The best John Cusack’s drama movies

John Cusack

John Cusack

28/06/1966 (57 años)
Today we present the best John Cusack’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best John Cusack’s movies.
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Stand by Me

Stand by Me
8.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 08/08/1986
  • Character: Denny Lachance
Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern are four friends who decide to hike to find the corpse of Ray Brower, a local teenager, who was hit by a train while plucking blueberries in the wild.

The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line
7.6/10
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.

Chi-Raq

Chi-Raq
5.9/10
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.

Say Anything...

Say Anything...
7.3/10
A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.

High Fidelity

High Fidelity
7.4/10
When record store owner Rob Gordon gets dumped by his girlfriend, Laura, because he hasn't changed since they met, he revisits his top five breakups of all time in an attempt to figure out what went wrong. As Rob seeks out his former lovers to find out why they left, he keeps up his efforts to win Laura back.

Being John Malkovich

Being John Malkovich
7.7/10
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.

Runaway Jury

Runaway Jury
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 16/01/2003
  • Character: Nicholas Easter
A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.

The Butler

The Butler
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 16/08/2013
  • Character: Richard Nixon
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

The Paperboy

The Paperboy
5.7/10
As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.

Shanghai

Shanghai
6.3/10
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.

Adaptation.

Adaptation.
7.7/10
Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.

Serendipity

Serendipity
6.8/10
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.

City Hall

City Hall
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 16/02/1996
  • Character: Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.

Love & Mercy

Love & Mercy
7.4/10
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, Wilson, under the sway of a controlling therapist, finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.

Dragon Blade

Dragon Blade
5.9/10
Huo An, the commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions, was framed by evil forces and becomes enslaved. On the other hand, a Roman general escapes to China after rescuing the Prince. The heroic duo meet in the Western Desert and a thrilling story unfolds.

Class

Class
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 22/07/1983
  • Character: Roscoe Maibaum
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby Chicago, where he meets and beds the alluring Ellen, who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school.

Martian Child

Martian Child
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 02/11/2007
  • Character: David
A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.

Maps to the Stars

Maps to the Stars
6.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 21/05/2014
  • Character: Dr. Stafford Weiss
Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.

The Grifters

The Grifters
6.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 08/08/1990
  • Character: Roy Dillon
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.

Pushing Tin

Pushing Tin
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 23/04/1999
  • Character: Nick Falzone
Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.

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