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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.

Arizona Dream

2471. Arizona Dream

Fantasy Comedy Drama Romance
7.2

19932h 22min

France

Director: Emir Kusturica

An Inuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles.


Conspiracy Theory

2472. Conspiracy Theory

Action Drama Mystery Thriller
6.7

19972h 15min

United States

Director: Richard Donner

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.


Absolute Power

2473. Absolute Power

Crime Drama Action
6.7

19972h 1min

United States

Director: Clint Eastwood

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.


U Turn

2474. U Turn

Crime Drama Thriller Romance
6.7

19972h 5min

France, United States

Director: Oliver Stone

When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Caught between a married couple, he’s faced with deadly contracts to kill them both.


SubUrbia

2475. SubUrbia

Comedy Drama
6.7

19972h 1min

United States

Director: Richard Linklater

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.


In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.

Themes

Family secrets, Investigative pressure, Double life concealment, Sexual exploitation, Drug addiction, Small town scrutiny

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Lorenzo's Oil

2477. Lorenzo's Oil

Drama
7.3

19922h 15min

Australia

Director: George Miller

Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease. But the Odones' persistence and faith leads to an unorthodox cure which saves their boy and re-writes medical history.


The Crucible

2478. The Crucible

Drama History
6.8

19962h 3min

United States

Director: Nicholas Hytner

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.


Freeway

2479. Freeway

Comedy Crime Thriller Drama
6.8

19961h 42min

United States, France

Director: Matthew Bright

Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.


Jane Eyre

2480. Jane Eyre

Drama Romance
6.8

19961h 52min

France, Italy

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?