Top Rated Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 83

The Moon

2023

The Moon

2023
6.6
In 2029, Korea's lunar probe Woori embarks on a historic journey to the moon, capturing global attention.
Shithouse

2020

Shithouse

2020
6.9
Lonely college freshman Alex has closed himself off from his peers, who all appear to have this whole "college thing" figured out. But everything changes one night when Alex takes a leap and attends a party at Shithouse - a legendary party fraternity - where he forges a strong connection with Maggie.
My Salinger Year

2020

My Salinger Year

2020
6.3
A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
Harvie Krumpet

2003

Harvie Krumpet

2003
7.4
The odd biography of Harvie Krumpet, a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck - but still optimistically lives own way and enjoys the small things life has to offer.
The Lost King

2022

The Lost King

2022
6.5
An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
On the Wandering Paths

2023

On the Wandering Paths

2023
6.3
Pierre, a famous explorer and writer, travels regularly through the world. Someday, climbing a hotel frontage while drunk, he falls from high and into a deep coma. When he awakes, he has difficulties walking but, against everyone's advices, he decides to walk through France, following forgotten pathways...
Elles

2011

Elles

2011
5.3
A journalist tries to balance the duties of marriage and motherhood while researching a piece on college women who work as prostitutes to pay their tuition.
Crimes of Passion

1984

Crimes of Passion

1984
6.3
Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a murderous sex toy.
Howl

2010

Howl

2010
6.5
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
Young Hearts

2024

Young Hearts

2024
8.5
14-year-old Elias increasingly feels like an outsider in his village. When he meets his new neighbour of the same age, Alexander, Elias is confronted with his burgeoning sexuality.
Military Wives

2020

Military Wives

2020
6.5
Inspired by global phenomenon of military wives choirs, the story celebrates a band of misfit women who form a choir on a military base. As unexpected bonds of friendship flourish, music and laughter transform their lives, helping each other to overcome their fears for loved ones in combat.
Down by Love

2016

Down by Love

2016
6
A man, a woman. A prison director, his inmate. An impossible love, a true story.
A Quiet Passion

2016

A Quiet Passion

2016
6
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
Goodbye to Language

2014

Goodbye to Language

2014
6
The idea is simple / A married woman and a single man meet / They love, they argue, fists fly / A dog strays between town and country / The seasons pass / The man and woman meet again / The dog finds itself between them / The other is in one, / the one is in the other / and they are three / The former husband shatters everything / A second film begins: / the same as the first, / and yet not / From the human race we pass to metaphor / This ends in barking / and a baby's cries / In the meantime, we will have seen people talking of the demise of the dollar, of truth in mathematics and of the death of a robin." - JLG
Mikey and Nicky

1976

Mikey and Nicky

1976
6.9
Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Desperate and terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long night…
The Source

2011

The Source

2011
6.6
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favours as long as the men refuse to install a water pipe.
Jenny Lamour

1947

Jenny Lamour

1947
7.5
Paris, France, December 1946. Jenny Lamour, an ambitious cabaret singer, and Maurice, her extremely jealous pianist husband, become involved in the thorough investigation of the murder of a shady businessman, led by Antoine, a peculiar and methodical police inspector.
Metropia

2009

Metropia

2009
6.1
In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper into a bizarre conspiracy of control - mind and body.
Nicholas Nickleby

2002

Nicholas Nickleby

2002
6.9
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
The Fallen Idol

1948

The Fallen Idol

1948
7.2
Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, hero-worships his father's butler Baines. His perception of the man changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.