Popular Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 208

College

1927

College

1927
6.7
A bookish college student dismissive of athletics is compelled to try out sports to win the affection of the girl he loves.
The Perfume of the Lady in Black

1974

The Perfume of the Lady in Black

1974
6.4
Sylvia, an industrial scientist, is troubled by strange hallucinations related to the tragic suicide of her mother.
Most Beautiful Island

2017

Most Beautiful Island

2017
5.6
Chronicling one harrowing day in the life of Luciana, a young woman struggling to make ends meet while striving to escape her past. As Luciana’s day unfolds, she is whisked, physically and emotionally, through a series of troublesome, unforeseeable extremes.
Sing

2016

Sing

2016
7.5
Quiet 10-year-old Zsofi has just changed schools. Feeling out of place at first, she is quickly admitted to the school’s famous choir and befriends her popular classmate Liza. Soon, they have to stand up united against their choir master, who isn’t quite the friendly and inspirational teacher they first thought she was.
A Light Beneath Their Feet

2016

A Light Beneath Their Feet

2016
6.7
A high school senior must choose between enrolling at the college of her dreams and remaining at home to take care of her bipolar mother.
Coming Out

1989

Coming Out

1989
6.5
Philipp, a closeted teacher, is dating a female colleague to keep up appearances. One night he stumbles into a gay bar and falls for a man. Transformed by this love, he is no longer afraid to face up to who he is.
The High Sun

2015

The High Sun

2015
7
Three different love stories, set in three consecutive decades, in two neighbouring Balkan villages burdened with a long history of inter-ethnic hatred: this is a film about the dangers – and the enduring strength – of forbidden love.
Vaillante

2021

Vaillante

2021
9
24-year-old child marriage activist, Sali, is on a mission to end the harmful practice of child marriage. She seems to be the only person able to help the 14-year-old, soon-to-be child bride, Adi, living in a rural West African village. The tale of Adi's uncertain future and Sali's painful past shows the devastating impact child marriage can have over multiple generations as well as the bravery it takes to speak out against it.
Pastorale 1943

1978

Pastorale 1943

1978
5.4
In a Dutch village during the German occupation, a small group of badly organized resistance fighters attempt to assassinate a collaborator.
Tommy's Honour

2017

Tommy's Honour

2017
6.6
In every generation, a torch passes from father to son. And that timeless dynamic is the beating heart of Tommy's Honor - an intimate, powerfully moving tale of the real-life founders of the modern game of golf.
Jesus of Montreal

1989

Jesus of Montreal

1989
6.9
A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form against the growing opposition of the Catholic church.
19th-Century Georgian Chronicle

1979

19th-Century Georgian Chronicle

1979
6.2
A poetized chronicle of the events taking place in one of the Georgian villages in the late 19th century, when, to save a forest, the innumerous intelligentsia could rally the people and oppose the industrialists…
Fögi Is a Bastard

1998

Fögi Is a Bastard

1998
5.4
15-year-old Beni falls in love with Fögi, a singer in a Rock band. As Fögi seduces him, he is only willing to follow him where ever Fögi wants to. But Fögi is a drug addict and pulls Beni deeper and deeper into the hell of drug addiction.
Dorian Gray

1970

Dorian Gray

1970
5
London, England. Dorian Gray is a young man who somehow keeps his beauty eternally, while a mysterious portrait of himself gradually reveals his moral decay.
American Marriage

2018

American Marriage

2018
Leonardo, an Italian immigrant living in New York, marries a Latin American woman, Nikki, to obtain the greencard. In the process the two really fall in love, but it seems that "Uncle Sam" will be the last to laugh.
Adua and Her Friends

1960

Adua and Her Friends

1960
7.3
When a brothel closes because of new laws, four of the prostitutes decide to go into business running a restaurant. They discover they cannot escape their past.
A Day Late and a Dollar Short

2014

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

2014
6.2
When irascible matriarch Viola Price learns that her next asthma attack will likely kill her, she is determined to fix her fractured family before she leaves this world.
Between the Lines

1977

Between the Lines

1977
5.2
The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant.
Tuesday Club

2022

Tuesday Club

2022
5.1
A sudden change forces Karin to re-evaluate her life. With the help of friends, food and passion she refuses to accept that life has an expiration date and takes the second chance she is given.
A Girl Missing

2019

A Girl Missing

2019
6.5
Ichiko works as a private nurse for a family she almost became a part of. While Ichiko cares for the grandmother, she is also a confidant to Motoko, the eldest sister. But one day, Motoko’s younger sister disappears. And the media soon reveal the kidnapper to be Ichiko’s own nephew.