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The Best PG-13 Drama Movies
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Here is a list of PG-13 drama movies, ranked from best to worst by fans just like you. This list takes the best PG-13 drama movies and compared them to one other to see once and for all which one is the greatest PG-13 drama movie of all time.
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- 1Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Slow-witted Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field), he leads anything but a restricted life. Whether dominating on ...more - 2Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) worked as a doctor, a lawyer, and as a co-pilot for a major airline -- all before his 18th birthday. A master of deception, he was also a brilliant forger, ...more - 3Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
- Released: 1997
- Directed by: James Cameron
James Cameron's "Titanic" is an epic, action-packed romance set against the ill-fated maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic; the pride and joy of the White Star Line and, at the time, the largest ...more - 4Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Obsessively punctual FedEx executive Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is en route to an assignment in Malaysia when his plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean during a storm. The sole survivor of the flight, ...more - 5Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: John Lee Hancock
Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a homeless black teen, has drifted in and out of the school system for years. Then Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) and her husband, Sean (Tim McGraw), take him in. The ...more - 6Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Marc Webb
Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer (Zooey Deschanel), suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days ...more - 7Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Tate Taylor
In 1960s Mississippi, Southern society girl Skeeter (Emma Stone) returns from college with dreams of being a writer. She turns her small town on its ear by choosing to interview the Black women who ...more - 8Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Young Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) is haunted by a dark secret: he is visited by ghosts. Cole is frightened by visitations from those with unresolved problems who appear from the shadows. He is too ...more - 9George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Based on a true story, the film tells of the courageous men and women who risk their lives every working day, pitting their fishing boats and rescue vessels against the capricious forces of nature. ...more - 10Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Mare Winningham
- Released: 2020
- Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Five years after the end of the Civil War, Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd crosses paths with a 10-year-old girl taken by the Kiowa people. Forced to return to her aunt and uncle, Kidd agrees to escort the ...more - 11Brie Larson, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Destin Daniel Cretton
Just Mercy is a 2019 American biographical drama film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, based on the memoir by Bryan Stevenson. A distinguished civil rights attorney, Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. ...more - 12Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain
- Released: 2014
- Directed by: Christopher Nolan
In Earth's future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is working on plans to save ...more - 13Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Yuh-Jung Youn
- Released: 2020
- Directed by: Lee Isaac Chung
Minari is a 2020 American drama film directed by Lee Isaac Chung. A Korean-American family that moves to an Arkansas farm in the 1980s has their life completely changed when their foul-mouthed, sly, ...more - 14Lily James, Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan
- Released: 2020
- Directed by: Simon Stone
The Dig is a 2020 British biographical drama film directed by Simon Stone, based on the novel of the same name by John Preston. In 1938, an archeologist begins a historically significant excavation ...more - 15Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Rian Johnson
The circumstances surrounding the death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey are mysterious, but there's one thing that renowned Detective Benoit Blanc knows for sure -- everyone in the wildly ...more - 16Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Bryan Singer
Freddie Mercury -- the lead singer of Queen -- defies stereotypes and convention to become one of history's most beloved entertainers. The band's revolutionary sound and popular songs lead to Queen's ...more - 17Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, ...more - 18Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Paul Giamatti
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: John Lee Hancock
Spurred on by a promise he made to his daughters, Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) embarks on what would become a 20-year quest to obtain the movie rights to "Mary Poppins." The author, P.L. Travers (Emma ...more - 19Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene
- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Kevin Costner
A Civil War soldier develops a relationship with a band of Lakota Indians. Attracted by the simplicity of their lifestyle, he chooses to leave his former life behind to be with them. Having observed ...more - 20Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Peasant-born William Thatcher (Heath Ledger) begins a quest to change his stars, win the heart of an exceedingly fair maiden (Shanynn Sossamon) and rock his medieval world. With the help of friends ...more - 21Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, James Woods
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Story centers on a man whose nine-year-old son is in desperate need of a life-saving transplant. When he discovers that his medical insurance won't cover the costs of the surgery and alternative ...more - 22Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Steven Spielberg
When Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), an Eastern European tourist, arrives at JFK in New York, war breaks out in his country and he finds himself caught up in international politics. Because of the war, ...more - 23Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Thomas Bezucha
Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney) wants to bring his girlfriend, Meredith Morton (Sarah Jessica Parker), to meet his bohemian Connecticut family at Christmas. Straitlaced Meredith, feeling she needs ...more - 24Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
A dedicated teacher (Hilary Swank) in a racially divided Los Angeles school has a class of at-risk teenagers deemed incapable of learning. Instead of giving up, she inspires her students to take an ...more - 25Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Lauren Graham
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Michael Lehmann
Daphne Wilder (Diane Keaton) is the proud mother of three women: Milly (Mandy Moore), Maggie (Lauren Graham) and Mae (Piper Perabo), and her love for her offspring knows no bounds. Because her ...more
