The 30 best Drama movies of the 2020s

1. 1

   Michael (2026)

   directed by Antoine Fuqua · 128 min · 8.7 4,271 votes

2. 2

   Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

   directed by Joseph Kosinski · 131 min · 8.2 11,500 votes

3. 3

   Soul (2020)

   directed by Pete Docter · 100 min · 8.1 11,695 votes

4. 4

   Oppenheimer (2023)

   directed by Christopher Nolan · 181 min · 8.0 12,423 votes

5. 5

   Gabriel's Inferno (2020)

   directed by Tosca Musk · 120 min · 8.4 2,480 votes

6. 6

   The Father (2020)

   directed by Florian Zeller · 97 min · 8.1 3,752 votes

7. 7

   The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026)

   directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green · 51 min · 8.3 2,195 votes

8. 8

   Society of the Snow (2023)

   directed by J. A. Bayona · 144 min · 8.0 3,609 votes

9. 9

   Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

   directed by Mark Gustafson · 117 min · 8.0 3,446 votes

10. 10

    Luca (2021)

    directed by Enrico Casarosa · 101 min · 7.8 9,113 votes

11. 11

    Life in a Year (2020)

    directed by Mitja Okorn · 107 min · 8.2 2,003 votes

12. 12

    Purple Hearts (2022)

    directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum · 122 min · 8.0 2,931 votes

13. 13

    Gabriel's Inferno: Part II (2020)

    directed by Tosca Musk · 106 min · 8.3 1,562 votes

14. 14

    Sound of Freedom (2023)

    directed by Alejandro Monteverde · 131 min · 8.0 2,830 votes

15. 15

    Palmer (2021)

    directed by Fisher Stevens · 110 min · 8.1 1,965 votes

16. 16

    The Whale (2022)

    directed by Darren Aronofsky · 117 min · 7.8 4,877 votes

17. 17

    F1 (2025)

    directed by Joseph Kosinski · 155 min · 7.8 4,611 votes

18. 18

    Finch (2021)

    directed by Miguel Sapochnik · 115 min · 7.8 4,176 votes

19. 19

    CODA (2021)

    directed by Sian Heder · 111 min · 7.9 2,687 votes

20. 20

    The Shadow's Edge (2025)

    directed by Larry Yang · 141 min · 8.2 1,351 votes

21. 21

    There's Still Tomorrow (2023)

    directed by Paola Cortellesi · 118 min · 8.1 1,554 votes

22. 22

    All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

    directed by Edward Berger · 147 min · 7.7 4,892 votes

23. 23

    Gabriel's Inferno: Part III (2020)

    directed by Tosca Musk · 102 min · 8.3 1,095 votes

24. 24

    The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)

    directed by Alexandre de La Patellière · 178 min · 7.9 2,126 votes

25. 25

    My Fault (2023)

    directed by Domingo González · 117 min · 7.7 4,182 votes

26. 26

    Clouds (2020)

    directed by Justin Baldoni · 121 min · 8.3 1,065 votes

27. 27

    A Man Called Otto (2022)

    directed by Marc Forster · 126 min · 7.7 3,745 votes

28. 28

    Wrath of Man (2021)

    directed by Guy Ritchie · 119 min · 7.6 6,279 votes

29. 29

    Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)

    directed by Olivia Newman · 114 min · 8.4 891 votes

30. 30

    Gran Turismo (2023)

    directed by Neill Blomkamp · 135 min · 7.7 3,560 votes

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Method: TMDb audience rating weighted by vote count, with a vote floor per list. No position is editorial opinion; it is the catalogue, ordered.

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