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Drama movies

Emotional and character-driven narratives that explore the complexities of the human condition and relationships.

Subgenres include: Psychological Drama, Professional Drama, Entertainment Industry Drama.

Reunion : The Last Supper

1191. Reunion : The Last Supper

Drama Comedy
4.0

20261h 35min

Director: Bae Se-woong

Recently fired, Jo I-seon turns to insurance sales to pay for her sick daughter’s hospital bills. She attends her middle school’s 23rd reunion for the first time, only to find classmates gathered with hidden agendas — selling insurance, running scams, flaunting money, and more. What begins as polite small talk quickly devolves into biting accusations and vicious clashes. And when Lee Jun, an uninvited classmate, suddenly appears, long-suppressed tensions finally explode…


Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)

1192. Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)

Drama

20261h 41min

Director: Joel Alfonso Vargas

Rico’s summer is a mix of chasing girls and hustling homemade cocktails out of a cooler on Orchard Beach, the Bronx. But when Destiny, his teenage girlfriend, crashes at his place with his family, it’s only a matter of time before his carefree days come spiraling down.


At Work

1193. At Work

Drama
6.4

20261h 32min

Director: Valérie Donzelli

A successful photographer gives up everything to devote himself to writing and discovers poverty.


Death and Life Madalena

1194. Death and Life Madalena

Comedy Drama

20261h 25min

Director: Guto Parente

Madalena is a film producer having to deal with the recent death of her father, her 8-month pregnancy and the production of a B-sci-fi film where everything seems to go wrong.


Play Me

1195. Play Me

Drama

20261h 25min

Director: Spencer Bogaert

A brief encounter at Brussels Airport between a famous livestreamer and a young woman takes a wild turn once money and the audience get involved.


This Didn't Happen

1196. This Didn't Happen

Drama Romance

20269min

Director: Julio Rionaldo

Two people meet at the edge of goodbye. They don’t try to stop it. They just decide to make it beautiful.


In The Shadows 75

1197. In The Shadows 75

Drama
10.0

202618min

Director: Zubayr Zubayr

In 1970s turbulent Libya, a weary Nigerian man and a young Cameroonian woman hide on their journey to Europe. As night falls, confessions spark connection, but a violent knock shatters fragile truths. Inspired by Dupe Okundaye's journey.


Gerta Schnirch

1198. Gerta Schnirch

Drama
9.5

20262h 50min

Director: Tomáš Mašín

Gerta grows up in 1930s Brno in a mixed Czech-German family, which brings her into conflict with her father as he embraces Nazi ideology. Despite this, they remain connected through their shared love of music. During the occupation, Gerta joins the student resistance with her beloved Karel, but the war takes everything from her and leaves her with a dark secret that shapes her future. After the war, though innocent, Gerta is violently forced into the wild expulsion and must leave her hometown with her infant daughter. She survives the hardest years on a rural farm, reunites with Karel, and returns to Brno hoping for a normal life—yet the past continues to haunt her. The two-part TV film Gerta Schnirch offers a personal view of 20th-century history through the fate of a woman caught between two worlds.


Follow the Light

1199. Follow the Light

Thriller Drama Horror

20262min

Director: Toby Hands

A lone figure moves through a quiet, dark space as the victim resists.


Blue Orchids

1200. Blue Orchids

Drama History

20267min

Director: Taysha McFarland

During the Japanese Invasion of Malaya in 1941, Mei Lan, a dignified and traditional mother, raises her tenacious six year old daughter, imparting her unique words of wisdom while bonding. But as the Japanese occupy more of their country, Mei Lan witnesses first hand the horrors that are starting to unfold. She must find the courage to protect her daughter and herself from the evil that threatens their way of life.