The best drama of every year
The highest-scoring drama from each year, scored 0–100 on IMDb ratings, critics, major awards and box office against every film from the same year. Pick a year for its full list of dramas.
- 2026: The Invite Score 86.2 · 106 dramas
- 2025: Marty Supreme Score 80.2 · 230 dramas
- 2024: Anora Score 92.4 · 275 dramas
- 2023: Oppenheimer Score 97.2 · 340 dramas
- 2022: Top Gun: Maverick Score 81.6 · 346 dramas
- 2021: Dune Score 92.8 · 308 dramas
- 2020: Nomadland Score 93.0 · 290 dramas
- 2019: Parasite Score 97.7 · 381 dramas
- 2018: The Favourite Score 86.2 · 390 dramas
- 2017: The Shape of Water Score 92.7 · 363 dramas
- 2016: La La Land Score 96.7 · 366 dramas
- 2015: The Revenant Score 85.7 · 340 dramas
- 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel Score 93.4 · 347 dramas
- 2013: Gravity Score 97.8 · 329 dramas
- 2012: Life of Pi Score 93.9 · 286 dramas
- 2011: Hugo Score 93.3 · 285 dramas
- 2010: The King's Speech Score 96.2 · 281 dramas
- 2009: Inglourious Basterds Score 85.9 · 253 dramas
- 2008: Slumdog Millionaire Score 95.4 · 276 dramas
- 2007: No Country for Old Men Score 96.0 · 267 dramas
- 2006: The Departed Score 95.5 · 256 dramas
- 2005: Brokeback Mountain Score 94.0 · 238 dramas
- 2004: The Aviator Score 90.2 · 225 dramas
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Score 98.2 · 171 dramas
- 2002: The Pianist Score 88.9 · 194 dramas
- 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Score 97.4 · 174 dramas
- 2000: Gladiator Score 92.0 · 163 dramas
- 1999: American Beauty Score 94.5 · 160 dramas
- 1998: Saving Private Ryan Score 93.1 · 139 dramas
- 1997: Titanic Score 94.0 · 143 dramas
- 1996: The English Patient Score 93.1 · 144 dramas
- 1995: Braveheart Score 89.6 · 141 dramas
- 1994: Forrest Gump Score 93.3 · 125 dramas
- 1993: Schindler's List Score 98.6 · 119 dramas
- 1992: Unforgiven Score 95.3 · 105 dramas
- 1991: The Silence of the Lambs Score 96.6 · 106 dramas
- 1990: Dances with Wolves Score 93.2 · 91 dramas
- 1989: Driving Miss Daisy Score 89.9 · 80 dramas
- 1988: Rain Man Score 92.3 · 87 dramas
- 1987: The Last Emperor Score 88.3 · 81 dramas
- 1986: Platoon Score 96.3 · 73 dramas
- 1985: Out of Africa Score 85.2 · 61 dramas
- 1984: Amadeus Score 95.5 · 59 dramas
- 1983: Terms of Endearment Score 89.7 · 61 dramas
- 1982: Gandhi Score 92.5 · 48 dramas
- 1981: On Golden Pond Score 87.7 · 48 dramas
- 1980: Ordinary People Score 91.0 · 53 dramas
- 1979: Apocalypse Now Score 92.2 · 50 dramas
- 1978: The Deer Hunter Score 92.1 · 42 dramas
- 1977: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Score 84.6 · 44 dramas
- 1976: All the President's Men Score 92.5 · 49 dramas
- 1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Score 95.5 · 48 dramas
- 1974: The Godfather Part II Score 96.5 · 51 dramas
- 1973: The Sting Score 95.9 · 55 dramas
- 1972: The Godfather Score 90.9 · 55 dramas
- 1971: The French Connection Score 94.3 · 55 dramas
- 1970: Patton Score 94.6 · 54 dramas
- 1969: Midnight Cowboy Score 88.4 · 44 dramas
- 1968: Oliver! Score 83.0 · 34 dramas
- 1967: In the Heat of the Night Score 86.9 · 44 dramas
- 1966: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Score 93.1 · 42 dramas
- 1965: The Sound of Music Score 91.4 · 43 dramas
- 1964: My Fair Lady Score 95.0 · 42 dramas
- 1963: 8½ Score 71.3 · 33 dramas
- 1962: Lawrence of Arabia Score 96.7 · 43 dramas
- 1961: West Side Story Score 91.8 · 40 dramas
- 1960: The Apartment Score 95.6 · 46 dramas
- 1959: Ben-Hur Score 95.4 · 31 dramas
- 1958: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Score 78.0 · 40 dramas
- 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai Score 95.7 · 37 dramas
- 1956: The King and I Score 83.5 · 37 dramas
- 1955: Marty Score 79.6 · 38 dramas
- 1954: On the Waterfront Score 87.6 · 36 dramas
- 1953: From Here to Eternity Score 89.7 · 31 dramas
- 1952: High Noon Score 90.6 · 28 dramas
- 1951: A Streetcar Named Desire Score 90.0 · 32 dramas
- 1950: All About Eve Score 95.7 · 31 dramas
- 1949: The Heiress Score 82.1 · 28 dramas
- 1948: The Red Shoes Score 89.9 · 35 dramas
- 1947: Miracle on 34th Street Score 84.0 · 25 dramas
- 1946: The Best Years of Our Lives Score 95.4 · 30 dramas
- 1945: The Lost Weekend Score 92.8 · 22 dramas
- 1944: Meet Me in St. Louis Score 72.3 · 21 dramas
- 1943: The Song of Bernadette Score 75.9 · 23 dramas
- 1942: Mrs. Miniver Score 89.2 · 21 dramas
- 1941: Citizen Kane Score 91.4 · 20 dramas
- 1940: Rebecca Score 80.4 · 19 dramas
- 1939: Gone with the Wind Score 98.0 · 25 dramas
- 1938: You Can't Take It with You Score 94.7 · 10 dramas
- 1937: The Good Earth Score 71.1 · 17 dramas
- 1936: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Score 71.2 · 13 dramas
- 1935: Mutiny on the Bounty Score 78.7 · 7 dramas
- 1934: L'Atalante Score 61.0 · 8 dramas
- 1933: Gold Diggers of 1933 Score 70.5 · 11 dramas
- 1932: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Score 73.5 · 12 dramas
- 1931: City Lights Score 77.4 · 11 dramas
- 1930: All Quiet on the Western Front Score 88.3 · 8 dramas
- 1929: The Broadway Melody Score 56.2 · 4 dramas
- 1928: The Cameraman Score 74.0 · 10 dramas
- 1927: Sunrise Score 85.6 · 9 dramas
- 1926: Faust Score 84.1 · 3 dramas
- 1925: The Gold Rush Score 88.2 · 5 dramas
- 1924: Die Nibelungen: Siegfried Score 72.4 · 4 dramas
- 1923: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Score 56.1 · 2 dramas
- 1921: The Kid Score 100.0 · 4 dramas
- 1920: Way Down East Score 86.0 · 2 dramas
- 1919: Broken Blossoms Score 98.1 · 1 drama
- 1916: Intolerance Score 99.4 · 1 drama
- 1915: The Birth of a Nation Score 59.1 · 1 drama