Top Rated Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 184

The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

2022

The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

2022
5.6
In 1893, heavily pregnant Molly Johnson and her children struggle in isolation to survive the harsh Australian landscape after her husband left to go droving sheep in the high country. One day, she finds a shackled Aboriginal fugitive named Yakada wounded on her property. As an unlikely bond begins to form between them he reveals secrets about her true identity. Realizing Molly’s husband is actually missing, new town lawman Nate Clintoff starts being suspicious and sends his constable to investigate.
Alone With Her Dreams

2019

Alone With Her Dreams

2019
7.5
Set in the late 1960s, the film explores the issues of immigration, community values and family devotion through the eyes of a young girl, Lucia, who is left behind with her grandmother while her parents emigrate to France to find work. Lucia pains to be with her family as she struggles to learn her role in the tiny, traditional village under the watchful guidance of her stern grandmother.
Lucky Grandma

2020

Lucky Grandma

2020
6.5
In New York City's Chinatown, an ornery, chain-smoking Chinese grandma goes all in at the casino, landing herself on the wrong side of luck — and in the middle of a gang war.
Eternal Winter

2018

Eternal Winter

2018
6.8
The true story of an unlikely romance in a Soviet labor camp.
Girls Lost

2015

Girls Lost

2015
5.4
Kim, Bella and Momo are three fourteen-year-old girls who discover a fantastic flower with magic qualities: by drinking its nectar they are transformed into boys and they enter a new world. At first they enjoy their newly found freedom, but soon Bella and Momo realize that there are downsides to it. Kim however gets seriously addicted…
Burn Country

2016

Burn Country

2016
5
A former war journalist now writing for a paper in Northern California is drawn into conflict at home.
Dukhtar

2014

Dukhtar

2014
6.8
In the mountains of Pakistan, a mother and her ten-year-old daughter flee their home on the eve of the girl's marriage to a tribal leader. A deadly hunt for them begins.
Expecting Amish

2014

Expecting Amish

2014
6.6
Expecting Amish tells the story of 18-year-old Hannah Yoder, who is ready to join the Amish Church and marry her boyfriend Samuel. But things change when she goes to Hollywood and gets a glimpse of the world beyond.
Set Fire to the Stars

2014

Set Fire to the Stars

2014
5.6
An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.
Gabriel

2014

Gabriel

2014
6.7
Convinced that reuniting with his old girlfriend will bring his dreams to fruition, Gabriel risks it all in a desperate and increasingly obsessive pursuit.
Bubble Bath

1979

Bubble Bath

1979
7.1
Zsolt Mohai, an eccentric shop window decorator in his 40s, drops by Anna Parádi on his wedding day, asking her to phone his bride Klára Horváth and call off the event. Drama, discussions and musical numbers ensue over topics like romance, loyalty, ambition, and settling for a family life in a modern day city.
Between Us

2012

Between Us

2012
5.2
A New York couple and their Midwestern friends find that drastic changes have occurred in their respective lives since they last met.
Not Wanted

1949

Not Wanted

1949
6.8
After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.
Going All the Way

1997

Going All the Way

1997
4.6
Korean War--era veterans and ex-classmates "Gunner" Casselman and "Sonny" Burns reunite upon their return home. Gunner, who spent the war years abroad, is trying to convince his mother that his gal Marty is good enough for him, while Sonny, who was stationed stateside, is torn between loyal Buddy and tempting Gale Ann. As they commiserate, the men realize that they're outgrowing the lives they lived before the war.
Clearcut

1991

Clearcut

1991
6.9
A white lawyer finds his values shaken when he is paired with an angry Indigenous activist who insists on kidnapping the head of a logging company to teach him the price of his destruction.
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

2011

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

2011
6.7
Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not of their choosing at an age where young people are falling in love and taking their place in adult life. A bottle thrown in the sea and a correspondence by email nurture the slender hope that their relationship might give them the strength to confront this harsh reality to grapple with it, and thereby ever so slightly change it. Only 60 miles separate them but how many bombings, check-points, sleepless nights and bloodstained days stand between them?
A Slave of Love

1976

A Slave of Love

1976
5.9
During the Russian Civil War, the production of a silent melodrama runs into numerous complications.
Blind Husbands

1919

Blind Husbands

1919
6.3
An Austrian military officer and rogue attempts to seduce the wife of a surgeon. The two men confront each other in a test of abilities that ends surprisingly.
Piccadilly

1929

Piccadilly

1929
6.4
A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.
I'll Be There

2003

I'll Be There

2003
5.3
A comedy about a has-been rock star (Craig Ferguson) that discovers he has a teenage daughter (Charlotte Church), from a long forgotten love affair.