Top Rated Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 94

The Free World

2016

The Free World

2016
6.1
Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn't commit, Mo is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. When his world collides with Doris, a mysterious woman with a violent past, he decides to risk his newfound freedom to keep her in his life.
Strange Weather

2016

Strange Weather

2016
5.9
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
Bad Hair

2013

Bad Hair

2013
6.6
A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.
It Felt Like Love

2013

It Felt Like Love

2013
5.5
14-year-old Lila spends a languid South Brooklyn summer playing third wheel to her promiscuous friend Chiara and Chiara’s boyfriend Patrick. Eager for her own sexual awakening, Lila gamely decides to pursue the older, thuggish Sammy, rumored to sleep with anyone.
David and Lisa

1962

David and Lisa

1962
7.3
Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people, but David remains withdrawn from the other patients and his psychiatrist. Over time, however, David grows interested in 15-year-old Lisa, who suffers from multiple personalities – one who can only speak in rhyme, and the other, a mute.
Out 1

1990

Out 1

1990
7.4
While two theater groups rehearse plays by Aeschylus, two solitary individuals wander the Parisian streets hustling the populace for cash.
The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954

The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954
6
Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel — until a sudden tragedy changes everything.
Young Goethe in Love

2010

Young Goethe in Love

2010
6.1
After aspiring poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fails his law exams, he's sent to a sleepy provincial court to reform. Instead, he falls for Lotte, a young woman who is promised to another man.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

1982

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

1982
6.3
Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.
Impact

1949

Impact

1949
6.1
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
Language Lessons

2021

Language Lessons

2021
6.7
A Spanish teacher and her student develop an unexpected friendship.
Framing John DeLorean

2019

Framing John DeLorean

2019
6.1
A documentary interspersed with acted scenes, this portrait of John DeLorean covers the brilliant but tragically flawed automaker's rise to stardom and shocking down fall.
The Chambermaid

2019

The Chambermaid

2019
6.5
Eve, a young chambermaid at a luxurious Mexico City hotel, confronts the monotony of long workdays with quiet examinations of forgotten belongings and budding friendships that nourish her newfound and determined dream for a better life.
The Mountain

2019

The Mountain

2019
5.2
1950s America. Since his mother‘s confinement to an institution, Andy has lived in the shadow of his stoic father. A family acquaintance, Dr. Wallace Fiennes, employs the introverted young man as a photographer to document an asylum tour advocating for his increasingly controversial lobotomy procedure.
Menashe

2017

Menashe

2017
6.3
Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.
The Levelling

2017

The Levelling

2017
6.2
Clover is finishing a veterinary course when her brother dies and she is called home to her family's struggling Somerset farm.
Kills on Wheels

2016

Kills on Wheels

2016
7.1
Two physically handicapped youngsters make friends with a paralysed hitman and are commissioned by a local mafia boss. They have little to lose although things are never as they first appear. The boundaries between fantasy and reality blur as the unlikely heroes stumble from one close encounter to the next and we gain an unusual insight into their lives on the periphery of society.
Little England

2013

Little England

2013
7.1
Τwo sisters from the island of Andros, dubbed Little England because of its affluence, are both in love with the same man. Set in the Greek Civil War period and ending in the 1950s, the movie is based on the homonymous novel by Ioanna Karystiani.
Closer to the Moon

2014

Closer to the Moon

2014
6.7
A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.
King and Country

1964

King and Country

1964
7.1
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.