Popular Drama Movies on Amazon Prime Video - Page 35

The Chinese Widow

2017

The Chinese Widow

2017
7.2
It’s 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has destroyed America’s morale. The US President Franklin D. Roosevelt then decides to risk it all by bombing Tokyo and raise more hope for his citizens. After completing its mission, a unit of the US Air Force is forced to make an emergency landing in China. Its commander Jack Turner (Emilie Hirsch) barely survives but gets rescued by Ying (Crystal Liu), a local widow who will stop at nothing to hide him from the Japanese occupant.
As I Lay Dying

2013

As I Lay Dying

2013
5.2
Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch.
Locked In

2017

Locked In

2017
Samira and Nazim, asylum seekers who fled after torture find themselves in the UK again detained by the state. They are on the fast track system, soon to be deported. With the clock ticking, the memories of their torture and what awaits on their return torment them. Will they be able to gain asylum in time? What will the cost be to their relationship?
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

2007

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

2007
4.8
A man named Farmer sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son – two acts committed by the Krugs, a race of animal-warriors who are controlled by the evil Gallian.
Babel

2006

Babel

2006
7.2
Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.
Memories of the Sword

2015

Memories of the Sword

2015
6.6
While in medieval Korea, a young girl sets out to revenge the betrayal and the death of her mother. But therefore she must face one of the most powerful men and warriors of the Goryeo Dynasty.
Downfall

2004

Downfall

2004
7.9
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
The Living

2014

The Living

2014
5.6
After beating his wife in an alcohol-fueled rage, a man (Fran Kranz) tries to redeem himself, while his brother-in-law (Kenny Wormald) hires a hit man to kill him.
Interstate 60

2002

Interstate 60

2002
7.4
An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
Take Me Home Tonight

2011

Take Me Home Tonight

2011
6
Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin should be well on his way to a successful career at a Fortune 500 company, but instead he rebels against maturity by taking a job at a video store. Matt rethinks his position when his unrequited high-school crush, Tori, walks in and invites him to an end-of-summer party. With the help of his twin sister and his best friend, Matt hatches a plan to change the course of his life.
Joyland

2022

Joyland

2022
7.3
As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.
99 Francs

2007

99 Francs

2007
6.6
Paris, France, 2001. Octave Parango, a young advertiser working at the Ross & Witchcraft advertising agency, lives a suicidal existence, ruled by cynicism, irresponsibility and debauchery. The obstacles he will encounter in developing a campaign for a new yogurt brand will force him to face the meaning of his work and the way he manages his relationship with those who orbit around his egotistic lifestyle.
Last Resort

2022

Last Resort

2022
5.7
Two terminally ill hospice residents conspire to make their spouses fall in love with each other to lessen the impact of their death. Things go awry when they themselves fall in love and one of them begins to feel better.
Shadows in the Sun

2005

Shadows in the Sun

2005
6.2
An aspiring young writer tracks a literary titan suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughters.
Benny & Joon

1993

Benny & Joon

1993
7
A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
Gracie's Choice

2004

Gracie's Choice

2004
7.1
For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother is on the fast track to self-destruction. When these children's lives are about to be pulled apart, Gracie will have to do the impossible and make the ultimate sacrifices to keep her family together.
Let There Be Light

2017

Let There Be Light

2017
5.6
An atheist goes through a near-death experience in an auto accident before converting to Christianity.
A Midnight Clear

1992

A Midnight Clear

1992
6.5
In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend Christmas together before the surrender plan turns bad and both sides are forced to fight the other.
Extortion

2017

Extortion

2017
6.2
A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
Acid

2023

Acid

2023
5.7
During a heat wave, strange clouds start pouring down acid rain, wreaking devastation and panic throughout France. In a world teetering on the edge, a girl and her divorced parents must join forces to confront and try to escape this climate catastrophe.