Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Juliette Lewis, Steven Pasquale, Joshua Jackson, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : James C.E. Burke,

A troubled young man struggling to right himself after the premature death of his father.

Actors : Shiloh Fernandez, Noel Fisher, Kyle Gallner, Brian Cox,

A reclusive man sets out for justice and redemption when three troublesome teens kill his dog for no good reason.

Actors : Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams, Chris Cooper, Annabel Kershaw,
Directors : Ira Sachs,

A 1940s-set drama where an adulterous man plots his wife's death instead of putting her through the humiliation of a divorce.

Actors : Hamed Behdad, Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Babak Mirzakhani,
Directors : Bahman Ghobadi,

Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert - and the visas that allow them to leave Tehran to do so.

Actors : Jesper Christensen, Maria Heiskanen, Callin Öhrvall, Mikael Persbrandt,
Directors : Jan Troell,

In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.

Actors : Vida Ghahremani, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Feihong Yu, Henry O,
Directors : Wayne Wang,

The book is a collection of stories about life in modern China and the United States.

Actors : Kathy Bates, Frances Tomelty, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

Actors : Kimberly Elise, T.D. Jakes, Michael Boatman, Loretta Devine,
Directors : Michael Schultz,

An adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronciling a woman's struggle to come to terms with her legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty.

Actors : Simon Iteanu, Fang Song, Hippolyte Girardot, Juliette Binoche,
Directors : Hsiao-Hsien Hou,

A little boy and his baby-sitter inhabit the same imaginary world: through their adventures they are followed by a strange red balloon.

Actors : Emmy Rossum, Ashley Springer, Cady Huffman, Zach Gilford,
Directors : Adam Salky,

A drama centered around three high school seniors - an aspiring actress, her misfit best friend, and a loner - who become engaged in an intimate and complicated relationship.

Actors : Kate Ashfield, Dean Lennox Kelly, Tobias Menzies, Aidan Gillen,
Directors : Jamie Thraves,

Relationships as they are really lived.

Actors : Gustaf Skarsgård, Torkel Petersson, Amanda Davin, Tom Ljungman,
Directors : Ella Lemhagen,

A Swedish gay couple adopt what they think is an 18-month-old orphan, only to meet their new son, a 15-year-old homophobic delinquent.

Actors : Judy Greer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jim Gaffigan, Olympia Dukakis,
Directors : Danny Leiner,

The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.

Actors : Amara Balthrop-Lewis, Bonnie Hunt, Kevin Pollak, Aidan Quinn,
Directors : Pete Jones,

Pete, an eight-year-old Catholic boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the mid-1970s, attends Catholic school, where as classes let out for the summer, he's admonished by a nun to ...

Actors : Sam Shepard, Rosanna Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Diane Kruger,
Directors : Baltasar Kormákur,

A couple goes to dangerous lengths to find a lung donor for their daughter.

Actors : Anna Biller, Jared Sanford, Bridget Brno, Sam Bologna,
Directors : Anna Biller,

Two suburban couples experiment with sex, drugs and bohemia in early 1970's Los Angeles.

Actors : Wes Bentley, Gavin Rossdale, Jay Rodan, Gerard Butler,
Directors : David Anspaugh,

Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 U.S. soccer team, who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Although no U.S. team has ever won a World Cup title, this story is about the family traditions and passions which shaped the lives of the players who made up this team of underdogs.

Actors : Rüdiger Vogler, Nina Hoss, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Irm Hermann,
Directors : Max Färberböck,

A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Meagan Good, Cam Gigandet, Odette Annable,
Directors : David S. Goyer,

A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.

Actors : Nicole Kidman, Ty Burrell, Robert Downey Jr., Harris Yulin,
Directors : Steven Shainberg,

Turning her back on her wealthy, established family, Diane Arbus falls in love with Lionel Sweeney, an enigmatic mentor who introduces Arbus to the marginalized people who help her become one of the most revered photographers of the twentieth century.