99		Empire of the Sun (Drama, History, War, 1987)
83		The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Drama, War, 2008)
72		Ride with the Devil (Drama, Romance, War, 1999)
69		December Boys (Drama, Romance, 2007)
69		Au Revoir Les Enfants (Biography, Drama, War, 1987)
66		Tokyo Story (Drama, 1953)
64		Turtles Can Fly (Drama, War, 2004)
63		Letters from Iwo Jima (Drama, History, War, 2006)
62		The Great Raid (Action, Drama, War, 2005)
55		This Is England (Crime, Drama, 2006)
55		Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Drama, War, 1983)
55		Jin ling shi san chai (Drama, History, Romance, 2011)
54		Goal! The Dream Begins (Drama, Romance, Sport, 2005)
53		The Book Thief (Drama, War, 2013)
50		Walkabout (Adventure, Drama, 1971)
50		The Secret of NIMH (Animation, Adventure, Drama, 1982)
49		How I Live Now (Drama, Romance, Thriller, 2013)
49		Defiance (Action, Drama, History, 2008)
48		The Thin Red Line (Drama, War, 1998)
48		The Counterfeiters (Crime, Drama, War, 2007)
47		Flags of Our Fathers (Drama, History, War, 2006)
45		The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (Crime, Drama, 1989)
44		World Trade Center (Drama, History, Thriller, 2006)
44		Take Shelter (Drama, Thriller, 2011)
44		Ladder 49 (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2004)
44		The Rescuers Down Under (Animation, Adventure, Crime, Drama, 1990)
44		Trade (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
44		The Road (Adventure, Drama, 2009)
44		Beyond Borders (Adventure, Drama, Romance, 2003)
44		All Is Lost (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2013)
44		The Fox and the Hound (Animation, Adventure, Drama, 1981)
44		Paper Towns (Drama, Mystery, Romance, 2015)
44		Amadeus (Biography, Drama, History, 1984)
44		Blindness (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2008)
42		Lorenzo's Oil (Drama, 1992)
40		Children of Men (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2006)
40		Gravity (Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2013)
40		The Pillow Book (Drama, 1996)
40		127 Hours (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2010)
40		In the Heart of the Sea (Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2015)
39		The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Animation, Drama, Fantasy, 2013)
39		Miracle at St. Anna (Action, Crime, Drama, 2008)
39		The United States of Leland (Drama, 2003)
39		Hannibal Rising (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
39		Birth (Drama, Mystery, Romance, 2004)
39		Rescue Dawn (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2006)
39		John Q (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2002)
39		Gerry (Adventure, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
39		Balto (Animation, Adventure, Drama, 1995)
39		Predestination (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2014)
39		The Other Boleyn Girl (Biography, Drama, History, 2008)
39		The Legend of Bagger Vance (Drama, Fantasy, Sport, 2000)
38		Millennium Actress (Animation, Drama, Fantasy, 2001)
37		Windtalkers (Action, Drama, War, 2002)
37		Radio Flyer (Drama, 1992)
37		In the Land of Blood and Honey (Drama, Romance, War, 2011)
37		Little Boy (Drama, War, 2015)
36		Out of the Past (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1947)
36		The Night of the Hunter (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1955)
36		Brief Encounter (Drama, Romance, 1945)
35		Lost in Translation (Drama, 2003)
35		The Last Emperor (Biography, Drama, History, 1987)
35		Sleepers (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1996)
35		The Red Violin (Drama, Romance, Mystery, 1998)
35		28 Days Later... (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 2002)
35		Giant (Drama, Western, 1956)
35		Life of Pi (Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, 2012)
35		Changeling (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2008)
35		Zodiac (Crime, Drama, History, 2007)
35		The Last Samurai (Action, Drama, History, 2003)
35		Great Expectations (Adventure, Drama, Mystery, 1946)
35		Mildred Pierce (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1945)
35		Dear Frankie (Drama, Romance, 2004)
35		Stand by Me (Adventure, Drama, 1986)
34		The Cider House Rules (Drama, Romance, 1999)
34		Boiler Room (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2000)
34		The Finest Hours (Action, Drama, History, 2016)
34		The Ledge (Drama, Romance, Thriller, 2011)
34		The Guardian (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2006)
34		Turist (Drama, 2014)
34		Knowing (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2009)
34		Let Me In (Drama, Fantasy, Horror, 2010)
34		Unbroken (Biography, Drama, Sport, 2014)
34		The Best Years of Our Lives (Drama, Romance, War, 1946)
34		Melancholia (Drama, 2011)
34		The Misfits (Drama, Romance, Western, 1961)
34		Oliver Twist (Crime, Drama, 2005)
34		Revolutionary Road (Drama, Romance, 2008)
34		Judgment at Nuremberg (Drama, War, 1961)
34		Lord of the Flies (Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 1963)
34		Arlington Road (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1999)
34		47 Ronin (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2013)
34		Snowpiercer (Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2013)
34		Europa (Drama, Thriller, 1991)
34		Fehér isten (Drama, Thriller, 2014)
34		The Cowboys (Adventure, Drama, Western, 1972)
34		The Railway Man (Biography, Drama, Romance, 2013)
34		Full Metal Jacket (Drama, War, 1987)
33		Platoon (Drama, War, 1986)
33		Beasts of No Nation (Drama, War, 2015)
33		Mrs. Miniver (Drama, Romance, War, 1942)
33		Kiki's Delivery Service (Animation, Adventure, Drama, 1989)
33		Glory (Drama, History, War, 1989)
32		Apollo 13 (Adventure, Drama, History, 1995)
32		Alive (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1993)
32		The Outsiders (Crime, Drama, 1983)
32		Casualties of War (Crime, Drama, War, 1989)
32		Born on the Fourth of July (Biography, Drama, War, 1989)
31		The Killing Fields (Drama, History, War, 1984)
31		The Iron Giant (Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, 1999)
31		The 400 Blows (Crime, Drama, 1959)
31		The Silence (Drama, 1963)
31		Memphis Belle (Action, Drama, War, 1990)
31		The Sixth Sense (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1999)
31		The Lion King (Animation, Adventure, Drama, 1994)
31		Before the Rain (Drama, War, 1994)
31		Gettysburg (Drama, History, War, 1993)
30		Slumdog Millionaire (Drama, 2008)
30		Twister (Action, Adventure, Drama, 1996)
30		Les Misérables (Drama, Musical, Romance, 2012)
30		Lone Survivor (Action, Biography, Drama, 2013)
30		Hunger (Biography, Drama, 2008)
30		Hiroshima Mon Amour (Drama, Romance, 1959)
30		Saving Private Ryan (Action, Drama, War, 1998)
30		The Incredible Shrinking Man (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 1957)
30		Casablanca (Drama, Romance, War, 1942)
30		Deliverance (Adventure, Drama, Mystery, 1972)
30		Apocalypse Now (Drama, War, 1979)
30		Birdy (Drama, War, 1984)
30		Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2014)
30		Pink Floyd: The Wall (Animation, Drama, Fantasy, 1982)
30		Smilla's Sense of Snow (Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, 1997)
30		Lady Vengeance (Crime, Drama, 2005)
30		Red Dawn (Action, Drama, War, 1984)
29		Godsend (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 2004)
29		La Grande Illusion (Drama, War, 1937)
29		Everest (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2015)
29		The Pianist (Biography, Drama, War, 2002)
29		Miss Potter (Biography, Drama, 2006)
29		Paths of Glory (Drama, War, 1957)
29		Hotel Rwanda (Drama, History, War, 2004)
29		Babel (Drama, 2006)
29		The Deer Hunter (Drama, War, 1978)
29		Breaker Morant (Drama, History, War, 1980)
29		Stalag 17 (Drama, War, 1953)
29		The Year of Living Dangerously (Drama, Romance, War, 1982)
29		Child 44 (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2015)
29		Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Adventure, Drama, Mystery, 2011)
29		Airport (Action, Drama, Thriller, 1970)
29		All Good Things (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2010)
29		Escobar: Paradise Lost (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2014)
29		Mud (Drama, 2012)
29		Payback (Action, Crime, Drama, 1999)
29		The Battle of Algiers (Drama, War, 1966)
29		Army of Shadows (Drama, War, 1969)
29		The Tree of Life (Drama, Fantasy, 2011)
29		The Snowtown Murders (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2011)
29		Restless (Drama, Romance, 2011)
29		Legends of the Fall (Drama, Romance, War, 1994)
29		Richard III (Drama, War, 1995)
29		Pocahontas (Animation, Adventure, Drama, 1995)
29		All Quiet on the Western Front (Drama, War, 1930)
29		Snow Falling on Cedars (Drama, Mystery, Romance, 1999)
29		Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Drama, Fantasy, 1990)
29		The Towering Inferno (Action, Drama, Thriller, 1974)
29		Towelhead (Drama, 2007)
29		The Bridge on the River Kwai (Adventure, Drama, War, 1957)
29		Doubt (Drama, Mystery, 2008)
29		The Grey (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2011)
29		Chocolat (Drama, Romance, 2000)
29		Incendies (Drama, Mystery, War, 2010)
29		Inglourious Basterds (Adventure, Drama, War, 2009)
29		The Runaways (Biography, Drama, Music, 2010)
29		Adam (Drama, Romance, 2009)
28		5 Centimeters Per Second (Animation, Drama, Romance, 2007)
28		Fury (Action, Drama, War, 2014)
28		The Little Prince (Animation, Adventure, Drama, 2015)
28		Persepolis (Animation, Biography, Drama, 2007)
28		Bloody Sunday (Drama, History, War, 2002)
28		No Man's Land (Drama, War, 2001)
28		Enemy at the Gates (Drama, History, War, 2001)
28		From Here to Eternity (Drama, Romance, War, 1953)
28		Doctor Zhivago (Drama, Romance, War, 1965)
28		Patton (Biography, Drama, War, 1970)
28		Waking Life (Animation, Drama, Fantasy, 2001)
28		Zulu (Drama, History, War, 1964)
28		J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (Drama, Thriller, War, 2000)
28		Anastasia (Animation, Adventure, Drama, 1997)
28		G.I. Jane (Action, Drama, War, 1997)
28		The English Patient (Drama, Romance, War, 1996)
28		Black Book (Drama, Thriller, War, 2006)
28		Twelve O'Clock High (Drama, War, 1949)
28		The Caine Mutiny (Drama, War, 1954)
28		Lakshya (War, Drama, Romance, 2004)
28		The Big Red One (Drama, War, 1980)
28		Watership Down (Animation, Adventure, Drama, 1978)
28		Lifeboat (Drama, War, 1944)
28		Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2004)
28		Johnny Got His Gun (Drama, War, 1971)
28		Black Hawk Down (Drama, History, War, 2001)

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