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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.

Tethered

641. Tethered

Drama Mystery Romance
0.0

20261h 51min

Director: Laurenz Lukele

Tethered is an ensemble film about a ghost trying to uncover how she died while coexisting with the new tenant of her former apartment. As she learns about the world through his space, he remains entangled in a love story involving a woman with a very unusual name.


When We Get There

642. When We Get There

Drama Comedy
0.0

2026

Director: Ryan Patrick Welsh

Brothers Cal and Ty, embark on a cross-country trek to meet the father they’ve never known, and the only family they have left. Along with Cal’s long-term girlfriend Ellie and a new guitar named Stevie, the trio are forced to navigate uncertain futures on a 2000-mile journey in a car on its last leg. Along the way they discover what, and who, it’s worth showing up for.


Meat Locker

643. Meat Locker

Horror Thriller Drama
0.0

20268min

Director: Mark G. Lakatos

Dust to dust. Meat to meat. An expecting couple’s date night takes a dark and horrific turn.


Minbera

644. Minbera

Drama
0.0

2026

Director: Delia Postigo

“Minbera” is a drama about a Basque family forced to confront a situation they can no longer ignore. This film explores the different mechanisms humans use to cope with death: trauma, guilt, shame, and grief. This work advocates for the study of individual processes, unique experiences that should not be ignored. How can one adapt to an irrational reality, full of nonsense, rewards for deaths, finger-pointing, and violence? Eighteen-year-old Fitz and his 12-year-old sister Lur must face this question.


Strike Out, Dude!

645. Strike Out, Dude!

Comedy Drama
0.0

202620min

Director: Filip Jílek

In an unnamed small town, a local baseball team prepares for the decisive game of the season. Among the players is Valentine — shy, quiet, and struggling to fit in among his loud teammates, in a world ruled by strength, competition, and unspoken rules. His attention is drawn to David, a carefree rebel who mocks everything and lives by his own code. What begins as an ordinary day on the field slowly transforms into an unexpected journey beyond the limits of expectation and self-control. After a crushing defeat comes a drunken night of confusion, excess, and one reckless idea that takes a dangerous turn. Everything culminates in a chaotic brawl over a trophy that has long ceased to be just a sports prize.


Small Talk

646. Small Talk

Drama Comedy
0.0

20261h 11min

Director: Steven Gerald Warkel

After moving back to the Twin Cities, Travis struggles to accept his current circumstances. Hiding behind nostalgia, he looks to avoid the future and a potential terminal illness of a parent.


Take Me

647. Take Me

Drama
0.0

20267min

Director: Toby Hands

After quitting his job with no plan, a young man drifts through the quiet aftermath of his decision, until an unexpected encounter forces him to confront what is really holding him in place.


Where do I go from Here?

648. Where do I go from Here?

Documentary Drama
0.0

20268min

Director: Sai Aryal

Where do I go from here is a performance arthouse-style film exploring the nostalgia of the concept of home in terms of home as a feeling rather than the architectural structure. Inspired by multiple factors resonating the concept of home, including diaspora, belonging and longing, the artist questions the idea of home through and through, along with the constant search for the idea of "home".


A Place for Her

649. A Place for Her

Drama
9.0

2026

Director: Mélisa Godet

At the Maison des Femmes, women victims of violence are cared for. Elsewhere, they are threatened, brutalized, raped, mutilated, their suffering ignored. Here, they are listened to, supported, helped and believed. Diane, Manon, Inès, Awa and the others will give them a helping hand until they can stand up again. As a team. Even if it means risking their own equilibrium.


Let Dan Go

650. Let Dan Go

Drama
0.0

202617min

Director: Arielle Carroll

Several years after the car accident that took his son Dan's life, his father Harry, still grieving, reconnects with Dan's girlfriend Abby to celebrate Dan's life and reconcile their loss.