Popular Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 143

Dream Horse

2021

Dream Horse

2021
7
The inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town bartender, Jan Vokes. With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream and compete with the racing elites. Their investment pays off as Dream rises through the ranks and becomes a beacon of hope in their struggling community.
Loved Up

1995

Loved Up

1995
5.3
Tells the story of a girl who, while working in a London cafe, meets a "raver" who introduces her to the drug Ecstasy and the whole British drugs scene. The girl falls in love with the raver, played splendidly by Ian Hart, but - when fired from her cafe job - she becomes involved with the seedier world of dealing.
Northanger Abbey

2007

Northanger Abbey

2007
6.8
A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
Nights and Weekends

2008

Nights and Weekends

2008
5.6
A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.
For People in Trouble

2023

For People in Trouble

2023
3.2
When two people meet one night in London, their relationship blossoms and fractures, intertwined with impending societal collapse.
Ali & Ava

2022

Ali & Ava

2022
6.7
Sparks fly after Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for Sofia, the child of Ali’s tenants whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness while Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humour irresistible. As the pair begin to form a deep connection they have to find a way to keep their newfound passion from being overshadowed by the stresses and struggles of their separate lives and histories.
Brother

2010

Brother

2010
6.7
Brothers Daniel and Julio fight to escape a violent and poor Caracas neighborhood by playing soccer. Daniel wishes to go professional while Julio supports the family with dirty money. The opportunity of a lifetime comes when a talent scout invites them to the local football club. However, after their mother is killed in a shootout, each brother is forced to decide what's more important: family, revenge, or achieving their dreams.
Hiding Out

1987

Hiding Out

1987
5.7
A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. Andrew Morenski must become Max Hauser and go back to high school for protection from the mob.
Shadow Panic

1989

Shadow Panic

1989
Three women appear connected in this short experimental drama about internal and external states of emergency, about personal and collective shadows, about resistance and spirit.
Galore

2013

Galore

2013
5.8
As four teens navigate the flashpoint of adolescent relationships, their lives will be forever scarred by a tragedy that engulfs their city. Teenagers Billie and Laura, who live in Canberra’s suburban outskirts, are best friends and share everything – even, as it turns out, Laura’s boyfriend Danny, although Laura doesn’t know this. During the summer of Canberra’s bushfires, Billie’s mother welcomes the troubled Isaac into her care and his presence causes disarray in the girls’ friendship: Laura finds herself drawn to the gentle but intense newcomer while Billie’s unpredictable ways threaten self-destruction.
Ismael's Ghosts

2017

Ismael's Ghosts

2017
5.5
Just as the disheveled and alcoholic filmmaker Ismaël embarks on a difficult new film project, his life is sent into a tailspin. His wife Carlotta, presumed dead for 20 years, come crashing back into his life creating chaos in his work and his current romantic relationship with the starry-eyed astronomer Sylvia.
Death of a Salesman

1985

Death of a Salesman

1985
6.9
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.
Wish You Were Here

1987

Wish You Were Here

1987
6.5
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex.
Cenizas

2018

Cenizas

2018
6.3
As Cotopaxi spews ash, issuing an eerie penumbra over Quito, a young woman confronts dormant familial conflicts. Desperate for a place to store her things as volcanic disaster looms, Caridad turns to her long-estranged father Galo for help. Galo abandoned Caridad’s mother long ago and is eager to make amends, but questions concerning the nature of his transgressions linger, straining communication between father and daughter and casting grave doubts over the possibility of reconciliation.
Five Days, Five Nights

1961

Five Days, Five Nights

1961
7
Five Days, Five Nights (Fünf Tage, Fünf Nächte) takes place in Dresden in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. While Dresden is in ruins, over two thousand paintings by artists including Rembrandt, Raphael, Rubens, Giorgione, and Vermeer have disappeared from the city’s Old Masters Picture Gallery. Red Army captain Leonov and his soldiers have been ordered to recover the lost paintings. During the next five days, Dresden’s residents join the search for the collection. A secret Nazi document offers a first lead…
Le Doulos

1962

Le Doulos

1962
7.4
Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?
Man of La Mancha

1972

Man of La Mancha

1972
6.5
In the 16th century, poet, playwright and part-time actor Miguel de Cervantes has been arrested, together with his manservant, by the Spanish Inquisition. They're accused of presenting an entertainment offensive to the Inquisition. Inside the huge dungeon into which they have been cast, the other inmates gang up on Cervantes and his manservant, staging a mock trial, with the intention of stealing or burning his possessions. Cervantes wishes to desperately save a manuscript he carries with him and stages, with costumes, makeup, and the participation of the other prisoners, an unusual defense—the story of Don Quixote.
Dunkirk

1958

Dunkirk

1958
6.8
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.
Boy and Bicycle

1965

Boy and Bicycle

1965
5.6
A teenage boy plays truant from school, and spends the day riding around the town and the deserted beach on his bicycle, letting his mind wander as he imagines he is the only person in the world...
Julius Caesar

2010

Julius Caesar

2010
A short film presenting a stylized, abridged adaptation of Shakespeare's play.