Top Rated Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 75

Afire

2023

Afire

2023
6.8
Self-important author Leon joins his best friend on a summer holiday near the Baltic Sea to complete his novel. When they arrive, they find their house is already occupied by a carefree woman who challenges Leon to open up. Meanwhile, forest wildfires rage around them and impending disaster looms.
France

2021

France

2021
5.2
A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.
Summerland

2020

Summerland

2020
7.5
A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.
A Girl Like Her

2015

A Girl Like Her

2015
7
Sophomore year has been a nightmare for Jessica Burns. Relentlessly harassed by her former friend Avery Keller, Jessica doesn't know what she did to deserve the abuse from one of South Brookdale High's most popular and beautiful students. But when a shocking event changes both of their lives, a documentary film crew, a hidden digital camera, and the attention of a reeling community begin to reveal the powerful truth about A Girl Like Her.
The Keeping Room

2014

The Keeping Room

2014
5.8
In this radically reimagined American Western set towards the end of the Civil War, Southerner Augusta encounters two renegade, drunken soldiers who are on a mission of pillage and violence. After escaping an attempted assault, Augusta races back to the isolated farmhouse that she shares with her sister Louise and their female slave Mad. When the pair of soldiers track Augusta down intent on exacting revenge, the trio of women are forced to take up arms to fend off their assailants, finding ways to resourcefully defend their home––and themselves––as the escalating attacks become more unpredictable and relentless.
Test

2013

Test

2013
6.7
San Francisco, 1985. Two opposites attract at a modern dance company. Together, their courage and resilience are tested as they navigate a world full of risks and promise, against the backdrop of a disease no one seems to know anything about.
The Method

2005

The Method

2005
6.7
Seven candidates to a high executive position on a multinational company show up for a selection test in a skyscraper at the financial district. Among them, the most disparate personalities: the winner, the aggressive, the insecure, the critic, the indecisive…
Alfie

1966

Alfie

1966
6.5
A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.
The Hairdresser's Husband

1990

The Hairdresser's Husband

1990
6.8
Antoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume, and the enticing figure of a woman with an opulent bosom. After all, he had always known he would marry one, completing his idealized love fantasy.
The Chinese Widow

2017

The Chinese Widow

2017
7.2
It’s 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has destroyed America’s morale. The US President Franklin D. Roosevelt then decides to risk it all by bombing Tokyo and raise more hope for his citizens. After completing its mission, a unit of the US Air Force is forced to make an emergency landing in China. Its commander Jack Turner (Emilie Hirsch) barely survives but gets rescued by Ying (Crystal Liu), a local widow who will stop at nothing to hide him from the Japanese occupant.
With Honors

1994

With Honors

1994
6.8
Convinced he'll graduate with honors because of his thesis paper, a stuffy Harvard student finds his paper being held hostage by a homeless man, who might be the guy to school the young man in life.
All That Divides Us

2017

All That Divides Us

2017
5.5
A middle-class house in the middle of nowhere. A council estate in Sète. A mother and daughter. Two childhood friends. A vanishing. Blackmail. A clash between two worlds.
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2010

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2010
6.1
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.
Odd Man Out

1947

Odd Man Out

1947
7.3
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
Now, Voyager

1942

Now, Voyager

1942
7.4
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.
Five Minutes of Heaven

2009

Five Minutes of Heaven

2009
6.1
The story of former Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffin's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
Born to Be Blue

2015

Born to Be Blue

2015
6.5
Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
Manglehorn

2015

Manglehorn

2015
5.4
AJ Manglehorn is an aging, ordinary guy in a small town. He nurses his sick cat, squeezes out a conversation with the local bank teller every Friday, and eats at the same place every day. But there is more to Manglehorn than meets the eye: he’s an ex-con who, 40 years ago, gave up the woman of his dreams for a big ‘job’. After a dramatic effort to start over, Manglehorn faces a terrifying moment and is unmasked as a guy with a very, very dark past.
The 10th Victim

1965

The 10th Victim

1965
6.6
In the near future, big wars are avoided by giving individuals with violent tendencies a chance to kill in the Big Hunt. The Hunt is the most popular form of entertainment in the world and also attracts participants who are looking for fame and fortune. It includes ten rounds for each competitor, five as the hunter and five as the victim.
Holy Smoke

1999

Holy Smoke

1999
5.7
While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth.