Best Drama Films on HBO Max

The best drama films in the HBO Max catalogue, ranked by Pulse Score. With HBO's prestige production tradition and the Warner studio archive, HBO Max holds one of the richest drama catalogues around. From classics to contemporary masterpieces, the platform's strongest dramas are here.

★ 8.5

Your Name.

2016

★ 8.4

Seven Samurai

1954

★ 8.3

Modern Times

1936

★ 8.4

High and Low

1963

★ 8.3

City Lights

1931

★ 8.2

The Seventh Seal

1957

★ 8.2

Bicycle Thieves

1948

★ 8.1

Joker

2019

★ 8.1

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2017

★ 8.3

Ikiru

1952

★ 8.2

Wolf Children

2012

★ 8.1

Casablanca

1943

★ 8.1

Persona

1966

★ 8.1

The Kid

1921

★ 8.1

Paris, Texas

1984

★ 8.1

8½

1963

★ 8.1

Stalker

1979

★ 8.1

In the Mood for Love

2000

★ 8.1

M

1931

★ 8.0

Hidden Figures

2016

★ 8.0

Room

2015

★ 8.2

Tokyo Story

1953

★ 8.1

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

2013

★ 8.1

Wild Strawberries

1957

★ 8.1

Yojimbo

1961

★ 8.0

Love, Simon

2018

★ 8.0

The 400 Blows

1959

★ 8.0

Chungking Express

1994

★ 8.0

Weathering with You

2019

★ 8.0

Rashomon

1950

★ 8.0

The Gold Rush

1925

★ 7.9

The Greatest Showman

2017

★ 7.9

Fargo

1996

★ 8.0

The Wages of Fear

1953

★ 8.0

The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928

★ 8.0

Rome, Open City

1945

★ 7.9

Gone with the Wind

1939

★ 7.9

Whisper of the Heart

1995

★ 7.9

When Marnie Was There

2014

★ 7.9

Three Colors: Red

1994

★ 7.9

The Boy and the Beast

2015

★ 7.8

The Dark Knight Rises

2012

★ 7.8

Logan

2017

★ 8.1

Red Beard

1965

★ 8.1

Scenes from a Marriage

1974

★ 8.0

Autumn Sonata

1978

★ 8.0

The Hidden Fortress

1958

★ 8.0

Ugetsu

1953

Availability reflects our last catalogue update and may change. For the latest, see the "Where to Watch" section on each film page.