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Dramas are serious, plot-driven presentations, portraying realistic characters, settings, life situations, and stories involving intense character development and interaction. Usually, they are not focused on special-effects, comedy, or action, Dramatic films are probably the largest film genre, with many subsets. See also the melodramas, epics (historical dramas), or romantic genres. Dramatic biographical films (or "biopics") are a major sub-genre, as are 'adult' films (with mature subject content).

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  1. 44 -1

    La meglio gioventù

    2003 — a.k.a. The Best of Youth, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 47 -1

    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, in 11 top lists Check
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    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 34 top lists Check
  4. 4 -

    The Godfather: Part II

    1974, in 30 top lists Check
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    Schindler's List

    1993, in 32 top lists Check
  6. 19 +1

    The Green Mile

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 2 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 40 top lists Check
  8. 16 -

    Interstellar

    2014, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 20 -2

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 27 top lists Check
  10. 49 -

    Django Unchained

    2012, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 31 +1

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
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    Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

    1988 — a.k.a. Cinema Paradiso, in 18 top lists Check
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    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 37 top lists Check
  14. 3 -

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 24 top lists Check
  15. 29 -

    The Departed

    2006, in 18 top lists Check
  16. 38 -2

    The Pianist

    2002, in 20 top lists Check
  17. 43 +1

    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 19 top lists Check
  18. 12 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 30 top lists Check
  19. 10 -

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
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    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 11 -

    Fight Club

    1999, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 14 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 33 top lists Check
  23. 25 -

    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Harakiri, in 15 top lists Check
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    Le trou

    1960 — a.k.a. Le Trou, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 22 +1

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 23 -2

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  27. 32 -2

    The Prestige

    2006, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 17 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
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    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  30. 36 +1

    American History X

    1998, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 18 +1

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 33 top lists Check
  32. 21 +1

    La vita è bella

    1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 19 top lists Check
  33. 30 +5

    Intouchables

    2011 — a.k.a. The Intouchables, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 34 -1

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 33 -2

    Whiplash

    2014, in 11 top lists Check
  36. 46 +1

    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 37 +1

    Casablanca

    1942, in 36 top lists Check
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    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 29 top lists Check
  39. 27 -

    Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim

    1977 — a.k.a. The Girl with the Red Scarf, in 4 top lists Check
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    Hotaru no haka

    1988 — a.k.a. Grave of the Fireflies, in 18 top lists Check
  41. 35 -1

    The Lion King

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  42. 42 -1

    City Lights

    1931, in 33 top lists Check
  43. 41 +1

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
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