Best Dramas by Director

Velikiy voin Albanii Skanderbeg

Director

Starring

Genre

Country

Language

2653

2221

Golden Mountains

1931

Sergei Yutkevich

Yuri Korvin-Krukovsky, V. Fedoseyev, Nikolai Michurin

Drama

Soviet Union

Russian

2689

2250

1953

Sergei Yutkevich

Akaki Khorava, Besa Imami, Adivie Alibali, Semyon Sokolovsky

Drama

Albania / Soviet Union

Albanian

2716

2277

I'm an Elephant, Madame

1969

Peter Zadek

Heinz Baumann, Wolfgang Schneider, Guido Baumann, Margot Trooger

Drama / Comedy

West Germany

German

2715

2276

Hustle

2022

Jeremiah Zagar

Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Juancho Hernangomez, Ben Foster, Kenny Smith

Comedy / Drama / Sports

USA

English

2742

2298

Task (TV Series 2025)

2025

Jeremiah Zagar, Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel, Thuso Mbedu

Crime / Drama

USA

English

2744

2300

We the Animals

2018

Jeremiah Zagar

Sheila Vand, Raúl Castillo, Evan Rosado, Josiah Gabriel, Isaiah Kristian

Drama

USA

English

2731

2289

Bone Tomahawk

2015

S. Craig Zahler

Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, Lili Simmons

Adventure / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Western

USA

English

2368

1965

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993

Steven Zaillian

Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne

Drama

USA

English

2398

1995

A Civil Action

1998

Steven Zaillian

John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, Zeljko Ivanek

Drama

USA

English

2324

1924

Marvin's Room

1996

Jerry Zaks

Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Hume Cronyn

Drama / Comedy

USA

English

Rating

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

Director

Starring

Genre

Country

Language

2768

2318

Padre Nuestro

2007

Christopher Zalla

Jesús Ochoa, Armando Hernández, Jorge Adrián Espíndola

Drama / Thriller

USA

English

2426

2022

To Live in Peace

1947

Luigi Zampa

Aldo Fabrizi, Gar Moore, Mirella Monti, John Kitzmiller

Drama / War / Comedy

Italy

Italian

2708

2269

L'Onorevole Angelina

1947

Luigi Zampa

Anna Magnani, Nando Bruno, Ave Ninchi, Ernesto Almirante

Drama

Italy

Italian

2708

2269

A domani

1999

Gianni Zanasi

Stefania Rivi, Andrea Corneti, Wilson Saba, Paolo Sassanelli

Comedy / Drama

Italy

Italian

2105

1731

Land of Mine

2015

Martin Zandvliet

Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

Drama / History / War

Denmark / Germany

Danish

2017

1656

A Year of the Quiet Sun

1984

Krzysztof Zanussi

Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson, Hanna Skarzanka

Romance / Drama / War

Poland / West Germany / USA

Polish

2286

1895

The Contract

1980

Krzysztof Zanussi

Maja Komorowska, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Magda Jaroszowna

Drama / Comedy

Poland

Polish

2551

2132

A Woman's Decision

1975

Krzysztof Zanussi

Maja Komorowska, Piotr Fronczewski, Marek Piwowski

Drama

Poland

Polish

2597

2175

Camouflage

1977

Krzysztof Zanussi

Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Christine Paul-Podlasky, Mariusz Dmochowski

Comedy / Drama

Poland

Polish

2689

2250

Constans

1980

Krzysztof Zanussi

Tadeusz Bradecki, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Cezary Morawski

Drama

Poland

Polish

2696

2257

Imperative

1982

Krzysztof Zanussi

Robert Powell, Brigitte Fossey, Sigfrit Steiner, Matthias Habich, Jan Biczycki

Drama

West Germany

English

2708

2269

Persona non grata

2005

Krzysztof Zanussi

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Nikita Mikhalkov, Jerzy Stuhr, Remo Girone

Drama

Russia / Poland / Italy

Polish

1686

1377

Quo vadis, Aida?

2020

Jasmila Zbanic

Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic, Johan Heldenbergh

Drama / War

Bosnia-Herzegovina / Austria / Romania / Netherlands / Germany / Poland / France / Norway / Turkey

Bosnian

2522

2108

2006

Jasmila Zbanic

Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Mijovic, Leon Lucev, Kenan Catic, Jasna Beri

Drama

Austria / Bosnia-Herzegovina / Germany / Croatia

Serbo-Croatian

674

544

Romeo and Juliet

1968

Franco Zeffirelli

Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey

Drama / Romance / Period Film

UK / Italy

English

1484

1205

La Traviata

1982

Franco Zeffirelli

Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil

Drama / Musical

Italy

Italian

1731

1415

Otello

1986

Franco Zeffirelli

Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli

Drama / Musical

Italy / Netherlands

Italian

1765

1444

The Taming of the Shrew

1967

Franco Zeffirelli

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Italy / USA

English

2465

2057

Hamlet

1990

Franco Zeffirelli

Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm

Drama

USA / UK / France

English

2636

2208

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972

Franco Zeffirelli

Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham, Lee Montague

Drama / Biography / Religion / Period Film

Italy / UK

English

2653

2221

La Bohème

1965

Franco Zeffirelli

Mirella Freni, Adriana Martino, Gianni Raimondi, Rolando Panerai

Musical / Drama

West Germany

Italian

2724

2284

Jane Eyre

1996

Franco Zeffirelli

Anna Paquin, Nic Knight, Nicola Howard, Sasha Graff, Fiona Shaw, John Wood

Drama / Romance / Period Film

France / Italy / UK

English

1120

904

Beasts of the Southern Wild

2012

Benh Zeitlin

Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Jonshel Alexander, Marilyn Barbarin

Drama / Fantasy

USA

English

1108

893

The Father

2020

Florian Zeller

Olivia Colman, Anthony Hopkins, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots

Drama

UK / France

English

2708

2269

The Son

2022

Florian Zeller

Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins

Drama

UK / France

English

2599

2176

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

2014

David Zellner

Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Shirley Venard, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner

Drama

USA

English

2708

2269

Our Ties

2022

Roschdy Zem

Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Meriem Serbah, Maïwenn, Rachid Bouchareb, Abel Jafrei

Drama

France

French

416

328

Forrest Gump

1994

Robert Zemeckis

Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn

Drama / Period Film

USA

English

2177

1796

Flight

2012

Robert Zemeckis

Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood

Drama / Mystery

USA

English

2230

1845

Contact

1997

Robert Zemeckis

Jena Malone, David Morse, Jodie Foster, Geoffrey Blake, William Fichtner

Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery

USA

English

2333

1931

Cast Away

2000

Robert Zemeckis

Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Chris Noth, Nick Searcy, Lari White, Michael Forest

Adventure / Drama

USA

English

2703

2264

A Christmas Carol

2009

Robert Zemeckis

Jim Carrey, Steve Valentine, Daryl Sabara, Sage Ryan, Ryan Ochoa, Bobbi Page

Animation / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Adventure

USA

English

2731

2289

Allied

2016

Robert Zemeckis

Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Vincent Ebrahim, Xavier De Guillebon, Camille Cottin

Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller / War / Mystery

USA / UK

English

2731

2289

The Walk

2015

Robert Zemeckis

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Guillaume Baillargeon, Émilie Leclerc, Mark Trafford

Adventure / Biography / Drama / Thriller

USA

English

2742

2298

Beowulf

2007

Robert Zemeckis

Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson

Animation / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Period Film

USA

English

2708

2269

Nattlek

1966

Mai Zetterling

Ingrid Thulin, Keve Hjelm, Jörgen Lindström, Lena Brundin

Drama

Sweden

Swedish

2789

2337

Loving Couples

1964

Mai Zetterling

Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Gio Petré,

Drama

Sweden

Swedish

2768

2318

Sand Storm

2016

Elite Zexer

Lamis Ammar, Ruba Blal, Hitham Omari, Khadija Al Akel, Jalal Masrwa

Drama

Israel / France

Arabic

2708

2269

Tout un hiver sans feu

2004

Greg Zglinski

Gilles Tschudi, Blerim Gjoci, Marie Matheron, Gabriela Muskala

Drama

Switzerland / Belgium / Poland

French

2370

1967

Shower

1999

Yang Zhang

Wu Jiang, Quanxin Pu, He Zeng, Xu Zhu

Comedy / Drama

China

Mandarin

Raise the Red Lantern

1991

Yimou Zhang

Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Jin Shuyuan

Drama / Period Film

China / Hong Kong / Taiwan

Mandarin

588

467

House of Flying Daggers

2004

Yimou Zhang

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song

Action / Drama / Romance / Period Film

China / Hong Kong

Mandarin

743

603

Red Sorghum

1987

Yimou Zhang

Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Liu Jia, Cunhua Ji

Drama / War / Period Film

China

Mandarin

834

671

The Story of Qiu Ju

1992

Yimou Zhang

Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei

Comedy / Drama

China / Hong Kong

Mandarin

935

753

To Live

1994

Yimou Zhang

You Ge, Li Gong, Ben Niu, Xiao Cong, Deng Fei, Tao Guo, Wu Jiang, Zhang Lu

Drama

Hong Kong / China

Mandarin

967

783

Hero

2002

Yimou Zhang

Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Daoming Chen

Action / Drama / Adventure / Romance / History / Epic

Hong Kong / China

Mandarin

1127

910

Ju Dou

1990

Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang

Li Gong, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi, Ji-an Zheng

Drama / Period Film / Romance

Japan / China

Mandarin

2070

1699

Shanghai Triad

1995

Yimou Zhang

Li Gong, Baotian Li

Drama / Crime / Gangster

Hong Kong / China / France

Mandarin

2509

2096

Not One Less

1999

Yimou Zhang

Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian, Enman Gao, Zhimei Sun

Drama / Comedy

China

Mandarin

2597

2175

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

2005

Yimou Zhang

Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Kiichi Nakai, Jiamin Li, Lin Qiu, Jiang Wen

Drama / Period Film

Hong Kong / China / Japan

Mandarin

2653

2221

Curse of the Golden Flower

2006

Yimou Zhang

Jay Chou, Yun-Fat Chow, Li Gong, Qin Junjie, Man Li, Ye Liu, Dahong Ni

Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film

Hong Kong / China

Mandarin

2702

2263

The Road Home

1999

Yimou Zhang

Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hao Zheng, Yulian Zhao, Bin Li, Guifa Chang, Wencheng Sung

Drama / Romance

China

Mandarin

2710

2271

The Flowers of War

2011

Yimou Zhang

Christian Bale, Paul Schneider, Shigeo Kobayashi, Atsurô Watabe

Drama / History / War

China / Hong Kong

Mandarin

2708

2269

Seventeen Years

1999

Yuan Zhang

Lin Liu, Bingbing Li, Yeding Li, Song Liang, Yun Li

Drama / Crime

Italy / China

Mandarin

464

368

Nomadland

2020

Chloé Zhao

Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Linda May, Angela Reyes

Drama / Adventure

USA / Germany

English

1268

1019

Hamnet

2025

Chloé Zhao

Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Zac Wishart, James Lintern, Joe Alwyn

Biography / Drama / History / Romance

English

2073

1702

The Rider

2017

Chloé Zhao

Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau, Cat Clifford, Terri Dawn Pourier

Drama / Western

USA

English

2636

2208

Domestic Agitator

1920

Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky

G. Budzhalov, A. Solovyov, Nikolai Kostromskoy, Ye. Sokolova, M. Kudelko

Drama

Russia

Russian (Silent)

2789

2337

Crows and Sparrows

1949

Junli Zheng

Dan Zhao, Yinyan Wu, Daolin Sun, Yunzhu Shangguan

Drama

China

Mandarin

2242

1856

Ermo

1994

Xiaowen Zhou

Liya Ai, Peiqi Liu, Zhijun Ge, Haiyan Zhang, Zhenguo Yan, Xiao Yang

Drama / Comedy

Hong Kong / China

Mandarin

2343

1941

Hearts of the West

1975

Howard Zieff

Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Blythe Danner

Western / Comedy / Drama

USA

English

2597

2175

House Calls

1978

Howard Zieff

Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin, Candice Azzara

Comedy / Drama / Romance

USA

English

2636

2208

Private Benjamin

1980

Howard Zieff

Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker

Comedy / Drama

USA

English

2724

2284

My Girl

1991

Howard Zieff

Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky, Richard Masur

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Family

USA

English

2777

2326

Fun

1994

Rafal Zielinski

Renée Humphrey, Alicia Witt, William R. Moses, Leslie Hope, Ania Suli

Drama / Crime

Canada

English

2576

2155

A Late Quartet

2012

Yaron Zilberman

Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Imogen Poots, Catherine Keener

Drama / Music

USA

English

2698

2259

Early Works

1969

Zelimir Zilnik

Milja Vujanovic, Bogdan Tirnanic, Cedomir Radovic, Marko Nikolic

Comedy / Drama

Yugoslavia

Serbo-Croatian

2778

2327

Marble Ass

1995

Zelimir Zilnik

Vjeran Miladinovic, Nenad Rackovic, Milja Milenkovic, Milan Mumin

Comedy / Drama / War

Fed Rep of Yugoslavia

Serbian

247

191

From Here to Eternity

1953

Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra

Drama / Romance / War

USA

English

360

281

A Man for All Seasons

1966

Fred Zinnemann

Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles

Drama / History / Period Film

English

547

437

The Nun's Story

1959

Fred Zinnemann

Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch

Drama / Religion

USA

English

832

669

Julia

1977

Fred Zinnemann

Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards

Drama / Biography

USA

English

858

691

The Men

1950

Fred Zinnemann

Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane, Jack Webb

Drama

USA

English

1081

871

The Sundowners

1960

Fred Zinnemann

Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov

Drama / Adventure

UK / Australia

English

1088

876

The Search

1948

Fred Zinnemann

Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, Jarmila Novotna, Wendell Corey

Drama / War

Switzerland / USA

English

1384

1118

A Hatful of Rain

1957

Fred Zinnemann

Don Murray, Eva Marie Saint, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan

Drama

USA

English

2354

1951

Act of Violence

1948

Fred Zinnemann

Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor, Phyllis Thaxter

Thriller / Film-Noir / Drama / Crime

USA

English

2458

2050

The Member of the Wedding

1952

Fred Zinnemann

Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon De Wilde, Arthur Franz, Nancy Gates

Drama

USA

English

2636

2208

The Seventh Cross

1944

Fred Zinnemann

Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Agnes Moorehead

Drama / War

USA

English

2708

2269

Teresa

1951

Fred Zinnemann

Pier Angeli, John Ericson, Patricia Collinge, Richard Bishop

Drama

USA

English

2708

2269

Other People's Children

2022

Rebecca Zlotowski

Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira-Goncalves

Drama / Comedy

France

French

2781

2330

Compliance

2012

Craig Zobel

Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp, Philip Ettinger, James McCaffrey

Drama / Thriller

USA

English

940

757

The Dreamlife of Angels

1998

Erick Zonca

Élodie Bouchez, Natacha Régnier, Grégoire Colin

Drama

France

French

2336

1934

Julia

2008

Erick Zonca

Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo, Aidan Gould, Jude Ciccolella

Drama / Thriller / Crime

France / USA / Mexico / Belgium

English

1745

1428

Ghost

1990

Jerry Zucker

Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn

Romance / Thriller / Drama / Fantasy

USA

English

First Knight

1995

Jerry Zucker

Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham

Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film

USA

English

2681

2244

Confessions of an Opium Eater

1962

Albert Zugsmith

Vincent Price, Linda Ho, Richard Loo, June Kyoto Lu

Drama / Action / Adventure

USA

English

2611

2186

Possession

1981

Andrzej Zulawski

Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neil, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent, Johanna Hofer

Drama / Horror / Experimental

France / West Germany

English

2778

2327

On the Silver Globe

1988

Andrzej Zulawski

Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Grazyna Dylag, Waldemar Kownacki, Iwona Bielska

Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Action / Epic

Poland

Polish

2754

2307

Rapture

1979

Iván Zulueta

Eusebio Poncela, Cecilia Roth, Will More, Marta Fernández Muro

Drama / Horror

Spain

Spanish

Rating

Director

Starring

Genre

Country

Language

2127

1751

Girl with a Suitcase

1961

Valerio Zurlini

Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Italy / France

French

2690

2251

Cronaca familiare

1962

Valerio Zurlini

Marcello Mastroianni, Jacques Perrin, Salvo Randone, Sylvie

Drama

France / Italy

French

1820

1491

The Return

2003

Andrei Zvyagintsev

Vladimir Garin, Ivan Dobronravov, Konstantin Lavronenko

Drama

Russia

Russian

728

589

Leviathan

2014

Andrey Zvyagintsev

Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Roman Madyanov

Drama / Documentary

Russia

Russian

1195

967

Loveless

2017

Andrey Zvyagintsev

Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Yanina Hope, Matvey Novikov

Drama

Russia / France

Russian

Elena

2011

Andrey Zvyagintsev

Nadezhda Markina, Andrey Smirnov, Elena Lyadova, Aleksey Rozin, Evgeniya Konushkina

Drama

Russia

Russian

2398

1995

The Karate Kid

2010

Harald Zwart

Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson, Rongguang Yu, Zhensu Wu, Zhiheng Wang

Action / Drama / Family / Sports

USA / China

English

878

708

Glory

1989

Edward Zwick

Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes

Drama / War / Action / History / Epic

USA

English

1479

1201

The Last Samurai

2003

Edward Zwick

Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg

Action / Adventure / Drama / War / Period Film / Epic

USA / New Zealand / Japan

English

2098

1724

Blood Diamond

2006

Edward Zwick

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo

Adventure / Drama / Thriller

USA

English

2104

1730

Courage Under Fire

1996

Edward Zwick

Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty, Matt Damon

Action / Drama / War / Mystery / Detective

USA

English

2422

2018

About Last Night...

1986

Edward Zwick

Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins, George DiCenzo

Comedy / Drama / Romance

USA

English

2487

2077

Defiance

2008

Edward Zwick

Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, George MacKay, Alexa Davalos

Drama / War

USA

English

2663

2228

Legends of the Fall

1994

Edward Zwick

Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, Henry Thomas

Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film

USA

English

2685

2246

Love and Other Drugs

2010

Edward Zwick

Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Josh Gad, Gabriel Macht

Comedy / Romance / Drama

USA

English

2781

2330

The Siege

1998

Edward Zwick

Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila

Action / Thriller / Drama

USA

English

1051

847

Ghost World

2001

Terry Zwigoff

Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro

Comedy / Drama

USA / UK / Germany

English

2731

2289

Art School Confidential

2006

Terry Zwigoff

Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar

Comedy / Drama

USA

English

Rating