Top Rated Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 60

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

1974

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

1974
7
Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming man facing bankruptcy and divorce. As their struggles strain friendships, a younger man captures the attention of one friend's wife, complicating their lives further.
Zombi Child

2019

Zombi Child

2019
6.2
Haiti, 1962: A man is brought back from the dead only to be sent to the living hell of the sugarcane fields. In Paris, 55 years later, at the prestigious Légion d’honneur boarding school, a Haitian girl confesses an old family secret to a group of new friends - never imagining that this strange tale will convince a heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable.
Blame

2018

Blame

2018
6.6
A drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that draws parallels to "The Crucible".
Tom of Finland

2017

Tom of Finland

2017
6.7
Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.
The Transfiguration

2016

The Transfiguration

2016
6
When troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

2014

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

2014
7.5
The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.
The Tiger of Eschnapur

1959

The Tiger of Eschnapur

1959
6.3
In Eschnapur, a German architect saves the life of the Maharajah's favorite temple dancer and becomes Maharajah's friend but their friendship is tested when the architect and the dancer fall in-love, triggering the Maharajah's vengeful ire.
Earth

1930

Earth

1930
6.7
Vasyl, a member of the Komsomol, with the help of a local party organization, gets a tractor and plows private boundaries "on kulak fields". However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.
Ironweed

1987

Ironweed

1987
6.3
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.
The Bedroom Window

1987

The Bedroom Window

1987
6.3
Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The assailant flees and his victim is saved. But that same night another girl is found murdered.
Dodsworth

1936

Dodsworth

1936
7.1
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
Dead End

1937

Dead End

1937
7
Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of his gangster lifestyle, and his old girlfriend, Francey, now a syphilitic prostitute. Martin also crosses paths with Dave, a childhood friend struggling to make it as an architect, and the Dead End Kids, a gang of young boys roaming the streets of the city's East Side slums.
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud

1995

Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud

1995
6.9
Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly begins dating his good-looking young publisher.
Her Smell

2019

Her Smell

2019
5.8
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
This Is Our Land

2017

This Is Our Land

2017
5.8
Pauline, a devoted and generous home help nurse, raises her two children alone, while also looking after her father, a former steelworker. Taking advantage of her popularity, the directors of an extremist political party suggest she become their candidate at the mayoral elections.
Out in the Dark

2012

Out in the Dark

2012
6.9
Two young men — a Palestinian grad student and an Israeli lawyer — meet and fall in love amidst personal and political intrigue.
Of Human Bondage

1934

Of Human Bondage

1934
6.5
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
Room at the Top

1958

Room at the Top

1958
6.9
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
Summer Days with Coo

2007

Summer Days with Coo

2007
7.8
A small, lone Kappa miraculously survives over 200 years into modern day Japan, when he is found by young Koichi. Coo, who is secretly adopted by Koichi's family, searches with his new human friend for unpopulated places in hopes of finding any remaining of his kind.
Mephisto

1981

Mephisto

1981
7.2
A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.