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Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · 89m
War DramaAnimeMilitary
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe,…
Drama Movies on Netflix
60 drama movies on Netflix in the US. Includes Grave of the Fireflies, Whiplash, and Violet Evergarden: The Movie.
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Whiplash
2014 · 107m
Psychological ThrillerShowbiz & Music DramaMusic & Arts Documentary
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
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Violet Evergarden: The Movie
2020 · 140m
AnimeMilitaryAnimation
As the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.
86
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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995 · 190m
ComedyRomance
Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI.
86
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Shoplifters
2018 · 120m
Mob / MafiaMafia & MobCrime
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs.
86
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Apollo 11
2019 · 93m
BiopicSpaceBased on a True Story
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.
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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
2020 · 83m
BiopicNature & ScienceBased on a True Story
The story of life on our planet by the man who has seen more of the natural world than any other.
85
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Call Me by Your Name
2017 · 132m
Coming-of-AgeFashion & High SocietyComing of Age
In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy.
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Marriage Story
2019 · 137m
Legal DramaMarriage & DivorceLegal
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
84
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Top Gun: Maverick
2022 · 131m
War DramaAviationSubmarines & Naval
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete…
84
Netflix
Moonlight
2016 · 112m
Coming-of-AgeHigh SchoolAddiction & Recovery
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the…
84
Netflix
The Deer Hunter
1978 · 183m
War DramaMilitarySmall Town
Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love.
84
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Roma
2018 · 135m
In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.
84
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Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997 · 87m
Military Sci-FiDystopian Sci-FiAnime
SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project.
84
Netflix
Dangal
2016 · 161m
BiopicSports DramaSmall Town
Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat.
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The First Slam Dunk
2022 · 125m
Romantic ComedyComing-of-AgeSports Drama
Shohoku's “speedster” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while…
83
Netflix
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · 115m
Spy / EspionageConspiracy & Political ThrillerHitman & Assassins
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone,…
83
Netflix
RRR
2022 · 187m
War DramaPeriod & Historical DramaPolitical
A fictional history of two legendary revolutionaries' journey away from home before they began fighting for their country in the 1920s.
83
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Bāhubali: The Beginning
2015 · 159m
Action
The young Shivudu is left as a foundling in a small village by his mother.
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Bad Genius
2017 · 130m
High SchoolCrimeThriller
Lynn, a brilliant student, after helping her friends to get the grades they need, develops the idea of starting a much bigger exam-cheating business.
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I Swear
2025 · 121m
BiopicBased on a True StoryHistory
Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood,…
83
Netflix
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
2015 · 159m
Music
A young mute girl from Pakistan loses herself in India with no way to head back.
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1917
2019 · 119m
Survival ThrillerWar DramaPeriod & Historical Drama
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack…
82
Netflix
Miracle in Cell No. 7
2019 · 132m
Prison
Separated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.
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I'm Still Here
2024 · 138m
Based on a True StoryHistory
A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for…
82
Netflix
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2001 · 209m
Comedy
Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.
81
Netflix
Dallas Buyers Club
2013 · 117m
Medical DramaBiopicBased on a True Story
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given…
81
Netflix
Heat
1995 · 170m
HeistProceduralMob / Mafia
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent…
81
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Stand by Me
1986 · 89m
Coming-of-AgeFriendshipRoad Trip
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body.
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Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · 157m
Spy / EspionageConspiracy & Political ThrillerEspionage
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of…
81
Netflix
Another Round
2020 · 117m
FriendshipAddiction & Recovery
Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.
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Phantom Thread
2017 · 130m
Romantic ComedyMedical DramaPsychological
In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.
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Netflix
Eighth Grade
2018 · 94m
Coming-of-AgeComing of AgeComedy
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school —…
81
Netflix
Hamnet
2025 · 125m
Grief & LossParenthood & Family BondsRomance
The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
81
Netflix
Cell 211
2009 · 108m
PrisonActionThriller
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses…
81
Netflix
I Lost My Body
2019 · 81m
PsychologicalAnimationFantasy
A story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle.
81
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Mudbound
2017 · 135m
War DramaMilitary
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously…
81
Netflix
Train Dreams
2025 · 102m
Western
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
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Happy as Lazzaro
2018 · 128m
Fantasy
Purehearted teen Lazzaro is content living as a sharecropper in rural Italy, but an unlikely friendship with the marquise’s son will change his world.
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Netflix
Gladiator
2000 · 155m
Revenge ThrillerWar DramaPeriod & Historical Drama
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
2022 · 147m
War DramaPeriod & Historical DramaMilitary
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army.
80
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Society of the Snow
2023 · 143m
Survival ThrillerBiopicFriendship
On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
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Beasts of No Nation
2015 · 137m
War
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country.
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PK
2014 · 153m
Alien InvasionDark ComedySatire & Parody
A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before.
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The Prestige
2006 · 131m
Psychological ThrillerPeriod & Historical DramaMagic
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy…
79
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The Sixth Sense
1999 · 107m
Psychological ThrillerSupernaturalGrief & Loss
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
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Lion
2016 · 118m
BiopicParenthood & Family BondsBased on a True Story
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home.
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Donnie Brasco
1997 · 127m
ProceduralMob / MafiaBiopic
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
79
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Straight Outta Compton
2015 · 147m
Mob / MafiaMedical DramaBiopic
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place…
79
Netflix
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020 · 130m
Based on a True StoryHistory
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police.
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Frances Ha
2013 · 86m
Comedy
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career…
78
Netflix
Scarface
1983 · 170m
Mob / MafiaMafia & MobDrug Cartels & Narcos
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami.
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Green Book
2018 · 130m
BiopicFriendshipBased on a True Story
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to…
78
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The Two Popes
2019 · 125m
Based on a True StoryHistory
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict.
78
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The Power of the Dog
2021 · 127m
Period & Historical DramaGrief & LossMarriage & Divorce
A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.
78
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The Social Dilemma
2020 · 95m
Wall Street & FinanceDystopianDocumentary
This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
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Hustle
2022 · 117m
Sports DramaSportsComedy
After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the…
76
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The Bourne Supremacy
2004 · 108m
Spy / EspionagePsychological ThrillerHitman & Assassins
A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne…
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