Poll: Memorable Angry Dramas

Results of 230 votes:

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   12 Angry Men (1957)

    

   The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
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   Falling Down (1993)

    

   An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
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   Joker (2019)

    

   A mentally troubled stand-up comedian embarks on a downward spiral that leads to the creation of an iconic villain.
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   Do the Right Thing (1989)

    

   On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
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   Casino (1995)

    

   A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast-living a…
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   Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

    
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   Whiplash (2014)

    

   A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
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   Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

    

   Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as ev…
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   Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

    

   A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.
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    Network (1976)

     

    A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.
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    Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

     

    An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.
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    The Big Lebowski (1998)

     

    This option doesn't stand for the actual film since it's a comedy (albeit a particularly anger-fueled one) it only means that you had another movie in mind that would have gotten your vote.
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    La haine (1995)

     

    24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.
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    Crash (2004)

     

    Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
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    Downfall (2004)

     

    Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
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    Raging Bull (1980)

     

    The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
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    A Separation (2011)

     

    A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's dise…
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    Scenes from a Marriage (1974)

     

    Scenes from a Marriage chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) through matrimony, infidelity, divorce, and subsequent partners.
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    A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

     

    Although wife and mother Mabel is loved by her husband Nick, her mental illness places a strain on the marriage.
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    Ordinary People (1980)

     

    The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son.
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    August: Osage County (2013)

     

    A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional wo…
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    Fences (2016)

     

    A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
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    Le Chat (1971)

     

    In 1971 Courbevoie (France), former typographist Julien Bouin and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, which is soon to be demolished. To…
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    A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

     

    A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.