Popular Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 295

Code_Switch

2019

Code_Switch

2019
6
After tragedy strikes, a meek Ruby Oliver enters a broken VR game for a last chance to see the dead. Little does she know that this game treats all girls as a virus as she fights to save herself.
The Testament

2017

The Testament

2017
6.1
Yoel, a meticulous historian leading a significant debate against holocaust deniers, discovers that his mother carries a false identity. A mystery about a man who is willing to risk everything to discover the truth.
A Steam Train Passes

1974

A Steam Train Passes

1974
Generally regarded as Australia's finest railway film and winner of many awards the world over, A Steam Train Passes is a nostalgic, imaginative essay on one of the majestic C38 class steam locomotives, 3801. The locomotive has recently returned to service and is currently operating out of the NSW Rail Museum at Thirlmere, south of Sydney.
The Silence of Neto

1994

The Silence of Neto

1994
6.2
A boy struggles against his stifling family life during the 1954 Guatemala coup.
La musique

2019

La musique

2019
5
Music is the story of a father and son. Or, rather, the story of the reunion between a father and son who have hardly seen each other over many years and who clumsily attempt to renew bonds. Unfortunately, too much time has already passed and it will be impossible to strengthen the ties. But although they lose each other again, the father will nevertheless pass on a legacy to his son: the love of music.
Conception

2022

Conception

2022
6.3
Vic and Ami embark on a journey to have a baby and after several failed attempts it leads them to undergo IVF. Will their marriage survive the emotional and physical toll IVF takes on them?
Guie’dani’s Navel

2019

Guie’dani’s Navel

2019
6.3
Guie’dani, a Zapotec indigenous girl and her mother take up work with an upper-class family in Mexico City. The girl does not fit and is conflicting. Everything changes when she meets Claudia, a rebellious girl with whom she becomes close friends.
The Least of These: A Christmas Story

2018

The Least of These: A Christmas Story

2018
5
A charming Christmas tale of hope, forgiveness and faith that centers around a single mom, her seven year old daughter and a Salvation Army Santa Claus.
Pygmalion

2024

Pygmalion

2024
7.2
A friendship between two high-school girls gets progressively more emotionally abusive and co-dependent, until one of them is forced to face the way we let other people cast us in unwanted roles.
Zulu Love Letter

2004

Zulu Love Letter

2004
Thandeka, a young Black journalist, lives in fear of Johannesburg's past. She's so troubled that she can't work, and her relationship with her 13-year-old deaf daughter Mangi goes from bad to worse. One day Me'Tau, an elderly woman, arrives at the newspaper's office. Ten years earlier, Thandeka witnessed the murder of the woman's daughter Dinéo by the secret police. Me'Tau wants Thandeka to find the murderers and Dinéo's body so that the girl can be buried in accordance with tradition. What Me'Tau couldn't know is that Thandeka has already paid for her knowledge, for having dared stand up to the apartheid system run by the whites. Meanwhile, Mangi secretly prepares a Zulu love letter: four embroidered images representing solitude, loss, hope, and love, as a final gesture towards her mother so that she won't give up the fight.
The Citizen

2017

The Citizen

2017
6.7
The heart-wrenching story of The Citizen begins with a citizenship exam, where the examination committee rigorously questions a middle-aged African man. No matter how beautifully he recites Hungarian poetry, Wilson, a political refugee in his late fifties, fails the exams for the umpteenth time, because he doesn’t know where the periodical ‘Magyar Közlöny’ got its name from, and what the Corvinae are. Moreover, inspired by Vörösmarty’s poem, the committee chairman even questions his reasons for leaving his mother country. Wilson argues that his reasons include his fellow citizens cutting pregnant women in half, yet he doesn’t manage to soften the heart of the committee members.
None of That

2023

None of That

2023
6
Whilst a mother drives with her daughter through the wealthy suburbs of her home city, eyeing the houses of the rich, she accidentally drives her car into a beautiful flower patch inside the front yard of a mansion, bogging their car down. The daughter needs to provide the solution, before her mother’s visceral fascination with the house and its owner drives them both to a point of no return.
Tilva Ros

2011

Tilva Ros

2011
5.7
Bor, in eastern Serbia, was once home to the largest copper mine in Europe. Now it’s just the biggest hole. This astutely observed coming-of-age film captures the pitfalls of the adult world, where idealism no longer seems to have a place, as two teens come to realize they have no choice but to grow up.
The Name of the Son

2018

The Name of the Son

2018
5.5
Tina and Fred, a couple in their fifties, are desperate in their search for a boy's name. But for whom? And why? A thoughtful look at a social issue.
This Is Cristina

2019

This Is Cristina

2019
5.4
Cristina and Susana have been best friends since high school. Now, both over 30 years old, they are still living like they did in their teenage years. Or maybe they never grew up.
Učiteľka

1983

Učiteľka

1983
The story of a novice teacher who manages to win over not only her students but also her colleagues. Through her activity and dedication, she manages to ensure the completion of a gymnasium that has been under construction for 3 years.
Tito

2019

Tito

2019
3.5
A desperate man seeks refuge from the predators hunting him by befriending a cheerful intruder.
The Hours and Times

1991

The Hours and Times

1991
5.3
A fictionalized account of what may have happened when John Lennon and Brian Epstein went on holiday together to Spain in 1963.
A New Leaf

2024

A New Leaf

2024
Roshni, a class 10 student struggling with suicidal thoughts due to stress, gets inspired by a book and decides to face the problems instead of giving up.
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.