New Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 184

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

1982

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

1982
6
On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fanclub gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.
The Draughtsman's Contract

1982

The Draughtsman's Contract

1982
7.1
A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.
The Scarlet Pimpernel

1982

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1982
6.9
During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin
We of the Never Never

1982

We of the Never Never

1982
5.9
Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a woman who fought to overcome sexual and racial prejudice amid the harsh beauties of the outback. Leaving her Melbourne existence for a new life on her husband's isolated ranch, Jeannie's feisty, good-natured attitude soon wins over the misogynistic stockmen, but she faces a much tougher challenge in trying to change their racist attitudes towards the indigenous aboriginal population.
Cane River

1982

Cane River

1982
6.4
A budding, forbidden romance lays bare the tensions between two black communities, both descended from slaves but of disparate opportunity—the light-skinned, property-owning Creoles and the darker-skinned, more disenfranchised families of the area.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

1982

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

1982
6.3
Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.
The Cool Lakes of Death

1982

The Cool Lakes of Death

1982
6.4
Hedwig, a young wealthy woman growing up in the straight-jacket of bourgeois morality in the Victorian era, descends into madness after years of sexual repression and tragedy.
The Night of the Shooting Stars

1982

The Night of the Shooting Stars

1982
7.1
The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them.
Smithereens

1982

Smithereens

1982
6.6
A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.
Sabine Kleist, Aged Seven

1982

Sabine Kleist, Aged Seven

1982
5.1
Little Sabine has spent her childhood in an orphanage after her parents died in a car accident. When one of the women in charge at the orphanage, Edith, leaves to have a baby, Sabine runs away, because Edith was the only adult there she could trust. She then wanders through the city to find someone to take her in. She meets a lot of people on her journey, but she seems out of place everywhere she goes until, at last, she realizes that there is a special place where she belongs.
Illusions

1982

Illusions

1982
5.5
A woman in a Hollywood dubbing studio struggles with race and preconceptions.
In Our Time

1982

In Our Time

1982
7.2
Four vignettes, each set in different decades from the 1950s through the 1980s, deal with protagonists at different stages of life between childhood and young adulthood.
Class of 1984

1982

Class of 1984

1982
6.4
Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.
Wild Style

1982

Wild Style

1982
6.1
Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer. The actual story of the movie concerns the tension between Zoro's passion for his art and his personal life, particularly his strained relationship with fellow artist Rose.
Losing Ground

1982

Losing Ground

1982
6.1
Sara, a cold college professor, and her husband, an ecstatic painter, spend a summer away from the city, straining their rocky relationship.
The Return of Martin Guerre

1982

The Return of Martin Guerre

1982
6.7
Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in Artigat claiming to be Martin, the Guerre family recognizes him as such; but doubts soon arise about his true identity.
Eleanor, First Lady of the World

1982

Eleanor, First Lady of the World

1982
6
Biography of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who forged a new role for herself in the years after her husband's death.
Chan Is Missing

1982

Chan Is Missing

1982
6.7
Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Their quest leads them on a humorous, if mundane, journey which illuminates the many problems experienced by Chinese-Americans trying to assimilate into contemporary American society.
Starstruck

1982

Starstruck

1982
5.6
A Sydney teen tries to make it as a rock singer, with help from her odd 14-year-old cousin.
Fitzcarraldo

1982

Fitzcarraldo

1982
7.6
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.

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