The Best R-Rated Drama Movies

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List of R-Rated drama movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best R-Rated drama movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest R-Rated Drama movie of all time is. If you think the top drama movie with an R rating isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great R-Rated Drama films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific R-Rated Drama film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.

List contains movies like The Godfather and Pulp Fiction.

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The Godfather
Al Pacino, Marlon Brando
Released: 1972
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
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Goodfellas
Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson
Released: 1990
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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Braveheart
Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau
Released: 1995
Directed by: Mel Gibson
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Gladiator
Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix
Released: 2000
Directed by: Ridley Scott
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The Godfather Part II
Al Pacino, Robert De Niro
Released: 1974
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito
Released: 1975
Directed by: Miloš Forman
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Bonnie and Clyde
Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway
Released: 1967
Directed by: Arthur Penn
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Man on Fire
Mickey Rourke, Denzel Washington
Released: 2004
Directed by: Tony Scott
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Full Metal Jacket
Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey
Released: 1987
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
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Apocalypse Now
Marlon Brando, Harrison Ford
Released: 1979
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
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A Clockwork Orange
Malcolm McDowell, Warren Clarke
Released: 1971
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
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No Country for Old Men
Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones
Released: 2007
Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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Platoon
Johnny Depp, Charlie Sheen
Released: 1986
Directed by: Oliver Stone
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Scarface
Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer
Released: 1983
Directed by: Brian De Palma
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Black Swan
Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis
Released: 2010
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
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Road to Perdition
Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig
Released: 2002
Directed by: Sam Mendes
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True Romance
Brad Pitt, Val Kilmer
Released: 1993
Directed by: Tony Scott
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Gran Torino
Clint Eastwood, Dreama Walker
Released: 2008
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
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The Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins
Released: 1991
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
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Enemy of the State
Will Smith, Jack Black
Released: 1998
Directed by: Tony Scott
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Gangs of New York
Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio
Released: 2002
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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Rain Man
Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman
Released: 1988
Directed by: Barry Levinson
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When Harry Met Sally...
Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal
Released: 1989
Directed by: Rob Reiner
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The Last of the Mohicans
Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe
Released: 1992
Directed by: Michael Mann
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Donnie Darko
Drew Barrymore, Ashley Tisdale
Released: 2001
Directed by: Richard Kelly
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