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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.

Global Project

321. Global Project

Drama History
Upcoming

20262h 21min

Director: Ivo M. Ferreira

Lisbon, 1980s, Rosa, a woman joins a group of young people disappointed at the post-Revolutionary Portugal. Part of a far-left clandestine armed organization, they share political views and a daily life that makes them grow closer. But their idealism collides head-on with a changing country and a large-scale police operation targeting them. Fleeing on a road with no return and no way forward, their existence is made up of bank robberies, bombs, friendships, prison, love and death. Trapped, their only choice is to keep on the run until they get arrested or killed.


Guess Who’s Back

322. Guess Who’s Back

Drama Comedy Mystery
Upcoming

202610min

Director: Salvatore LoCicero

A couple grieve the sudden loss of their late friend, until he reappears at their doorstep.


Hysterile

323. Hysterile

Drama Comedy
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20263min

Director: Daya Kaur-Bhachu

A perfectionist takes an exam whilst being tested by her surroundings. Will she overcome these challenges, or crumble under the pressure?


Michael

324. Michael

Music Drama
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20262h 10min

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Discover the story of Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists the world has ever known, and his life beyond the music, tracing his journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fueled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world, highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career.


The Silent Run

325. The Silent Run

Drama
Upcoming

20261h 34min

Director: Marta Bergman

Sara and Adam, and their two-year-old daughter, arrive in Belgium illegally, hoping to finally make their way on to England. Crammed together with other hopefuls in the back of a van, fear begins to prevail. Redouane has been a policeman for 20 years. Every night, he and his team hunt down smugglers throughout the busy motorway network. That night, when he and his partner try to force a van suspected of transporting migrants to stop, everything changes.


In a Whisper

326. In a Whisper

Drama
Upcoming

20261h 53min

Director: Leyla Bouzid

Back in Tunisia for her uncle's funeral, Lilia reunites with a family that knows nothing about her life in Paris, particularly her romantic life. Determined to uncover the mystery behind her uncle's sudden death, Lilia finds herself confronted with family secrets.


Front Row

327. Front Row

Drama
Upcoming

20261h 26min

Director: Merzak Allouache

Up bright and early with their pet in tow, Zohra Bouderbala and her five children are heading to the beach. This is not a drill! In Algiers, the coveted front row spot waits for no one, but it’s not this family’s first time having to beat the summer seaside crowds. The unmotivated and out-of-luck masses who arrive too late will be left to a viewless laze in the sun, the alleged horizon blocked by a fortress of parasols and flowing canopies.


Mārama

328. Mārama

Horror Drama Mystery
Upcoming

20261h 29min

Director: Toa Stappard

1859. When a young Māori woman is summoned from New Zealand to North Yorkshire, she uncovers her horrific colonial heritage and is compelled to confront and destroy the titled Englishman who devastated her family.


Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars

329. Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars

Drama
Upcoming

20261h 41min

Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Seventeen-year-old Kellou has been gifted with supernatural powers she does not understand. Her disquiet and uncertainty only change when she meets Aya. It is an encounter with destiny that forges a mystical world where the visible and invisible converge.


Into the Blue

330. Into the Blue

Drama History Comedy
Upcoming

2026

Director: Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar

Philippe Croizon, a 26-year-old metal worker at Fonderies du Poitou, had no idea that his life would be turned upside down on March 5, 1994. On that day, the young father received three 20,000 V shocks while trying to dismantle the TV antenna hanging from the chimney of his house in Saint-Rémy-sur-Creuse. After two months in a coma, he woke up with all four limbs amputated. Thus began what he calls his "second life", which has enabled him to overcome his disability, meet his partner, Suzanna Sabino, and achieve some incredible sporting feats, including a swim across the English Channel in less than 24 hours.