Popular Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 163

Wolf

2013

Wolf

2013
6.7
A promising kickboxer struggles to resist the temptations of a life of crime.
Tea

2024

Tea

2024
7
While rehearsing asking out the girl of his dreams, a lonely and highly allergic Circuit-Shack employee gets stung in the throat by a hornet.
4:44 Last Day on Earth

2012

4:44 Last Day on Earth

2012
4.7
A look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the world comes to an end.
3 Nights in the Desert

2014

3 Nights in the Desert

2014
4.9
Three former band mates enter a cave after hearing it has the power to give them what they need. As unsettling desires rise to the surface, they all wonder if the cave has real power.
American Fable

2017

American Fable

2017
6
When 11-year-old Gitty discovers that her father, Abe, a good and beloved farmer, is holding a wealthy man hostage in their abandoned silo in order to save their suffering farm, she befriends the captive in secret. As the truth unfolds about who he is and what will happen if he escapes, Gitty chooses to confront the thin line between reality and fiction.
Queens of Drama

2024

Queens of Drama

2024
7.4
It's 2055 and Steevyshady, an obsessive Mimi Madamour stan, tells us of their idol’s mad destiny from the very peak of her career in 2005, all the way down to the pits of hell, a downfall brought about by her love story with punk icon Billie Kohler. Over the course of half a century we follow these drama queens as they top the charts and set sail on the course of mad queer love.
We Shall Not Be Moved

2024

We Shall Not Be Moved

2024
7.4
Socorro is a lawyer obsessed with finding the soldier who killed her brother during the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre. When she receives a crucial clue about the soldier’s whereabouts fifty years after her brother’s death, Socorro embarks on a reckless mission for revenge.
I Dream in Another Language

2017

I Dream in Another Language

2017
7.9
An indigenous language is in peril, as its last two speakers had a quarrel in the past and haven't spoken to each other in over 50 years. Martín, a young linguist, will undertake the challenge of bringing the old friends back together and convincing them to speak once again so he can obtain a recorded registration of the language and study it.
Neptune Frost

2022

Neptune Frost

2022
5.8
In the hilltops of Burundi, a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region's natural resources – and its people. When an intersex runaway and an escaped coltan miner find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry.
Moonlight and Valentino

1995

Moonlight and Valentino

1995
5.5
A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.
Citizen Ruth

1996

Citizen Ruth

1996
6.6
"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.
The Outside Story

2021

The Outside Story

2021
6.6
After locking himself out of his apartment, an introverted, heartbroken editor finds himself on an epic journey up, down and around his block with life-altering ramifications.
Cobweb

2023

Cobweb

2023
6.6
In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?
And Then We Danced

2019

And Then We Danced

2019
7.3
Merab, a devoted dancer, has been training for years with his partner Mary for a spot in the National Georgian Ensemble. The arrival of another male dancer, Irakli, sparks both an intense rivalry and romantic desire that may cause Merab to risk his future in dance as well as his relationships.
The Vourdalak

2023

The Vourdalak

2023
6.3
The Marquis d’Urfé finds refuge in the home of a strange family after becoming lost in a hostile forest while working as an emissary for the King of France.
Happer's Comet

2023

Happer's Comet

2023
5.6
In a small suburban town steeped in alienation, residents escape into the night on rollerblades.
Head of State

2003

Head of State

2003
5.6
When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman as his replacement.
Guaraní

2016

Guaraní

2016
6.3
It tells the odyssey of Atilio and his granddaughter traveling to Buenos Aires, from Paraguay, his native country. The landscapes that run, the characters they encounter along the way, each with their own way of seeing the world.
Piranhas

2019

Piranhas

2019
6.8
A gang of teenage boys stalk the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding – until they decide to be the bosses themselves.
Uncle Kent 2

2016

Uncle Kent 2

2016
5.4
In a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg's 2011 film Uncle Kent, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention in San Diego where he loses his mind and confronts the end of the world.