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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.

Miracle on 34th Street

2601. Miracle on 34th Street

Fantasy Drama Family Christmas Family Family Drama
6.6

19941h 54min

United States

Director: Les Mayfield

Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long time ago, but, after meeting a special department store Santa who's convinced he's the real thing, Susan is given the most precious gift of all—something to believe in.

Themes

Belief under scrutiny, Commercial redemption, Family bonds and faith, Media driven faith, Legal legitimacy of myth, Corporate rivalry

Available on

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When a Man Loves a Woman

2602. When a Man Loves a Woman

Drama Romance
6.6

19942h 6min

United States

Director: Luis Mandoki

An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety. While the woman enters detox, her husband must face the truth of his enabling behavior.


Above the Rim

2603. Above the Rim

Crime Drama Thriller
6.6

19941h 36min

United States

Director: Jeff Pollack

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.


Black Beauty

2604. Black Beauty

Family Adventure Drama
6.6

19941h 28min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Caroline Thompson

The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.


Cronos

2605. Cronos

Drama Horror Thriller
6.7

19931h 34min

Mexico

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. It was called the Cronos device. When he died more than 400 years later, he took the secrets of this remarkable device to the grave with him. Now, an elderly antiques dealer has found the hellish machine hidden in a statue and learns about its incredible powers. The more he uses the device, the younger he becomes...but nothing comes without a price. Life after death is just the beginning as this nerve-shattering thriller unfolds and the fountain of youth turns bloody.


The Man Without a Face

2606. The Man Without a Face

Drama
6.7

19931h 55min

United States

Director: Mel Gibson

Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlier, in which a boy was incinerated--and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Also suspected of being a paedophile, he is befriended by Chuck, causing the town's suspicions and hostility to be ignited.


M. Butterfly

2607. M. Butterfly

Romance Drama
6.7

19931h 41min

United States

Director: David Cronenberg

In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.


Patriot Games

2608. Patriot Games

Drama Action Thriller Crime
6.8

19921h 57min

United States

Director: Phillip Noyce

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.


White Men Can't Jump

2609. White Men Can't Jump

Comedy Drama
6.8

19921h 55min

United States

Director: Ron Shelton

Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.


Romper Stomper

2610. Romper Stomper

Action Drama Thriller
6.8

19921h 34min

Australia

Director: Geoffrey Wright

Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?