Short Drama Movies
Short dramas — proof that a complete emotional arc does not require two and a half hours.
20 films, drawn from a catalog of 3,647 — every title rated 3.0 or higher by Letterboxd members, with at least 5,000 ratings, and no longer than 110 minutes.
- 12 Angry Men — 1h 37m · 1957 · Sidney Lumet · 4.6/5
- Grave of the Fireflies — 1h 29m · 1988 · Isao Takahata · 4.5/5
- La Haine — 1h 38m · 1995 · Mathieu Kassovitz · 4.5/5
- Whiplash — 1h 47m · 2014 · Damien Chazelle · 4.4/5
- Paths of Glory — 1h 28m · 1957 · Stanley Kubrick · 4.5/5
- Sunset Boulevard — 1h 50m · 1950 · Billy Wilder · 4.4/5
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion — 1h 27m · 1997 · Kazuya Tsurumaki · 4.5/5
- In the Mood for Love — 1h 39m · 2000 · Wong Kar-Wai · 4.4/5
- Before Sunset — 1h 20m · 2004 · Richard Linklater · 4.3/5
- Persona — 1h 25m · 1966 · Ingmar Bergman · 4.4/5
- Casablanca — 1h 42m · 1943 · Michael Curtiz · 4.3/5
- Before Sunrise — 1h 41m · 1995 · Richard Linklater · 4.3/5
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind — 1h 48m · 2004 · Michel Gondry · 4.2/5
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — 1h 40m · 2014 · Wes Anderson · 4.2/5
- The Seventh Seal — 1h 36m · 1957 · Ingmar Bergman · 4.3/5
- Your Name. — 1h 46m · 2016 · Makoto Shinkai · 4.2/5
- The Father — 1h 37m · 2020 · Florian Zeller · 4.3/5
- The Truman Show — 1h 43m · 1998 · Peter Weir · 4.2/5
- The Lion King — 1h 29m · 1994 · Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff · 4.2/5
- Modern Times — 1h 27m · 1936 · Charlie Chaplin · 4.3/5