Popular Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 279

A Dance for Heroes

1989

A Dance for Heroes

1989
5.5
Two women rebel against the traditions of a village society.
Under Darkness

2019

Under Darkness

2019
In World War II Poland, a young Jewish woman joins the Soviet resistance, and realizes that through photography, she can remember the past while documenting for the future.
Too Late to Die Young

2019

Too Late to Die Young

2019
6.1
During a very dry summer in an isolated community far from the city. Sofia, Clara and Lucas face their first loves and fears, while preparing the New Year's party, without knowing that nature threatens them.
Human Traces

2017

Human Traces

2017
6
When a mysterious young man arrives on a remote Sub-Antarctic research station, secrets threaten the relationship of a married couple working on the island.
The German Friend

2012

The German Friend

2012
5.4
It’s the late 1950s, and in an affluent and quietly respectable part of Buenos Aires, young Sulamit Löwenstein strikes up a friendship with her next-door neighbour Friedrich over the whereabouts of her family dog. She is the daughter of German-Jewish immigrants to Argentina, he is the son of a senior SS officer, a tragic political legacy from whose shadow both characters struggle to escape over the next three decades. Following the teenaged Friedrich to Germany, Sulamit finds him caught up in the radical politics of late-1960s student life; and she’s forced to make important decisions about her attitude to her homeland when Friedrich returns to Argentina to join the fight against the military junta.
Making an American Citizen

1912

Making an American Citizen

1912
4.9
A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.
The Dragon Painter

1919

The Dragon Painter

1919
6.3
A wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds love.
Misfit

2013

Misfit

2013
A prostitute wakes up to find she has been abducted and struggles to bond with her captors and plot her escape.
To Life

2014

To Life

2014
5.2
Helen, Rose and Lili have survived the Holocaust and have never seen each other since the war has ended. In 1960, they meet again in Berck, France. They learn to enjoy together simple pleasures in life: nice meals, ballads on the beach, playing in the waves.
I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face

2020

I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face

2020
5.8
After an 82-day separation, Adam travels a rough road to be reunited with the one he loves, whatever it takes.
At the Drive-In

2017

At the Drive-In

2017
7.3
Unable to purchase a $50,000 digital projector, a group of film fanatics in rural Pennsylvania fight to keep a dying drive-in theater alive by screening only vintage 35mm film prints and working entirely for free.
1000 Rupee Note

2014

1000 Rupee Note

2014
7.2
Poor Parobudhi receives a thousand rupee note from a politician at an election rally. However, she has no idea about the kind of trouble she just got into. Ek Hazarachi Note is an encouraging tale of humanity against money.
Off White Lies

2011

Off White Lies

2011
5.1
In this bittersweet family comedy, shy teenager Libby moves back to Israel to live with her hapless father Shaul, unexpectedly finding herself without a home as war breaks out around them. Shaul devises a creative solution: posing as refugees, they are taken in by a wealthy family in Jerusalem. Finally in a “normal” household, Shaul and Libby begin to build their father-daughter relationship, but their false identities can’t last forever.
White Building

2021

White Building

2021
6.3
Samnang, 20, faces the demolition of his lifelong home in Phnom Penh and the pressures from family, friends, and neighbors which arise and intersect in this moment of sudden change.
The spirit of the nation's youth

2023

The spirit of the nation's youth

2023
Human Flowers of Flesh

2023

Human Flowers of Flesh

2023
6
Ida lives on a sailing yacht with a crew of five men. While on shore leave in Marseilles, she becomes fascinated with the French Foreign Legion and decides to sail to Sidi Bel Abbès, the Legion's former headquarters in Algeria.
Harvest Season

2018

Harvest Season

2018
Harvest Season follows Ed and Elsie Mason on the day the long-married couple receives the worst possible news: Elsie isn't going to win her fight against cancer.
Up Heartbreak Hill

2012

Up Heartbreak Hill

2012
Up Heartbreak Hill chronicles the lives of three high school seniors living on the Navajo Nation and struggling to shape their identities as both Native American and modern American. They must decide whether to stay in their community - a place inextricably woven into the fiber of their beings - or leave in pursuit of educational and economic opportunities.
Social Butterfly

2013

Social Butterfly

2013
5.5
A 30-year-old American woman enters a teenage party in the South of France. Some of the guests wonder who she is and what she is doing there.
Waves Apart

2022

Waves Apart

2022
A Jewish surfer confronts the dark, anti-semitic history of the sport he once found solace in.