Best Drama Movies on Criterion Channel in Canada

1. 1
   Harakiri 1962

   Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   8.3

   8.5 · 1.3K votes
2. 2
   Modern Times 1936

   Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on Crave, Criterion Channel
   8.2

   8.3 · 4.2K votes
3. 3
   Ikiru 1952

   Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   8.2

   8.3 · 1.4K votes
4. 4
   Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion 1997

   Directed by Hideaki Anno · Streaming on Netflix, Criterion Channel
   8.2

   8.3 · 2K votes
5. 5
   La Haine 1995

   Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   8.1

   8.1 · 4.8K votes
6. 6
   Il Sorpasso 1962

   Directed by Dino Risi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   8.0

   8.2 · 875 votes
7. 7
   We All Loved Each Other So Much 1974

   Directed by Ettore Scola · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   8.0

   8.3 · 672 votes
8. 8
   M 1931

   Directed by Fritz Lang · Streaming on JustWatch TV Free, Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
   8.0

   8.1 · 2.6K votes
9. 9
   Wild Strawberries 1957

   Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   8.0

   8.1 · 1.9K votes
10. 10
    Le Trou 1960

    Directed by Jacques Becker · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    8.0

    8.2 · 607 votes
11. 11
    Woman in the Dunes 1964

    Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.9

    8.2 · 554 votes
12. 12
    The Gold Rush 1925

    Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Tubi TV
    7.9

    8.0 · 1.9K votes
13. 13
    Rome, Open City 1945

    Directed by Roberto Rossellini · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Artiflix
    7.9

    8.0 · 1K votes
14. 14
    Red Beard 1965

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.8

    8.2 · 433 votes
15. 15
    The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer 1961

    Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.8

    8.4 · 233 votes
16. 16
    Rocco and His Brothers 1960

    Directed by Luchino Visconti · Streaming on Hoopla, Criterion Channel
    7.8

    8.0 · 689 votes
17. 17
    Three Colors: Red 1994

    Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.8

    7.9 · 1.6K votes
18. 18
    Throne of Blood 1957

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.8

    7.9 · 1K votes
19. 19
    Autumn Sonata 1978

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.8

    8.0 · 740 votes
20. 20
    The Circus 1928

    Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on JustWatch TV Free, Criterion Channel, FlixFling
    7.7

    7.9 · 924 votes
21. 21
    Sanjuro 1962

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.7

    7.9 · 761 votes
22. 22
    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959

    Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.7

    8.2 · 306 votes
23. 23
    La Notte 1961

    Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni · Streaming on Criterion Channel, AMC+
    7.7

    7.9 · 764 votes
24. 24
    A Man Escaped 1956

    Directed by Robert Bresson · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.7

    8.0 · 643 votes
25. 25
    Infernal Affairs 2002

    Directed by Alan Mak Siu-fai · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.7

    7.8 · 2K votes
26. 26
    The Exterminating Angel 1962

    Directed by Luis Buñuel · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Cultpix
    7.7

    7.9 · 777 votes
27. 27
    Scenes from a Marriage 1974

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.7

    8.1 · 414 votes
28. 28
    Samurai Rebellion 1967

    Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.7

    8.2 · 282 votes
29. 29
    Umberto D. 1952

    Directed by Vittorio De Sica · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.7

    7.9 · 770 votes
30. 30
    Dersu Uzala 1975

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.7

    7.9 · 663 votes
31. 31
    Cries and Whispers 1972

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.7

    7.9 · 809 votes
32. 32
    The World of Apu 1959

    Directed by Satyajit Ray · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.7

    8.1 · 298 votes
33. 33
    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity 1959

    Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.7

    8.2 · 242 votes
34. 34
    Ivan's Childhood 1962

    Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex
    7.7

    7.8 · 875 votes
35. 35
    The Virgin Spring 1960

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.7

    7.8 · 696 votes
36. 36
    The Cranes Are Flying 1957

    Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Artiflix
    7.6

    7.9 · 483 votes
37. 37
    Where Is The Friend's House? 1987

    Directed by Abbas Kiarostami · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.6

    7.9 · 460 votes
38. 38
    Ordet 1955

    Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.6

    7.9 · 434 votes
39. 39
    Winter Light 1963

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.6

    7.9 · 529 votes
40. 40
    Z 1969

    Directed by Costa-Gavras · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.6

    7.8 · 661 votes
41. 41
    Mamma Roma 1962

    Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.6

    7.9 · 447 votes
42. 42
    Boogie Nights 1997

    Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · Streaming on Crave, Criterion Channel, Starz
    7.6

    7.6 · 3.7K votes
43. 43
    Pather Panchali 1955

    Directed by Satyajit Ray · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex
    7.6

    7.8 · 517 votes
44. 44
    Through a Glass Darkly 1961

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.6

    7.8 · 558 votes
45. 45
    Three Colors: Blue 1993

    Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.6

    7.6 · 2K votes
46. 46
    Taste of Cherry 1997

    Directed by Abbas Kiarostami · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.5

    7.7 · 745 votes
47. 47
    The Garden of Words 2013

    Directed by Makoto Shinkai · Streaming on Criterion Channel, HiDive
    7.5

    7.6 · 2.3K votes
48. 48
    The Last Emperor 1987

    Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.5

    7.6 · 2K votes
49. 49
    Day of Wrath 1943

    Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex
    7.5

    8.0 · 260 votes
50. 50
    The Young Girls of Rochefort 1967

    Directed by Jacques Demy · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.5

    7.7 · 682 votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes. Streaming data by JustWatch.

1. 1
   Humanity and Paper Balloons 1937

   Directed by Sadao Yamanaka · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Fandor, Plex
   6.7

   7.8 · 55 votes
2. 2
   Two in the Shadow 1967

   Directed by Mikio Naruse · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.7

   7.8 · 49 votes
3. 3
   The Stranger 1991

   Directed by Satyajit Ray · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.7

   7.6 · 64 votes
4. 4
   Jacquot 1991

   Directed by Agnès Varda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.7

   7.4 · 66 votes
5. 5
   Repast 1951

   Directed by Mikio Naruse · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.6

   7.6 · 48 votes
6. 6
   Mahjong 1996

   Directed by Edward Yang · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.6

   7.5 · 51 votes
7. 7
   An Autumn's Tale 1987

   Directed by Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting · Streaming on Criterion Channel, WeTV
   6.6

   7.4 · 60 votes
8. 8
   Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven 1975

   Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.5

   7.7 · 35 votes
9. 9
   A Confucian Confusion 1994

   Directed by Edward Yang · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.6

   7.5 · 45 votes
10. 10
    The Mirror 1997

    Directed by Jafar Panahi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.6

    7.3 · 63 votes