Best Drama Movies on HBO Max in the US

1. 1
   Your Name. 2016

   Directed by Makoto Shinkai · Streaming on HBO Max
   8.5

   8.5 · 13K votes
2. 2
   Seven Samurai 1954

   Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
   8.4

   8.5 · 4.4K votes
3. 3
   Modern Times 1936

   Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Kanopy
   8.2

   8.3 · 4.2K votes
4. 4
   High and Low 1963

   Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, YouTube Free
   8.2

   8.4 · 1.2K votes
5. 5
   Ikiru 1952

   Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Criterion Channel
   8.2

   8.3 · 1.4K votes
6. 6
   City Lights 1931

   Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Hoopla
   8.2

   8.2 · 2.6K votes
7. 7
   Wolf Children 2012

   Directed by Mamoru Hosoda · Streaming on HBO Max
   8.2

   8.2 · 2.6K votes
8. 8
   The Departed 2006

   Directed by Martin Scorsese · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV
   8.1

   8.2 · 17K votes
9. 9
   The Usual Suspects 1995

   Directed by Bryan Singer · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
   8.1

   8.2 · 12K votes
10. 10
    Casablanca 1943

    Directed by Michael Curtiz · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.1

    8.1 · 6.3K votes
11. 11
    Joker 2019

    Directed by Todd Phillips · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.1

    8.1 · 29K votes
12. 12
    Full Metal Jacket 1987

    Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Streaming on HBO Max, MGM Plus, Cinemax
    8.1

    8.1 · 12K votes
13. 13
    Bicycle Thieves 1948

    Directed by Vittorio De Sica · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Kanopy
    8.1

    8.2 · 2.8K votes
14. 14
    The Seventh Seal 1957

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, YouTube Free
    8.1

    8.1 · 3.5K votes
15. 15
    Tokyo Story 1953

    Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Plex
    8.1

    8.2 · 1.3K votes
16. 16
    The Kid 1921

    Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on JustWatch TV Free, fuboTV, HBO Max
    8.1

    8.1 · 2.5K votes
17. 17
    In the Mood for Love 2000

    Directed by Wong Kar-wai · Streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV
    8.0

    8.1 · 3.4K votes
18. 18
    Hidden Figures 2016

    Directed by Theodore Melfi · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    8.0

    8.1 · 11K votes
19. 19
    Stalker 1979

    Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.0

    8.1 · 2.6K votes
20. 20
    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017

    Directed by Martin McDonagh · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    8.0

    8.1 · 11K votes
21. 21
    Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019

    Directed by Céline Sciamma · Streaming on Kanopy, HBO Max
    8.0

    8.1 · 3.1K votes
22. 22
    Persona 1966

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on HBO Max, Darkroom, Artiflix
    8.0

    8.1 · 2.5K votes
23. 23
    8½ 1963

    Directed by Federico Fellini · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
    8.0

    8.1 · 2.6K votes
24. 24
    The Tale of The Princess Kaguya 2013

    Directed by Isao Takahata · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.0

    8.1 · 2.1K votes
25. 25
    Paris, Texas 1984

    Directed by Wim Wenders · Streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
    8.0

    8.1 · 2.4K votes
26. 26
    M 1931

    Directed by Fritz Lang · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Criterion Channel
    8.0

    8.1 · 2.6K votes
27. 27
    Wild Strawberries 1957

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Criterion Channel
    8.0

    8.1 · 1.9K votes
28. 28
    Yojimbo 1961

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.0

    8.1 · 1.8K votes
29. 29
    Room 2015

    Directed by Lenny Abrahamson · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    8.0

    8.0 · 9.9K votes
30. 30
    Rashomon 1950

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, YouTube Free
    8.0

    8.0 · 2.6K votes
31. 31
    The 400 Blows 1959

    Directed by François Truffaut · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
    7.9

    8.0 · 2.4K votes
32. 32
    Chungking Express 1994

    Directed by Wong Kar-wai · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.9

    8.0 · 2.3K votes
33. 33
    Love, Simon 2018

    Directed by Greg Berlanti · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    7.9

    8.0 · 6.4K votes
34. 34
    Weathering with You 2019

    Directed by Makoto Shinkai · Streaming on HBO Max, Hoopla
    7.9

    8.0 · 2.7K votes
35. 35
    The Gold Rush 1925

    Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, The Roku Channel
    7.9

    8.0 · 1.9K votes
36. 36
    Whisper of the Heart 1995

    Directed by Yoshifumi Kondo · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.9

    7.9 · 2.4K votes
37. 37
    The Wages of Fear 1953

    Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Tubi TV
    7.9

    8.0 · 1.1K votes
38. 38
    Gone with the Wind 1939

    Directed by Victor Fleming · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV, FlixHouse
    7.9

    7.9 · 4.5K votes
39. 39
    Rome, Open City 1945

    Directed by Roberto Rossellini · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Darkroom
    7.9

    8.0 · 1K votes
40. 40
    When Marnie Was There 2014

    Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.8

    7.9 · 2K votes
41. 41
    Sing Street 2016

    Directed by John Carney · Streaming on HBO Max, Starz
    7.8

    7.9 · 2.5K votes
42. 42
    The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928

    Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer · Streaming on JustWatch TV Free, HBO Max, The Roku Channel
    7.8

    8.0 · 1.1K votes
43. 43
    The Greatest Showman 2017

    Directed by Michael Gracey · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    7.8

    7.9 · 10K votes
44. 44
    Red Beard 1965

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Criterion Channel
    7.8

    8.2 · 433 votes
45. 45
    The Boy and the Beast 2015

    Directed by Mamoru Hosoda · Streaming on HBO Max, Crunchyroll
    7.8

    7.9 · 1.7K votes
46. 46
    The Red Shoes 1948

    Directed by Michael Powell · Streaming on HBO Max, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV
    7.8

    8.0 · 785 votes
47. 47
    Three Colors: Red 1994

    Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, TCM
    7.8

    7.9 · 1.6K votes
48. 48
    The Hidden Fortress 1958

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, YouTube Free
    7.8

    8.0 · 750 votes
49. 49
    Ugetsu 1953

    Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Plex
    7.8

    8.0 · 676 votes
50. 50
    Amarcord 1973

    Directed by Federico Fellini · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV
    7.8

    7.9 · 1.3K 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
   Early Summer 1951

   Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.4

   7.9 · 219 votes
2. 2
   Opening Night 1977

   Directed by John Cassavetes · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Mometu
   7.2

   7.6 · 271 votes
3. 3
   Oliver Twist 1948

   Directed by David Lean · Streaming on fuboTV, HBO Max, The Roku Channel
   7.2

   7.6 · 268 votes
4. 4
   The Earrings of Madame de... 1953

   Directed by Max Ophüls · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Tubi TV
   7.1

   7.5 · 266 votes
5. 5
   Tokyo Twilight 1957

   Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Plex
   7.2

   7.7 · 161 votes
6. 6
   Pandora's Box 1929

   Directed by G.W. Pabst · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Criterion Channel
   7.1

   7.4 · 274 votes
7. 7
   Watchmen: Chapter I 2024

   Directed by Brandon Vietti · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.1

   7.4 · 259 votes
8. 8
   Floating Weeds 1959

   Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Plex
   7.1

   7.5 · 209 votes
9. 9
   Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance 1972

   Directed by Kenji Misumi · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
   7.1

   7.4 · 257 votes
10. 10
    The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant 1972

    Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.0

    7.4 · 246 votes