Drama Movies · 2020s So Far
Best Drama Movies of the 2020s So Far, Ranked by IQ Score
Half-decade into the 2020s, the dramas that already define the decade. Ranked by IQ Score.
The 2020s in drama cinema is the decade auteur-prestige work continued reaching American audiences at scale. Oppenheimer (2023) won Best Picture. The Power of the Dog (2021) won Best Director (Campion). Nomadland (2020) won Best Picture. Drive My Car (2021) won Best International Feature.
Anchor picks: Oppenheimer sits at the top of the catalog. The Power of the Dog is the canonical revisionist-Western entry. Drive My Car is the canonical contemplative-drama. Past Lives (2023) is the canonical first-generation-immigrant entry. The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) is the canonical Irish-friendship-tragedy.
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