Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Barry Pepper, Jennifer Baxter, Dennis Hopper, Vin Diesel,

The wannabe sons of mobsters go to a remote town in the Midwest, and get themselves into more trouble than anyone could anticipate.

Actors : Omarion Grandberry, J-Boog, Raz B, Lil' Fizz,
Directors : Chris Stokes,

In order to achieve their dream of opening a recording studio, two friends (Omarion, Houston) must first win their city's dance contest -- a fierce competition that pits them against a group of tough street dancers.

Actors : Romola Garai, Sophie Stuckey, Bill Nighy, Rose Byrne,
Directors : Tim Fywell,

A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle.

Actors : Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abbruzzese, Simone Sacchettino, Toni Servillo,
Directors : Matteo Garrone,

An inside look at Italy's modern crime families.

Actors : Bridget Moynahan, Joe Pantoliano, Greg Kinnear, Jim Caviezel,
Directors : Simon Brand,

Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.

Actors : Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Saffron Burrows, Paul Bettany,
Directors : Paul McGuigan,

Chronicles the rise and fall of a prominent, and particularly ruthless English gangster.

Actors : Alan Arkin, Mike Binder, Winona Ryder, Robin Wright,
Directors : Rebecca Miller,

After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.

Actors : Frances Fisher, David Strathairn, Agnes Bruckner, Margaret Colin,
Directors : Karen Moncrieff,

A troubled young woman is encouraged by a teacher to enter a poetry contest.

Actors : Lena Endre, Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Ewa Fröling,
Directors : Niels Arden Oplev,

A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.

Actors : Dae-han Ji, Hye-jeong Kang, Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu,
Directors : Chan-wook Park,

After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.

Actors : Stuart Townsend, Penélope Cruz, Thomas Kretschmann, Charlize Theron,
Directors : John Duigan,

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS is a sweeping romantic drama set in 1930's England, Paris, and Spain. Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee ...

Actors : Abigail Breslin, Julia Ormond, Stanley Tucci, Joan Cusack,
Directors : Patricia Rozema,

Set in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl, helps her mother run a boardinghouse after her father loses his job.

Actors : Morgan Freeman, Anne Dudek, Jonah Hill, Paz Vega,
Directors : Brad Silberling,

An actor (Freeman) prepping for an upcoming role meets a quirky grocery clerk (Vega), and the pair hit the road to show one another their respective worlds.

Actors : Jeanne Tripplehorn, Stellan Skarsgård, Salma Hayek, Xander Berkeley,
Directors : Mike Figgis,

Four frames of simultaneous action that alternately follow a smitten lesbian lover as she obsesses over her partner's dalliances and the tense goings-on of a Hollywood film production company.

Actors : Robin Tunney, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Hope Davis,
Directors : Alan Rudolph,

An introspective dentist's suspicions about his wife's infidelity stresses his mental well being and family life to the breaking point.

Actors : Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jason Andrews, Emily Watson, Adam Sandler,
Directors : Paul Thomas Anderson,

A psychologically troubled novelty supplier is nudged towards a romance with an English woman, all the while being extorted by a phone-sex line run by a crooked mattress salesman, and purchasing stunning amounts of pudding.

Actors : Lindsay Lohan, Dermot Mulroney, Felicity Huffman, Jane Fonda,
Directors : Garry Marshall,

A troubled young woman is sent to live with her grandmother for the summer, while hiding a secret that could potentially tear her family apart.

Actors : Amina Annabi, Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig, Elena Anaya,
Directors : Ruba Nadda,

A romantic drama about a brief, unexpected love affair that catches two people completely off-guard.

Actors : Julianna Margulies, Pierce Brosnan, Aidan Quinn, Sophie Vavasseur,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

1953. Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children,...

Actors : Daniel Craig, Anna Wilson-Jones, Anne Reid, Peter Vaughan,
Directors : Roger Michell,

A woman has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.