Top Rated Drama Movies on Amazon Prime Video - Page 240

Vroom

1988

Vroom

1988
6.1
Two young men and a sultry divorcee flee their drab hometown existence, taking to the road in a bubblegum pink chevrolet.
First Winter

1982

First Winter

1982
6.9
First Winter is a 1982 Canadian short film directed by John N. Smith. With the father away, an Irish immigrant family struggle to survive their first winter in the Canadian wild. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Mixing Nia

1998

Mixing Nia

1998
4.9
An ad agency copywriter, ordered to push a new brand of beer to black ghetto kids, resigns from her job and goes searching for her racial identity.
Take a Giant Step

1959

Take a Giant Step

1959
4.9
After African-American teenager Spence Scott gets expelled from his private school for arguing with a teacher, he turns to his grandmother for advice. Spence, who lives in a genteel white area and has mostly white friends, feels like an outsider. He visits a bar in a black neighborhood, where he meets a few prostitutes, which doesn't help. Eventually, Spence starts a friendship with the housekeeper, Christine, who tells him her own difficult story.
Inherit the Wind

1988

Inherit the Wind

1988
7.8
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
A Soldier's Tale

1988

A Soldier's Tale

1988
3.8
In the days following the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, a British platoon leader named Saul (Gabriel Byrne) and his corporal (Paul Wyett) reach an isolated farmhouse and encounter a beautiful French girl named Belle (Marianne Basler). Love blooms between Saul and Belle, but the grim realities of war catch up with them when a French Resistance trio claims that Belle is a Nazi collaborator. Judge Reinhold appears briefly as the token Yank.
Rain

2003

Rain

2003
4.8
A German Shepherd Dog named Rain is trained to fight in the Vietnam War and his intelligence and courage in the face of adversity wins the respect and loyalty of his platoon.
The Perfect Summer

2013

The Perfect Summer

2013
4.4
Jake seems to be good at one thing: making enemies. Will his interest in a pretty surfing prodigy lead to more trouble?
Bushido

2013

Bushido

2013
7.2
1732, in the era of Yoshimune Tokugawa. West Japan suffers from a severe famine. Three years after wards, it appeared as though calm had been restored to the domain, but there is word that Jyuzo Matsumiya, the sword fighting instructor sent by the shogunate, is taking some suspicious actions.
Jimmy

2013

Jimmy

2013
6.9
The story of a mentally challenged teenager who interacts with supernatural beings he calls "Watchers".
The Adventures of Gerard

1970

The Adventures of Gerard

1970
5.8
Based on satirical short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a vain, egotistical Etienne Gerard, a French brigadier serving during the Napoleonic Wars. He thinks he's the best soldier and lover that ever lived and intends to prove it.
If... Dog... Rabbit

1999

If... Dog... Rabbit

1999
3.9
Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery that also his father and brother participated in. When he's released from jail he's determined to live a normal life and gets work at a gas station. But soon his brother pays a visit.
The Reckoning

1932

The Reckoning

1932
4
Two young lovers caught up in the underworld decide to get out and go straight, but a gang leader has other plans for them.
Badge of the Assassin

1985

Badge of the Assassin

1985
5.4
Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police detective on the trail of the killers that leads from New York to San Francisco and down to New Orleans.
The Runner

1999

The Runner

1999
5.1
A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.
This Matter of Marriage

1998

This Matter of Marriage

1998
4.1
Successful Hallie has it all - power, wealth, status - but she has no man in her life. Together with her friend Donnelee she goes out into the night to search for the right one. New lovers come and go without Hallie understand that true love is closer than she thinks - just across the street
Yellowneck

1955

Yellowneck

1955
3.9
A disgraced Confederate Colonel who has deserted his command flees to the Everglades where he encounters a disparate group of four other Southern deserters. Together they struggle to find their way out of the swamp and resolve their own personal demons under the eyes of hostile Seminoles as they battle to survive the elements and each other.
Lured Innocence

1997

Lured Innocence

1997
4.1
A reporter sent to cover a murder trial discovers a web of deceit stemming from a torrid affair.
Bank Alarm

1937

Bank Alarm

1937
4.1
A federal agent learns the gangsters he's been investigating have kidnapped his sister.
To Brave Alaska

1996

To Brave Alaska

1996
5.2
True story of a yuppie couple's Alaskan trip turning into a wilderness survival struggle.