Popular Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 302

Bim

1974

Bim

1974
Young Indian man survives life of violence and crime in Trinidad and Tobago to become part of the political movement towards independence.
Afuera

2016

Afuera

2016
When Jennifer, an undocumented transgender woman, is forced to resort to the sex trade to support herself, her boyfriend, Pedro, gives her an ultimatum with unintended consequences.
Inbetween Girl

2021

Inbetween Girl

2021
4.7
Teen artist Angie Chen turns to secret hook-ups with the heartthrob of her private school after her parents’ sudden divorce.
Simulation

2017

Simulation

2017
6.8
One night, three bored young men in a car decide to pay a visit to an older man they only know vaguely. At first he’s glad to see them but soon afterwards thinks they’ve come to burgle him and turns a gun on them. When the police turns up, they’re all taken into custody.
A Moving Image

2016

A Moving Image

2016
5
After a long absence an artist returns to her gentrified community where she explores her social position and complicity in the rapid changes.
Liars, Fires and Bears

2012

Liars, Fires and Bears

2012
4.2
The poignant story of nine-year old Eve, a street savvy orphan, who crosses paths with Dave, a man-child, accidentally on the run from the law. Dave embarks on a mission to help Eve reunite with her older brother, and consequently clear his name along the way.
Personne ne t'en veut

2024

Personne ne t'en veut

2024
Yo

2015

Yo

2015
5.9
"Me" is a is a teenager in the body of an adult, a simple being of spirit. He lives and works at his mother's restaurant; "Me" loves his mom and he is loved by everyone, especially Elena, her friend of 11 years. "Me" detests Pady, the man who sleeps with his mother. Sometimes, "Me" sees shadows on people and he knows that means they are going to die.
Guaraní

2016

Guaraní

2016
6.3
It tells the odyssey of Atilio and his granddaughter traveling to Buenos Aires, from Paraguay, his native country. The landscapes that run, the characters they encounter along the way, each with their own way of seeing the world.
Swallow

2020

Swallow

2020
Drew, a strong-willed teen, must face returning home to her broken family after staying in eating disorder rehab for Anorexia.
Clay

1965

Clay

1965
5.5
A killer on the run is found lying flat on his face in a wet clay bank. He is rescued by potters who shelter him within their community. There he falls in love with a woman. Unfortunately, another man who has been calling upon the woman gets jealous and turns the fugitive in to the cops. The woman gets revenge.
Our time

2019

Our time

2019
7
Roberta is a nine year old girl who wants to enjoy the last days of summer on the beach playing with her friends, while her father Donato forces her to stay at home to help with household chores. The distance between the two seems unbridgeable, but the discovery that Donato is much more fragile than it seems, will lead them to appreciate their time together.
Oceans Are the Real Continents

2023

Oceans Are the Real Continents

2023
8.5
Alex and Edith, a young couple in their 30s, live their relationship made up of small gestures and everyday life among the ruins of Cuban buildings. Milagros, an elderly woman now retired, tries to survive by selling peanuts and spends her days listening to the radio and reading old letters. Frank and Alain, two nine-year-old friends, go to school and dream of emigrating together to the United States to become Major League Baseball players. Against the backdrop of San Antonio De Los Baños, a town in inland Cuba where time seems to stand still, these three narratives and their respective worlds unfold. Over this mosaic of contemporaneity, however, brought to life through the characters' memories, hovers the specter of separation, the true great scourge of Cuban society.
Illusions

2021

Illusions

2021
Two young couples come to a family therapist to speak out about the anxieties and feelings that have accumulated during their marriage through a metaphorical story about the life of two elderly married couples.
Мераклии

2025

Мераклии

2025
I'll Be There

2003

I'll Be There

2003
An essay on the demystification of the viewer and the creator of a work of art.
Grace & Saleem

2019

Grace & Saleem

2019
An unintended road trip, a comical first dinner and an awkward meeting of families on Christmas Day all encompass Grace and Saleem's story of an unlikely couple told via three distinctive chapters of their relationship together.
Eleven P.M.

1928

Eleven P.M.

1928
5.2
A truly bizarre mixture of sentimentality, spirituality and the supernatural, Eleven P.M. follows an impoverished violinist who tries to protect a young girl from straying into a life of sin -- and features one of the most mind-boggling endings ever (the poster above provides a hint). Produced by the Maurice Film Company of Detroit, Michigan.
A Dance for Heroes

1989

A Dance for Heroes

1989
5.5
Two women rebel against the traditions of a village society.
Breach of Trust

2017

Breach of Trust

2017
Based on a true story, this film explores the experiences of two young girls in Africa who are victims of sexual abuse by family members.