Top Rated Drama Movies on Google Play Movies - Page 153

Pretty Baby

1978

Pretty Baby

1978
6.9
In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.
The Gospel According to St. Matthew

1965

The Gospel According to St. Matthew

1965
7.4
Along a rocky, barren coastline, Jesus begins teaching, primarily using parables. He attracts disciples; he's stern, brusque, and demanding. His parables often take on the powers that be, so he and his teachings come to the attention of the Pharisees, the chief priests, and elders. They conspire to have him arrested, beaten, tried, and crucified, just as he prophesied to his followers.
Calendar Girls

2003

Calendar Girls

2003
6.5
Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.
The Cured

2017

The Cured

2017
5.5
What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged for years by a virus that turns the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a cure is at last found and the wrenching process of reintegrating the survivors back into society begins.
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family

2012

Sexual Chronicles of a French Family

2012
5.4
Three generations of a French family open up about their sexual experiences and desires after young Romain is caught masturbating in his biology class.
The Emperor's Club

2002

The Emperor's Club

2002
7.1
William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.
Crossing Over

2009

Crossing Over

2009
6.1
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.
The Big Country

1958

The Big Country

1958
7.6
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.
The Death and Life of Bobby Z

2007

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

2007
6.1
A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hostage switch with a crime lord. When the negotiations go awry, Kearney flees, with Z's son in tow.
Red Corner

1997

Red Corner

1997
6.3
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
Goliath

2022

Goliath

2022
6.8
Patrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist working for an international chemical corporation. The paths of these characters collide as the lives of thousands are affected by a tragic act that sparks a powerful movement while the corporation fights to prevent the truth from being revealed.
The Forger

2014

The Forger

2014
5.8
A former child art prodigy and second generation petty thief arranges to buy his way out of prison to spend time with his ailing son, only to be forced to alter his plans and commit one more job for the man who financed his release.
The Road Within

2014

The Road Within

2014
6.9
A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.
Jappeloup

2013

Jappeloup

2013
7.1
A true sports story that utterly defies the odds, Duguay’s film captures the wild ups and downs of the Olympics-bound career of legendary equine star Jappeloup and his troubled rider, locked in a tense relationship with his horseman father and forever uncertain of his own skills as an equestrian
I'm Still Here

2010

I'm Still Here

2010
6
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936
7.5
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
The Last Detail

1973

The Last Detail

1973
7
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
3:10 to Yuma

1957

3:10 to Yuma

1957
7.2
Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.
New York Stories

1989

New York Stories

1989
6.2
Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola), a precocious 12-year-old navigates privilege and loneliness in a Manhattan hotel. And in "Oedipus Wrecks" (Woody Allen), a man’s domineering mother literally becomes a looming presence over New York.
Wolf Totem

2015

Wolf Totem

2015
6.5
In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; humans and animals, residents and invaders alike, struggle to find their true place in the world.