Top Rated Drama Movies on Plex - Page 316

Hoods

1998

Hoods

1998
6.6
A 50-year-old mobster struggles to carry out his father's order to execute a rival's 9-year-old child.
Lucky Day

2002

Lucky Day

2002
5.8
Nora Barkin is an aspiring actress who supports herself by working for a courier service. No sooner has Nora's friend and coworker Bill Reagan jubilantly announced that he possesses a lottery ticket worth 13 million dollars than Bill is killed by an unknown assailant. Though discouraged from doing so by investigating detective Marinello, Nora insists upon trying to solve Bill's murder herself.
Roman's Circuit

2012

Roman's Circuit

2012
4.5
When a prominent researcher in the field of human memory returns home, he stumbles upon the fact that a man's past, as he remembers and tells it, is often nothing but fiction.
It's Good to Be Alive

1974

It's Good to Be Alive

1974
6.6
This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile accident in 1959. Cinematographer Ted Voigtlander was Emmy-nominated.
Within These Walls

2001

Within These Walls

2001
5.2
Female prisoners train dogs to aid people with disabilities in a program started by a nun (Laura Dern).
The Fifteen Streets

1989

The Fifteen Streets

1989
6.2
In northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary, the teacher of his highly intelligent younger sister Kathy and daughter of a rich family. Their love is doomed by the social difference, but the vigorous Mary refuses to allow outer circumstances destroying their love.
Mondo Keyhole

1966

Mondo Keyhole

1966
3.3
Howard Thorne is a rapist in Los Angeles: he meets women at work and at parties or he sees them walking down the street, and he follows them, terrifies them, and assaults them. He also dreams about these assaults, and he's unclear how much of what he's done is real and how much is fantasy. He ignores his heroin-using wife, Vicki, who tries everything she can think of to get his sexual attention. Howard and Vicki go separately to a costume party where she learns the full truth about his nature and where he is stalked by one of his recent victims. Individualized versions of Hell await Howard and Vicki.
Mr. Mean

1977

Mr. Mean

1977
4.8
With Fred Williamson as director and star of Mr. Mean, is there any question as to the identity of the title character? Williamson plays a former Cosa Nostra henchman who seeks greener pastures. Hiring himself out as a hit man, he immediately lands a job. His mission: wipe out his old boss. Filmed in Italy, Mr. Mean certainly fulfills audience expectations
Double Cross

1941

Double Cross

1941
4.8
A disgraced cop aims to reclaim his honor by nailing a corrupt crime boss.
Wildfire 7: The Inferno

2002

Wildfire 7: The Inferno

2002
3.8
Nell is a young mother convicted of accidentally killing her alcoholic husband. When given the opportunity to serve his sentence as a forest firefighter, demonstrates his courage and discipline in an exceptional way.
The Long Road Home

1999

The Long Road Home

1999
8
After his mother dies, twelve-year-old Seth George moves to his grandparents' farm. His grumpy grandfather Murdock harbors a grudge against Seth's Native American father, who died when Seth was a baby, and passes this grudge on to him. Seth's grandmother was fond of him, but she soon passes away. Seth struggles with his grandfather's harshness while trying to win the heart of the charming Annie Jacobs.
The Set

1970

The Set

1970
4.7
Paul Lawrence is a working class man who dates Cara, sells shirts at a Sydney department store, and dreams of attending art school. Cara leaves for London and Paul becomes the protege of designer Marie Rosefield. Through this he enters the 'set', the world of Sydney art society. Rosefield is friends with Mark Broniski, an artist who commissions Paul to design a set for British stage director, John L. Fredericks. Paul is helped by art student Tony Brown, who is dating Paul's cousin, Kim Sylvester. Paul and Tony begin a homosexual affair. Kim's mother Peggy has an affair with Boronoski.
Engkwentro

2009

Engkwentro

2009
5.5
Two teenage brothers are attempting to escape an unnamed city controlled by an iron-fisted mayor. They must first break away from the cycle of crime, while trying to run from rival gang leaders and the state's murderous vigilantes.
The Path of the Wind

2009

The Path of the Wind

2009
3.2
As an ex-convict, Lee Ferguson's biggest desire is to leave his past behind and make a fresh start with Katie, his new love. But when Lee finds out Katie is a Christian, his pre-conceived ideas and her moral standards clash. Through engaging action and drama, this film explores temptation, sin, forgiveness and redemption, while helping seekers and believers understand one another!
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

1964

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

1964
4.8
The Dallas trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, President John F. Kennedy's alleged assassin, is enacted as it might have occurred. After the defense enters pleas of "not guilty" and "not guilty by reason of insanity," 23 witnesses for the prosecution testify. No verdict is returned.
Wolf

2012

Wolf

2012
6.5
A family is shaken to the core when they discover that their son has been molested. As they struggle to deal with the betrayal, their son heads towards a total mental collapse because of his love for his abuser.
Agni Varsha

2002

Agni Varsha

2002
2.8
Based on an incident from the Mahabharata and also made as a play on a Girish Karnad titled Fire in the Rain. The film features Amitabh Bachchan in a cameo appearance as Lord Indra. Jackie Shroff plays the main lead in the film as Puravasu the head priest, Raveena playing the role of his unfaithful wife in love with Yavakri. Nagarjuna played Yavakri the priest's jealous rival and Prabhudeva as a demon who kills Yavakri. While Milind Soman plays the younger brother of Jackie Shroff as Aravasu, the female lead opposite Milind is played by Sonali Kulkarni.
Familiar

2012

Familiar

2012
6.5
Through a series of tragic events, a middle aged man grows to suspect the negative impulses plaguing his mind may not be his own.
The Tall Women

1966

The Tall Women

1966
7
Seven women are the only survivors of an Apache attack on a wagon train. They must cross the desert on foot to escape the Indians who are hunting them.
Snake Dancer

1976

Snake Dancer

1976
2.3
With the oppressive climate of 1970s South Africa as the backdrop, this erotic biopic tells the story of Glenda Kemp (playing herself), a former Sunday school teacher who becomes an exotic dancer -- and provocatively shares the stage with a python. Creating an uproar and breaking every taboo in the book with her act, Kemp soon finds herself charged with indecency as the government attempts to ban her seductive performance art.