Popular Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 290

Perch of the Devil

1927

Perch of the Devil

1927
Ida is married to small-time Montana prospector Gregory Compton. She's bored and lonely, so a friend, wealthy widow and woman of the world Ora Blake, easily gets her to share a trip to Europe. There, Ida lives the high life amid the continent's rich and carefree, but soon grows weary of it, wishing she were home again with her true love. Back in Butte, Gregory has hit a gold strike and telegraphs Ida of his luck. Ora however, with a secret love for Gregory, sabotages Ida's response by rewriting the return cable to indicate Ida will return, but only for a share in the gold. When the travelers return to Montana, Ida has found out about what backstabbing Ora has done, and fight it out at the mine, but unaware of their presence, the now-disillusioned Gregory intends on blowing up the mine at the same time.
America's Family

2023

America's Family

2023
When ICE raids the Diaz home and business, Mother Marisol is detained, son Koke is deported, and father Jorge goes into sanctuary. As the siblings Milo and Valentina fight to reunify the family, they also fight for the love that connects them.
Memphis

2014

Memphis

2014
4.8
The film stars musician Willis Earl Beal, who spends his time “surrounded by beautiful women, legendary musicians, a stone-cold-hustler, a righteous preacher, and a wolfpack of kids,” while working less on his music and more on the state of his soul.
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches

2017

The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches

2017
5.9
In the wake of their father’s death, two children gradually come to realize the perverse nature of their upbringing.
We Might As Well Be Dead

2022

We Might As Well Be Dead

2022
5.6
The high-rise building block near the forest is famous for its carefully curated community. As a dog disappears and her daughter refuses to leave the bathroom, security officer Anna faces an absurd battle against the fear, that slowly spreads among the residents and shakes the utopia with a view.
Lunch Time Heroes

2015

Lunch Time Heroes

2015
6
Assigned to teach a class of unruly high schoolers, a devoted young woman soon comes to find common ground with the kids, who seek only acceptance.
Deserted Station

2002

Deserted Station

2002
6
On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town. The husband, a photographer, seeks help at a nearby village and encounters a teacher who offers to help. Whilst the husband and teacher go off to find a spare part, the wife, who used to be a teacher, takes over the teaching lessons in the village. It is clear that the children live there, in this strange deserted place, without any men, save the teacher and an old signal guard. As the day draws on, the children help to bring a new hope and life into the wife's heart.
Fire in the Mountains

2022

Fire in the Mountains

2022
8
A mother toils to save money to build a road in a Himalayan village to take her wheelchair-bound son for physiotherapy, but her husband, who believes that an expensive religious ritual is the remedy, steals her savings.
Cadejo Blanco

2023

Cadejo Blanco

2023
7
After her sister goes missing, Sarita, a working-class girl from Guatemala City, travels to the seaside town of Puerto Barrios to infiltrate a group of young gang members. As she risks her life to join the gang, Sarita becomes involved with her sister’s dangerous ex-boyfriend and gets closer to learning what happened to her sister.
When the Stars Meet the Sea

1996

When the Stars Meet the Sea

1996
7
The film traces the destiny of Kapila, an outcast child who had been deemed by his fellow villagers to have supernatural powers of destruction, because of the timing of his solar eclipse birth.
Listen to the City

1984

Listen to the City

1984
Hupar wakes up from a 20-year coma. Disoriented, he soon meets Arete, a young poet and Sophis, a TV newswoman. Together, the three team up to expose corporate crime in a crumbling city scape of the very near future.
Vazante

2018

Vazante

2018
On an empty beach, 5 kids talk and talk, over the beach lenght. They are young but not dumb. Mean but not beamed. And cute but not stupid.
Atlantis, 2003

2018

Atlantis, 2003

2018
6.3
2003. Martin and Denisija, a young couple from Ukraine, are trying to get to Germany.
Tongpan

1977

Tongpan

1977
7.4
Tongpan is a 1977 Thai 16 mm black-and-white docudrama that re-creates a seminar that took place in Northeast Thailand in 1975 to discuss the proposed Pa-Mong Dam on the Mekong. Interwoven are sequences depicting a poor farmer, Tongpan, who had lost his land to another dam some years before, and his struggles to make ends meet.
God Knows Where I Am

2016

God Knows Where I Am

2016
6.4
Well-educated, New Hampshire mother, Linda Bishop, was determined to stay free of the mental health system after her early release from a 3 year commitment to New Hampshire State Hospital. Instead, she became a prisoner of her own mind, a fate which she documents in one of the most evocative and chilling accounts of mental illness and of our systemic failure to protect those suffering from it.
Nevrland

2019

Nevrland

2019
5.7
17-year-old Jakob wants nothing more than to feel alive. Uncontrollable anxiety attacks prevent him from doing so and force him to escape into virtual worlds. One night, he meets 26-year-old Kristjan in a cam chat. Their encounter marks the beginning of a transpersonal journey to the wounds of their souls.
Egg

2018

Egg

2018
6.4
A woman is locked in her home with an egg, which she is both attracted to and scared of. She eats the egg, she repents. She kills it. She lets the egg die of hunger. EGG is a poetic short film based on a small yet significant moment of the director’s own life. It portrays a moment of shame, defeat and yet of victory.
We Can't Go Home Again

1973

We Can't Go Home Again

1973
6
Nicholas Ray plays himself, acting as mentor, friend, and artistic inspiration to his students at Binghamton. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation.
The Cousin

2018

The Cousin

2018
6.4
A well-intentioned Arabic-Muslim handyman upends the day-to-day lives of the locals in a small Israeli village. Shortly after his arrival, a young woman is assaulted and the community quickly turns accusatory. His employer is the only one who believes him, but even those loyalties are tested as more information and secrets are uncovered.
La Paz

2013

La Paz

2013
5
La Paz is the story of Liso, a young man who emerges from a psychiatric institution and tries to re-adapt to daily life in the universe of his middle class family and neighborhood. Though everything seems difficult, under the surface and very subtly things start to change for him.