Best movies — drame on Netflix : our Top 20

1999 · David Fincher

A volatile insomniac and a smooth-talking soap seller channel repressed masculine rage into a brutal, cathartic form of therapy. The movement snowballs into clandestine fighting rings in towns everywhere, until an eccentric disrupts the group and triggers an uncontrollable slide toward chaos and ruin.

With Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Zach Grenier and Holt McCallany

1990 · Martin Scorsese

Based on the real-life rise of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn youth of Irish and Sicilian parentage who is taken under the wing of local mobsters and, mentored by Jimmy Conway, climbs the hierarchy of a Mafia crew.

With Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero and Tony Darrow

2007 · Julie Taymor

A chance reunion with Gwen Stacy propels Brooklyn’s young Spider-Man into the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society — a coalition of spider-powered heroes tasked with defending reality itself. When the group fractures over how to confront a dangerous new threat, Miles finds himself opposed to his fellow Spiders and must strike out on his own to protect the people he loves.

With Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, T.V. Carpio and Spencer Liff

1998 · Tony Kaye

Released after a three-year prison term for the racially motivated murders of two Black men, Derek Vineyard returns determined to leave his violent past behind. Once a skinhead leader whose white supremacist gang spread terror across Los Angeles, his earlier actions profoundly shaped his younger brother Danny. Told through Danny’s narration, the film follows Derek’s struggle to break all ties with his former comrades and shield Danny from repeating the same destructive path as he seeks redemption and faces the consequences of his past.

With Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien, Ethan Suplee, Fairuza Balk and Avery Brooks

2019 · Todd Phillips

In 1980s Gotham City, a struggling stand-up comedian crushed by rejection and isolation spirals into madness, shedding his former life to become a calculating, unhinged criminal whose theatrical violence and anarchic schemes plunge the city into fear.

With Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Shea Whigham and Bill Camp

1983 · Brian De Palma

Granted U.S. residency after carrying out an assassination for Cuban officials, Tony Montana rises through Miami’s underworld, seizing control of the cocaine trade by brutally eliminating rivals. As he becomes the city’s dominant drug kingpin, intensifying law enforcement scrutiny, violent clashes with Colombian cartels and his own addiction-fueled paranoia set in motion the catastrophic unraveling of his empire.

With Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Miriam Colon and F. Murray Abraham

2001 · Ron Howard

A gifted but socially awkward mathematician rises rapidly after a groundbreaking theoretical breakthrough, poised for worldwide recognition. Recruited into covert cryptographic work, he is pulled into a web of secrecy and conspiracy that blurs the boundaries between truth and paranoia. As his brilliant mind unravels, he must endure a harrowing personal descent and a painful struggle to reclaim his identity and make sense of the life he once thought he controlled.

With Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Christopher Plummer, Josh Lucas and Adam Goldberg

1998 · Peter Weir

An insurance salesman begins to notice strange patterns and staged-seeming moments in his everyday life, coming to suspect that every relationship and coincidence has been orchestrated for a hidden reality-TV production starring him.

With Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Ed Harris, Holland Taylor and Paul Giamatti

1986 · Rob Reiner

When word spreads that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural neighborhood, four friends set off to see the body for themselves. Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy face an intimidating junkman and wade through a leech‑ridden marsh; along the way they reveal secrets about one another and confront the stark differences in their family lives. What begins as a reckless outing gradually becomes a pivotal coming‑of‑age experience that will mark them forever.

With Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O'Connell, Corey Feldman, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko and Gary Riley

1988 · Isao Takahata

During the closing months of World War II, fourteen-year-old Seita and his younger sister Setsuko become orphans after their mother is killed in a bombing raid on Kobe. After a dispute with their aunt, the siblings take refuge in an abandoned air-raid shelter. With no remaining relatives and their emergency provisions exhausted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive amid the ruins.

With Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Kozo Hashida, Masayo Sakai and Masayo Sakai

1973 · George Roy Hill

A rookie grifter teams up with a famed con artist to avenge the murder of a shared friend by staging an audacious, high-stakes scam designed to bleed a powerful mob boss of his fortune.

With Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan and Harold Gould

2023 · J. A. Bayona

On October 13, 1972, a chartered Uruguayan Air Force aircraft transporting a rugby team to Chile went down on a glacier deep in the remote Andes.

With Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Tomas Wolf, Diego Ariel Vegezzi, Esteban Kukuriczka and Francisco Romero

2008 · David Fincher

Arriving into the world under strange circumstances—as an elderly infant in a New Orleans nursing home—Benjamin Button begins life aging backward. When he is twelve, he meets Daisy, a youngster who drifts in and out of his life as she grows into a professional dancer. Though his years are filled with many extraordinary episodes, it is his bond with Daisy and the hope that their timelines will one day align that sustains him.

With Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Mahershala Ali and Jared Harris

2003 · Edward Zwick

Nathan Algren, an American veteran brought to Japan to teach modern military tactics, gradually becomes moved by the samurai’s discipline and code of honor. Faced with a drive to erase their traditions for the sake of progress and open trade, he abandons his original role, embraces the samurai way, and takes up arms to defend their right to endure.

With Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Koyuki and Shin Koyamada

2001 · Antoine Fuqua

On his first day with the narcotics division, a green recruit is paired with a maverick detective whose confident facade conceals dangerous secrets and shifting loyalties.

With Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin, Raymond J. Barry and Cliff Curtis

2000 · Ang Lee

Pursuing a stolen blade and a notorious fugitive, two warriors’ search brings them to a headstrong, athletically gifted teenage daughter of a nobleman—an impulsive young woman standing at a crossroads between duty and the life she yearns for.

With Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Sihung Lung, Cheng Pei-pei and Li Fazeng

1995 · Ang Lee

Elinor and Marianne Dashwood—one reserved and practical, the other headstrong and romantic—find their prospects clouded when their father dies and the family fortune legally passes to his son from a previous marriage. Stripped of their home and left with only a modest income, their mother and sisters must navigate a society that prizes social rank and financial security above all. As each woman seeks love, she confronts the harsh realities of a world where money shapes choices and reputations; together they learn to balance prudence with passion in the pursuit of both stability and happiness.

With Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones, Greg Wise and Elizabeth Spriggs

1954 · Elia Kazan

A former boxing champion turned dockworker refuses to look the other way when he uncovers a tangle of graft, extortion and murder within the union, forcing him to confront powerful labor bosses to bring the truth to light.

With Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning and Leif Erickson

2023 · Takashi Yamazaki

In the aftermath of a war-ravaged Japan, Godzilla reappears to unleash fresh devastation across an already ruined landscape. With neither military support nor government aid forthcoming, the scattered survivors must unite, resist despair, and mount a desperate stand against the relentless terror.

With Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando and Kuranosuke Sasaki

2026 · Olivia Newman

Working night shifts at a modest aquarium, widowed retiree Tova forms unexpected friendships that pull her out of solitude. When a surprising discovery comes to light, it ignites a newfound sense of wonder and the possibility of joy in her later years.

With Sally Field, Lewis Pullman, Alfred Molina, Colm Meaney, Joan Chen, Kathy Baker and Beth Grant