Best Drama Movies of 2016
2016 gave us a lot of drama movies and not all of them were worth the ticket. These 20 are the ones that landed, ranked by the score real viewers gave them rather than by opening weekend. Your Name. sits at the top with 8.5, and the list averages 7.9 across the board.
20 titles · average score 7.9 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
Your Name. (2016)
★ 8.5 · 12,866 ratingsHigh schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen…
- 2
A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
★ 8.4 · 4,623 ratingsShouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave…
- 3
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
★ 8.2 · 15,144 ratingsWWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
- 4
The Handmaiden (2016)
★ 8.2 · 4,437 ratings1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle…
- 5
Hidden Figures (2016)
★ 8.0 · 10,582 ratingsThe untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of…
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How this list is ranked
Nothing on this page is hand-picked to hit a word count. We pull films matching this list's criteria from TMDB, require a real audience behind each score, and rank by that score — 20 titles averaging 7.9. The page rebuilds daily, so new releases appear here as soon as enough people have rated them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best drama movie of 2016?
Your Name. is the highest-rated drama film of 2016 with a 8.5 audience score from 13K ratings. A Silent Voice: The Movie and Hacksaw Ridge follow closely behind.
How are these 2016 movies ranked?
By average audience score on TMDB, restricted to films with at least 150 ratings so that a handful of votes cannot push an obscure title to the top. The list averages 7.9.
Is this list updated?
Yes — it rebuilds every day from TMDB, so newly released movies appear as soon as enough people have rated them. You do not need an account to browse it, and there is no paywall on anything at MovieAI.