68		One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Drama, 1975)
66		Girl, Interrupted (Biography, Drama, 1999)
66		Dallas Buyers Club (Biography, Drama, 2013)
64		Raging Bull (Biography, Drama, Sport, 1980)
57		Tombstone (Action, Biography, Drama, 1993)
57		The Elephant Man (Biography, Drama, 1980)
54		This Boy's Life (Biography, Drama, 1993)
51		Birdman of Alcatraz (Biography, Drama, 1962)
50		Men of Honor (Biography, Drama, 2000)
50		Joy (Biography, Drama, 2015)
50		The Assassination of Richard Nixon (Biography, Drama, 2004)
50		Drugstore Cowboy (Crime, Drama, 1989)
48		Cinderella Man (Biography, Drama, Sport, 2005)
47		The Danish Girl (Biography, Drama, Romance, 2015)
47		The People vs. Larry Flynt (Biography, Drama, 1996)
47		Concussion (Biography, Drama, Sport, 2015)
47		Before Night Falls (Biography, Drama, Romance, 2000)
47		The Straight Story (Biography, Drama, 1999)
47		Everest (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2015)
46		My Left Foot (Biography, Drama, 1989)
46		What's Love Got to Do with It (Biography, Drama, Music, 1993)
46		Jakob the Liar (Drama, War, 1999)
46		Limelight (Drama, Music, Romance, 1952)
45		What Dreams May Come (Drama, Fantasy, Romance, 1998)
45		Goodfellas (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1990)
45		Henry & June (Biography, Drama, 1990)
45		Quills (Biography, Drama, 2000)
44		Searching for Bobby Fischer (Biography, Drama, 1993)
44		Lorenzo's Oil (Drama, 1992)
44		Dragonfly (Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, 2002)
44		K-PAX (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2001)
44		Gorillas in the Mist (Biography, Drama, 1988)
44		Tucker: The Man and His Dream (Biography, Drama, 1988)
43		Breaking the Waves (Drama, Romance, 1996)
43		Dangerous Minds (Biography, Drama, 1995)
43		The Last King of Scotland (Biography, Drama, History, 2006)
43		Mask (Biography, Drama, 1985)
42		Casino (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1995)
42		Kill the Irishman (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2011)
42		Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (Biography, Drama, Western, 1973)
42		The Miracle Worker (Biography, Drama, 1962)
42		A Beautiful Mind (Biography, Drama, 2001)
42		Basquiat (Biography, Drama, 1996)
42		Bugsy (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1991)
42		The Mirror (Biography, Drama, 1975)
42		A Dangerous Method (Biography, Drama, Romance, 2011)
41		Gods and Monsters (Biography, Drama, 1998)
41		No Man's Land (Drama, War, 2001)
41		The Social Network (Biography, Drama, 2010)
41		Mommie Dearest (Biography, Drama, 1981)
41		The Pursuit of Happyness (Biography, Drama, 2006)
41		Hud (Drama, 1963)
41		Boyz n the Hood (Crime, Drama, 1991)
41		The King's Speech (Biography, Drama, 2010)
41		Johnny Got His Gun (Drama, War, 1971)
41		The Cider House Rules (Drama, Romance, 1999)
41		Philomena (Biography, Drama, 2013)
41		Nirgendwo in Afrika (Biography, Drama, 2001)
41		Lenny (Biography, Drama, 1974)
41		Sully (Biography, Drama, 2016)
41		Hunger (Biography, Drama, 2008)
41		The Magdalene Sisters (Drama, 2002)
41		Extreme Measures (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1996)
41		Full Metal Jacket (Drama, War, 1987)
40		Gandhi (Biography, Drama, History, 1982)
40		Factory Girl (Biography, Drama, 2006)
40		Heaven Is for Real (Biography, Drama, 2014)
40		The Butler (Biography, Drama, 2013)
40		Il divo - La spettacolare vita di Giulio Andreotti (Biography, Drama, 2008)
40		Hitchcock (Biography, Drama, 2012)
40		My Week with Marilyn (Biography, Drama, 2011)
40		The Iron Lady (Biography, Drama, 2011)
40		Flash of Genius (Biography, Drama, 2008)
40		Antwone Fisher (Biography, Drama, 2002)
40		Before the Rain (Drama, War, 1994)
40		The Aviator (Biography, Drama, 2004)
40		The End of the Tour (Biography, Drama, 2015)
40		Children of Men (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2006)
40		Erin Brockovich (Biography, Drama, 2000)
40		Edmond (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
40		The Man Who Knew Infinity (Biography, Drama, 2015)
40		Steve Jobs (Biography, Drama, 2015)
40		Truth (Biography, Drama, 2015)
40		Lovelace (Biography, Drama, 2013)
40		Everybody's Fine (Adventure, Drama, 2009)
40		Coco Before Chanel (Biography, Drama, 2009)
40		The Queen (Biography, Drama, 2006)
40		Conviction (Biography, Drama, 2010)
40		Miss Potter (Biography, Drama, 2006)
40		Pollock (Biography, Drama, 2000)
40		Jobs (Biography, Drama, 2013)
39		The Godfather (Crime, Drama, 1972)
39		The Hurricane (Biography, Drama, Sport, 1999)
39		The Message (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1976)
39		The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Drama, Romance, 1988)
38		Catch Me If You Can (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2002)
37		Apocalypse Now (Drama, War, 1979)
37		Black Mass (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2015)
37		Rise of the Footsoldier (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2007)
37		Marvin's Room (Drama, 1996)
37		The Silence (Drama, 1963)
37		The Snowtown Murders (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2011)
37		Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2005)
37		Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Drama, Horror, Romance, 1994)
37		The Railway Man (Biography, Drama, Romance, 2013)
36		My Life Without Me (Drama, Romance, 2003)
36		The Boxer (Drama, Romance, Sport, 1997)
36		Tyrannosaur (Drama, 2011)
36		Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (Drama, 2008)
36		The English Patient (Drama, Romance, War, 1996)
36		In a Better World (Drama, Romance, 2010)
36		The Day the Earth Stood Still (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1951)
36		Z (Crime, Drama, History, 1969)
36		Dark City (Action, Drama, Fantasy, 1998)
35		The Painted Veil (Drama, Romance, 2006)
35		A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Crime, Drama, 2006)
35		A Bronx Tale (Crime, Drama, 1993)
35		Zabriskie Point (Drama, 1970)
35		Lawless (Crime, Drama, 2012)
35		In the Bedroom (Crime, Drama, 2001)
35		Ultimo tango a Parigi (Drama, Romance, 1972)
35		Carlito's Way (Crime, Drama, 1993)
35		Remember Me (Drama, Romance, 2010)
35		Total Eclipse (Biography, Drama, Romance, 1995)
35		The Road (Adventure, Drama, 2009)
34		Narc (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
34		Schindler's List (Biography, Drama, History, 1993)
34		Once Upon a Time in America (Crime, Drama, 1984)
34		Brazil (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1985)
34		6 Bullets (Action, Crime, Drama, 2012)
34		The Exorcist III (Drama, Fantasy, Horror, 1990)
34		Good Will Hunting (Drama, 1997)
34		Wall Street (Crime, Drama, 1987)
34		Godsend (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 2004)
34		John Q (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2002)
34		Blindness (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2008)
33		Forever Young (Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, 1992)
33		River's Edge (Crime, Drama, 1986)
33		The Crossing Guard (Drama, 1995)
33		Natural Born Killers (Crime, Drama, 1994)
33		Henry V (Action, Biography, Drama, 1989)
33		The Godfather: Part II (Crime, Drama, 1974)
33		L.A. Confidential (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1997)
33		Au Revoir Les Enfants (Biography, Drama, War, 1987)
33		Wyatt Earp (Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, 1994)
33		Dirty Dancing (Drama, Music, Romance, 1987)
33		In the Name of the Father (Biography, Drama, History, 1993)
33		Frantic (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1988)
32		Born on the Fourth of July (Biography, Drama, War, 1989)
32		Reversal of Fortune (Biography, Drama, Mystery, 1990)
32		Braveheart (Biography, Drama, History, 1995)
32		Malcolm X (Biography, Drama, History, 1992)
32		Great Balls of Fire! (Biography, Drama, Music, 1989)
32		The Apostle (Drama, 1997)
32		Taxi Driver (Crime, Drama, 1976)
32		Tokyo Story (Drama, 1953)
32		The Deer Hunter (Drama, War, 1978)
32		The Doors (Biography, Drama, Music, 1991)
32		The Last Emperor (Biography, Drama, History, 1987)
32		Mommy (Drama, 2014)
32		Year of the Dragon (Action, Crime, Drama, 1985)
32		To Live and Die in L.A. (Action, Crime, Drama, 1985)
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31		Absolute Power (Action, Crime, Drama, 1997)
31		Fire in the Sky (Biography, Drama, Fantasy, 1993)
31		The Children's Hour (Drama, Romance, 1961)
31		Alive (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1993)
31		Bloodsport (Action, Biography, Drama, 1988)
31		Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (Action, Biography, Drama, 1993)
31		Heaven & Earth (Action, Biography, Drama, 1993)
31		Shadowlands (Biography, Drama, Romance, 1993)
31		The Experiment (Drama, Thriller, 2001)
31		The Lover (Biography, Drama, Romance, 1992)
31		La Bamba (Biography, Drama, Music, 1987)
31		Orlando (Biography, Drama, Fantasy, 1992)
31		Amadeus (Biography, Drama, History, 1984)
31		1492: Conquest of Paradise (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1992)
31		Hoffa (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1992)
31		Gladiator (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2000)
31		Rudy (Biography, Drama, Sport, 1993)
31		Cry Freedom (Biography, Drama, History, 1987)
31		Bonnie and Clyde (Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, 1967)
31		Pulp Fiction (Crime, Drama, 1994)
30		The Salvation (Drama, Western, 2014)
30		Heavenly Creatures (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1994)
30		Wong Fei Hung (Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1991)
30		Mean Creek (Crime, Drama, 2004)
30		The Immigrant (Drama, Romance, 2013)
30		28 Days Later... (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 2002)
30		One Hour Photo (Drama, Thriller, 2002)
30		Miller's Crossing (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1990)
30		Immortal Beloved (Biography, Drama, Music, 1994)
30		Nixon (Biography, Drama, History, 1995)
30		Shine (Biography, Drama, Music, 1996)
30		Lean on Me (Drama, 1989)
30		The Basketball Diaries (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1995)
30		Shadow of the Vampire (Drama, Horror, 2000)
30		Donnie Brasco (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1997)
30		Derailed (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
30		Beasts of the Southern Wild (Drama, Fantasy, 2012)
30		Deux jours, une nuit (Drama, 2014)
30		Tale of Tales (Drama, Fantasy, 2015)
30		Out of Africa (Biography, Drama, Romance, 1985)
30		Stone (Drama, Thriller, 2010)
30		Rachel Getting Married (Drama, Romance, 2008)
30		The Wrong Man (Drama, Film-Noir, 1956)
30		The Shootist (Drama, Romance, Western, 1976)
30		The Riot Club (Drama, Thriller, 2014)
30		Love in the Time of Cholera (Drama, Romance, 2007)
30		The Water Diviner (Drama, War, 2014)
30		Fireproof (Drama, Romance, 2008)
30		Sacrifice (Drama, 1986)
30		Being Flynn (Drama, 2012)
30		Sid and Nancy (Biography, Drama, Music, 1986)
30		Albert Nobbs (Drama, 2011)
30		Adoration (Drama, Romance, 2013)
30		Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1986)

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