Top Rated Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 215

Don't Worry About Me

2021

Don't Worry About Me

2021
A short film by Miriam Ghobrial about family, loneliness, friendship, and disconnection.
Guy

2016

Guy

2016
Guy is a talented musician who dreams of becoming a rockstar. He has to decide between his existence in the shadow of anonymity with his young family and an intense life of fame and success.
God's Fool

2020

God's Fool

2020
A new story about an old saint: St. Francis of Assisi - the first Ragamuffin. This is the third and final movie in "The Ragamuffin Trilogy." First was "Ragamuffin" about Rich Mullins. Then "Brennan" about the author Brennan Manning.
Bagdad Cafe

2021

Bagdad Cafe

2021
Smack bang in the middle of nowhere (or was it somewhere on the legendary Route 66?) two women are thrown together by chance. Stranded tourist Jasmin stumbles out of her unhappy marriage and finds herself at Brenda’s remote cafe and motel. Ordinarily, no one would choose to stay at the Bagdad Cafe but in the dust and isolation, unexpected and extraordinary friendships begin to blossom. The lost are found as individuals transform into an eclectic community bound by music, magic and some very strong coffee.
Guidance

2021

Guidance

2021
During a trip to the country, a young couple use 'Guidance', a device made to create enlightened people. But, as time passes, they subvert Guidance to manipulate and lie-- hoping to save what they are afraid of losing the most: each other.
Harvest Season

2018

Harvest Season

2018
Harvest Season follows Ed and Elsie Mason on the day the long-married couple receives the worst possible news: Elsie isn't going to win her fight against cancer.
Netherby Naps

2005

Netherby Naps

2005
An independent feature, 12 years in the making, by Pieter Van Deusen in the mill towns and on the moorlands of northern England. Tom, a playwright whose wife has locked him out of the house, now lives in his garden shed. He has been trying to finish a play that is opening that very night, a play about a cowardly knight of local legend--Old Lord Netherby--whose spirit resides in Purgatory.
Albert Speer

2004

Albert Speer

2004
The story of German architect Albert Speer, who became one of Hitler's closest allies.
A Private Life

1989

A Private Life

1989
Jack and Stella were unable to marry in South Africa because she was classified as coloured. They persevere by living together in a mixed neighborhood, but their son Paul will suffer when he is unable to marry his white girlfriend Andrea.
Nigel 3: The American Revolution

2020

Nigel 3: The American Revolution

2020
Two British redcoats contemplate their place in the American Revolutionary War and the world at large.
Ladyboys, Another Landscape

2017

Ladyboys, Another Landscape

2017
If you think all transgender stories are the same - sex, transformation, mutilation, mental illness,... - you can't be more wrong! This tells the story of four very different people in rural Thailand. Four humble ladyboys working in the rubber tree forests at night, in the rice fields during the day, looking for a way to survive, exist and have the others accept them with their difference.
Child Rush

2009

Child Rush

2009
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Because of his cancer, Pavel has to intensify his chemotherapy. One of its side effects is the loss of fertility. The exhausting therapy is to start in five days. Pavel (32) and Jasmin (26) only recently have started a relationship.
The Cost of Living

2021

The Cost of Living

2021
Lily is stuck in a state of ennui, until Death comes along in the form of a beautiful woman and entices her to live.
Quaranteened

2020

Quaranteened

2020
While quarantined, a workaholic rediscovers their passion that was once lost while growing up.
The Gift of the Magi

2001

The Gift of the Magi

2001
A romantic tale of a young married couple who have little money to buy each other Christmas presents. And so she cuts off and sells her beautiful hair.
A Problem

2020

A Problem

2020
A seemingly normal afternoon in the city gets disrupted as passers-by are temporarily unhinged from their daily business. A man lying on the pavement becomes a problem not only for the local tenants but also medical services and the police.
The Return

2015

The Return

2015
Wen is finally released after many years of imprisonment. An old man now, he returns to an uneasy reunion with his children. Whilst his daughter welcomes him with open arms, his indignant son reminds him of his lost years. Through his explorations of his home, now turned into a slick urban jungle, Wen starts to wonder if this newfound freedom, paid for with such a high price, was actually worth the while.
Bintou in Paris

1995

Bintou in Paris

1995
A "fictional documentary" concerning the volatile topic of female excision, Bintou In Paris tells the story of a young Malinese mother faced with the critical decision of whether or not to excise her baby daughter.
Sylvia

2018

Sylvia

2018
Sylvia is undergoing an experimental medical treatment to find out what caused her brush with death. The doctors go through her recent memories in order to confront traumatic experiences that may have lead up to the attempt at her life.
In Case of Emergency

2020

In Case of Emergency

2020
In Case of Emergency paints a startling picture of our ERs stretched to the breaking point and exposes the extent of our nation’s broken safety net. All of our country’s biggest public health challenges—from COVID-19 to the opioid crisis to gun violence to lack of insurance—collide in emergency departments. Nearly half of all medical care in the U.S. is delivered in ERs and nurses are on the frontlines, addressing our physical and emotional needs before sending us back out into the world. In Case of Emergency follows emergency nurses across the U.S, shedding light on their efforts to help break a sometimes-vicious cycle for patients under their care.