Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Morgan Freeman, Kirsten Dunst, Holly Hunter, Billy Bob Thornton,
Directors : Ed Solomon,

The film philosophical approach at redemption. The protagonist Manual Jordan has gotten parole from a life sentence for the murder of Abner Easley, and returns to the city he lived in to ...

Actors : Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément,
Directors : Xavier Dolan,

A semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.

Actors : Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs, Mel Gibson, Joely Richardson,
Directors : Roland Emmerich,

Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.

Actors : Piera Degli Esposti, Claudia Gerini, Michele Placido, Kseniya Rappoport,
Directors : Giuseppe Tornatore,

Haunted by a horrible past, a Ukrainian young woman calculatedly insinuates herself into the life of a rich Italian family.

Actors : Satish Kaushik, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Christopher Simpson, Naeema Begum,
Directors : Sarah Gavron,

A young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneen, arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. Trapped within the four walls of her flat ...

Actors : Billy Crawford, Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann, Clara Bellar,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

Years before Father Lankester Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil's soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa. Merrin's initial battle with Pazuzu leads to the rediscovery of his faith.

Actors : Leonardo Alonso, Karla Cecilia Alvarado, Marco Antonio Aguirre, Paulina Gaitan,
Directors : Cary Fukunaga,

A Honduran young girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the American border.

Actors : Seung-yeon Lee, Hyun-kyoon Lee, Hyuk-ho Kwon, Jeong-ho Choi,
Directors : Ki-duk Kim,

A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days.

Actors : Fernanda Montenegro, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge, Fernanda Torres,
Directors : Andrucha Waddington,

A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.

Actors : Greg Kirsch, Renee Patrick, Molly Graham, William Willmott,
Directors : Kevin Willmott,

Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.

Actors : Moritz Bleibtreu, Adam Bousdoukos, Pheline Roggan, Anna Bederke,
Directors : Fatih Akin,

In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

Actors : Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Lindon, Aure Atika, Jean-Marc Thibault,
Directors : Stéphane Brizé,

Jean, his loving wife and son live a simple, happy life. At his son's homeroom teacher Madamoiselle Chambon's request, he volunteers as substitute teacher and starts to fall for her ...

Actors : Justine Waddell, Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Kim Uylenbroek,
Directors : Tarsem Singh,

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story of five mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality blurs as the tale advances.

Actors : Bill Haugland, Nelson Landrieu, Ivonne Coll, Billy Crudup,
Directors : Keith Gordon,

A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.

Actors : Ice Cube, Loretta Devine, Tracy Morgan, Katt Williams,
Directors : David E. Talbert,

Durell Washington and LeeJohn Jackson are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When Durell learns that his ex-girlfriend plans to move to another state with their son Durell Jr.--...

Actors : Lena Endre, Peter Andersson, Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist,
Directors : Daniel Alfredson,

As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name.

Actors : Will Adamsdale, Adeel Akhtar, Arsher Ali, Riz Ahmed,
Directors : Christopher Morris,

Four incompetent British jihadists set out to train for and commit an act of terror.

Actors : Nade Dieu, Rony Kramer, Simon Eine, Sarah Adler,
Directors : Jean-Luc Godard,

Divided into three "kingdoms" -- Enfer (Hell), Purgatoire (Purgatory) and Paradis (Paradise) -- Notre Musique is an indictment of modern times.

Actors : Sergey Dreyden, Mikhail Piotrovsky, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mariya Kuznetsova,
Directors : Aleksandr Sokurov,

A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.

Actors : Ye Liu, Li Gong, Yun-Fat Chow, Jay Chou,
Directors : Yimou Zhang,

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.