitchell, Greg Kinnear, Alexa Davalos,
Directors : Robert Benton,

A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. and is described as an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.

Actors : Kevin Spacey, Bob Hoskins, John Goodman, Kate Bosworth,
Directors : Kevin Spacey,

A swooning study of "Mack the Knife" singer Bobby Darin (Spacey) specifically, and his relationship with his wife Sandra Dee (Bosworth).

Actors : Bryce Dallas Howard, Willem Dafoe, Isaach De Bankolé, Danny Glover,
Directors : Lars von Trier,

A story of slavery, set in the southern U.S. in the 1930s.

Actors : Brendan Fraser, Meredith Droeger, Harrison Ford, Keri Russell,
Directors : Tom Vaughan,

A drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Rush, Goldie Hawn, Erika Christensen,
Directors : Bob Dolman,

Lavinia and Suzette, former rock groupies and best friends, reconnect after twenty years; one is still as wild as ever, while the other has adopted a more conservative lifestyle.

Actors : Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, Adam Garcia, Drew Barrymore,
Directors : Penny Marshall,

A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.

Actors : Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Sean Penn,
Directors : Steven Zaillian,

Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.

Actors : Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Linda McGuire, Paul Popplewell,
Directors : Lynne Ramsay,

After her beloved husband's suicide, a mourning supermarket worker and her best friend hit the road in Scotland, but find that grief is something that you can't run away from forever.

Actors : James Rolleston, Taika Waititi, Moerangi Tihore, Cherilee Martin,
Directors : Taika Waititi,

Set on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.

Actors : Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos Santos,
Directors : Paulo Morelli,

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

Actors : Jason Tobin, Sung Kang, Shirley Anderson, Parry Shen,
Directors : Justin Lin,

A group of over-achieving Asian-American high school seniors enjoy a power trip when they dip into extra-curricular criminal activities.

Actors : Tim McGraw, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester, Garrett Hedlund,
Directors : Shana Feste,

A rising country-music songwriter works with a fallen star to work their way to fame, causing romantic complications along the way.

Actors : Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn, Martin Landau, Jim Carrey,
Directors : Frank Darabont,

Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

Actors : Julie Benz, Dominic West, Doug Hutchison, Ray Stevenson,
Directors : Lexi Alexander,

After hunting down and killing hundreds of violent criminals, Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, faces his most deadly foe yet: Jigsaw.

Actors : John Goodman, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, Piper Perabo,
Directors : David McNally,

Aspiring songwriter Violet Sanford, after getting a job at a women-run NYC bar that teases its male patrons, comes out of her shell.

Actors : Elle Fanning, Jennifer Connelly, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo,
Directors : Terry George,

The lives of two families change forever after a fatal tragedy takes place on Reservation Road.

Actors : John Hurt, Christian Bale, Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz,
Directors : John Madden,

When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancé falls in love with the local Italian commander.