Competition Drama Movies

List of the best dramas about contests selected by our site visitors: Little Miss Sunshine, Birdman, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, The King's Speech, Animal Kingdom, Togo, End of Watch, The Butler, Capernaum, Blue Jasmine.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

    A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:59

    A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, China
    Duration02:26

    A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
    Duration01:58

    The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:57

    The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genredrama, adventure, family, biography, history
    CountryUSA

    The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and his lead sled dog, Togo.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

      Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:12

      A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

      Markimdb: 8.4
      Genredrama
      CountryLebanon, USA, France, Cyprus, Qatar, United Kingdom
      Duration02:05

      Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      Jasmine French used to be on the top of the heap as a New York socialite, but now is returning to her estranged sister in San Francisco utterly ruined. As Jasmine struggles with her haunting memories of a privileged past bearing dark realities she ignored, she tries to recover in her present. Unfortunately, it all proves a losing battle as Jasmine's narcissistic hangups and their consequences begin to overwhelm her. In doing so, her old pretensions and new deceits begin to foul up everyone's lives, especially her own.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUSA, Japan
      Duration02:30

      A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

      Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
      CountryUSA

      Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      A family dog—with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind—evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, drama, family, sport
      CountryUSA, China
      Duration02:20

      12-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is a kung fu master. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrecomedy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:11

      Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genredrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA

      A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredrama, military
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration02:11

      While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:35

      After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredrama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, Canada

      Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:09

      A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:30

      A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak and a touch of madness.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:10

      An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets in Chicago.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

        An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:46

          The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, Argentina
          Duration02:24

          Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years later, Nicky is in Buenos Aires working a very dangerous scheme when Jess -- now an accomplished femme fatale -- unexpectedly shows up. Her appearance throws Nicky for a loop at a time when he cannot afford to be off his game.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

            A long lost music producer finds a singer-songwriter right about the moment he has given up all hope on life.

            Markimdb: 7.9
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:46

              The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genremelodrama, drama
              CountryAustralia, USA
              Duration02:23

              An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genrecomedy, drama
              CountryUSA

              Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys — Oscar, Igor and Richie — and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey. But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray, it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.

              Markimdb: 7.7
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:30

              When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genredrama, music, biography, history
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
              Duration02:05

              Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.

              Markimdb: 7.9
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

              A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
              CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, South Africa, USA
              Duration01:54

              Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.

              Markimdb: 7.9
              Genredrama, family
              CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Canada
              Duration02:15

              The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India

              Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

              Markimdb: 7.7
              Genremelodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:13

              Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genredrama, western, crime
              CountryFrance, Spain, Romania, Belgium, USA
              Duration01:56

              Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.

              Markimdb: 8.1
              Genredrama, crime, biography
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:33

                In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genredrama, musical, biography
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:25

                The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

                Markimdb: 7.9
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:42

                A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the unforgettable friends that help us through life.

                Markimdb: 6.5
                Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:42

                A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:23

                Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
                CountryUSA

                A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA, Canada
                Duration02:32

                After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.

                Markimdb: 8.5
                Genredrama, music
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:46

                Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA, Canada
                Duration01:44

                Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.

                Markimdb: 6.4
                Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:39

                  Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.

                  Markimdb: 8.4
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA, Canada
                  Duration02:25

                  During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.




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