The best Leslie Nielsen’s drama movies

Leslie Nielsen

Leslie Nielsen

11/02/1926- 28/11/2010
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The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure
7.1/10
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.

Music Within

Music Within
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 05/01/2007
  • Character: Bill Austin
After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel joins the Army and ships off to Vietnam. During his service, Richard loses nearly all of his hearing. Joining a new circle of friends, including a man with cerebral palsy and an alcoholic war veteran, Richard discovers his gift for motivational speaking and becomes an advocate for people with disabilities.

All I Want for Christmas

All I Want for Christmas
5.9/10
Two New York City children who launch a hilarious scheme to get what they most want this holiday season.

Ransom!

Ransom!
6.9/10
A rich man (Glenn Ford) stuns his wife (Donna Reed) and town with a televised threat to his son's kidnapper.

Nuts

Nuts
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 20/11/1987
  • Character: Allen Green
A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

Wrong Is Right

Wrong Is Right
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 16/04/1982
  • Character: Mallory
Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift, funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Sean Connery stars as TV Newsman Patrick Hale on an international chase to track two suitcase sized nuclear weapons and to uncover the twisting maze of apparent involvement of US Government agencies.

Harlow

Harlow
5.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 23/06/1965
  • Character: Richard Manley
Hollywood drama loosely based on the life of film actress Jean Harlow, with Carroll Baker in the title role. One of two feature film biographies, both released in 1965 and both with the same title, about the '30s platinum blonde movie star.

Little Mo

Little Mo
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaTV Movie
  • Release: 05/09/1978
  • Character: Nelson Fisher
Biography of tennis star Maureen Connolly, the first woman to win all Grand Slam titles in one year.

Beau Geste

Beau Geste
6.1/10
In 1906, two American brothers join the French Foreign Legion and, led by a sadistic Sergeant-Major, they defend a fort against Berber and Tuareg attack.

Project: Kill

Project: Kill
3.8/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 01/10/1976
  • Character: John Trevor
A former government assassin flees a mind-control program in the Philippines, pursued by his ex-partner, the local police and Asian gangsters.

Foxfire Light

Foxfire Light
4.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 01/01/1982
  • Character: Reece Morgan
A spoiled rich girl used to getting her way comes up against a rancher who won't be intimidated by her.

Harvey

Harvey
5.3/10
An unlikely hero, Elwood P. Dowd. This mild-mannered-but-eccentric bachelor has, for several years, happily kept company with Harvey, a six-foot-tall rabbit that only he can see. All's well until Elwood's social-climbing sister, Veta, and her teenage daughter, Myrtle Mae, come to live with him and fear his odd behavior will undermine their ambitions. When Elwood disrupts the ladies' first afternoon tea party by introducing wealthy Aunt Ethel Chauvenet to Harvey, Veta sees that something must be done right away. She takes compliant Elwood to the Chumley Rest Home, leaving him in the car while she tells a Dr. Sanderson all about Elwood and Harvey. Sanderson concludes that Veta is the psychotic one and has her carted off to be committed. Meanwhile Elwood is treated with respect and dignity in light of his sister's mental state. When Dr. Chumley, head of the rest home, returns and hears of the case, he draws the opposite conclusion-that Elwood in fact hallucinates.

The Patriot

The Patriot
3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/07/1986
  • Character: Admiral Frazer
Agent tries to track down terrorists who are intercepting government nuclear weapons.

Shadow Over Elveron

Shadow Over Elveron
6.6/10
A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager, the new doctor cannot keep quiet and tries to get the community to stand up for what is right.

Amanda Fallon

Amanda Fallon
5.6/10
  • Genre: DramaTV Movie
  • Release: 04/05/1973
  • Character: Mr. Cummings
A dedicated family doctor tries to help a pregnant teen-ager.

Snatched

Snatched
6.5/10
The wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for a $3 million ransom, but one of the men doesn't want to pay his share.

Reckless Disregard

Reckless Disregard
5.5/10
Meredith Craig is lawyer who has a small practice. She is then approached by a Dr. Lucas who is a doctor at a clinic, who was exposed on a television news program as writing prescriptions for drugs in exchange for money. He says that he is innocent and asks Meredith to file a lawsuit against the program and its staff. Can a small lawyer beat a big television network?

Can Ellen Be Saved?

Can Ellen Be Saved?
5.8/10
  • Genre: DramaTV Movie
  • Release: 06/02/1974
  • Character: Arnold Lindsey
A young girl in search of spiritual enlightenment joins a religious cult, and becomes the focus of a struggle between her family and the group.

Companions in Nightmare

Companions in Nightmare
7.4/10
One of the patients in a group-therapy session conducted by a famous psychiatrist is a murderer.

The Return of Charlie Chan

The Return of Charlie Chan
5.7/10
Charlie Chan comes out of retirement to investigate a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy Greek shipping tycoon.

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