The best Josh Brolin’s drama movies

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin

12/02/1968 (56 años)
Joshua James Brolin (born February 12, 1968) is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Critics' Choice Movie Award, an Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award, a Hollywood Film Award, a Saturn Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award and two Satellite Awards. Brolin has appeared in films such as The Goonies (1985), Mimic (1997), Hollow Man (2000), Grindhouse (2007), No Country for Old Men (2007), American Gangster (2007), W. (2008), Milk (2008), True Grit (2010), Men in Black 3 (2012), Inherent Vice (2014), Sicario (2015), Hail, Caesar! (2016), and Deadpool 2 (2018). He began portraying the role of Marvel Comics supervillain Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making his first appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). He appeared in the mid-credits scene of Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and reprised the role in both Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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American Gangster

American Gangster
7.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 02/11/2007
  • Character: Detective Trupo
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Sicario: Day of the Soldado
7.1/10
Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.

Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaMystery
  • Release: 12/12/2014
  • Character: Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men
8.2/10
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

Oldboy

Oldboy
5.8/10
An everyday man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.

True Grit

True Grit
7.6/10
Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.

Everest

Everest
7.1/10
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex
4.7/10
Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting this task, he also gets revenge on the man who slayed his wife and child.

Hail, Caesar!

Hail, Caesar!
6.3/10
When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

Only the Brave

Only the Brave
7.6/10
Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

Gangster Squad

Gangster Squad
6.7/10
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop… except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara and Jerry Wooters who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart.

Nightwatch

Nightwatch
6.2/10
A law student, who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue, begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a series of murders.

Milk

Milk
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 05/11/2008
  • Character: Dan White
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

W.

W.
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 17/10/2008
  • Character: George W. Bush
The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up to his decision to invade Iraq.

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 02/09/2010
  • Character: Bretton James
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor.

Labor Day

Labor Day
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 27/12/2013
  • Character: Frank
Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.

Flag Day

Flag Day
5.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 20/08/2021
  • Character: Uncle Beck
A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.

Melinda and Melinda

Melinda and Melinda
6.4/10
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema
6.8/10
A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.

In the Valley of Elah

In the Valley of Elah
7.2/10
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.

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