Top Rated Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 194

William The Conqueror

2015

William The Conqueror

2015
5.8
Blending drama with the explanations of passionate historians and specialists, this enriched historical reconstruction traces 60 years in the life a man who transformed the Middle Ages and laid the foundation of modern Europe, William The Conqueror.
Karmalink

2022

Karmalink

2022
4.3
In this Buddhist sci-fi mystery, a teenage orphan in the slums of Phnom Penh, Cambodia investigates her friend’s past-life visions, uncovering a conspiracy of scientific reincarnation.
Four Cousins and a Christmas

2021

Four Cousins and a Christmas

2021
3.3
Four cousins are excited to celebrate Christmas with each other until their estranged grandfather summons them home for their beloved grandmother’s memorial.
Names Live Nowhere

1994

Names Live Nowhere

1994
2.8
A Senegalese storyteller travels to Belgium and observes the lives of African expatriates in Europe. Dreams and struggles great and small are explored.
The Gift of Christmas

2020

The Gift of Christmas

2020
5.3
A Kentucky family comes together for a Christmas Eve church concert.
Belly of the Beast

2020

Belly of the Beast

2020
6.7
When a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in California’s women’s prison system, they take to the courtroom to wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections. With a growing team of investigators inside prison working with colleagues on the outside, they uncover a series of statewide crimes - from dangerously inadequate health care to sexual assault to coercive sterilizations - primarily targeting women of color. But no one believes them. This shocking legal drama captured over seven years features extraordinary access and intimate accounts from currently and formerly incarcerated women, demanding our attention to a shameful and ongoing legacy of eugenics and reproductive injustice in the United States.
The Girls of Summer

2020

The Girls of Summer

2020
3
After her two younger sisters leave home, Maren, a Midwest sod farmer by day, and a drummer by night, is left alone to take care of her depressed, narcotic-abusing father. Eventually recognizing her unhappiness, Maren's father insists she pursue her dreams of becoming an Americana musician.
Beast Beast

2021

Beast Beast

2021
6
A look at the lives and trauma surrounding three people living in a southern town.
Labyrinth

2019

Labyrinth

2019
6.3
Negar and Amirali are going to immigrate, but at the very last moment, they face a critical situation: their son, Bardiya, goes missing. Now it is time to unfold all the family secrets…
1 Angry Black Man

2019

1 Angry Black Man

2019
3
Mike Anderson is a senior at the quintessential New-England liberal arts school, Frost College. And Mike is eight weeks away from graduation. On this particular day he has his African-American Literature class with his favorite professor. But today, Mike is feeling sadness. He's feeling isolated. He's feeling Angry.
Once Upon a River

2019

Once Upon a River

2019
6
After her father’s violent death, Native American teenager Margo Crane flees down Michigan’s Stark River in search of her estranged mother. On the way, she encounters allies, enemies, danger, and the beauty of nature, all while coming to grips with her past and her own identity.
She Paradise

2019

She Paradise

2019
6.7
A teenage girl struggles to fit into a crew of Soca backup dancers. Her first chance on stage becomes a night of difficult choices, but also possibilities for an exciting new future.
Daughter

2019

Daughter

2019
5.7
In the aftermath of his daughter's death, Jim is living a life of isolation and self-destruction until he can no longer hide and must face his tragic past.
Memory House

2022

Memory House

2022
3.3
An older man begins to work in a modern dairy factory. He feels distant and does not identify with the place, the people and even the society. Little by little, he is approaching cows and oxen, transforming into an animal and returning to his ancestry.
Our Time Machine

2019

Our Time Machine

2019
8
When influential Chinese artist Ma Liang (a.k.a. Maleonn) realizes that his father Ma Ke, an accomplished Peking Opera director, is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, he invites his father to collaborate on his most ambitious project to date - a haunting, magical, autobiographical stage performance featuring life-size mechanical puppets called "Papa's Time Machine". Through the creation of this play, the two men confront their mortality before time runs out and memories are lost forever.
Jeremiah

2019

Jeremiah

2019
5
An Asian-American high school football player is forced to confront his deepest fears after a strange encounter with a mysterious figure.
Tattoo

2019

Tattoo

2019
6.3
The young Iranian woman had not been expecting this kind of examination. She only wanted to renew her driver’s license, but when the officials noticed a scar on her wrist and her tattoo, they began looking at her with suspicion. Suddenly she is trapped, forced to answer personal questions and exposed to insinuations. The camera captures the growing uneasiness with clinical precision.
The Good Death

2019

The Good Death

2019
8
Janette is terminally ill and wants to die in a dignified way but this is not permitted under British law. She refuses to wait for death in unbearable pain so she opts for a physician-assisted suicide in Switzerland. Before departing on the final journey she has to explain her intention to the family members and close friends.
The Infiltrators

2019

The Infiltrators

2019
8
A rag-tag group of undocumented youth – Dreamers – deliberately get detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center.
Dog Eat Dog

2018

Dog Eat Dog

2018
8.2
Silje wants to leave her boyfriend, but when she finds him in a half-hearted attempt to hang himself she has to reconsider, in fear of acting reckless.