The best Patrick Swayze’s drama movies

Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze

18/08/1952- 14/09/2009
Today we present the best Patrick Swayze’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 Patrick Swayze’s movies.
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Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko
8/10
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing
7/10
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.

Ghost

Ghost
7.1/10
Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by his friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. When he learns of Carl's betrayal, Sam must seek the help of psychic Oda Mae Brown to set things right and protect Molly from Carl and his goons.

Red Dawn

Red Dawn
6.3/10
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.

The Outsiders

The Outsiders
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 25/03/1983
  • Character: Darrel 'Darry' Curtis
When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.

Uncommon Valor

Uncommon Valor
6.3/10
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese...

Powder Blue

Powder Blue
6.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 08/05/2009
  • Character: Velvet Larry
On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide.

11:14

11:14
7.1/10
Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the story of murder and deceit.

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
5.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 27/02/2004
  • Character: Dance Class Instructor
In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-approved suitor, Katey is drawn to the sexy waiter, Javier, who spends his nights dancing in Havana's nightclubs. As she secretly learns to dance with Javier, she learns the meanings of love, sensuality and independence.

Youngblood

Youngblood
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 31/01/1986
  • Character: Derek Sutton
A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter.

Three Wishes

Three Wishes
6.1/10
While Jane Holman is driving with her two sons, she accidentally runs into a drifter, Jack McCloud, who breaks his leg. Being responsible, Jane invites Jack, and his dog, to stay at her home until his leg has healed. Jack struggles to adapt their lifestyle, and finds himself loved by the family.

Letters from a Killer

Letters from a Killer
5.4/10
A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally freed from prison only to be framed for yet 2 more murders which he did not commit. With the help of his former prison guard, he once again sets out to clear his name

One Last Dance

One Last Dance
5.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 04/04/2003
  • Character: Travis MacPhearson
In the wake of tragedy, a renowed New York dance company is on the brink of collapse. After leaving the dance world for good, Travis, Chrissa, and Max are pulled in to resurrect the dance that shattered their careers. They have one last chance to save the company, re-connect with the passion and magic, and prove that miracles really can happen.

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5.7/10
A former US Operative, who lived in Russia in his earlier years and had been married there with a child, comes out of retirement to face down a former enemy, now running as a candidate for President in modern Russia. Working with a Russian policewoman, they work to uncover a plot to use biological weapons against certain factions of the Russian people to commit genocide. The virus would also be released in other populations, but would be treated making the candidate a hero. A side plot has the agent being reunited with his long lost daughter.

City of Joy

City of Joy
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 15/04/1992
  • Character: Max Lowe
Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsively decides to leave America and travel to India in the hope of finding himself. Not long after he arrives in Calcutta, Max is attacked by a group of thugs and left without money or a passport.

Grandview, U.S.A.

Grandview, U.S.A.
5.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/08/1984
  • Character: Ernie 'Slam' Webster
Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to go to Florida to study oceanography. He meets Michelle "Mike" Cody and is attracted to her. She runs the local Demolition Derby place. Ernie "Slam" Webster is one of the drivers in the derby who's wife is cheating on him and wants to later on be with Mike. Tim falls for Mike and a big love triangle is about to happen.

Forever Lulu

Forever Lulu
5.6/10
A schizophrenic romantic tracks down her college sweetheart to help her find their son she gave up for adoption sixteen years ago to the dismay of his new wife.

Abby Singer

Abby Singer
4.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 28/10/2003
  • Character: Himself
Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and accomplishing his dream. When hitting rock bottom during the Sundance Film Festival, Clemins' calls upon his old college chum, Kevin Prouse, giving the now drunken acting instructor in the throes of a divorce, the only clue that will salvage Clemins' rapidly deteriorating life.

Green Dragon

Green Dragon
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/05/2001
  • Character: Gunnery Sergeant Jim Lance
A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon' focuses on a young boy and his sister. Set in 1975, the film chronicles the stories told to the two children by other refugees in the camp and of Tai Tran, who dares to introduce himself to Sergeant Jim Lance. In developing a relationship with Lance, Tran is able to improve

Tiger Warsaw

Tiger Warsaw
4.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/05/1988
  • Character: Chuck 'Tiger' Warsaw
Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek forgiveness.

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