Drama Movie Poll!

DELIVERANCE !!!!!!!

dw

Definitely any of them except Heat. Cuckoo....

MizD (SueSnellLives!)

Heat? Really? So many other great choices here, but maybe it has something to do with the lack of reactions on YouTube of Heat.

Elliot G.

A Beautiful Mind is a great drama and a true story...worth checking out

CoffeeloverJoel

A really underrated film that really hasn’t been reacted to is End of Watch. Really well done movie, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena do amazing jobs

Nolan schwab

Hello and Greetings from Germany !! A good Suggestion for Drama is As Good As it Gets !! Great Oscar Winning Performance from Jack Nicholson ... Also a Very Good One is " Kramer vs Kramer" Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Street are Brilliant in this Movie

Florian Meier

I feel like they should also do polls by the decade. Mixing decades like this means that newer movies will almost always win.

Chris

Taxi Driver is dead last, once again :( It will NEVER win a poll with this crowd... but I implore you... please choose it on your own! Joker (2019) was just Taxi Driver modded with DC skins and a diluted storyline :|

Uncle 'Traveling' Matt

Another suggestion for the polls would be Man On Fire (2004).

Uncle 'Traveling' Matt

Ha, if Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart aren’t flashy stars, no one is!

Catherine LW

Only the Brave starring Josh Brolin and Miles Teller.

Mark M

For drama/thriller, I would definitely recommend Insomnia (2002). It's a Christopher Nolan film and it is quite chilling.

Scott Kerr

Me too. It was like watching a real person, not a movie.

PIG

“There Will Be Blood” contains one of the greatest, IMO, lead performances of any movie, ever. I didn’t find the overall story compelling enough for multiple viewings, but Daniel Day Lewis knocked it out of the park. Hell, he knocked it out of the county.

Warren H

Suggestion: There Will Be Blood (2007) Jagten (2012)

PIG

Some drama selections for the future?: The Count of Monte Christo (2001) Lawless The Place Beyond the Pines 😀✌️

You could totally repurpose 3 of those on a “crime” poll: Heat, LA Confidential, & Rear Window. 🤷🏻‍♀️ BTW, if any of y’all have seen Rear Window, check out Home Movies Season 4 Episode 11.

Damiana_Dimock

It's neither here nor there, but I found Heat to be very dull.

Chris

As well as Spike Lee's Malcolm X - with another stunning performance from Denzel Washington.

Neal Romanek

Please consider Do the Right Thing (1989) for future polls.

Uncle 'Traveling' Matt

Definitely a case of an embarrassment of riches here. I hope you'll be able to get to all of them. I'm - predictably - going old skoolz and voting for Rear Window.

Neal Romanek

Try again, Tic Toc Melody. "The Untouchables" is about Federal Agents TAKING DOWN AL Capone. "Key Largo" is about ordinary people struggling AGAINST the crime lord. In neither case were the gangsters lionized, romanticized, or made more likeable, in an attempt to "understand" them better. Honestly, if you haven't seen the films, or can't comprehend the difference between those two films and, say, The Godfather", "Gooodfellas", or a myriad of other gangster as protagonist film, then I can't help you.

Miles E Coburn

Which you keep repeating, ad nauseam—almost like you think you can make it true. 😁 c’mon now, take the bait…in all seriousness, though, Rear Window is incredibly good, though (for me) I always thought “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” to be a fairly anemic translation of the book. Full of great performers but just seemed watered down to me.

Warren H

You should be surprised either of those movies are in the running: they're the weakest , most formulaic movies on the list, by far.

Toc

You don't understand "American public's fascination with gangster-type films" and then you suggest "The Untouchables" (which is really not very good), and "Key Largo".? PS: I guess you missed British gangster films like "Mona Lisa", "The Long Good Friday", "Get Carter", "In Bruges", "Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels", ad infiniutm....

Tic Toc Melody

As opposed to the other movies? LA Confidential (and Heat) are the weakest movies on this list, by far. ("Rear Window", on the other hand, is definitely the greatest, but with "Cuckoo's Nest" and "Taxi Driver" not too far behind. The others are way more formulaic compared to those three.) (They're all worthy of doing, though.)

Tic Toc Melody

Insanity. LA Confidential any day of the week.

Jen Barnes

Heat gets a lot of buzz because DeNiro/Pacino together at last. That in itself kinda blows people back on their heels. The thing is, neither is particularly good in it. Pacino is overacting through much of it. "I'm ACTING here!" DeNiro plays "Generic DeNiro Crime Character." Almost nobody else in it does much better. (To be fair to all the actors, they don't get any help from the script.) Kilmer comes out alright. Judd has some nice moments. Amy Brenneman is fine. Overall, Heat is an okay movie. It doesn't suck, but it isn't a standout, either. For me.

barn ninny

I know, right? I'm stumped, I don't get it.

Mike LL

Heat is beating LA Confidential? Seriously? 😄

Warren H

Can you add Trainspotting (1996) to your poll/list. An iconic 90’s movie.

Lee

Never got the American public's fascination with gangster-type films. I chose "Rear Window" (can't go wrong with Hitchcock). But there are a lot to choose from (i.e. "Key Largo" (1948), "Casablanca" (1942), "The Untouchables" (1987), "Fail Safe" (1964), etc.).

Miles E Coburn

It would be a "crime" if you didn't eventually watch both LA Confidential and Rear Window. I know Heat has all the flashy stars, but watch both L.A. C and RW and watch the constellations come out.

Mike LL

Me too, hopefully they’ll get to it sooner or later because it’s su good.

For the love of God and all that is pure please do Rear Window, you’ll be amazed at how much the mystery of the story will get to you.

I noticed you have a lot Scorsese movies on the channel, cant miss Taxi Driver ;)

David Hron

Uhh...THE BLUES BROTHERS is definitely not a drama, haha.

Patrick Flanagan

Definitely a comedy

Jason Dolan

The Blues Brothers. Although I'm not great at classifying movies so not sure if it is considered a drama or not. I grew up watching the Blues Brothers over and over, but haven't watched it in a few years.

Forrest

I like "Stand By Me" for its aching nostalgia and realism. The others seem more like hyper reality. Like many stories crammed into one story to make a single narrative. Kinda like when someone tells you a crazy real life story and then someone else tries to one up that with on of their own and so on. Then a screen writer is like, " let's put all of that in a single screenplay." Each of the others have that vibe imo.

Christian Rennie

HEAT!!!!

matthew

My personal watch preference is: LA Confidential Heat Rear Window Taxi Driver One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Stand By Me But don't get me wrong, these are ALL masterpieces

Jason Dolan

LA Confidential (1997). Heat isn't a drama.

Tyrone Tyrone

Just when I thought LA Confidential was going to win... you added HEAT to the poll, lol

Jason Dolan

This is a tough one. I'm gonna go for the Heat, but I'm pretty sure you're going to watch all of those eventually. Great stuff!

David Lengyel

Would love to suggest Good Will Hunting, Sicario, and The Usual Suspects. These are some of my absolute favorites. Highly recommend.

justDRK

Tough poll, all great films in their own way.

justDRK

Rear Window is the best out of all of them but it won’t win. 😩

Catherine LW

Man it's tough when you like all the choices, I'm liking that Heat is winning because you have to see that movie, but I also say the same thing about Stand By Me and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Joe D. MacGuffinstuff

More great choices!

Smooticus

Every entry is an essential flick. No losers here.

Mitchell Smilie

The Accused- Powerful drama starring Jodie Foster who I believe Won an Oscar for this role. Love to have you add this one the future polls.

Jeff

The Fugitive - This is another great drama/action movie and if you haven’t seen it love to have you add it to future polls. Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones star

Jeff

Cuckoos Nest because it is a good story.

Faron Henderson

International law dictates: "Heat" overrides any poll. I'm pretty sure that's right.

Mr. Writhms

Heat and Stand By Me you have to see regardless.

Rudy Hernandez

"Cuckoo's Nest" and "Taxi Driver" will always cancel each other out. One is Nicholson, one is De Niro, both are two of their most iconic performances. And "Rear Window" too! I'd vote for any of those three. Those three are movies every film buff has to get under their belt! "Stand By Me" is very good as well, and the other two are good. A good poll! But "Cuckoo's Nest" (which I voted for), "Taxi Driver" and definitely "Rear Window" are in the upper echelon of all-time classics!

Tic Toc Melody

L.A. Confidential!

David Martin

“Choose one”?! 😂 Gotta be Taxi Driver then.

Nick of Time