65		Conviction (Biography, Drama, 2010)
63		Escape from Alcatraz (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1979)
55		The Assassination of Richard Nixon (Biography, Drama, 2004)
55		Animal Factory (Crime, Drama, 2000)
54		Gandhi (Biography, Drama, History, 1982)
52		Sid and Nancy (Biography, Drama, Music, 1986)
52		Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1986)
52		Cleopatra (Biography, Drama, History, 1963)
51		Mesrine Part 1: Killer Instinct (Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, 2008)
51		Hunger (Biography, Drama, 2008)
51		Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1969)
50		The Crossing Guard (Drama, 1995)
49		Raging Bull (Biography, Drama, Sport, 1980)
49		The Shawshank Redemption (Crime, Drama, 1994)
48		Papillon (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1973)
47		The Doors (Biography, Drama, Music, 1991)
47		Capote (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2005)
47		Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2005)
47		All Quiet on the Western Front (Drama, War, 1930)
47		Before Night Falls (Biography, Drama, Romance, 2000)
47		Michael Collins (Biography, Drama, Thriller, 1996)
47		The Miracle Worker (Biography, Drama, 1962)
46		The Kite Runner (Drama, 2007)
46		Boy A (Drama, 2007)
46		Dead Man Walking (Crime, Drama, 1995)
46		Carlito's Way (Crime, Drama, 1993)
46		Awakenings (Biography, Drama, 1990)
46		Tyrannosaur (Drama, 2011)
46		Splendor in the Grass (Drama, Romance, 1961)
46		In Cold Blood (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1967)
46		L.A. Confidential (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1997)
45		Murder in the First (Drama, Thriller, 1995)
45		The Painted Veil (Drama, Romance, 2006)
45		Edmond (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
45		He Got Game (Drama, Sport, 1998)
45		The Aviator (Biography, Drama, 2004)
45		Quills (Biography, Drama, 2000)
44		In the Name of the Father (Biography, Drama, History, 1993)
44		Agneepath (Action, Crime, Drama, 2012)
44		Snow Falling on Cedars (Drama, Mystery, Romance, 1999)
44		No Escape (Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, 1994)
44		The Boxer (Drama, Romance, Sport, 1997)
43		The Hurricane (Biography, Drama, Sport, 1999)
43		Fearless (Action, Biography, Drama, 2006)
43		La Vie en Rose (Biography, Drama, Music, 2007)
43		Walk the Line (Biography, Drama, Music, 2005)
43		Blow (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2001)
42		Rise of the Footsoldier (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2007)
42		The Elephant Man (Biography, Drama, 1980)
42		Kill the Irishman (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2011)
42		The Snowtown Murders (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2011)
42		The Mirror (Biography, Drama, 1975)
42		Testament of Youth (Biography, Drama, History, 2014)
42		The Danish Girl (Biography, Drama, Romance, 2015)
42		Se7en (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1995)
42		Notorious (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2009)
42		Requiem for a Dream (Drama, 2000)
42		A Beautiful Mind (Biography, Drama, 2001)
42		On the Waterfront (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1954)
41		The Pursuit of Happyness (Biography, Drama, 2006)
41		The Experiment (Drama, Thriller, 2001)
41		The Straight Story (Biography, Drama, 1999)
41		Sully (Biography, Drama, 2016)
41		Dallas Buyers Club (Biography, Drama, 2013)
41		Philomena (Biography, Drama, 2013)
41		Lenny (Biography, Drama, 1974)
41		Nirgendwo in Afrika (Biography, Drama, 2001)
41		The Social Network (Biography, Drama, 2010)
41		The King's Speech (Biography, Drama, 2010)
41		Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (Drama, 2008)
41		Fried Green Tomatoes (Drama, 1991)
41		My Left Foot (Biography, Drama, 1989)
40		Girl, Interrupted (Biography, Drama, 1999)
40		Jobs (Biography, Drama, 2013)
40		Hitchcock (Biography, Drama, 2012)
40		This Boy's Life (Biography, Drama, 1993)
40		Midnight Express (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1978)
40		Lovelace (Biography, Drama, 2013)
40		Erin Brockovich (Biography, Drama, 2000)
40		Bad Lieutenant (Crime, Drama, 1992)
40		Coach Carter (Drama, Sport, 2005)
40		Pollock (Biography, Drama, 2000)
40		Cool Hand Luke (Drama, 1967)
40		Heaven Is for Real (Biography, Drama, 2014)
40		Flash of Genius (Biography, Drama, 2008)
40		Searching for Bobby Fischer (Biography, Drama, 1993)
40		Men of Honor (Biography, Drama, 2000)
40		Antwone Fisher (Biography, Drama, 2002)
40		The Butler (Biography, Drama, 2013)
40		Mommie Dearest (Biography, Drama, 1981)
40		Dangerous Minds (Biography, Drama, 1995)
40		My Week with Marilyn (Biography, Drama, 2011)
40		The Count of Monte Cristo (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2002)
40		Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (Crime, Drama, 1995)
40		Natural Born Killers (Crime, Drama, 1994)
40		Wyatt Earp (Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, 1994)
40		Tucker: The Man and His Dream (Biography, Drama, 1988)
40		Remember Me (Drama, Romance, 2010)
40		The Iron Lady (Biography, Drama, 2011)
40		The House of the Spirits (Drama, Romance, 1993)
40		Gods and Monsters (Biography, Drama, 1998)
40		Il divo - La spettacolare vita di Giulio Andreotti (Biography, Drama, 2008)
40		Gorillas in the Mist (Biography, Drama, 1988)
40		Changeling (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2008)
40		Henry & June (Biography, Drama, 1990)
40		Basquiat (Biography, Drama, 1996)
40		The Town (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2010)
40		The People vs. Larry Flynt (Biography, Drama, 1996)
40		Coco Before Chanel (Biography, Drama, 2009)
40		Mask (Biography, Drama, 1985)
40		Miss Potter (Biography, Drama, 2006)
40		Joy (Biography, Drama, 2015)
40		The End of the Tour (Biography, Drama, 2015)
40		Truth (Biography, Drama, 2015)
40		Ben-Hur (Adventure, Drama, History, 1959)
40		Factory Girl (Biography, Drama, 2006)
40		The Man Who Knew Infinity (Biography, Drama, 2015)
40		The Queen (Biography, Drama, 2006)
40		Steve Jobs (Biography, Drama, 2015)
40		Sweet Smell of Success (Drama, Film-Noir, 1957)
39		Lock Up (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1989)
39		Les Misérables (Crime, Drama, History, 1998)
39		Desperate Measures (Action, Crime, Drama, 1998)
39		The Godfather (Crime, Drama, 1972)
39		Patton (Biography, Drama, War, 1970)
39		Contraband (Action, Crime, Drama, 2012)
39		Four Brothers (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
39		The Dead Girl (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
39		Half Light (Drama, Horror, Mystery, 2006)
39		Undisputed (Action, Crime, Drama, 2002)
38		American History X (Crime, Drama, 1998)
38		Kelebegin Rüyasi (Biography, Drama, History, 2013)
38		Pulp Fiction (Crime, Drama, 1994)
38		One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Drama, 1975)
38		Cinderella Man (Biography, Drama, Sport, 2005)
38		Tombstone (Action, Biography, Drama, 1993)
38		Fahrenheit 451 (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1966)
38		Z (Crime, Drama, History, 1969)
37		Citizen Kane (Drama, Mystery, 1941)
37		Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (Biography, Drama, Western, 1973)
37		Total Eclipse (Biography, Drama, Romance, 1995)
37		Elizabeth (Biography, Drama, History, 1998)
37		Iris (Biography, Drama, Romance, 2001)
37		Immortal Beloved (Biography, Drama, Music, 1994)
37		The Railway Man (Biography, Drama, Romance, 2013)
37		Once Upon a Time in America (Crime, Drama, 1984)
37		Judgment at Nuremberg (Drama, War, 1961)
37		The Last Station (Biography, Drama, Romance, 2009)
37		Bugsy (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1991)
36		Breaking the Waves (Drama, Romance, 1996)
36		No Man's Land (Drama, War, 2001)
36		The Manchurian Candidate (Drama, Thriller, 1962)
36		The Hours (Drama, Romance, 2002)
36		Gladiator (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2000)
36		White Heat (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1949)
36		The Sweet Hereafter (Drama, 1997)
36		The Magdalene Sisters (Drama, 2002)
36		Ordinary People (Drama, 1980)
36		Lady Vengeance (Crime, Drama, 2005)
36		In a Better World (Drama, Romance, 2010)
36		The Green Mile (Crime, Drama, Fantasy, 1999)
36		The Namesake (Drama, 2006)
35		The Boys from Brazil (Drama, Thriller, 1978)
35		The Apostle (Drama, 1997)
35		Brubaker (Crime, Drama, 1980)
35		The Birds (Drama, Horror, Mystery, 1963)
35		L'Avventura (Drama, Mystery, 1960)
35		Starred Up (Crime, Drama, 2013)
35		Restless (Drama, Romance, 2011)
35		Angela's Ashes (Drama, 1999)
35		Oliver Twist (Crime, Drama, 2005)
35		The Experiment (Drama, Thriller, 2010)
35		The Salvation (Drama, Western, 2014)
35		Gangs of New York (Crime, Drama, 2002)
35		The Quiet (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
35		Reindeer Games (Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, 2000)
35		River's Edge (Crime, Drama, 1986)
35		Schindler's List (Biography, Drama, History, 1993)
35		Instinct (Drama, Thriller, 1999)
35		Borgman (Drama, Thriller, 2013)
35		Scarecrow (Drama, 1973)
35		Jakob the Liar (Drama, War, 1999)
35		Bronson (Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, 2008)
35		The Chamber (Crime, Drama, 1996)
35		When a Man Loves a Woman (Drama, Romance, 1994)
34		Bad Boys (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1983)
34		Narc (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
34		Heaven (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2002)
34		Killer Joe (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2011)
34		Above the Rim (Crime, Drama, Sport, 1994)
34		In Hell (Action, Thriller, Drama, 2003)
34		The Exorcist III (Drama, Fantasy, Horror, 1990)
34		Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (Drama, Fantasy, Horror, 1992)
34		Funny Games (Crime, Drama, Horror, 2007)
34		Peeping Tom (Drama, Horror, Thriller, 1960)
34		10,000 BC (Action, Adventure, Drama, 2008)
34		Dolores Claiborne (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1995)
34		Clockers (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1995)
34		To Live and Die in L.A. (Action, Crime, Drama, 1985)
34		Runaway Train (Action, Adventure, Drama, 1985)
34		Just Cause (Action, Crime, Drama, 1995)
34		Amadeus (Biography, Drama, History, 1984)
34		Excalibur (Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, 1981)
34		The Eagle Has Landed (Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 1976)
34		Out of the Furnace (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2013)
34		Lord of the Flies (Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 1963)
34		Disturbia (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2007)
34		The Cincinnati Kid (Drama, 1965)
34		Hannibal (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2001)
34		The Chinese Connection (Action, Drama, Romance, 1972)
34		Fallen (Action, Crime, Drama, 1998)
34		The Message (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1976)
34		The Shallows (Drama, Horror, Thriller, 2016)
34		Death Wish II (Action, Crime, Drama, 1982)
34		Lawrence of Arabia (Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1962)
34		Lonely Hearts (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2006)
34		Bonnie and Clyde (Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, 1967)
34		Hostage (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
34		Absolute Power (Action, Crime, Drama, 1997)

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