Popular Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 175

Bad Guy

2002

Bad Guy

2002
6.5
A pimp enforcer takes revenge on a woman who rejected his advances by tricking her into prostitution, but complications arise.
I Used to Be Funny

2024

I Used to Be Funny

2024
6.6
Sam is a young stand-up comedian and au pair struggling with PTSD, who is weighing whether or not to join the search for Brooke, a missing girl she used to nanny.
The Midnighters

2017

The Midnighters

2017
4.3
An aging ex-con struggles to adapt to the outside world after many years in prison--and begins to build a relationship with the grown son he never knew.
My Salinger Year

2020

My Salinger Year

2020
6.3
A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
Wuthering Heights

1970

Wuthering Heights

1970
6.3
A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.
Ageless Love

2022

Ageless Love

2022
4.5
This extraordinary story begins in the late 1960’s during turbulent times when Yale, 23, idealistic and fresh out of college meets Nina, 37 and widowed with 5 children. Yale’s parents aren’t thrilled about the budding relationship, yet despite the obstacles Nina and Yale fall in love. This is a true love story of a couple who went against the social norms of their times to prove love conquers all.
Captain Abu Raed

2008

Captain Abu Raed

2008
7.7
Abu Raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned to travel the world but has never been able to afford it. One day, he finds an old discarded pilot's hat, and discovers a calling: a group of children in his poor neighborhood assume he's an airline captain and beg him to share stories of the world outside of Amman, Jordan. Through imaginary tales, a friendship forms, and Abu Raed is soon faced with the grim realities of the children's home life. Thus he takes it upon himself to make a difference in their lives.
Mammoth

2009

Mammoth

2009
6.1
While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their relationship with their live-in Filipino maid changing around them. At the same time, in the Philippines, the maid's family struggles to deal with her absence.
Consent

2023

Consent

2023
3.3
Bold and authentic drama set at an elite school where the lines of sexual consent are dangerously blurred. When a serious accusation is made against 'one of their own', how will the school react?
Tonio

2016

Tonio

2016
5.9
After 21-year-old student Tonio dies in a traffic accident, his novelist parents face sorrow and regret as they suffer the agony of losing their only child.
The Way You Look Tonight

2019

The Way You Look Tonight

2019
5.4
Peter is approaching 30 and still trying to navigate modern online dating culture. After a whimsical, romantic evening with a mysterious young woman ends with him waking up alone, Peter tries to put the night behind him by turning to a mythically effective dating site guaranteed to find his perfect match. But with each date from the site, Peter notices strange similarities between each woman and that first amazing date. As he learns the truth about their connection, he'll discover a whole new world of people and experiences that will make him question the nature of identity, attraction, and love.
Abe

2020

Abe

2020
6.9
A 12-year-old boy from Brooklyn tries to unite his half-Israeli and half-Palestinian family through cooking.
The Nature of Love

2023

The Nature of Love

2023
7.1
Sophia is a philosophy professor in Montreal and has lived as a couple with Xavier for 10 years. Sylvain is a carpenter in the Laurentians and must renovate their country house. When Sophia meets Sylvain for the first time, it’s love at first sight. Opposites attract, but can it last?
Philomena

2013

Philomena

2013
7.3
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Nowhere Boy

2009

Nowhere Boy

2009
7.2
A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England. Mimi's husband suddenly dies, and John spies his mother Julia at the funeral. Despite Mimi's misgivings, John intends to have a real relationship with his mother. Julia introduces him to popular music and the banjo and, though a family conflict looms, young John is inspired to form his own band.
Symphony for a Massacre

1963

Symphony for a Massacre

1963
6.6
A band of gangsters devise a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug traffickers: the five fraudsters will face bigger problems than them.
Sicko

2007

Sicko

2007
7.4
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.
Let the Sunshine In

2017

Let the Sunshine In

2017
5.2
Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.
Tabu

2012

Tabu

2012
7
Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.
Love Street

2002

Love Street

2002
4.9
A handyman in a 1940s Paris brothel tries to help the prostitute he loves with her singing career and romantic life.