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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.

Dry Leaf

481. Dry Leaf

Drama Fantasy
Upcoming

20263h 6min

Director: Alexandre Koberidze

Lisa, a photographer, has gone missing. The last known detail is that she had been photographing rural football stadiums in villages across Georgia. Her father, Irakli, sets out to search for her, traveling from place to place. Levani, Lisa's best friend – and an invisible person – also sets off to help.


Bitter Christmas

482. Bitter Christmas

Drama Comedy
Upcoming

20261h 51min

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

After her mother dies in December, advertising director Elsa immerses herself in work to cope. When a panic attack forces her to take a break, she decides to travel to Lanzarote with her friend Patricia. The story of these women run parallel to that of a screenwriter and film director, exploring how life and fiction are inseparably linked, sometimes painfully so.


Deep Quiet Room

483. Deep Quiet Room

Drama Mystery Family
Upcoming

20261h 47min

Director: Shen Ko-Shang

After his pregnant wife Yi-ting unexpectedly committed suicide, Ming decides to take care of his father-in-law, only to find out the unbearable truth of Yi-ting’s family that leads to her death.


Tow

484. Tow

Drama
Upcoming

20261h 45min

Director: Stephanie Laing

Amanda Ogle is a woman living in her aging Toyota Camry on the streets of Seattle. When her car — her only lifeline — is stolen and impounded, Amanda is thrust into a relentless legal battle against an indifferent system. What begins as a fight to reclaim her car evolves into a deeply human story of resilience, dignity, and the power of one woman’s voice in the face of systemic failure.


Agent Zeta

485. Agent Zeta

Drama Thriller
Upcoming

2026

Director: Dani de la Torre

Five former Spanish spies, who participated in a secret operation in Colombia decades ago, are assassinated at the same time in different parts of the world.


The Deer Camp

486. The Deer Camp

Thriller Drama Horror
Upcoming

20262h 2min

Director: Joseph Shedd

When a young hunter gets caught in a deadly blizzard up north, a stranger finds him and brings him to safety. When they return to the strangers deer camp, the hunter meets two other lost stragglers. As the night goes on, there seems to be more to these men than meets the eye.


This Is Not Happening

487. This Is Not Happening

Thriller Drama Crime
Upcoming

20261h 16min

Director: Artur Wyrzykowski

Bartek learns that his teenage son is the perpetrator of a murder at school. The distraught boy runs to his dad, so the man hides out with him in his fiancée's flat. As he tries to get everything under control, he grows up to confront the truth about his son and himself as a father.


Fishy

488. Fishy

Drama Comedy Fantasy
Upcoming

202617min

Director: Milo Richards

A self-proclaimed pageant queen as she vies for the crown of the local pageant. Through a series of surreal visions, she reflects on the sacrifices she's made for the sake of her onstage persona.


Maya & Samar

489. Maya & Samar

Drama Romance Thriller
Upcoming

20261h 35min

Director: Anita Doron

Set in contemporary Athens, Maya and Samar tells the story of two young women from conflicting cultures whose brief yet torrid affair endangers the life of one, while propelling the other to instant online fame.


Chatlines

490. Chatlines

Romance Science Fiction Drama
Upcoming

2026

Director: Lloyd Eyre-Morgan

Jordan is a 30-something with terminal cancer in 2027 who spends his final days drifting between morphine dreams and digital distractions. On a whim, he uses an old Chatroulette-style app and on the screen appears Danny, a sarcastic, vibrant guy, also terminally ill, who swears it’s 2005. As days pass, the two men form a deep bond, opening up about their regrets, dreams and the loneliness of facing death too soon.