Top Rated Drama Movies on Vudu - Page 359

Burton and Taylor

2013

Burton and Taylor

2013
6.3
Legendary acting duo and married couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor prepare for a 1983 theatrical production of the play "Private Lives."
Nobody’s Daughter Haewon

2013

Nobody’s Daughter Haewon

2013
6.4
Haewon, a college student, wants to end her secret affair with her professor, Seongjun. Feeling depressed after bidding farewell to her mother who is set to immigrate to Canada the next day, Haewon seeks out Seongjun again after a long time. That day, they run into her classmates at a restaurant and their relationship gets revealed. Haewon gets more agitated and Seongjun makes an extreme suggestion to run away together… Haewon dreams often. Her dreams will be compared to her waking life, but none can be denied as being a part of her life.
Blue Like Jazz

2012

Blue Like Jazz

2012
5.6
A young man must find his own way as his Southern Baptist roots don't seem to be acceptable at his new liberal arts college.
The Mountain Men

1980

The Mountain Men

1980
5.8
The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle and comes across the two seedy fur trappers. The mountain men take her in, unaware that Heavy Eagle has dispatched an army of Indian braves to reclaim her.
Last Woman on Earth

1960

Last Woman on Earth

1960
4.4
Harold Gern, a shady businessman from New York, is spending a holiday in Puerto Rico with his attractive wife Evelyn. They are joined by Martin Joyce, Harold's lawyer, who has come to discuss the latest indictment. Harold invites him along on a boat trip during which all three try out some newly bought scuba diving equipment. When they resurface, they find out that the world has changed forever.
Come See the Paradise

1990

Come See the Paradise

1990
6.2
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.
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.
Loving Leah

2009

Loving Leah

2009
7
When Leah's husband Benjamin dies suddenly, Benjamin's brother Jake is stunned to learn he is expected to marry the childless Leah to carry on his brother's name. Jake suggests to Leah that they get married and maintain a secretly platonic relationship. The harder they try to disguise their "pretend" marriage, the more their appreciation for each other's worlds grow, and out of understanding, a real love develops.
Higher Ground

2011

Higher Ground

2011
5.8
Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, the film tells the story of a thoughtful woman's struggles with belief, love, and trust - in human relationships as well as in God.
The Spoilers

1942

The Spoilers

1942
6.2
When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander McNamara.
A Walk in the Sun

1945

A Walk in the Sun

1945
5.7
In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount.
Mr. Skeffington

1944

Mr. Skeffington

1944
6.7
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

2010

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

2010
6.6
A lesbian in the 1800s who keeps a detailed account of her life written in coded diaries attempts to live independently while juggling an affair with a married woman.
Smooth Talk

1985

Smooth Talk

1985
6.3
Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger.
Agatha

1979

Agatha

1979
6.3
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
Faith Like Potatoes

2006

Faith Like Potatoes

2006
7.3
Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm in the midst of political unrest and racially charged land reclaims and travels south with his family to start a better life in KwaZulu Natal,South Africa.
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.
The Human Contract

2008

The Human Contract

2008
4.5
A free-spirited woman leads a businessman down a path of reckless abandon.
Flirting with Forty

2008

Flirting with Forty

2008
5.2
A divorcee has a passionate affair with a much younger surfing instructor in Hawaii.