Top Rated Drama Movies on Apple iTunes - Page 497

Against the Current

2009

Against the Current

2009
5.5
Struggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River.
Ode to Billy Joe

1976

Ode to Billy Joe

1976
6.2
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
International Velvet

1978

International Velvet

1978
7.4
Sarah Brown is sent to England after her parents die in a car crash. There, she lives with her aunt Velvet who introduces Sarah to the world of equestrian competition and gives her the last foal of her own prize horse, The Pie. Under the watchful eye of her aunt and horse trainer Capt. Johnson, Sarah develops into a talented rider who might have a shot at the Olympics.
The New Age

1994

The New Age

1994
5.4
Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find meaning to their empty lives, they follow various New Age gurus and other such groups. Eventually, they hit rock bottom and have to make some hard decisions.
The Rescue

1988

The Rescue

1988
5.3
A team of Navy Seals are sent to destroy a disabled submarine so it will not fall into the "wrong" hands. They complete their mission, but are captured before they can return to their base. The U.S. Government will not mount a rescue mission to free the soldiers, so their teenage children take over. The kids find a way to venture into the foreign country and then must overcome many obstacles.
Beach Red

1967

Beach Red

1967
6.3
American troops storm ashore on a Japanese-held island and push inland while their enemies plan a counterattack in this look at warfare. Soldiers on both sides are haunted by memories of home and the horrifying, sickening images they find in combat.
Kingdom Come

2001

Kingdom Come

2001
6.5
When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs squabble and fight their way to the funeral.
Boy on a Dolphin

1957

Boy on a Dolphin

1957
5.5
Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold statue of a boy riding a dolphin, which is said to have the magical power to grant wishes. Her shiftless boyfriend wants to sell it to an unscrupulous art collector, but Phaedra wants to give it to anthropologist Jim Calder, who would return it to the Greek government.
All Night Long

1962

All Night Long

1962
6.7
Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ambitious drummer, Johnny Cousin, attempts to tear the interracial couple apart.
Dillinger

1945

Dillinger

1945
5.8
The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

2008

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

2008
5.5
Set against a backdrop of early '60s London, Telstar is the story of the world's first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with Telstar – the biggest selling record of it's time – before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and paranoia led to his downfall.
Hard Core Logo

1996

Hard Core Logo

1996
6.5
Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick holds the whole magilla together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of life on the road come bubbling to the surface.
Preaching to the Perverted

1997

Preaching to the Perverted

1997
6
A computer wizard infiltrates a London sex club to get evidence for a shutdown, but falls for the proprietress.
Blue Hill Avenue

2003

Blue Hill Avenue

2003
6.9
A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.
Agnes Browne

1999

Agnes Browne

1999
6.2
Set in Dublin in 1967, the story of feisty woman, who along with her seven children, learns to cope with adversity after the unexpected death of her husband.
Schultze Gets the Blues

2003

Schultze Gets the Blues

2003
6.5
Schultze is an accordion player and newly without work. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly.
Daisy Miller

1974

Daisy Miller

1974
6.2
Despite mixed emotions, Frederick Winterbourne tries to figure out the bright and bubbly Daisy Miller, only to be helped and hindered by false judgments from their fellow friends.
Kiss of the Spider Woman

2025

Kiss of the Spider Woman

2025
6.1
Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.
We Grown Now

2024

We Grown Now

2024
6.7
In 1992 Chicago, a story of two young legends in their own right begins. As wide-eyed and imaginative best friends Malik and Eric traverse the city, looking to escape the mundaneness of school and the hardships of growing up in public housing, their unbreakable bond is challenged when tragedy shakes their community just as they are learning to fly.
Home Education

2023

Home Education

2023
5.7
A home-schooled girl begins to question her domineering mother's teachings when their beliefs face the ultimate test.