Popular Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 267

Spotswood

1992

Spotswood

1992
5.4
Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high-profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernization he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such plans hurt.
Z for Zachariah

2015

Z for Zachariah

2015
5.7
In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.
The Wendell Baker Story

2005

The Wendell Baker Story

2005
5
Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
Caesar Must Die

2012

Caesar Must Die

2012
7.2
Inmates at a prison in Rome rehearse for a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
Hunting Bigfoot

2022

Hunting Bigfoot

2022
4
Hunting Bigfoot (2021) A film that skillfully melds the worlds of narrative feature and documentary to capture this portrait of a broken man obsessively pursuing personal and professional redemption in a world where many of those close to him think he's crazy.
You Hurt My Feelings

2012

You Hurt My Feelings

2012
5
A melancholy ex-boyfriend becomes a nanny to prove to his girlfriend that he’s ready to have children.
The Debt

2015

The Debt

2015
6.1
Set against the backdrop of an international finance deal in New York and Peru, Oliver's Deal is an intense political drama which explores how far people will go to get what they want.
The Silence of the Forest

2003

The Silence of the Forest

2003
6
A film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that there is even heated debate over what to call that 'other.' The subtitles in the film use the familiar word 'pygmies,' a relatively pejorative European term; the Bantu or villagers' expression for the same group, Babingas, carries similar negative connotations. These highly specialized, tropical rainforest hunter-gatherers should perhaps be called by their own ethnonym, Aka, MoAka (sing.) and BaAka (pl.)
Freeheld

2015

Freeheld

2015
7.2
New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Tonight and Tomorrow Morning

1980

Tonight and Tomorrow Morning

1980
A woman in her mid thirties drifts through Berlin on a Friday night then lazes around her apartment with her husband the next morning.
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?
Godland

2022

Godland

2022
6.8
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.
Sango Malo

1990

Sango Malo

1990
5
In Cameroon, new schoolteacher Bernard Malo Malo is about to shake up the small village of Lebamzip. Sensitive to libertarian ideas, he doesn't hesitate to discuss politics and sexuality with his pupils. And when he suggests that the farmers form a cooperative, confrontation with the notables becomes inevitable...
Louder Than Bombs

2015

Louder Than Bombs

2015
6.4
Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad. A planned exhibition of Isabelle’s photographs prompts Gene's older son, Jonah, to return to the house he grew up in - and for the first time in a very long time, the father and the two brothers are living under the same roof.
Buffaloed

2020

Buffaloed

2020
6.7
Set in the underworld of debt-collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.
A Horrible Woman

2017

A Horrible Woman

2017
6.2
When Rasmus meets Marie, he is certain that she is the love of his life. However, it doesn't take long before it turns out she is a possessive and manipulative being, that cunningly dissects Rasmus to pieces.
November

2017

November

2017
7
In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.
The Masque of the Red Death

1964

The Masque of the Red Death

1964
6.6
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
The Face of Love

2013

The Face of Love

2013
6.1
A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.
To Kill a Man

2014

To Kill a Man

2014
6.1
Jorge is a peaceful hard-working man who seeks a simple, quiet life for himself and his family. One day, he is mugged and humiliated by a gang of thugs led by Kalule, a delinquent from his neighborhood. This event infuriates his son as much for Jorge’s meek acceptance as for the act itself. The son, looking for retribution, ends up getting himself shot. Kalule is sent to jail and when he gets out 18 months later, begins a campaign of terror against Jorge and his family. The authorities do nothing, so Jorge decides to take matters into his own hands.