Dramas on Netflix
Last updated January 13, 2026
Being Flynn
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsA young man employed at a Boston homeless shelter comes upon his long-lost, destitute and alcoholic father while at work one evening in this subtle, emotionally charged drama based on the acclaimed memoir by poet and playwright Nick Flynn.
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Champions
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn the 1930s, China announces its first entry in the Olympics, and thousands nationwide vie for a chance to introduce martial arts to the world. Tension mounts as two very different men take the lead: a nationalistic street thug and a noble dreamer.
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Chak Jawana
2010 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsThis film highlights the problems faced by youth in a Punjabi village, where young men fall prey to drugs, become irresponsible and disturb the peace. Captain Gurjeet Singh arrives on leave from the Indian Navy and pledges to reform the youth.
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Mitti Wajaan Maardi
2007 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsA married man with a family in Punjab goes to America, where, in order to obtain citizenship, he takes another wife. Years later, his American-born grown son travels back to India to fulfill his father's last wish.
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Price Check
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsFor Pete, settling down with a wife and son meant giving up his unstable musical career to work for a third-rate supermarket chain. A reform-minded new boss plans to make an executive out of Pete, who realizes he still harbors dreams of music fame.
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Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsThis chilling drama details the events near the end of the 2001 G8 summit, when police stormed a school for journalists and brutally attacked the residents -- men and women from all over Europe -- accusing them of planning violent action.
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I Kissed a Vampire
2010 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen an exchange student gives him a chomp, Dylan starts to grow fangs, crave blood and suffer nightmares about rocker Trey Sylvania. Desperate to avoid his fate, Dylan tries everything from dental work to anti-bloodsucking pills to remain human.
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Dangerous Ishhq
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsFabulously wealthy Rohan is kidnapped, and police tell his supermodel girlfriend Sanjana that even the ransom won't assure his return. Compounding her helplessness, Sanjana starts having strange visions of them together in different historical eras.
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The Taste of Money
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn this suspenseful erotic drama, the private male secretary and lover of Madam Baek, a Korean conglomerate's middle-aged matriarch, falls for her more genuine daughter. Meanwhile, Madam Baek's husband has an affair with the Filipino nanny.
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Not Fade Away
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsInspired by the music of Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, three 1960s high-schoolers form a rock band in the New Jersey suburbs. James Gandolfini co-stars in this debut feature from "Sopranos" creator David Chase.
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Pieta
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsKang-do, an enforcer for a loan shark in a destitute area of Seoul, is unrelentingly brutal in his collection of debts. But when a mysterious woman appears and claims that she is his mother, Kang-do finds himself developing a hunger for human warmth.
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House in Brittany
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsThirty-something Odile returns to her family home for the first time since childhood and encounters painful memories of her father's death. As ghosts of the past are joined by ghosts of the present, Odile struggles to maintain her grip on reality.
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Kadosh
1999 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsMeir's rabbi father thinks his son should divorce his wife, Rivka, because she's not fulfilling her duty as a child-bearer. Meanwhile, Rivka's sister is in love with a Jewish outcast, but her rabbi wants her to marry a brute.
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Mashaal
1984 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen intrepid newspaperman Vinod Kumar loses his job for exposing a corrupt government official, he descends into Bombay's underworld to continue his crusade. But even the help of a reformed gangster may not save him from the lure of easy power.
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Morlang
2003 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsJulius Morlang is a successful artist who's been happily married for 15 years to Ellen, his creative muse and personal manager. But when Ellen confesses to an affair, Morlang takes his psychic revenge by bedding a young sycophant. Loosely based on a true story, this drama from the Netherlands explores the potent motives of jealousy, betrayal and revenge.
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As Tears Go By
1988 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsHong Kong gangster Ah Wah (Andy Lau) does all he can to keep his friend and fellow mobster Fly (Jackie Cheung) out of trouble, but Fly continues to wind up in hot water. Ah Wah's crime boss has had about as much as he can stand of Fly, but Ah Wah continues to stand by his friend. To complicate matters, Ah Wah begins to fall for his cousin (Maggie Cheung) but can't find the time to start a relationship and keep Fly out of trouble at the same time.
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D
2005 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsCarving his way through Mumbai's seedy underbelly, Deshu eventually establishes his own criminal empire. But the sons of Deshu's mentor aren't so happy about his success -- so much so that they begin killing those he loves.
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All the King's Men
2006 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsSean Penn stars as corrupt Southern politician Willie Stark -- a charismatic man who wins the populist vote but, behind closed doors, is as underhanded as those he smeared -- in this remake of an Oscar-winning 1949 film of the same name. Ex-reporter Jack Burden (Jude Law) unwittingly helps Stark gain political power, but it's just a matter of time before the governor's crooked dealings are exposed.
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Havoc
2005 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsA wealthy teen and her superficial friends want to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But problems arise when the preppies get in over their heads and provoke the wrath of a violent Latino gang.
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Freedomland
2006 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen a single mother reports that her infant son was murdered by a black man from the projects, an intrepid African-American detective and a white journalist team up to dig for details but what they unearth is hard to believe.
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Offside
2006 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn director Jafar Panahi's offbeat Iranian tale, several girls find themselves arrested after posing as boys to sneak into a soccer stadium to see a key international qualifying match. It's illegal for Iranian women to attend sports events, so the gate-crashers end up in a holding pen waiting for authorities. But a sympathetic guard watching through a peephole describes the action for the girls, who are eager to know what's happening in the game.
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Chéri
2009 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen French courtesan Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates) sets her pampered son, Chéri (Rupert Friend), up with middle-aged fellow courtesan Lea de Lonval (Michelle Pfeiffer), she wants to ensure that he learns everything he needs to know about lovemaking from the very best. But the affair lasts for years, creating problems when it's time for Chéri to marry a wealthy woman. Stephen Frears directs this romantic drama, based on a novel by Colette.
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Lorna's Silence
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhile saving up to open her own snack bar in the Belgian city of Liège, Albanian immigrant Lorna (Arta Dobroshi) is given a shot at citizenship when local mobster Fabio (Fabrizio Rongione) arranges a sham marriage to drug addict Claudy (Jérémie Renier). But when Fabio plots to kill Claudy, Lorna gets dragged into the mobster's sordid plan in this gripping drama from the acclaimed Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.
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Cloud 9
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen 60-year-old Inge (Ursula Werner) suddenly delves into a lively, adulterous affair with the even older Karl (Horst Westphal), she finally confesses her newfound passion to her husband of 30 years, Werner (Horst Rehberg). But will she end her illicit relationship with Karl to keep her unexciting-but-stable marriage intact? Andreas Dresen directs this compelling drama also starring Steffi Kühnert.
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Rachel Getting Married
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsLongstanding family conflicts resurface when drama queen Kym, a former model who's been in and out of rehab for 10 years, returns to her parents' home just before her sister's wedding in this critically acclaimed portrait of family angst.
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