Best Classic Drama Movies & Films Genre

Top 21 must-see best classic drama movies from classic drama movies, including ranked and rated by score.


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Classic Drama Movies List

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1). Faust (1926) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 8.6/10 | IMDB Rating: 8.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 17,670 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.1/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist. During a plague, Faust despairs and burns his books after failing to stop death; Satan sends Mephisto to tempt Faust, first with insight into treating the plague and then with a day's return to youth. Mephisto is clever,...

Director: F.W. Murnau
Stars: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, William Dieterle


2). Freaks (1932) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 8.28/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 53,119 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.5/10 | Metascore: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
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Plot / Synopsis: A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance. Tagline: Can a full grown woman truly love a MIDGET ?...

Director: Tod Browning
Stars: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor


3). The Masque of the Red Death (1964) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.3/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 17,389 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3/10 | Metascore: 7.7/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.Tagline: LOOK INTO THIS FACE - SHUDDER... at the blood-stained dance of the Red Death! TREMBLE... to the hideous tortures of the catacombs of Kali! GASP... at the sacrifice of the innocent virgin to the vengeance of...

Director: Roger Corman
Stars: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston, Nigel Green


4). The Gorgon (1964) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 7,382 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: In the early 20th century, a Gorgon takes human form and terrorizes a small European village by turning its citizens to stone. Tagline: A Monster With the Power to Turn Living Screaming Flesh Into Stone!...

Director: Terence Fisher
Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco, Barbara Shelley, Michael Goodliffe


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