Top Rated Drama Movies on Apple iTunes - Page 238

The Face of an Angel

2014

The Face of an Angel

2014
5.1
Both a journalist and a documentary filmmaker chase the story of a murder and its prime suspect.
Effie Gray

2014

Effie Gray

2014
5.9
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
Madea's Witness Protection

2012

Madea's Witness Protection

2012
6.1
For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family's dysfunction and his company's malfeasance, but he's forced to wake up when he learns that he's been framed in a mob-backed Ponzi scheme. Placed under federal protection, George and his family are shipped down South to Madea's house, where the no-nonsense matriarch whips them all into shape using her special brand of tough love.
My Piece of the Pie

2011

My Piece of the Pie

2011
5.7
France, a factory worker, lives with her three daughters in Dunkirk. The factory where she worked has been closed, leaving France and all of her workmates without a job. She decides to go to Paris to look for work. There she finds a cleaning job at the home of a rich man, Steve, whose world is radically different from her own. As their paths keep crossing, she discovers that her employer played a part in closing the factory in Dunkirk...
The Newton Boys

1998

The Newton Boys

1998
6.1
The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence.
Lion of the Desert

1981

Lion of the Desert

1981
7.3
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi War. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.
How to Make an American Quilt

1995

How to Make an American Quilt

1995
6.4
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.
Young Hearts

2024

Young Hearts

2024
8.5
14-year-old Elias increasingly feels like an outsider in his village. When he meets his new neighbour of the same age, Alexander, Elias is confronted with his burgeoning sexuality.
The Lost King

2022

The Lost King

2022
6.5
An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
On the Wandering Paths

2023

On the Wandering Paths

2023
6.3
Pierre, a famous explorer and writer, travels regularly through the world. Someday, climbing a hotel frontage while drunk, he falls from high and into a deep coma. When he awakes, he has difficulties walking but, against everyone's advices, he decides to walk through France, following forgotten pathways...
Priceless

2016

Priceless

2016
7
James, down on his luck and desperate for some quick cash, agrees to drive a small truck across country. He soon realizes that he's made a huge mistake and has inadvertently become involved in a dangerous human trafficking ring. The unlikely hero risks it all to shut down the trafficking ring and save the woman he is falling in love with.
Brothers of the Wind

2015

Brothers of the Wind

2015
7.1
The way of the eagle is to raise two chicks. The stronger is destined always to throw the weaker from the nest. Man also has his ways, often to hurt those closest to him. Lukas suffers at the hands of a father who has withdrawn since the loss of his wife. Killed whilst rescuing the infant Lukas, the boy now carries the burden of her death. Our eagle’s story begins in the nest. The first-born chick pushes his weaker brother to a certain death on the forest floor. But fate intervenes and the chick is found by Lukas. Naming him Abel, Lukas cares for the creature in secret, finding a love and companionship denied to him at home. But when the day comes to release Abel back into the wild, will Lukas find his own release into a new life?
A Quiet Passion

2016

A Quiet Passion

2016
6
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
Hemingway & Gellhorn

2012

Hemingway & Gellhorn

2012
6.1
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
Starlet

2012

Starlet

2012
6.8
An unlikely friendship forms between 21 year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale.
Crimes of Passion

1984

Crimes of Passion

1984
6.3
Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a murderous sex toy.
Howl

2010

Howl

2010
6.5
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove

2010

Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove

2010
6.2
After young Kirra leaves her Australian home to summer with her grandfather in South Africa, she soon discovers a baby orca stranded in the lagoon near her grandfather’s rundown seaside amusement park. She names the lonely whale Willy--and embarks on a great quest to lead the little guy back to his anxious pod.
Straight Time

1978

Straight Time

1978
7.1
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Big Wednesday

1978

Big Wednesday

1978
6.9
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.