Here are 10 drama movies that are perfectly directed, ranked.

On the Waterfrontis deliberately unsentimental, allowing Kazan to forge a deeper connection with the characters.

Citizen Kaneused game changing filmmaking techniques, including an inventive use of flashbacks that made the story more intriguing.

Do the Right Thing

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Its rare to see a film that has been homage and parodied so often, but never completely replicated.

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Daniel Day-Lewis sitting down in There Will Be Blood.

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Mookie stands in the street in Spike Lee’s ‘Do the Right Thing’

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Jake LaMotta with a heavily bruised face fighting in the ring in Raging Bull

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Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront

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Jim Garrison speaking in court in JFK

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Robert De Niro and John Savage in The Deer Hunter

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Rick (Humphrey Bogart) and Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) look longingly into each other’s eyes as they bid farewell in ‘Casablanca’ (1942).

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Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in a chair in ‘The Godfather’ (1972)

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Orson Welles as Charles Kane smiling with Ruth Warrick as Emily in Citizen Kane.

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Citizen Kane