Popular Drama Movies - Page 495
The Best of Everything
1959
star 6.3An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.Damned Summer
2017
Damned Summer
2017
star 4.8Idling afternoons, drugs, heartbreaks, psychedelic moods immersed in music. An adrenaline rush. Lisbon as the backdrop for a drifting youth.Angry Harvest
1985
Angry Harvest
1985
star 6.2In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers the woman, Rosa, and hides her in his cellar. Leon's a middle-aged Catholic bachelor, tormented by his sexual drive. He doesn't tell Rosa he's seen signs her husband is alive, and he begs her to love him. Rosa offers herself to Leon if he'll help a local Jew in hiding who needs money. Leon pays, and love between Rosa and him does develop, but then Leon's peasant subservience and his limited empathy lead to tragedy. At the war's end, a ray of sunshine comes from an unexpected place.Reprise
2006
Reprise
2006
star 7.1Two competitive friends, fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, endure the pangs of love, depression and burgeoning careers.Moonrise
1948
Moonrise
1948
star 6.2Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.Reckless
1995
Reckless
1995
star 6.4On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and embarks on a series of strange encounters.House of Ricordi
1954
House of Ricordi
1954
star 6.2The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other historic personalities, whose careers intersected with the growth of the Ricordi house. It beautifully draws the parallel between the great music of the composers, the historic and social upheavals of their times, as well as the "smaller stories" of the successive generations of Ricordi.The Comedy
2012
The Comedy
2012
star 5.7Indifferent to the notion of inheriting his father's estate, a restless, aging New Yorker passes time with his friends in games of mock sincerity, irreverence, and recreational cruelty towards those around them.Punishment Park
1971
Punishment Park
1971
star 7.3In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.Three of Hearts
1993
Three of Hearts
1993
star 4.8A lesbian hires a male escort to break the heart of the bisexual woman who has just dumped her.Full Out
2015
Full Out
2015
star 7.2Based on the true life story of California gymnast Ariana Berlin. As she zoned in on her Olympic goals, 14 year old Ariana Berlin's life took a sharp turn when she was involved in a debilitating car accident. Gaining her confidence and movement back through learning hip hop dance, she unexpectedly found herself called back to the gymnastics world thanks to world renowned UCLA Coach Valorie Kondos Field. With Val's help, Ariana was eventually able to secure a spot on the UCLA gymnastics team and win an NCAA championship, a lifelong goal that she had always dreamed of. This is a wonderfully inspiring story of persistence, confidence, and the heart and courage to make a somewhat impossible comeback in life.Schicksalsspiel
1993
Schicksalsspiel
1993
star 4.8A Romeo-and-Juliet-tale between the soccer-clubs of St. Pauli and Rostock.The House of the Seven Hawks
1959
star 6A ship's captain gets mixed up with murder during the hunt for lost Nazi treasure.Junction
2024
Junction
2024
star 4.3Junction addresses the modern day opioid crisis in America, and asks how did this happen, from three different points of view. The CEO of a pharmaceutical company, a doctor, and a patient.Paquil
2025
Paquil
2025
"Paquil" tells the story of Christina, a once-celebrated actress who, after experiencing several career flops and being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, returns to her hometown of Pakil. This town holds deep childhood memories for her and is known for the long-lost tradition of Komedya, a local theatrical performance. Now at a crossroads in her life, Christina becomes determined to revive this cultural art form as she grapples with her fading health and inner struggles.Marin Blue
2008
Marin Blue
2008
star 6Marin and Jim are two outsiders, drawn together by a shared history unknown even to them.All These Small Moments
2019
star 6.6A teenage boy's infatuation with a woman he sees on the bus further complicates his already tumultuous adolescence.Hotel for Strangers
1967
Hotel for Strangers
1967
star 5.8A gifted poet checks into a Gothic hotel in hopes of meeting the woman with whom he has long been enamored. He is surrounded by a variety of offbeat characters like the hefty homosexual cook, shadowy clerks, snooty waiters, and valets prone to violence. He finally meets the woman of his dreams only to lose her and ultimately meet with tragedy.Fly
2021
Fly
2021
star 6Bex has caused a serious accident and is therefore in prison. In order to rehabilitate the inmates, the prison offers them a dance class led by Ava. But Bex doesn't want to take part. However, she has no other choice and soon she feels drawn to Jay in particular and they realize that they have much more in common than this dance class. The cohesion within the prisoners of rehabilitation grows, but when Bex's past catches up with them again, everything is in danger.Asthma
2015
Asthma
2015
star 5.9A young musician takes a beautiful tattoo artist on a ride in a stolen classic car.
