# List of drama films of the 2020s

This is a list of drama films of the 2020s.

## 2020

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes |
| 2 Hearts | Lance Hool | Jacob Elordi, Adan Canto, Tiera Skovbye, Radha Mitchell | United States | Romantic drama |
| 3 Monkeys | Anil Kumar G | Sudigali Sudheer, Getup Srinu, Auto Ram Prasad, Shakalaka Shankar, Karunya Chowdary, Kautilya | India | Comedy-drama |
| 23 Walks | Paul Morrison | Alison Steadman, Dave Johns, Graham Cole, Bob Goody | United Kingdom | Comedy-drama |
| A Call to Spy | Lydia Dean Pilcher | Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte | United States | Historical drama |
| Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo | Trivikram Srinivas | Allu Arjun, Pooja Hegde | India | Action drama |
| All Day and a Night | Joe Robert Cole | Ashton Sanders, Jeffrey Wright, Regina Taylor, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | United States | |
| All My Life | Marc Meyers | Jessica Rothe, Harry Shum Jr., Michael Masini, Chrissie Fit, Greg Vrotsos, Jay Pharoah | United States | |
| All Together Now | Brett Haley | Auliʻi Cravalho, Rhenzy Feliz, Judy Reyes, Justina Machado, Taylor Richardson, C.S. Lee, Anthony Jacques Jr., Gerald Issac Waters, Fred Armisen, Carol Burnett | United States | |
| Ammonite | Francis Lee | Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle, Alec Secăreanu, Fiona Shaw | United Kingdom, Australia | Romantic drama |
| An American Pickle | Brandon Trost | Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook | United States | Comedy-drama |
| Another Round | Thomas Vinterberg | Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe | Denmark, Sweden | |
| Black Beauty | Ashley Avis | Mackenzie Foy, Kate Winslet, Claire Forlani, Iain Glen, Fern Deacon | United States | |
| Capone | Josh Trank | Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Jack Lowden, Noel Fisher, Kyle MacLachlan, Matt Dillon, Al Sapienza | United States | Crime biopic |
| Charm City Kings | Angel Manuel Soto | Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Meek Mill, Will Catlett, Teyonah Parris | United States | |
| Chemical Hearts | Richard Tanne | Lili Reinhart, Austin Abrams | United States | Romantic drama |
| Clouds | Justin Baldoni | Fin Argus, Sabrina Carpenter, Madison Iseman, Neve Campbell, Tom Everett Scott, Lil Rel Howery | United States | Musical drama |
| Court Martial | Sourabh Srivastava | Rajeev Khandelwal, Saksham Dayma, Swapnil Kotiwar | India | |
| Crazy Awesome Teachers | Sammaria Simanjuntak | Gading Marten, Boris Bokir, Kevin Ardilova | Indonesia | Comedy-drama |
| Double Down | Sterling Macer Jr. | Sterling Macer Jr., Jaimi Paige, Victor Herminio Lopez, Brian Johnson, Shashawnee Hall, David Castro, Isaac Cheung, Chieko Hidaka, Joe Hulser, Jenna Willis, Richard Bradsher, Rhyan Hill, Robert Javinett, Mitch Brown, Fredrick Burns, Douglas Larlham, Adam Lopez, Laura Patalano, Alejandro Patiño, David Violi and Austin Stoker | United States | Psychological thriller drama |
| Downhill | Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell | United States | Dark comedy-drama |
| Echo Boomers | Seth Savoy | Patrick Schwarzenegger, Michael Shannon, Alex Pettyfer | United States | Crime drama |
| Emma | Autumn de Wilde | Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Bill Nighy | United Kingdom | Comedy-drama |
| Emperor | Mark Amin | Dayo Okeniyi, James Cromwell, Kat Graham, Bruce Dern, Ben Robson, M. C. Gainey, Mykelti Williamson | United States | Historical drama |
| Falling | Viggo Mortensen | Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Sverrir Gudnason, Laura Linney, Hannah Gross, Terry Chen, David Cronenberg | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | |
| Fatima | Marco Pontecorvo | Joaquim de Almeida, Goran Visnjic, Stephanie Gil, Alejandra Howard, Jorge Lamelas, Lúcia Moniz, Marco d'Almeida, Joana Ribeiro, Harvey Keitel, Sônia Braga | United States | Christian drama |
| Horse Girl | Jeff Baena | Alison Brie, Debby Ryan, John Reynolds, Molly Shannon, John Ortiz, Paul Reiser | United States | Psychological drama |
| I Still Believe | Erwin brothers | KJ Apa, Britt Robertson, Gary Sinise | United States | Christian drama |
| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | George C. Wolfe | Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts | United States | |
| Never Rarely Sometimes Always | Eliza Hittman | Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, Sharon Van Etten | United States | |
| Nomadland | Chloé Zhao | Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Charlene Swankie, Bob Wells | United States | |
| On the Rocks | Sofia Coppola | Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans | United States | Comedy-drama |
| Percy | Clark Johnson | Christopher Walken, Christina Ricci, Zach Braff, Luke Kirby, Adam Beach, Martin Donovan, Roberta Maxwell, Peter Stebbings | United States, Canada, India | Biographical drama |
| Players | Pyi Hein Thiha | Myint Myat, Htun Htun, Tyron Bejay, Khin Hlaing, Soe Myat Thuzar, Ei Chaw Po, May Mi Ko Ko, Hsaung Wutyee May | Myanmar | Comedy-drama |
| Stargirl | Julia Hart | Grace VanderWaal, Graham Verchere | United States | Jukebox musical, romantic drama |
| The King of Staten Island | Judd Apatow | Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow, Steve Buscemi | United States | Comedy-drama |
| The Last Vermeer | Dan Friedkin | Guy Pearce, Claes Bang | United States | Drama |
| The Legend of Inikpi | Frank Rajah Arase | Nancy Ameh, Mercy Johnson, Sam Dede, Paul Obazele | Nigeria | |
| The Life Ahead | Edoardo Ponti | Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Abril Zamora, Renato Carpentieri, Babak Karimi | United States, Italy | |
| The One and Only Ivan | Thea Sharrock | Sam Rockwell, Angelina Jolie, Danny DeVito, Helen Mirren, Brooklynn Prince, Ramón Rodríguez, Ariana Greenblatt, Bryan Cranston | United States | Hybrid animation, fantasy drama |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Aaron Sorkin | Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Daniel Flaherty, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Eddie Redmayne, Noah Robbins, Mark Rylance, Alex Sharp, Jeremy Strong | United States | Historical legal drama |
| The Water Man | David Oyelowo | David Oyelowo, Rosario Dawson, Lonnie Chavis, Amiah Miller, Alfred Molina, Maria Bello | United States | |
| Tigertail | Alan Yang | Tzi Ma, Christine Ko, Hayden Szeto, Lee Hong-chi, Kunjue Li, Fiona Fu, Yang Kuei-mei, James Saito, Joan Chen | United States | |
| Trance | Anwar Rasheed | Fahadh Faasil, Dileesh Pothan, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Chemban Vinod Jose, Nazriya Nazim, Soubin Shahir, Vinayakan | India | |
| Undine | Christian Petzold | Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski | Germany, France | |
| Unpregnant | Rachel Lee Goldenberg | Haley Lu Richardson, Barbie Ferreira, Alex MacNicoll, Breckin Meyer, Giancarlo Esposito, Sugar Lyn Beard, Betty Who, Mary McCormack, Denny Love, Ramona Young, Kara Royster | United States | |
| Words on Bathroom Walls | Thor Freudenthal | Charlie Plummer, Andy García, Taylor Russell, AnnaSophia Robb, Beth Grant, Molly Parker, Walton Goggins | United States | Comedy-drama |
| World Famous Lover | Kranthi Madhav | Vijay Deverakonda, Aishwarya Rajesh, Raashi Khanna, Catherine Tresa, Izabelle Leite | India | Romantic drama |
| Yeh Ballet | Sooni Taraporevala | Julian Sands, Achintya Bose, Manish Chauhan | United States | |

## 2021

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes |
| 83 | Kabir Khan | Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Saqib Saleem, Ammy Virk, Harrdy Sandhu, Jiiva | India | Sports drama |
| After We Fell | Castillo Landon | Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Louise Lombard, Rob Estes, Arielle Kebbel, Chance Perdomo, Frances Turner, Kiana Madeira, Carter Jenkins, Mira Sorvino | United States, United Kingdom, France | Romantic drama |
| Atrangi Re | Aanand L. Rai | Akshay Kumar, Dhanush, Sara Ali Khan | India | Romantic drama |
| Being the Ricardos | Aaron Sorkin | Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J. K. Simmons, Nina Arianda, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Jake Lacy, Clark Gregg | United States | Biographical drama |
| Belfast | Kenneth Branagh | Judi Dench, Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Jude Hill | United Kingdom | Biographical drama |
| Benedetta | Paul Verhoeven | Virginie Efira, Lambert Wilson, Daphne Patakia, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Charlotte Rampling, Hervé Pierre | France, Netherlands | Biographical drama |
| Bhuj: The Pride of India | Abhishek Dudhaiya | Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sharad Kelkar, Sonakshi Sinha, Ammy Virk, Pranitha Subhash, Nora Fatehi | India | War drama |
| Breaking News in Yuba County | Tate Taylor | Allison Janney, Mila Kunis, Regina Hall, Awkwafina, Wanda Sykes, Juliette Lewis | United States | Comedy drama |
| Bruised | Halle Berry | Halle Berry, Shamier Anderson, Adan Canto, Sheila Atim | United Kingdom, United States | Sports drama |
| Concrete Cowboy | Ricky Staub | Idris Elba, Caleb McLaughlin, Jharrel Jerome, Lorraine Toussaint, Byron Bowers, Method Man | United States | Western drama |
| Cyrano | Joe Wright | Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Ben Mendelsohn, Brian Tyree Henry, Kelvin Harrison Jr. | United States, United Kingdom | Musical drama |
| Dear Evan Hansen | Stephen Chbosky | Ben Platt, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams, Danny Pino, Colton Ryan, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani | United States | Musical, teen drama |
| Desert Dolphin | Manjari Makijany | Rachel Sanchita Gupta, Shafin Patel, Amrit Maghera, Jonathan Readwin, Waheeda Rehman | India, United States | Coming-of-age sports drama |
| Don't Go to School Tomorrow | Diego Barragan | Paco García, Krystian Huerta | Mexico | |
| Drishyam 2: The Redemption | Jeethu Joseph | Mohanlal Viswanathan, Meena, Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil | India | Family drama |
| Fatherhood | Paul Weitz | Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Melody Hurd, Lil Rel Howery, Paul Reiser, DeWanda Wise | United States | |
| Finch | Miguel Sapochnik | Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones, Samira Wiley, Laura Harrier, Skeet Ulrich | United States | Sci-fi, drama |
| Finding You | Brian Baugh | Rose Reid, Jedidiah Goodacre, Katherine McNamara, Patrick Bergin, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Judith Hoag, Tom Everett Scott, Vanessa Redgrave | United States | Coming-of-age comedy drama |
| Firebird | Peeter Rebane | Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, Diana Pozharskaya | United Kingdom, Estonia | Romantic war drama |
| Freaks Out | Gabriele Mainetti | Claudio Santamaria, Pietro Castellitto, Giancarlo Martini, Aurora Giovinazzo, Giorgio Tirabassi, Max Mazzotta, Franz Rogowski | Italy | Fantasy drama |
| Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Jason Reitman | Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd | United States | Supernatural comedy-drama |
| God of Cricket | Sudesh Kanojia | Sangram Singh | India | Biographical sports drama |
| In the Heights | Jon M. Chu | Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, Jimmy Smits | United States | Musical drama |
| Jersey | Gowtam Tinnanuri | Shahid Kapoor, Mrunal Thakur, Pankaj Kapur | India | Sports drama |
| A Journal for Jordan | Denzel Washington | Michael B. Jordan, Chanté Adams | United States | War drama |
| Judas and the Black Messiah | Shaka King | Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield | United States | Biographical drama |
| Kaadan | Prabhu Solomon | Rana Daggubati, Vishnu Vishal, Pulkit Samrat, Zoya Hussain, Shriya Pilgaonkar | India | |
| King Richard | Reinaldo Marcus Green | Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Liev Schreiber, Dylan McDermott | United States | Biographical drama |
| Land | Robin Wright | Robin Wright, Demián Bichir, Kim Dickens | United States | |
| Licorice Pizza | Paul Thomas Anderson | Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie | United States | |
| Little Fish | Chad Hartigan | Olivia Cooke, Jack O'Connell, Raúl Castillo, Soko | United States | Romantic sci-fi drama |
| Luca | Enrico Casarosa | Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Saverio Raimondo, Maya Rudolph, Marco Barricelli, Jim Gaffigan | United States | Animated fantasy, drama |
| Madam Chief Minister | Subhash Kapoor | Richa Chadda | India | Political drama |
| Maidaan | Amit Ravindernath Sharma | Ajay Devgn | India | Biographical sports-drama |
| Malcolm & Marie | Sam Levinson | Zendaya, John David Washington | United States | Romantic drama |
| Naked Singularity | Chase Palmer | John Boyega, Olivia Cooke, Bill Skarsgård, Ed Skrein, Linda Lavin, Tim Blake Nelson, Robia Deville | United States | Legal drama |
| Paris, 13th District | Jacques Audiard | Lucie Zheng, Makita Samba, Jehnny Beth, Noémie Merlant | France | |
| Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi | Seema Pahwa | Naseeruddin Shah, Vinay Pathak, Vikrant Massey, Konkona Sen Sharma, Vineet Kumar, Manoj Pahwa, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Supriya Pathak, Deepika Amin, Ninad Kamat | India | Family drama |
| Respect | Liesl Tommy | Jennifer Hudson | United States | Biographical drama |
| RRR | S. S. Rajamouli | N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn | India | Period action drama |
| Sardar Udham Singh | Shoojit Sircar | Vicky Kaushal, Banita Sandhu | India | Biographical drama |
| The Great Indian Kitchen | Jeo Baby | Nimisha Sajayan, Suraj Venjaramood | India | |
| The Last Duel | Ridley Scott | Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Ben Affleck | United States | Historical drama-thriller |
| The Last Letter from Your Lover | Augustine Frizzell | Felicity Jones, Shailene Woodley, Callum Turner, Nabhaan Rizwan, Joe Alwyn, Ncuti Gatwa | United States | Romantic drama |
| The Many Saints of Newark | Alan Taylor | Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Michael Gandolfini, Billy Magnussen, John Magaro, Michela De Rossi, Ray Liotta, Vera Farmiga | United States | Crime drama |
| The Map of Tiny Perfect Things | Ian Samuels | Kathryn Newton, Kyle Allen | United States | |
| The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion | Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Thomasin McKenzie, Kodi Smit-McPhee | United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Canada, New Zealand | Drama |
| The Souvenir Part II | Joanna Hogg | Honor Swinton Byrne, Tilda Swinton, Charlie Heaton, Harris Dickinson, Joe Alwyn | United States, United Kingdom | |
| The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Lee Daniels | Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Natasha Lyonne, Da'Vine Joy Randolph | United States | Biographical drama |
| Tick, Tick... Boom! | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesús, Joshua Henry, Judith Light, Vanessa Hudgens | United States | Musical drama |
| Violet | Justine Bateman | Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, Justin Theroux, Bonnie Bedelia, Zachary Gordon, Erica Ash, Rob Benedict, Dennis Boutsikaris, Todd Stashwick, Laura San Giacomo | United States | |
| West Side Story | Steven Spielberg | Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, Rita Moreno | United States | Romantic musical drama |

## 2022

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes |
| A Jazzman's Blues | Tyler Perry | Joshua Boone, Solea Pfeiffer, Brent Antonello, Brad Benedict, Ryan Eggold, Milauna Jemai Jackson, Kario Marcel | United States | |
| A Man Called Otto | Marc Forster | Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo | United States | Comedy drama |
| After Ever Happy | Castillo Landon | Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin | United States, United Kingdom, France | Romantic teen drama |
| Albatross | Myles Yaksich | Romaine Waite, Mikaela Bisson, Jill Frappier, David Keeley, David Huband, Sarah Orenstein, Katherine Gauthier, Jonathon LeRose, Thom Nyhuus and Daniel Krmpotic | United States | |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Edward Berger | Daniel Brühl, Albrecht Schuch, Sebastian Hülk | Germany | War drama |
| Among the Living | Rob Worsey | Dean Michael Gregory, George Newton, Melissa Worsey, Leon Worsey, Emily Rose Holt, Alexander King and Gary Stead | United Kingdom | Horror drama |
| Armageddon Time | James Gray | Anne Hathaway, Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Strong | United States | Period drama |
| Babylon | Damien Chazelle | Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie | United States | Period drama |
| Blonde | Andrew Dominik | Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Julianne Nicholson | United States | Biographical drama |
| Devotion | J. D. Dillard | Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell | United States | War drama |
| Downton Abbey: A New Era | Simon Curtis | Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan | United Kingdom, United States | Historical drama |
| Elvis | Baz Luhrmann | Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Yola, Luke Bracey, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Dacre Montgomery, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham | United States | Biographical, music drama |
| Empire of Light | Sam Mendes | Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, Colin Firth | United States | Romantic drama |
| The Healing Garden | Joseph Granda | Jeremy Cumrine, Sam Del Rio, Dan Foote, Miguel O. Garcia, Katherine Garner, Chris Grundy, Kevin Klatman, Kyriana Kratter, Shur Lee, Danny Michael Mann, Gene Nuanes, Redmond Ramos, Jaydi Raney, Ellen Ranson, Kevin Sean Ryan, James Svatko and Carly Lepard | Brazil and the United States | Family drama |
| Hollywood Stargirl | Julia Hart | Grace VanderWaal, Elijah Richardson, Tyrel Jackson Williams, Judy Greer, Judd Hirsch, Uma Thurman | United States | Romantic teen drama |
| Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | Kasi Lemmons | Naomi Ackie, Clarke Peters, Tamara Tunie, Nafessa Williams, Stanley Tucci | United States | Biographical, music drama |
| Laal Singh Chaddha | Advait Chandan | Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi, Mona Singh | India | Comedy drama |
| Men | Alex Garland | Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu | United States | Horror drama |
| Miracle at Manchester | Eddie McClintock | Eddie McClintock, Dean Cain, Daniel Roebuck, Kory Getman | United States | Family drama |
| Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris | Anthony Fabian | Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Jason Isaacs, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, Lucas Bravo, Rose Williams | United States, United Kingdom, France, Hungary | Period drama |
| Prancer: A Christmas Tale | Phil Hawkins | James Cromwell, Darcey Ewart, Sarah-Jane Potts, Aaron McCusker, Joseph Millson | United States | Fantasy drama |
| Redeeming Love | D.J. Caruso | Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis, Logan Marshall-Green, Famke Janssen, Ke-Xi Wu | United States | Christian romantic drama |
| She Said | Maria Schrader | Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan | United States | Biographical drama |
| The Fabelmans | Steven Spielberg | Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle | United States | Biographical drama |
| The Good House | Maya Forbes, Wally Wolodarsky | Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Beverly D'Angelo | United States | Comedy drama |
| Till | Chinonye Chukwu | Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett, Whoopi Goldberg | United States | Biographical drama |
| Where the Crawdads Sing | Olivia Newman | Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, David Strathairn, Jayson Warner Smith | United States | Suspense thriller, drama |
| White Bird: A Wonder Story | Marc Forster | Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, Bryce Gheisar, Gillian Anderson, Helen Mirren | United States, Germany | War drama |
| Women Talking | Sarah Polley | Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, Frances McDormand | United States | Drama |

## 2023

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes |
| A Good Person | Zach Braff | Florence Pugh, Celeste O'Connor, Zoe Lister-Jones, Molly Shannon, Morgan Freeman | United States | Drama |
| Adalynn | Jacob Byrd | Sydney Carvill, Wade Baker, Janet Carter, Rob Shuster, Suzana Norberg | United States | Horror drama |
| Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. | Kelly Fremon Craig | Rachel McAdams, Abby Ryder Fortson, Kathy Bates | United States | Comedy-drama |
| Blue Hour: The Disappearance of Nick Brandreth | Dan Bowhers | Morgan DeTogne, Michael Kowalski, Mike Headford, Nick Brandreth, Josh Olkowski, Kathryn Schott | United States | Horror drama |
| Boston Strangler | Matt Ruskin | Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Alessandro Nivola, Chris Cooper, David Dastmalchian | United States | Drama |
| Clinic | Aleshia Cowser Jackson and Aarron Tyson | Candice Marie Singleton, Alex Will Brooks, Shavonia Jones, Dominic Daniel, Teresa Celeste, Anna Borchert, Diana Lovell, Carina Worm, Roxzane T. Mims, Barry Piacente, K. Alexandra Escobar, Robert Hampton and Rayyaan Jameel | United States | Thriller drama |
| Creed III | Michael B. Jordan | Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Wood Harris, Florian Munteanu, Jonathan Majors | United States | Sports drama |
| To Fall in Love | Michael Lewis Foster | Beth Gallagher, Eric Casalini, Reese Lily Buell | United States | Drama |
| Falling Into Place | Aylin Tezel | Rory Fleck Byrne, Alexandra Dowling, Olwen Fouéré, Chris Fulton, Samuel Anderson, Seylan Baxter, Aylin Tezel, Juliet Cowan, Michael Carter, Cian Barry, Mike Noble, Kevin Mains, Anna Russell-Martin, Kathryn Howden, Jerry Hoffmann, Layo-Christina Akinlude, Grace Boyle, Alex Mason, Roddy Hart, Charlie Phipps, Rhiann McLaren and Eva J.M. Smith | United Kingdom | Romantic drama |
| Falling Sons | Tyler Cole | Tyler Cole, Dan Bennett, Sheryl Solis Bon, Jodi Moore Lewis and Chris Hill | United States | |
| Ferrari | Michael Mann | Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Gabriel Leone, Sarah Gadon, Jack O'Connell, Patrick Dempsey | United States | Biographical drama |
| Gran Turismo | Neill Blomkamp | Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom | United States | Sports drama |
| Heart of a Lion | George Tillman Jr. | Khris Davis, Forest Whitaker, Sullivan Jones | United States | Sports biopic |
| Jacir جاسر | Waheed AlQawasmi | Malek Rahbani, Lorraine Bracco, and Darius "Tutweezy" Tutwiler | United States | Darma |
| Leader: Amie Bangladesh | Topu Khan | Shakib Khan, Shobnom Bubly, Misha Sawdagor, Shahiduzzaman Selim | Bangladesh | Political drama |
| Love Again | James C. Strouse | Priyanka Chopra, Sam Heughan, Russell Tovey, Omid Djalili, Celia Imrie, Celine Dion | United States | Romantic drama |
| Maestro | Bradley Cooper | Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Jeremy Strong, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman | United States | Biographical drama |
| Napoleon | Ridley Scott | Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim | United States | Historical drama |
| Next Goal Wins | Taika Waititi | Michael Fassbender, Elisabeth Moss, Kaimana, Beulah Koale, Rachel House, Uli Latukefu, Rhys Darby, Will Arnett | United States, United Kingdom | Sports dramedy |
| On a Wing and a Prayer | Sean McNamara | Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, Jesse Metcalfe, Jessi Case, Rocky Myers | United States | Drama |
| Oppenheimer | Christopher Nolan | Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie | United States | Biographical drama |
| Priyotoma | Himel Ashraf | Shakib Khan, Idhika Paul, Shahiduzzaman Selim, Lutfur Rahman George, Elina Shammi | Bangladesh | Romantic drama |
| RC15 | S. Shankar | Ram Charan, Anjali, Kiara Advani | India | Political drama |
| Riley | Benjamin Howard | Jake Holley, Colin McCalla, Riley Quinn Scott, Connor Storrie, Rib Hillis, Caroline Amiguet | United States | Coming of age drama |
| Shttl | Ady Walter | Moshe Lobel, Saul Rubinek | Ukraine, France | Historical drama |
| Sisi & I | Frauke Finsterwalder | Susanne Wolff, Sandra Hüller, Stefan Kurt, Tom Rhys Harries, Angela Winkler, Johanna Wokalek | Germany | Biographical drama |
| Sophie's Rules | Maritza Brikisak and Christina Tsialtas | Maritza Brikisak, Saraphina Joachim, Keerthi Paikera, Lumen Beltran, Phil Trasolini, Marcio Moreno, Austin Trapp, Vince Song, Chelsea Thompson, Rohain Arora, Yvette Dudley-Neuman, Dan Zachary, Todd Hann, Justin Lacey, Kathryn Daniels, Seann Sheriland, Patrice Jefferson, Ian Crowe, Martin Cervantez, Mathew Fee, Joseph Findlay, Jen Hiltz, Nathaniel Postma, Abigail Snider, Ava Trasolini and Vader the Dog | Canada and the USA | Comedy-drama |
| The Boys in the Boat | George Clooney | Callum Turner, Joel Edgerton | United States | Sports drama |
| The Color Purple | Blitz Bazawule | Fantasia Barrino, Colman Domingo, Taraji P. Henson, Corey Hawkins, Danielle Brooks, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Ciara, Louis Gossett Jr., David Alan Grier, Aunjanue Ellis, Deon Cole, Elizabeth Marvel, Jon Batiste | United States | Musical drama |
| The Creator | Gareth Edwards | John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ralph Ineson, Allison Janney, Ken Watanabe | United States | Sci-fi drama |
| Taxi | Harish Sajja | Surinder Singh Bedi, Sammeta Gandhi, Saddam Hussain, Sowmya Menon, Almaas Motiwala, Naveen Pandita, Vasanth Sameer, Surya Sreenivas and Praveen Yandamuri | India | Action thriller drama |
| Varisu | Vamshi Paidipally | Vijay, Rashmika Mandanna | India | Drama |
| When You Finish Saving the World | Jesse Eisenberg | Finn Wolfhard, Julianne Moore, Alisha Boe, Jay O. Sanders, Eleonore Hendricks | United States | Comedy-drama |

## 2024

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes |
| Bob Marley: One Love | Reinaldo Marcus Green | Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch | United States | Music biopic |
| Lee | Ellen Kuras | Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Andrea Riseborough, Josh O'Connor, Andy Samberg | United States | Biographical drama |
| Reagan | Sean McNamara | Dennis Quaid, Penelope Ann Miller, Robert Davi, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Lesley-Anne Down, Jon Voight | United States | Biographical drama |
| We Live in Time | John Crowley | Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh | United States | Comedy-drama |
| Young Woman and the Sea | Joachim Rønning | Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Stephen Graham, Christopher Eccleston | United States | Biographical sports drama |
| I'm Still Here | Walter Salles | Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro | Brazil | Historical |

## Forthcoming

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes |
| American Son | Rapman | Stephan James, Russell Crowe | United States | Crime drama |
| Bag Man | Ben Stiller | | United States | Biographical political drama |
| Barbarian Days | Stephen Gaghan | | United States | Biographical sports, drama |
| Black 5 | Michael Bay | | United States | Drama |
| Born a Crime | Liesl Tommy | Lupita Nyong’o | United States | Biographical drama |
| Boy21 | Peter Ramsey | | United States | Teen drama |
| Calico Joe | George Clooney | | United States | Sports drama |
| Cleopatra | Kari Skogland | Gal Gadot | United States | Biographical drama |
| Combat Control | Sam Hargrave | Jake Gyllenhaal | United States | War biopic |
| Fake! | Scott Z. Burns | Kate Winslet | United States | Biographical drama |
| Farnsworth House | Richard Press | Ralph Fiennes, Elizabeth Debicki | United States | Period drama |
| Fever | Todd Haynes | Michelle Williams, Alessandro Nivola | United States | Biographical drama |
| Follies | Dominic Cooke | | United States | Musical drama |
| Fruit of the Poisonous Tree | Fritz Kiersch | Scott Haze, Willa Fitzgerald, Joel Courtney, Tait Fletcher, Hrvy | United States | True crime, action drama |
| Fun Home | Sam Gold | Jake Gyllenhaal | United States | Musical biographical dramedy |
| Houdini | Dan Trachtenberg | Ben Affleck | United States | Biographical drama |
| Love is Pain | Peter Ramsey | | United States | Biographical drama |
| Solitary | | Mahershala Ali | United States | Biographical drama |
| Sunset Boulevard | Rob Ashford | Glenn Close | United States | Musical drama |
| The Faith of Long Beach | Eric Amadio | Brandon Perea, Common | United States | Sports drama |
| The King | Robert Zemeckis | Dwayne Johnson | United States | Biographical drama |
| The Nightingale | Mélanie Laurent | Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning | United States | War drama |
| Untitled Bee Gees biopic | Ridley Scott | | United States | Music biopic |