Dramas on Netflix
Last updated January 13, 2026
Terri
2011 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsThis poignant coming-of-age tale follows Terri, an overweight orphan who, while struggling to find acceptance with his peers, forms an unlikely friendship with his vice principal, who also knows all too well what it's like to be alone.
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Late Bloomers
2011 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAfter 30 years together, a married couple confronts the unpalatable realities of getting older and concludes that emotional absence is the easiest way to cope. But at what point does distance become divorce?
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Daag
1973 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsAfter killing a man who attacked his wife, Sunil escapes police custody, changes his identity, starts a new life and remarries. But in a strange twist of fate, his first wife moves to Sunil's new town. Will the two find each other again?
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It Runs in the Family
2003 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsThe Gromberg family is one of the most powerful families in New York City -- but hidden beneath a veneer of perfection is a wealth of dysfunction. Three generations of Douglas thespians star in this touching drama about the ties that bind.
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Alfie
2004 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsSelf-aware British cad Alfie falls in lust too easily and can't commit to one woman in all of Manhattan. But when one of his lovers gets pregnant, Alfie begins to question his existence in this remake of the 1966 film of the same name.
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My Summer of Love
2004 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsMona is tired of her working-class roots, and Tamsin is bored with her pampered lifestyle. When their opposite worlds collide unexpectedly, the girls sense an immediate attraction. But can their unusual friendship survive their differences?
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Lie with Me
2005 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsHappily unattached, the sexually voracious Leila satisfies her desires with a host of rapidly changing bed partners, unconcerned about the emotional consequences. But that all changes when she meets an artist looking for a deeper commitment.
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Still Life
2006 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsTwo couples reunite amid the construction of a new neighborhood along the Yangtze River near the old city of Fengjie, which is now under water after the opening of the Three Gorges Dam. After 16 years apart, Han Sanming returns to look for his ex-wife, while Shen Hong has come back in search of her husband who's been away for more than two years. Like the submerged city, the couples must decide what's worth saving and what's best left behind.
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Summer 2007
2008 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsThinking that the internship they've just signed up for will be a breeze, five disaffected medical students receive a rude awakening when they're assigned to a rural village in India crippled by poverty, malnutrition and sickness.
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Adam Resurrected
2008 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsDecades after he survived the Holocaust by becoming a pet "dog" to a brutal concentration camp commandant (Willem Dafoe), Jewish circus entertainer Adam Stein (Jeff Goldblum) finds himself confined to an Israeli mental institution. But when he encounters a feral young boy being held like a dog in the hospital's basement, Stein discovers a new opportunity to reclaim his humanity. Paul Schrader directs this biting drama.
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In Love We Trust
2007 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsWhen they're told that the only thing that can save their young daughter's life is a bone marrow transplant from a sibling, divorced parents Mei Zhu (Weiwei Liu) and Xiao Lu (Jia-yi Zhang) must put their differences aside in an effort to conceive another child. Written and directed by Xiaoshuai Wang, this contemplative drama explores the depths of trust and betrayal and the lengths to which a parent would go for the life of his or her child.
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Margaret
2011 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsAfter witnessing a fatal bus crash, a young woman comes to believe that she inadvertently played a part in the tragedy. As she tries to deal with her feelings, she becomes emotionally abusive to those around her, and to herself.
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsCorrupt Detective Terence McDonaugh -- whose bad habits include painkillers, reckless sports gambling and accepting sexual bribes -- investigates the murder of five Senegalese illegal immigrants in New Orleans.
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My Year Without Sex
2009 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsIn the wake of a near-fatal brain aneurysm, a thirtysomething mom and her affable hubby enter a period of doctor-ordered abstinence while they raise their two children. Coping with myriad problems in the bedroom and out, they have a year to remember.
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Womb
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsRecently widowed Rebecca (Eva Green) attempts to surmount her unbearable heartache by having her deceased husband cloned. This morally controversial decision, however, ushers the unyielding woman down a difficult path she never expected.
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Women Without Men
2009 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsAmid the tumult of the American- and British-backed coup that reinstated the Shah in early-1950s Tehran, the heart-wrenching tales of four very different Iranian women converge in a lovely orchard garden, where they find both freedom and friendship. Director and acclaimed visual artist Shirin Neshat brings a striking aesthetic style to this stirring drama, an adaptation of the magical-realist novella by Shahrnoush Parsipour.
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Inspector Bellamy
2009 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsFrom renowned French director Claude Chabrol comes this intriguingly low-key police thriller in which vacationing detective Paul Bellamy (Gérard Depardieu) can't keep himself from getting involved when a mystery rears its head on holiday. Of course, his wife (Marie Bunel) is less than thrilled to share her vacation with criminals, and when Bellamy's brother pays an unexpected visit, the family tensions ratchet up as high as the professional ones.
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The Dry Land
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsGrappling with repressed memories of his combat experiences in Iraq and struggling with the tedium of ordinary home life, an American war vet tries to break out of his isolation by embarking on a road trip with a buddy from the Army.
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The Myth of the American Sleepover
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsFacing personal and interpersonal crossroads on the last night of summer vacation, four high school friends wander the streets of suburban Detroit, each taking the first tentative steps into the world of adulthood in this thought-provoking drama.
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Raavan
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsWhen he's posted to a provincial town, policeman Dev goes after the local thugs, with dire consequences. Enraged by Dev's attacks, the head of the bandits kidnaps Dev's wife and takes her into the jungle, where their feelings for each other explode.
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Nurse.Fighter.Boy
2008 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsAs her compassionate adolescent son Ciel (Daniel J. Gordon) hones his magic skills, hard-working single mother Jude (Karen LeBlanc) battles sickle cell anemia and falls for an aging boxer of few words (Clark Johnson), who struggles to eke out a living fighting in illegal brawls. Written and directed by Charles Officer, this touching love story features soulful songs from the likes of The Maytones, Mikey Dread and The Shieks.
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Rain
2008 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsThree days of rain have left Buenos Aires shrouded in solitude, so when Alma (Valeria Bertuccelli), trapped in a traffic jam, sees her car door swing open and an utter stranger step in, nothing at the moment could be more natural. Bedraggled and bone tired, Roberto (Ernesto Alterio) says he'll go when the rain stops, but no such option awaits Alma, who calls her car home. Together the pair sit out the storm -- and share emotional cover besides.
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Black Venus
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsIn 1810, Saartjie Baartman, an African slave of unique proportions, left her home to work in European freak shows. Still enslaved yet claiming free will, Baartman somehow retained her dignity while submitting to horrific public degradation.
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Old Cats
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsNow in her 70s, Isadore (Bélgica Castro) begins to realize that her mental faculties are failing. However, she's determined to hide this fact from her domineering daughter Rosario (Claudia Celedón), whom she fears will take advantage of her. Indeed, both Rosario and her no-good druggie girlfriend (Catalina Saavedra) would like nothing more than to steal Isadore's flat. But Isadore also shows some cunning in this black-humored domestic farce.
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Mirch
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsThis steamy drama weaves together four separate tales of lust, adultery and -- in a twist on an age-old theme -- the surprising ways that women evade the consequences when they're the ones caught cheating on their spouses.
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