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The best drama films to own on disc, ranked by standing.

A King in New York 1957

A King in New York

1957 · Charlie Chaplin

The Vikings 1958

The Vikings (1958) disc cover

1958 · Richard Fleischer

The Man from Laramie 1955

The Man from Laramie (1955) disc cover

The Man from Laramie

1955 · Anthony Mann

Friendly Persuasion 1956

Friendly Persuasion (1956) disc cover

Friendly Persuasion

1956 · William Wyler

All That Heaven Allows 1955

All That Heaven Allows (1955) disc cover

All That Heaven Allows

1955 · Douglas Sirk

If.... (1968) disc cover

1968 · Lindsay Anderson

My Night at Maud's 1969

My Night at Maud's

1969 · Éric Rohmer

Au Hasard Balthazar 1966

Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) disc cover

Au Hasard Balthazar

1966 · Robert Bresson

The 300 Spartans 1962

The 300 Spartans (1962) disc cover

The 300 Spartans

1962 · Rudolph Maté

Sanjuro (1962) disc cover

1962 · Akira Kurosawa

The Collector 1965

The Collector (1965) disc cover

1965 · William Wyler

Becket (1964) disc cover

1964 · Peter Glenville

Is Paris Burning? 1966

Is Paris Burning? (1966) disc cover

Is Paris Burning?

1966 · René Clément

Teorema (1968) disc cover

1968 · Pier Paolo Pasolini

Repulsion (1965) disc cover

1965 · Roman Polanski

1965 · John Schlesinger

America America 1963

America America (1963) disc cover

America America

1963 · Elia Kazan

Harakiri (1962) disc cover

1962 · Masaki Kobayashi

The Servant 1963

The Servant (1963) disc cover

1963 · Joseph Losey

The Marriage of Maria Braun 1979

The Marriage of Maria Braun

1979 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Dark Star (1974) disc cover

1974 · John Carpenter

Play Misty for Me 1971

Play Misty for Me (1971) disc cover

Play Misty for Me

1971 · Clint Eastwood

The Passenger 1975

The Passenger (1975) disc cover

1975 · Michelangelo Antonioni

Lacombe, Lucien 1974

Lacombe, Lucien (1974) disc cover

Lacombe, Lucien

1974 · Louis Malle

Interiors (1978) disc cover

1978 · Woody Allen

McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) disc cover

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971 · Robert Altman

Dodes'ka-den 1970

Dodes'ka-den (1970) disc cover

1970 · Akira Kurosawa

Red Sorghum 1988

1988 · Zhang Yimou

Birdy (1984) disc cover

1984 · Alan Parker

Road House 1989

Road House (1989) disc cover

1989 · Rowdy Herrington

The Outsiders 1983

The Outsiders (1983) disc cover

1983 · Francis Ford Coppola

Places in the Heart 1984

Places in the Heart (1984) disc cover

Places in the Heart

1984 · Robert Benton

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Where is the Friend's Home? 1987

Where is the Friend's Home?

1987 · Abbas Kiarostami

Tender Mercies 1983

Tender Mercies (1983) disc cover

1983 · Bruce Beresford

Evil Angels 1988

1988 · Fred Schepisi

Starman (1984) disc cover

1984 · John Carpenter

Fame (1980) disc cover

1980 · Alan Parker

St. Elmo's Fire 1985

St. Elmo's Fire (1985) disc cover

St. Elmo's Fire

1985 · Joel Schumacher

Poison Ivy 1992

Poison Ivy (1992) disc cover

1992 · Katt Shea

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Kalifornia 1993

Kalifornia (1993) disc cover

1993 · Dominic Sena

Internal Affairs 1990

Internal Affairs (1990) disc cover

Internal Affairs

1990 · Mike Figgis

To Die For 1995

To Die For (1995) disc cover

1995 · Gus Van Sant

Bringing Out the Dead 1999

Bringing Out the Dead (1999) disc cover

Bringing Out the Dead

1999 · Martin Scorsese

La Reine Margot 1994

La Reine Margot (1994) disc cover

La Reine Margot

1994 · Patrice Chéreau

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Great Expectations 1998

Great Expectations (1998) disc cover

Great Expectations

1998 · Alfonso Cuarón

Gods and Monsters 1998

Gods and Monsters (1998) disc cover

Gods and Monsters

1998 · Bill Condon

Selena (1997) disc cover

1997 · Gregory Nava

Presumed Innocent 1990

Presumed Innocent (1990) disc cover

Presumed Innocent

1990 · Alan J. Pakula