Best Drama Films
Citizen Kaneon 2 of 3 rankings2
In the Mood for Loveon 2 of 3 rankings3
Mulholland Dr.on 2 of 3 rankings4
The Godfatheron 2 of 3 rankings5
Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelleson 1 of 3 rankings6
There Will Be Bloodon 1 of 3 rankings7
Tokyo Storyon 1 of 3 rankings8
Casablancaon 1 of 3 rankings9
Boyhoodon 1 of 3 rankings10
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mindon 1 of 3 rankings11
Raging Bullon 1 of 3 rankings12
Beau Travailon 1 of 3 rankings13
The Tree of Lifeon 1 of 3 rankings14
Gone with the Windon 1 of 3 rankings15
Yi Yion 1 of 3 rankings16
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humanson 1 of 3 rankings17
Lawrence of Arabiaon 1 of 3 rankings18
A Separationon 1 of 3 rankings19
No Country for Old Menon 1 of 3 rankings20
Schindler's Liston 1 of 3 rankings21
The Rules of the Gameon 1 of 3 rankings22
Inside Llewyn Davison 1 of 3 rankings23
City Lightson 1 of 3 rankings24
Cléo from 5 to 7on 1 of 3 rankings25
Children of Menon 1 of 3 rankings26
Meshes of the Afternoonon 1 of 3 rankings27
Sunset Boulevardon 1 of 3 rankings28
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Dayson 1 of 3 rankings29
Close-Upon 1 of 3 rankings30
Holy Motorson 1 of 3 rankings31
The Graduateon 1 of 3 rankings32
Personaon 1 of 3 rankings33
Pan's Labyrinthon 1 of 3 rankings34
On the Waterfronton 1 of 3 rankings35
Apocalypse Nowon 1 of 3 rankings36
The White Ribbonon 1 of 3 rankings37
Seven Samuraion 1 of 3 rankings38
Synecdoche, New Yorkon 1 of 3 rankings39
It's a Wonderful Lifeon 1 of 3 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 3 independent rankings, recounted 16 October 2026, the best Drama film is Citizen Kane, followed by In the Mood for Love and Mulholland Dr..
How this is counted
This chart counts 3 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of films and TV from that source with the most titles whose genre is Drama, cut down to those titles, in the order that source listed them. A title's place is its average position across all sources counted: a title someone left off their ranking counts as tied with their last place (here, that source ranked titles of this kind and left this one out). A small pull toward the middle keeps one enthusiastic list from crowning a #1. Every title in the computed chart has a numbered position, with its source count shown beside it. It is recounted whenever a ranking is published, changed or removed, last on 16 October 2026. Member rankings and attributed external lists use the same calculation. Multiple lists from one member or external author count once; linked slices add no extra vote. Frozen links, private or unlisted lists and unmatched titles are never counted. The full method.