99		My Life Without Me (Drama, Romance, 2003)
95		The Parallax View (Drama, Thriller, 1974)
92		Arlington Road (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1999)
90		W. (Biography, Drama, History, 2008)
89		JFK (Drama, History, Thriller, 1991)
85		Sleepers (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1996)
82		All the King's Men (Drama, Thriller, 2006)
82		Nixon (Biography, Drama, History, 1995)
82		Citizen Kane (Drama, Mystery, 1941)
82		Exotica (Drama, Mystery, 1994)
81		Half Light (Drama, Horror, Mystery, 2006)
78		Untraceable (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2008)
76		The Life of David Gale (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2003)
76		The Manchurian Candidate (Drama, Thriller, 1962)
75		Topaz (Drama, Thriller, 1969)
74		In the Line of Fire (Action, Drama, Thriller, 1993)
74		The Perfect Storm (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2000)
72		White House Down (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2013)
70		Children of Men (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2006)
70		The Ides of March (Drama, 2011)
69		The Firm (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1993)
69		Moonlight Mile (Drama, Romance, 2002)
68		Edmond (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
68		Deep Impact (Action, Drama, Romance, 1998)
68		The Quiet (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
68		Syriana (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
67		The House of the Spirits (Drama, Romance, 1993)
67		Birth (Drama, Mystery, Romance, 2004)
67		Frost/Nixon (Drama, 2008)
67		The Manchurian Candidate (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2004)
65		River's Edge (Crime, Drama, 1986)
65		Notorious (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2009)
64		Snow Falling on Cedars (Drama, Mystery, Romance, 1999)
64		Chinatown (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1974)
64		Random Hearts (Drama, Mystery, Romance, 1999)
64		The Glass House (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2001)
63		The Crucible (Drama, History, 1996)
63		Absolute Power (Action, Crime, Drama, 1997)
63		City Hall (Drama, Thriller, 1996)
62		Thirteen Days (Drama, History, Thriller, 2000)
62		Rendition (Drama, Thriller, 2007)
61		The Pelican Brief (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1993)
61		Apt Pupil (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1998)
60		The Man Who Knew Too Much (Drama, Thriller, 1956)
60		Borgman (Drama, Thriller, 2013)
60		Vantage Point (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2008)
60		Michael Collins (Biography, Drama, Thriller, 1996)
59		Iris (Biography, Drama, Romance, 2001)
59		The Gift (Drama, Fantasy, Horror, 2000)
59		Shattered Glass (Drama, History, 2003)
58		Valkyrie (Drama, History, Thriller, 2008)
58		Peeping Tom (Drama, Horror, Thriller, 1960)
58		Murder at 1600 (Action, Crime, Drama, 1997)
58		Walk the Line (Biography, Drama, Music, 2005)
57		Interview (Drama, 2007)
57		The Punisher (Action, Crime, Drama, 2004)
57		Fargo (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1996)
57		Now, Voyager (Drama, Romance, 1942)
57		Frailty (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2001)
57		Hustle & Flow (Crime, Drama, Music, 2005)
56		Whip It (Drama, Sport, 2009)
56		Poison Ivy (Drama, Thriller, 1992)
56		Jungle Fever (Drama, Romance, 1991)
56		16 Blocks (Action, Crime, Drama, 2006)
55		The China Syndrome (Drama, Thriller, 1979)
55		The Boys from Brazil (Drama, Thriller, 1978)
55		Saturday Night Fever (Drama, Music, 1977)
55		Clouds of Sils Maria (Drama, 2014)
55		The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Drama, Horror, Thriller, 2005)
55		The Paperboy (Drama, Thriller, 2012)
54		Runaway Jury (Drama, Thriller, 2003)
54		Selma (Biography, Drama, History, 2014)
54		Breaking the Waves (Drama, Romance, 1996)
54		Lady Vengeance (Crime, Drama, 2005)
53		Heaven (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2002)
53		The Kite Runner (Drama, 2007)
53		Maria Full of Grace (Crime, Drama, 2004)
53		Jaws (Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 1975)
53		Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Action, Crime, Drama, 2004)
53		Air Force One (Action, Adventure, Drama, 1997)
53		Out of Sight (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1998)
53		Murder in the First (Drama, Thriller, 1995)
53		The Bridges of Madison County (Drama, Romance, 1995)
53		Hard Eight (Crime, Drama, 1996)
52		The American (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2010)
52		Animal Kingdom (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2010)
52		Fair Game (Biography, Drama, Thriller, 2010)
52		Side Effects (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2013)
52		Fearless (Drama, Thriller, 1993)
52		Intacto (Drama, Romance, Thriller, 2001)
51		Magnolia (Drama, 1999)
51		Immortal Beloved (Biography, Drama, Music, 1994)
51		Insomnia (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2002)
51		Clear and Present Danger (Action, Crime, Drama, 1994)
51		88 Minutes (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2007)
51		In a Better World (Drama, Romance, 2010)
51		Fail-Safe (Drama, Thriller, 1964)
50		Paranoia (Drama, Thriller, 2013)
50		Before Sunrise (Drama, Romance, 1995)
50		Missing (Drama, History, Mystery, 1982)
49		Bloody Sunday (Drama, History, War, 2002)
49		The Good Son (Drama, Horror, Thriller, 1993)
49		Hotel Rwanda (Drama, History, War, 2004)
49		On the Waterfront (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1954)
49		The Hurt Locker (Drama, History, Thriller, 2008)
49		Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
49		Donnie Darko (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2001)
49		The Good Shepherd (Drama, History, Thriller, 2006)
49		Dead Man Walking (Crime, Drama, 1995)
48		Elizabeth (Biography, Drama, History, 1998)
48		The Day of the Jackal (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1973)
48		Wonderland (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2003)
48		Traffic (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2000)
47		Chaos (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
47		Salvador (Drama, History, Thriller, 1986)
47		The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2014)
47		Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (Drama, 2008)
47		La Vie en Rose (Biography, Drama, Music, 2007)
47		White Noise (Drama, Horror, Mystery, 2005)
47		The Stoning of Soraya M. (Drama, 2008)
47		A Single Man (Drama, Romance, 2009)
47		The Last Picture Show (Drama, 1971)
47		Strange Days (Action, Crime, Drama, 1995)
47		Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2011)
47		Ace in the Hole (Drama, Film-Noir, 1951)
47		Buried (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2010)
46		Ben-Hur (Adventure, Drama, History, 1959)
46		Ordinary People (Drama, 1980)
46		Gladiator (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2000)
46		Johnny Got His Gun (Drama, War, 1971)
46		Anatomy of a Murder (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1959)
46		Needful Things (Crime, Drama, Fantasy, 1993)
46		Nights in Rodanthe (Drama, Romance, 2008)
46		The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Drama, Thriller, 1965)
46		Hud (Drama, 1963)
46		The Impossible (Drama, Thriller, 2012)
46		Cop Land (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1997)
46		The Experiment (Drama, Thriller, 2001)
46		The Silence of the Lambs (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1991)
46		No Man's Land (Drama, War, 2001)
45		Instinct (Drama, Thriller, 1999)
45		Stay (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2005)
45		La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (Drama, Music, Romance, 1998)
45		Two for the Money (Drama, Sport, Thriller, 2005)
45		Flightplan (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2005)
45		The Sweet Hereafter (Drama, 1997)
45		Shadow Dancer (Drama, Thriller, 2012)
45		A Royal Affair (Biography, Drama, History, 2012)
45		Kapringen (Drama, Thriller, 2012)
45		Bringing Out the Dead (Drama, Thriller, 1999)
45		Pierrot le Fou (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1965)
45		Winter's Bone (Drama, 2010)
45		Se7en (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1995)
45		All the President's Men (Biography, Drama, History, 1976)
45		The Lady from Shanghai (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1947)
45		A Time to Kill (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1996)
45		Hesher (Drama, 2010)
45		Stoker (Drama, Thriller, 2013)
45		Boogie Nights (Drama, 1997)
44		Swimfan (Drama, Thriller, 2002)
44		Changing Lanes (Drama, Thriller, 2002)
44		American Sniper (Action, Biography, Drama, 2014)
44		Unfaithful (Drama, Thriller, 2002)
44		The Gunman (Action, Crime, Drama, 2015)
44		Sid and Nancy (Biography, Drama, Music, 1986)
44		The Wages of Fear (Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 1953)
44		The Brave One (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
44		Cleopatra (Biography, Drama, History, 1963)
44		Disturbia (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2007)
44		One Eight Seven (Drama, Thriller, 1997)
44		The Machinist (Drama, Thriller, 2004)
44		One Hour Photo (Drama, Thriller, 2002)
44		He Got Game (Drama, Sport, 1998)
44		Munich (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
43		What Dreams May Come (Drama, Fantasy, Romance, 1998)
43		The Juror (Drama, Thriller, 1996)
43		Irreversible (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
43		Dark Blue (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2002)
43		Dragonfly (Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, 2002)
43		Narc (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
43		Fear (Drama, Thriller, 1996)
43		Basic Instinct (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1992)
43		Domino (Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, 2005)
43		Derailed (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
43		The Namesake (Drama, 2006)
43		High Noon (Drama, Thriller, Western, 1952)
42		Sliver (Drama, Thriller, 1993)
42		The Crush (Drama, Thriller, 1993)
42		Persona (Drama, Thriller, 1966)
42		Hannibal (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2001)
42		Proof of Life (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2000)
42		Europa (Drama, Thriller, 1991)
42		The Russia House (Drama, Romance, Thriller, 1990)
42		The Last Castle (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2001)
42		The Mirror (Biography, Drama, 1975)
42		Hanna (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2011)
42		Léon: The Professional (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1994)
42		Reign Over Me (Drama, 2007)
42		Body of Evidence (Drama, Thriller, 1993)
42		Capote (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2005)
42		A Few Good Men (Drama, Thriller, 1992)
42		A Beautiful Mind (Biography, Drama, 2001)
42		Green Zone (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2010)
42		Fried Green Tomatoes (Drama, 1991)
42		Along Came a Spider (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2001)
42		Disclosure (Drama, Thriller, 1994)
42		The English Patient (Drama, Romance, War, 1996)
42		Nell (Drama, 1994)

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