Over 60 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The Best Drama Movies Of 2023
2023 is a great year for drama movies, with some highly anticipated releases from A-list directors and actors. There's something for everyone on the list, and we've ranked them from best to worst using votes from fans like you. Whether it's a legal drama or a family drama exploring the relationship between parents and children, there will be no shortage of gripping stories told on the big screen and streaming services in 2023.
Vote up all the drama films that you watched and would recommend. You should also vote down the ones that you've seen and think others should skip despite being fans of dramas. Be sure to check back for upcoming and new drama movies once they are added to the list after being released. Don't forget to look for the HBO Max, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, and Paramount+ buttons below each film to stream them right away.
Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern team up as separated parents of their teenage son. The drama comes from Jackman realizing the damage he's done by not being there for his son's younger years and attempting to make up for it in the present.
Peter's hectic life gets further upended when his ex-wife tells him their teenage son, Nicholas, is deeply troubled. He soon tries to take care of Nicholas the same way he would have wanted his own father to have taken care of him.
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins
Still dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed is thriving in his career and family life. When Damian, a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces after serving time in prison, he's eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian -- a fighter who has nothing to lose.
Actors: Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, Phylicia Rashad
When You Finish Saving the World takes the hyperbole of its title and applies it to each character's perception of the other as Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard play a mother and son who just can't seem to see eye-to-eye.
Evelyn and her oblivious son, Ziggy, seek out replacements for each other as Evelyn tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, while Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.
Actors: Julianne Moore, Finn Wolfhard, Alisha Boe, Jay O. Sanders, Billy Bryk
In the 1970s, Greg Laurie and a sea of young people descend on sunny Southern California to redefine truth through all means of liberation. Inadvertently, Laurie meets a charismatic street preacher and a pastor who open the doors to a church to a stream of wandering youth. What unfolds is a counterculture movement that becomes the greatest spiritual awakening in American history.
Actors: Joel Courtney, Jonathan Roumie, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Anna Grace Barlow, Kelsey Grammer
Rama is a pregnant novelist attending the trial of a woman who is accused of allowing her child to perish on a beach. Rama hopes to use the trial to create a literary retelling of Medea in this tense French legal drama.
A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and fears about motherhood are steadily dislodged as the life story of the accused is gradually revealed.
Still dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed is thriving in his career and family life. When Damian, a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces after serving time in prison, he's eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian -- a fighter who has nothing to lose.
Motivations are suspect, and expectations are turned upside down, as a con artist takes on Manhattan billionaires.
