Top Rated Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 146

From the Rough

2013

From the Rough

2013
6.4
The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.
Divided Heaven

1964

Divided Heaven

1964
6.4
After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; how his enthusiasm about his new chemical process turned to bitter disappointment in the face of official rejection; how he escaped to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built and hoped that she would follow him …
Love Rites

1987

Love Rites

1987
4.6
Hugo, a vain clothing buyer, meets Myriam on a train and pursues a relationship with her. He is delighted to learn she is a prostitute and has no idea she has more in mind than Hugo bargained for.
So Much Water

2013

So Much Water

2013
5.5
A family vacation is bogged down by unrelenting rain, as a teenage girl and her divorced father try to find common ground.
Wish 143

2009

Wish 143

2009
6.4
A fifteen-year-old boy with only months to live is granted one wish from the Dreamscape Charity. But David doesn’t want to go to Disneyland or meet Gary Neville; what he really wants is an hour alone with a naked woman.
After Tiller

2013

After Tiller

2013
6.9
Since the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas in 2009, only four doctors in the United States continue to perform third-trimester abortions. These physicians, all colleagues of Dr. Tiller, sacrifice their safety and personal lives in the name of their fierce, unwavering conviction to help women.
Duet for Cannibals

1969

Duet for Cannibals

1969
6.6
Arthur, a university professor, and former political activist, lives in France with Francesca. They decide to hire a young man in order to help the teacher organize his notes. The employee leaves his girlfriend Ingrid and moves in with the couple.
One Potato, Two Potato

1964

One Potato, Two Potato

1964
6.8
Study of interracial marriage in the 1960s. A white divorcée falls in love with and marries an African-American man. When her ex-husband sues for custody of her child, arguing that a mixed household is an improper place to raise the girl, the new husband fights for his parental rights in court, fighting against a judge who represents the prejudices of the era.
Windrider

1986

Windrider

1986
5.4
A rock star falls for a rich man's son who competitively board-sails the coast of Western Australia.
The Scenic Route

1978

The Scenic Route

1978
5.4
An experimental drama that spins the tale of a woman, her sister, and the man who completes the triangle. Told through such fertile sources as grand opera, classical painting, and Victorian melodrama.
Night Across the Street

2012

Night Across the Street

2012
6.6
A drama centered on an office worker on the verge of retirement who begins to relive both real and imagined memories.
Heat Wave

2011

Heat Wave

2011
4.6
One hot afternoon in the south of France, several paths are converging towards a tragic conclusion. Those involved are: Stéphane and Luigi, two cousins who have just emerged from adolescence; Georges, a retired old man; Amélie, Luigi’s girlfriend; and Amélie’s mother Anne. Little do they know how their lives, scarred by fear, humiliation and weariness, will become intertwined and propel them to a terrible outcome...
My Foolish Heart

1950

My Foolish Heart

1950
6.7
After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise drinks too much and is unhappily married to Lew Wengler. Eloise falls asleep and remembers her time with her true love, Walt Dreiser, at the beginning of the Second World War. She recalls the events that lead up to her split with Mary Jane, and how Lew married Eloise rather than Mary Jane.
Notes from the Heart Healer

2012

Notes from the Heart Healer

2012
5.8
A single young mom forms an unlikely friendship with author Peyton, after a desperate situation forces her to abandon her child on Peyton's doorstep.
A Woman Like Eve

1979

A Woman Like Eve

1979
4.6
A devoted yet stressed out housewife takes a holiday to relax, and falls in love with another woman: a guitar-playing hippie who lives in a commune.
Tilva Ros

2011

Tilva Ros

2011
5.9
Bor, in eastern Serbia, was once home to the largest copper mine in Europe. Now it’s just the biggest hole. This astutely observed coming-of-age film captures the pitfalls of the adult world, where idealism no longer seems to have a place, as two teens come to realize they have no choice but to grow up.
La France

2007

La France

2007
6.4
During the First World War, Camille (Sylvie Testud), a young woman whose husband is away fighting at the front, receives a short letter of break-up from him. Distraught, she decides to go to join him, but is driven back by the rule of the time which forbids women to move around alone. She has no other recourse than to dress herself up as a man so as to be able to take to the road on foot. As she lives near the Western Fromt she hooks up with a passing group of French soldiers without too much trouble. But there's something a bit odd about these stragglers, and it's not just their habit of bursting into song at every opportunity.
Ward No. 6

2009

Ward No. 6

2009
4.8
Simultaneously nihilistic and heartening, Ward No. 6 is based on a story by Chekov, in which a psychiatric doctor becomes a patient in his own asylum. Updated to contemporary Russia, the film is a cocktail of anxieties and riddles, showcasing how easy it is to become what we fear most.
Dreaming of Space

2005

Dreaming of Space

2005
5.4
A story of a simple, naive Russian man Konek and the people around him: his love and her sister and a mysterious man. The film is set in 1957, time of changes, time of waiting for something big to happen.
Munyurangabo

2008

Munyurangabo

2008
6.7
An orphan of the Rwandan genocide travels from Kigali to the countryside on a quest for justice.