Top Rated Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 154

Pin Cushion

2018

Pin Cushion

2018
6.4
Super close mother Lyn and daughter Iona (Dafty One and Dafty Two) are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona becomes 'best friends' with Keely, Stacey and Chelsea. Used to being Iona's bestie herself, Lyn feels left out. So Lyn also makes friends with Belinda, her neighbour.
Diving

2017

Diving

2017
6.1
A restless photographer leaves her family to "find herself" and takes up deep-sea diving.
The Venerable W.

2017

The Venerable W.

2017
6.6
A view of the religious tensions between Muslims and Buddhist through the portrait of the Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, leader of anti-Muslim movement in Myanmar.
Gook

2017

Gook

2017
6.5
Eli and Daniel, two Korean American brothers who own a struggling women's shoe store, have an unlikely friendship with 11-year-old Kamilla. On the first day of the 1992 L.A. riots, the trio must defend their store—and contemplate the meaning of family, their personal dreams and the future.
Measure of a Man

2018

Measure of a Man

2018
6.5
A bullied teen experiences a turning point summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.
Person to Person

2017

Person to Person

2017
5.2
Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.
United States of Love

2016

United States of Love

2016
5.7
Poland, 1990. The first euphoric year of freedom, but also of uncertainty for the future. Four apparently happy women of different ages decide it's time to change their lives, and fulfill their desires.
The Farewell Party

2014

The Farewell Party

2014
6.5
A group of friends at a Jerusalem retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend. When rumors of the machine begin to spread, more and more people ask for their help, and the friends are faced with an emotional dilemma
The Identical

2014

The Identical

2014
5.1
During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a wildly successful '50s rock star, while the other, Ryan Wade, struggles to balance his passion for music and pleasing his parents, who want him to become a preacher. Finally, Ryan rebels against his parents' wishes and launches his own music career -- performing the hits of Drexel Hemsley. Ryan later learns the truth about Drexel when their fates tragically collide.
You're Sleeping, Nicole

2014

You're Sleeping, Nicole

2014
6.4
Making the most of the family home while her parents are away, 22-year-old Nicole is enjoying a peaceful summer with her best friend Véronique. But when Nicole’s older brother shows up with his band to record an album, the girls’ friendship is put to the test.
Charlie's Country

2013

Charlie's Country

2013
7.1
Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's kin and ken seeming more interested in going along with things than doing anything about it. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in doing so sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.
Kelly & Cal

2014

Kelly & Cal

2014
6.2
Punk-rocker turned suburban mom, Kelly, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn’t yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at his lack of control over the hand he's been dealt. When the two strike up an unlikely friendship, it's the perfect spark needed to thrust them both back to life.
Wolf

2013

Wolf

2013
6.7
A promising kickboxer struggles to resist the temptations of a life of crime.
Museum Hours

2012

Museum Hours

2012
6.8
A security guard working at an art museum in Vienna crosses paths with a Canadian woman in town to visit her ailing cousin.
Archangel

1990

Archangel

1990
5.4
At the height of the October Revolution during the 1919 allied intervention in Arkhangelsk, the exploits of one-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John Boles are told, after he is taken in from the cold by a dysfunctional Russian family and mistakes a local woman for his presumed dead lover.
Trishna

2011

Trishna

2011
5.9
When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pursue her affections, but are his intentions as pure as they seem?
Woman Times Seven

1967

Woman Times Seven

1967
6.2
Seven mini-stories of adultery: a widow misbehaves at her husband's funeral, a wife turns to streetwalking for revenge, a prudish girl surprises, a neglected wife vies for her husband's attention, a fight over a dress, a death pact, and a detective revealed as a jealous husband's spy.
Happy, Happy

2010

Happy, Happy

2010
5.8
A perfect housewife, who just happens to be sex-starved, struggles to keep her emotions in check when an attractive family moves in next door.
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

2001

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

2001
6.5
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
The Apple

1998

The Apple

1998
6.2
After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two Iranian sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time.