Popular Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 296

The Birth of Jesus

1998

The Birth of Jesus

1998
1
A cozy fire, cookies and cocoa (full mugs this time!), and a favorite uncle, played by Evangelical headcase Kirk Cameron, to read the Christmas Story. It's tree trimming night for the Barnes family – and a young, logical guest who thinks the Bible is just another story. Then, as the timeless words of Luke and Matthew unfold the events of the first Christmas, something wonderful happens. The Bible comes vividly to life!
Before They Vanish

2022

Before They Vanish

2022
7.8
Frank Kuntz spent his life preserving 300 horses used for human therapy. Due to cancer, he is finding it difficult to provide for these horses as he did in the past. Streaming in North America, South America, England, and Ireland.
The Other Kids

2016

The Other Kids

2016
Director Chris Brown creates a hybrid of fiction and non-fiction in which he collaborates with real high school seniors to tell their personal stories. The result is a portrait of six teens on the threshold of adulthood and how each is dealing with his or her impending future.
On Probation

1981

On Probation

1981
6
Nina Kern, a divorced woman in her late twenties, will soon be fully deprived of her custody rights for her three children, who already reside in a home for the displaced due to Nina’s many years of willful neglect. Although she has broken her promise to change her moral conduct many times, she is given one last chance on probation.
An Irish Goodbye

2022

An Irish Goodbye

2022
A disconsolate man draws comparisons to this when he struggles to write a suicide note for his parents. Through a melancholy yet humorous monologue, he criticises and provides observations on contemporary Irish youth culture.
Elza

2011

Elza

2011
5.4
A young Parisian woman of Caribbean descent returns to her native island of Guadeloupe looking for the father she has never known.
The Desert

2013

The Desert

2013
4.2
The failed story of a love triangle in a post-apocalyptic world.
Antigone/Rites of Passion

1990

Antigone/Rites of Passion

1990
This first feature by Amy Greenfield brings to the screen the story of the daughter of Oedipus in an emotionally relentless, visually stunning New Music Film Opera which challenges the conventions of narrative cinema to create a genre of its own. The 2500-year-old drama of the woman who defied the state to bury her brother is transformed through stark, ceaseless movement, haunting sounds and music (including themes from Glen Branca, David Van Tieghem, Elliot Sharp and Diamanda Galas) and words of outcry against our own world's injustice.
Black in Minneapolis

2019

Black in Minneapolis

2019
5.8
A black man begins an uprising after police kill his brother during a routine traffic stop.
Masel Tov Cocktail

2020

Masel Tov Cocktail

2020
7.3
A Russian-Jewish teenager Dima gets into a school fight, and then breaks the fourth wall and passionately and ferociously talks about his views, and about the hypocritically tolerant way in which his world works.
Grafters

2017

Grafters

2017
8
Kurt steals the cars, and Larry, a shady chop-shop owner, sells them. But, Kurt's life soon becomes complicated by offbeat romance and professional competition.
Littlerock

2010

Littlerock

2010
5.4
A pair of Japanese siblings get stranded in small-town California and become friends with other twentysomethings they meet, despite the complete lack of a common verbal language.
We Once Were Tide

2011

We Once Were Tide

2011
4.8
Set on the Isle of Wight, the film tells the story of Anthony and Kyle, and their last night together as Kyle moves away leaving Anthony to look after his terminally ill mother. Poetic in nature, the film is concerned with exploring the intimate and often unspoken moment in which we give something special away.
La Boheme

1988

La Boheme

1988
8
Giacomo Puccini's bittersweet opera of high-spirited bohemians and the doomed love between Rodolfo, the idealistic poet and Mimi, the consumptive flower-maker, is a beautifully balanced series of tableaux depicting the infectious joie de vivre of youth and the tragic waste of disease and separation. The legendary and incomparable partnership of Mirella Freni and Luciano Pavarotti as the two lovers has been captured in this special live recording from stage of the San Francisco Opera. Brian Large has adapted Francesca Zambello's production for video, further illuminating the fascinating interaction of Puccini's characters. Gino Quilico sings Marcello, the colorful and moody painter, whose tempestuous relationship with the flirtatious Musetta (sung by Sandra Pacetti), comically mirrors the more profound love of Rodolfo and Mimi. Nicolai Ghiaurov sings Colline.
A Trip

2015

A Trip

2015
5.5
After meeting at a party, Luciana and Pedro... embark on a spur of the moment journey together that takes them to the forest. Asthey explore the beauty in the nature that surrounds them, they camp out under the stars, go on hikes, indulge in the passions of their encounter, and discuss their personal beliefs surrounding love, obligations, and attraction. Lensed in lush black-and-white cinematography amidst the gorgeous backdrop of the Costa Rican forest, an honest and genuine relationship story unfolds, lending a feeling of realism to their storybook romance in a refreshing and youthful way.
When Tomorrow Dies

1965

When Tomorrow Dies

1965
6.7
A frustrated, despairing housewife and young mother of two, imprisoned by her domestic world and ignored by her succesful husband, becomes increasingly bereft of hope and a means of escape.
Lalo's House

2018

Lalo's House

2018
1
Lalo's House, a Student Academy Award and DGA Student Award winning film, is inspired by true events. After being taken from home in Jacmel, Haiti, two sisters must escape a child sex trafficking ring, disguised as a Catholic orphanage.
Tito

2019

Tito

2019
3.5
A desperate man seeks refuge from the predators hunting him by befriending a cheerful intruder.
Benediction

2022

Benediction

2022
A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
Spring Takes Time

1965

Spring Takes Time

1965
5.6
Was it an act of sabotage or willful negligence? The non-party engineer Heinz Solter is suddenly arrested and accused of approving a defective pipeline that caused a half million loss to his company. At first, the case seems clear-cut for the state prosecutor, but when he probes deeper, he discovers that Solter had acted against his better judgment due to the pressure from his career-driven and authoritarian boss.