Dramas on Netflix
Last updated January 13, 2026
The Middle of the World
2004 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIt's a known fact that desperate people will be driven to take desperate measures. And when we say &NFi;driven&NFi_;, we mean it -- literally. This movie is based on the incredible true story of a man who takes his wife and five children on a 2,000-mile bicycle trip across Brazil in search of a decent job. Stars Cláudia Abreu and Manoel Sebastião Alves Filho.
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Another Country
1984 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIn this beautifully photographed film based on a play by Julian Mitchell, Rupert Everett stars as Guy Bennett, a young gay man attending boarding school in 1930s England who yearns to make his way up the social ladder. His plans are waylaid, however, by the attentions of an attractive classmate, the affluent James Harcourt. The idealistic Bennett soon ascertains that forbidden love and ambition don't mix, and he must make a choice.
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Kaala Patthar
1979 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsInspired by real events, this drama follows three improbable heroes -- a disgraced naval officer, an ex-con and a compassionate engineer -- who join forces to save hundreds of trapped men when disaster strikes at the coal mine where they work.
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Closer
2004 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsAnna, a photographer, seems content with her boyfriend, while Dan, a writer, adores his quirky beloved. But when Anna and Dan embark on an illicit affair, a cascade of betrayal ensues in this award-winning drama.
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Kiss the Bride
2002 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsThree Italian-American sisters who have managed to break free of their family's overbearing influence, most notably their controlling father's, must face the clan again when their more traditional sibling decides to get married in their Rhode Island hometown. The visit turns out as excruciating as they expected, but they also discover an unexpected gift in their reunion: wisdom. Alyssa Milano, Monet Mazur, Amanda Detmer and Brooke Langton star.
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Brokeback Mountain
2005 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhile working together near Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain in 1963, sheepherders Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar begin an increasingly passionate affair. But keeping their relationship a secret from their wives proves agonizing and all-consuming.
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SherryBaby
2006 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsNewly released from prison, recovering addict Sherry Swanson (Maggie Gyllenhaal) struggles to normalize her life so she can be a good person and a trustworthy mother to her young daughter, Lexie (Ryan Simpkins).
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Solo Con Tu Pareja
1991 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsYoung yuppie playboy Tomás (Daniel Gimenez Cacho) looks for a quick death after being falsely diagnosed with AIDS by Silvia (Dobrina Liubomirova), a nurse cheated by the young Casanova. While trying to end his life, Tomás falls in love with Clarisa (Claudia Ramirez), a beautiful stewardess who's also trying to kill herself. This is the first feature film for director Alfonso Cuaron, who co-wrote the script with his brother Carlos Cuaron.
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Be with Me
2005 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsThis poetic film weaves together three stories of human connection with a minimalist flair. In "Meant to Be," an elderly shopkeeper experiences intense loneliness until he reads the autobiography of an extraordinary blind and deaf woman. "So in Love" explores the bittersweet relationship between two teenage girls, and "Finding Love" tells the story of a security guard who has twin passions: for food and for a woman who works in his building.
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Friends
1971 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen an orphaned French girl (Anicée Alvina) living with Parisian relatives meets a rich English lad (Sean Bury) who's run away from home, they become instant chums and decide to create a life apart from the unhappy adult world they inhabit. Escaping to a seaside locale, the two set up house and become lovers. A baby follows, as do grown-up responsibilities -- neither of which the youngsters bargained for in this intimate coming-of-age tale.
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Secret Sunshine
2007 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsTrying to piece her life back together after her husband's death, widow Lee Shin-ae moves to the small village where he was born with her young son in tow. Life seems to return to normal until the boy is kidnapped, leaving Shin-ae devastated.
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I Served the King of England
2006 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWriter-director Jirí Menzel helms this bittersweet fable of Jan Dite (Ivan Barnev), an opportunistic young waiter in pre-World War II Czechoslovakia. Shrewdly attaching himself to the rich and famous, Dite dreams of one day owning his own hotel. When a tragedy unexpectedly delivers his wish, Dite discovers that hanging on to his dream is even harder than achieving it. Julia Jentsch and Martin Huba co-star.
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Real Time
2008 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsA lifetime of bad luck and bad habits catches up with compulsive gambler Andy (Jay Baruchel) when he's apprehended by a quietly intimidating hit man named Reuben (Randy Quaid), who's been dispatched to kill him. But before he does the deed, Reuben grants Andy one last hour to live and chauffeurs the young ne'er-do-well from one stop to the next on a hilarious journey filled with surprising revelations and unexpected discoveries.
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Taking Woodstock
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsA twentysomething man finds his life forever changed in the summer of 1969 when he offers up his parents' motel in the Catskills as a home base for Woodstock organizers and then helps the show go on by donating an all-important music festival permit.
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The Maid
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen Raquel's (Catalina Saavedra) place in the Valdes family -- for whom she's provided 23 years of maid service -- is threatened after they hire more help, she decides to do something about it in this Golden Globe-nominated comedic drama from director Sebastián Silva. Rolling out anything but the red carpet for the new employees, Raquel's juvenile tricks just might work in this examination of loyalty, family dynamics and duty. Claudia Celedón co-stars.
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Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsSeven years after she was inspired by the bold debut of Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," famed fashion designer Coco Chanel (Anna Mouglalis) -- reeling from the death of her beau, Boy Capel (Anatole Taubmann) -- meets and falls for the Russian composer (Mads Mikkelsen) in 1920s Paris. A forbidden romance ensues in Jan Kounen's sumptuous period drama, the closing film of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
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In the Beginning
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsCareer con man Paul (François Cluzet) is enjoying the profits of his latest scam -- in which he's passed himself off as the foreman of a highway extension construction site -- when a lady mayor (Emmanuelle Devos) makes him rethink his criminal ways. Suddenly alive to a world of feelings thanks to his growing interest in the lovely village boss, Paul wants to make things right with his victims -- who, unfortunately, populate an entire region.
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Dogtooth
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsHomeschooled siblings who grow up cut off from society create an idyllic alternate universe, which is shattered when their father lets in an outsider -- a female security officer brought home to satisfy his son's libido.
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The Timekeeper
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen his father dies, Martin Bishop (Craig Olejnik) gets a job building the Canadian railroad in the mid-1960s. As timekeeper, he's responsible for ensuring the crew stays on pace to lay 52 miles of track through some of the country's roughest terrain in 52 days. Bishop soon runs afoul of the domineering foreman Fisk (Stephen McHattie), who leads the remote work camp with an iron fist and may have a secret agenda.
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Hesher
2010 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsAs young T.J. Forney struggles to accept his mother's death, he strikes up a friendship with a tattooed drifter who insinuates himself into the lives of T.J. and his family, becoming a mentor to -- and a bad influence on -- the lost boy.
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Calvin Marshall
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsThough he has no athletic ability whatsoever, college student Calvin Marshall (Alex Frost) is so blindly single-minded about making the school baseball team that Coach Little (Steve Zahn) -- a former minor league player -- relents and lets him on the squad. But when he's sidelined by an injury, Calvin has an opportunity to discover his true talent in life. Gary Lundgren directs this charming comedy that co-stars Michelle Lombardo.
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Triage
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsColin Farrell stars in this psychological drama about a photojournalist who returns home from a harrowing news assignment without the colleague who'd accompanied him. Now, his girlfriend (Paz Vega) will not rest until she finds out what took place.
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Red Riding Trilogy: Part 1: 1974
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsLoosely based on facts surrounding Britain's notorious Yorkshire Ripper case, this thriller uncovers rampant corruption in mid-1970s Northern England. As girls are disappearing, a young reporter's investigation leads him down a dark path.
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Home of the Giants
2007 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsHigh school basketball star Matt convinces his best friend and aspiring journalist Gar to help him rob a drug dealer. But the job goes sideways, jeopardizing Gar and Matt's friendship and the team's chance at a state title.
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Sucker Punch
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsBaby Doll, a girl slated for lobotomy in a 1950s-era asylum, leads a group of young female inmates in an attempt to escape both their mental fantasy worlds and the actual institution where they are prisoners.
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