Movies dramas about nightmares

List of the best nightmare drama films according to viewers: Tully, Instant Family, The Sisters Brothers, Love, Simon, Animal Kingdom, Black Swan, 50/50, The Favourite, Miss Sloane, Dark Waters.

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

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: 7.3
Genrecomedy, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:53

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.

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: 7.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.

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: 8
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

    A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

    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: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
    Duration01:55

    England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:30

    An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

    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: 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: 6.4
    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: 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: 7.3
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA, Germany

      A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates, Japan

      A movie about reporter W. Eugene Smith and his research on mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, resulting in severe neurological symptoms.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, adventure, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

      A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredrama
      CountryIndia, USA, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong
      Duration02:35

        Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.

        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.

        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: 7.4
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:22

          A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

          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: 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: 7.7
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:38

            A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

            Markimdb: 8.1
            Genredrama, sport
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:20

            The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine with a tragic past.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:00

            After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland, France, Iceland, Mexico, Belgium, United Kingdom, Hong Kong
            Duration02:04

            Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genredrama, sport
            CountryUSA, Hong Kong
            Duration02:27

            Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.

            Markimdb: 7.8
            Genredrama, biography, sport
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:54

              The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

              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: 7.9
              Genremelodrama, drama
              CountryItaly, France, USA, Brazil
              Duration02:09

              Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.

              Markimdb: 8
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, USA, India
              Duration01:43

              A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

              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: 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: 7.2
              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: 7.2
              Genredrama, adventure, crime, biography
              CountryUSA, Czech Republic, Spain
              Duration01:00

              Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.

              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: 7.7
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:00

                After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.

                Markimdb: 7.5
                Genredrama
                CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
                Duration01:41

                  Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genredrama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:27

                  Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

                  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: 8.2
                  Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration03:00

                    A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

                    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: 6.5
                    Genredrama, adventure, family
                    CountryFrance, Germany, South Africa, Luxembourg, Monaco, USA
                    Duration01:38

                    A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.

                    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: 7.9
                    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: 7.1
                    Genredrama, biography
                    CountryUSA, China, Canada
                    Duration01:55

                    Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.

                    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: 7.5
                      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                      CountryUSA, Germany

                      The quirky staff of an American magazine based in 1970s France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

                      Markimdb: 7.2
                      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:07

                      George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

                      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.




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