Top Rated Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 308

Aeroplane Dance

1994

Aeroplane Dance

1994
On 1 December 1942, a US bomber called Little Eva was returning to base after a bombing raid over New Guinea. The plane hit a tropical storm and crashed at Moonlight Creek in the southeast corner of the Gulf of Carpentaria, in Australia's far north. The events that followed were recorded both in the journal of an American survivor and in a spectacular corroboree created by the Yanyuwa people who searched for Little Eva and her crew.
World to Come

2015

World to Come

2015
A nightmarish premonition prompts the sudden return of a man named Doveed to his hometown where he confronts the neglect of its past and his own spiritual crisis. In the wake of a childhood friend’s suicide, he re-enters a religious community that is locked in a lingering standstill, ruined by the brutality of repression, and lost in the shadows of collective guilt. Ten years in the making, this film is loosely based on the tragic events that rocked Winnipeg’s Jewish community in the late ‘80s and ‘90s when the principal of prominent Jewish academy denied allegations of sexual abuse. This film is dedicated to Daniel Levin, one of the alleged victims who came forward with accusations, and who later committed suicide at the age of 17.
The Hardest Thing

2018

The Hardest Thing

2018
The heart-wrenching path of two young couples in their transition from adolescence to adulthood and the trials and tribulations that come with it.
Do I Have to Kill My Child?

1976

Do I Have to Kill My Child?

1976
A disturbing drama about a young mother who physically abuses her baby. Feeling overwhelmed and aware that she's not coping after the birth of her third child, she sends desperate cries for help. But her mother, husband, neighbour and clinic sister do not recognise the seriousness of the situation until the baby ends up in hospital with a fractured skull. A heart-wrenching film that illustrates the experiences of many women who suffer from post-natal depression.
Remittance

2016

Remittance

2016
When Marie takes a job as a maid in Singapore to support her family in the Philippines, she trades one set of hardships for another. Betrayed by her husband, she begins to build a new life for herself. As she gets caught up in the new life she is building in Singapore, she is forced to choose between her personal aspirations and family responsibilities back home.
Frontières

2002

Frontières

2002
Seven Africans, one woman and six men, decide to enter Europe clandestinely to start a new life. Together, they face dangers and obstacles, but as they get closer to Tangiers, the last stop before they reach Spain and "liberty", their inter-group solidarity starts to fall apart.
The Land Beyond the Rainbow

1992

The Land Beyond the Rainbow

1992
A surrealist tale set in the East German village of Stalina.
Miss Butterfly

1966

Miss Butterfly

1966
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After the death of their father, 18-year-old Helene Raupe (“coccoon”) and her younger sister Asta come under the guardianship of the youth welfare office in East Berlin. Helene fails miserably as a fishmonger, fashion assistant and bus conductor, all jobs ordained for her by the authorities. The young woman really only “emerges” in her fantasies, where she can escape from her dull, normal life.
Homecoming

2005

Homecoming

2005
Three friends come home from exile where they fought side by side as cadres in the MK, the liberation army of the African National Congress. Back home in the new South Africa revelations of betrayal test their friendship and their sanity.
Terra Nullius

1992

Terra Nullius

1992
Loosely based on the filmmaker's personal experience, "Terra Nullius" is an impressionistic account of an eight year old Koori girl, Alice, growing up in a white adoptive family which denies her Aboriginality. The film examines how unacknowledged shame and fear passes from one generation to the next, from one culture to another. The last scene depicts a silent meeting between the young Alice and the adult Alice. In order to reclaim her life, Alice decides she must confront the pain and confusion of her childhood.
Molly

1983

Molly

1983
After Dan collapses at a train station, he enlists Maxie to watch his beloved dog, Molly. Maxie develops a soft spot for her new furry companion - a dog which has a unique ability to sing in tune.
Listen to the City

1984

Listen to the City

1984
Hupar wakes up from a 20-year coma. Disoriented, he soon meets Arete, a young poet and Sophis, a TV newswoman. Together, the three team up to expose corporate crime in a crumbling city scape of the very near future.
The New West

2014

The New West

2014
A classic revenge tale begins in a schoolyard and ends at the heart of the modern frontier.
Mary: The Mary MacKillop Story

1994

Mary: The Mary MacKillop Story

1994
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MARY is based on the true life story of Mary MacKillop who in the 1860s began an order of nuns to teach poor Catholic children in rural Australia. When she refused to obey the local Bishop, she was ex-communicated. More than 100 years later, in 1995, she was beatified as Australia's first saint. The film follows her tumultuous journey.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin

1911

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

1911
According to the tale found in the ancient annals, the little town of Hamelin, in Hanover, found itself, five hundred years ago overrun with rats. The citizens tried every way to abate the plague, but without result. Finally a mysterious stranger appeared in the town and offered for the sum of 1000 guilders to clear the place of vermin.
Shadow Panic

1989

Shadow Panic

1989
Three women appear connected in this short experimental drama about internal and external states of emergency, about personal and collective shadows, about resistance and spirit.
Big Dream

2014

Big Dream

2014
Big Dream follows the intimate stories of seven young women who are breaking barriers and overcoming personal challenges to follow their passion in science, math, computing & engineering.
The Empty Classroom

2015

The Empty Classroom

2015
Eleven award winning directors explore why nearly one out of every two students in Latin America never graduates high school.
A Steam Train Passes

1974

A Steam Train Passes

1974
Generally regarded as Australia's finest railway film and winner of many awards the world over, A Steam Train Passes is a nostalgic, imaginative essay on one of the majestic C38 class steam locomotives, 3801. The locomotive has recently returned to service and is currently operating out of the NSW Rail Museum at Thirlmere, south of Sydney.
And So Angels Die

2001

And So Angels Die

2001
A Senegalese man living in Paris with his French wife and children receives a letter from his father back home saying he has arranged for him to take a second wife. The man's indecision outrages his French wife and leads to the end of his marriage, his return to Senegal and his reflection about how his life has ended up.