Top Rated Drama Movies on The Cw - Page 16

Mother of the Bride

1993

Mother of the Bride

1993
5.8
A mother's plans for her daughter's wedding are complicated when her ex-husband, who abandoned the family more than 20 years earlier, shows up.
Take Me Home: The John Denver Story

2000

Take Me Home: The John Denver Story

2000
5.6
John Denver achieved fame, fortune, and acclaim for his iconic country-pop music, but his sunny personality masked private pain and dark secrets that his celebrity could never heal.
A Chance Encounter

2022

A Chance Encounter

2022
5.1
In the Sicilian town of Taormina, Italy, an aspiring writer in search of inspiration meets a folk singer trying to write a follow up to her breakout hit. Their chemistry sparks collaboration, challenging each other to express their thorniest secrets.
Marilyn and Me

1991

Marilyn and Me

1991
6.1
Aspiring writer Robert Slatzer befriends Norma Jean Baker in 1946, the year she becomes Marilyn Monroe.
Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer

1993

Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer

1993
3.9
A look into the life of troubled former hockey player Brian Spencer, who got into problems both on the ice and off. The film also has a close focus on Spencer's father, and shows how he influenced Brian's violent life both before and after his death.
Baby of the Bride

1991

Baby of the Bride

1991
5.9
Soon after returning from their honeymoon, John and Margaret Hix receive the surprise of their life - at 53, Margaret is pregnant! Against her husband's wishes, Margaret decides to keep the baby... but she isn't the only one in the family who is expecting. Margaret's daughter, Mary, who has just left the convent, is due just a few months before her mother.
Out-of-Sync

1995

Out-of-Sync

1995
3.9
A DJ and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss.
Shattered Spirits

1986

Shattered Spirits

1986
5.4
When his drinking problem takes control of his life, a father tries to leave the bottle behind while putting his and his family's lives back together.
Saving Lincoln

2013

Saving Lincoln

2013
4.7
The almost entirely true story of Abraham Lincoln and his self-appointed bodyguard, U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon - a banjo-playing Southerner who foiled repeated attempts on the President's life, and kept him functioning during the darkest hours of the Civil War.
Edge of America

2003

Edge of America

2003
5.9
From acclaimed director Chris Eyre, whom People Magazine calls "…the preeminent Native American filmmaker of his time", comes this touching and inspirational story about loyalty, friendship, and courage. New man in town Kenny Williams has just accepted a position as an English professor at the Three Nations Reservation in Utah. Finding it hard to fit in with the tight-knit Native American community, he decides to take on the challenge of coaching the high school girls' basketball team.
Diverted

2009

Diverted

2009
6.8
On September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. A town of 9,000 took in 7,000 passengers for 4 days until American airspace reopened.
A Different Kind of Christmas

1996

A Different Kind of Christmas

1996
4.6
When you're the city attorney you don't need the kinds of problems that her father was giving her. After her mother died, her father began doing his "Santa Schtick," as she called it, much more intensely... which meant that he turned his home into a kind of year-round Santa Claus castle where children of all ages could come to see the wonderful presents and no child ever left without a gift.
Something So Right

1982

Something So Right

1982
5.5
Joey lives with his mother. His father isn't around, he doesn't like school, he is bored and doesn't take orders from anyone. In other words he is a real little scamp. Being at one's wit's end, his mother decides to look for a "big brother" (sort of surrogate father) for Joey. At first this clumsy Arnie doesn't know how to handle Joey but after a while everything changes and not only for Joey ...
Unforgivable

1996

Unforgivable

1996
6.3
Paul Hegstrom is a so-called family man who puts his wife through domestic violence and his children through emotional torture. After leaving his family and almost killing his new girlfriend in one of his rages, Paul is ordered to either seek professional help through an innovative therapy program or go to jail.
Children of the Bride

1990

Children of the Bride

1990
6.8
A middle-aged woman tries to get married to her younger finance but is hindered by her four grown children who come bearing grudges.
For Their Own Good

1993

For Their Own Good

1993
6.2
A factory worker gets an ultimatum from her employer that she agree to be sterilized or be fired.
Beauty's Revenge

1995

Beauty's Revenge

1995
5.3
An obsessive small town beauty queen goes to great lengths to keep the love of her life from reconciling with his ex-girlfriend.
They Call Me Sirr

2001

They Call Me Sirr

2001
6.9
An inspirational story that celebrates the grit, perseverance and talent of Sirr Parker, the star footballer of Locke High School who then went on to play for San Diego Chargers and Cincinnati Bengals.
Murder on Pleasant Drive

2006

Murder on Pleasant Drive

2006
6.3
After Fran Smith disappears one day in mysterious circumstances, Fran's daughter Deanna and Fran's sister, Sherrie endlessly search for her with enduring hope. The most likely suspect in Fran's disappearance is her husband John, but without a body, neither Deanna or Sherrie can prove that murder, much less a crime, has even been committed. With the support of Sherrie, Deanna embarks on an eleven-year search to trace John's past, eventually uncovering a 25 year-old case of a missing person that involved John's first wife, who too, disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Using this lead, Deanna and Sherrie must use all their evidence to bring John to justice.
Mom, Dad and Her

2008

Mom, Dad and Her

2008
4.5
Sydney is a troubled teen heading for trouble. After being caught shoplifting and a case of alcohol poisoning, Sydney's desperate single mother sends her off to the country to live with her father, Ben, and his new pregnant wife, Emma. Sydney misses her boyfriend, her city life and doesn't get on with her dad or stepmom. Slowly she starts to settle in as she makes friends with Jess, a local girl whose mother died of cancer. Sydney makes a couple of mistakes but after her grandfather's death the extended family start to heal.