Top Rated Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 157

You Will Be My Son

2011

You Will Be My Son

2011
6.3
Paul de Marseul, a prestigious wine-maker and owner of a renowned chateau and vineyard in Saint-Emilion, is disheartened by the notion of his son Martin taking over the family business. Martin does not seem to have inherited the qualities that Paul esteems in a wine-maker: persistence, creative insight and technical prowess matched with passion for the job and the product, and Paul frequently reminds him of this, whether explicitly or in subtle gestures. When Philippe, the son of his manager, appears at the vineyard, Paul leaps at the chance to name him as his successor, neglecting the wishes of his own son...
Michael

1924

Michael

1924
6.3
A gay art student is accused of causing the death of the renowned painter who secretly loved him.
Svengali

1931

Svengali

1931
6.1
A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon

2007

The Romance of Astrea and Celadon

2007
5.9
In an enchanted forest, back in the time of the Druids, the shepherd Céladon and the shepherdess Astrée share a pure and chaste love. Fooled by a suitor, Astrée dismisses Céladon, who throws himself into a river out of despair. She thinks he's dead, but he's been secretly rescued by some nymphs. Faithful to the promise he made to Astrée to never appear before her again, Céladon must overcome many obstacles to break the curse. Mad with love and despair, coveted by the nymphs, surrounded by rivals, and obliged to disguise himself as a woman to be near the one he loves, will he manage to make himself known without breaking his oath? A romance filled with doubt, hazards, and delicious temptations.
Skin

2008

Skin

2008
6.4
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Colonel Redl

1985

Colonel Redl

1985
6.9
Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.
The Whole Wide World

1996

The Whole Wide World

1996
6.6
In 1930s Texas, pulp fiction master Robert E. Howard is introduced to Novalyne Price, a teacher with aspirations of becoming an author herself, and they begin a unique relationship filled with conversation and imagination. Although the possibility exists for romance, Howard's obsession with his work and dedication to his sick mother leads Price to look elsewhere for love, leaving Howard feeling betrayed and alone.
Tortilla Soup

2001

Tortilla Soup

2001
6.3
A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food but not for life.
Chile '76

2022

Chile '76

2022
7
Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.
The Breaking Ice

2023

The Breaking Ice

2023
6.4
In cold wintry Yanji, a city on China's northern border, young urbanite Haofeng, visiting from Shanghai, feels lost and adrift. By chance, he goes on a tour led by Nana, a charming tour guide who instantly fascinates him. She introduces him to Xiao, a personable but frustrated restaurant worker. The three bond quickly over a drunken weekend. Confronting their individual traumas, their frozen desires slowly thaw as they seek to liberate themselves from an icy world.
Agatha and the Midnight Murders

2020

Agatha and the Midnight Murders

2020
6.3
As bombs fall on London, writer Agatha Christie decides it is time to kill off her most famous creation.
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

2020

Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

2020
5.9
Márta, a 40-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man she loves. But she waits for him at the Liberty Bridge in vain - he does not appear at their rendezvous. Márta starts to search for him desperately, but when she finally finds him, the love of her life claims that they have never met before.
As They Made Us

2022

As They Made Us

2022
5.2
Abigail, a divorced mother of two, is struggling to balance the dynamics within her dysfunctional family as she attempts to cultivate new love.
Nina Wu

2019

Nina Wu

2019
6.4
After years toiling in bit-parts, an actress finally gets her break with a leading role in a spy thriller. The part is challenging, not least because it calls for explicit sex scenes, and the director is often hard on her. But both the industry and the press think the results are sensationally good.
Whatever Happened to My Revolution

2019

Whatever Happened to My Revolution

2019
6.3
Angela was 8 years old when the first McDonald's opened in East Berlin - Since then, she has been fighting against the curse of her generation: to be born "too late" at a time of global political depression. Coming from a family of activists, her sister chose the world of business and her mother abandoned overnight her political struggle to move alone to the countryside.
Here Are the Young Men

2021

Here Are the Young Men

2021
5.5
Dublin teenagers Matthew, nihilistic Rez, and the deranged Kearney, leave school to a social vacuum of drinking and drugs, falling into shocking acts of transgression.
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians

2018

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians

2018
6.8
"I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Ministers of the summer of 1941, started the ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. The film attempts to comment on this statement.
I Am Elizabeth Smart

2017

I Am Elizabeth Smart

2017
6.9
The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective.
Axolotl Overkill

2017

Axolotl Overkill

2017
5.1
Mifti is a teenager as beautiful as she is reckless. Mentally unstable, fed up with her dysfunctional family, oblivious to the youthful world, and aware of the sexual magnetism she gives off with her peculiar appearance, she wanders through the dark path of several bohemian adults with questionable lifestyles.
Blush

2015

Blush

2015
5.6
Na'ama is seventeen. She lives in a sleepy suburbia. She is bored. With detached parents and a rebellious older sister, her life at home is a mess. It all changes when a new girl appears at school. She's introduced to a world of drugs, lesbians and sex. She's thrilled. Her life, at last, becomes exciting. Is it going to last? "Barash" is a coming of age story, planted in the heart of Israeli society, about a young woman who struggles to find her self-identity in an environment that has different ideas about sex, drugs and love.