Best American Drama Movies of 2019

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Best American Drama Movies of 2019
Best American Drama Movies of 2019
TOP Movies: Little Women (2019), Sound of Metal (2019), Honey Boy (2019), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Ford v Ferrari (2019), The Assistant (2019), The Irishman (2019), Knives Out (2019), Uncut Gems (2019), Five Feet Apart (2019), Clemency (2019), Marriage Story (2019), First Cow (2019), The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019), Beats (2019), Bull (2019), Mickey and the Bear (2019), Two Ways Home (2019), Just Mercy (2019), Adopt a Highway (2019).

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 7.8
 241K
Little Women (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Style: romantic, sentimental, inspirational, melancholic, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, kids, date night, family outing ...
Plot: love, sisters, writers, coming of age, generosity, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, friendship, intrigue, publisher, sister, jealousy ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, victorian era, 2010s, year 2019
Place: france, new york, paris france, massachusetts
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 7.7
 149K
Sound of Metal (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, melancholic, tense, realistic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: musician, drummer, music, sign language, drums, society, deafness, deaf man, heavy metal, anger, deaf, emotional abuse ...
Time: 2010s
Place: missouri, paris france
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 7.2
 41K
Honey Boy (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.
Style: inspirational, independent film, psychological, touching, sincere ...
Audience: kids
Plot: father son relationship, rehabilitation, absent mother, child protagonist, abusive father, motel, child, alcoholic father, forgiveness, group therapy, childhood trauma, boyhood ...
Time: year 2019, year 2015, 90s, year 2005, year 1995 ...
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Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story: After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and ...
Style: exciting, sad, action adventure, epic, saga ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: superhero, time travel, heroes, alternate timeline, invasion, superhero team, alien, outer space, tony stark character, revenge, fight scenes, epic battle ...
Time: 2010s, future, year 2019, year 2014, year 1970 ...
Place: new york, new jersey, japan, manhattan new york city, missouri ...
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.
Style: unusual plot structure, sincere, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: african american, friendship, male nudity, black, black lives matter, racism, blaxploitation, society, rivalry, friends, dark humor, courage ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s
Place: san francisco, california
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 8.1
 459K
Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the ...
Style: inspirational, realistic, captivating, exciting, motivational ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: racing, car, racecar driver, car racing, car race, talented, auto mechanic, rise to the top, race, race car, friendship, desire for fame ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 2019, year 1959, 20th century ...
Place: france, los angeles, italy
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 6.4
 26K
The Assistant (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
Style: bleak, depressing, realistic, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: job, employer employee relationship, routine, obnoxious boss, abuse, corporate world, feminist, office, women, workplace problem, patience, boss and employee ...
Time: 2010s
Place: greenwich village manhattan new york city, salt lake city utah, beverly hills, london, connecticut ...
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 7.8
 428K
The Irishman (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 209 min.
Story: A mob hit man recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
Style: captivating, tense, exciting, inspirational, crime drama ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: mafia, organized crime, gangster, labor union, italian mafia, murder, killer as protagonist, high society, hitman, mob hit, criminal as protagonist, male protagonist ...
Time: 2010s, 20th century, 1940s, 70s, 60s ...
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, ireland, chicago, usa ...
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 7.9
 766K
Knives Out (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his ...
Style: atmospheric, exciting, captivating, detective, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, kids, teens, boys' night ...
Plot: murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, murder, death, murder investigation, mansion, mystery killer, eccentric family, large family, plot twist, suspect ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, future, 21st century
Place: usa, new england, massachusetts
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 7.4
 315K
Uncut Gems (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Howard Ratner, a charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score, makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime.
Style: neo noir, tense, suspense, dark comedy, independent film ...
Audience: adult
Plot: jeweler, money, gambling, basketball, threat, scam, bet, infidelity, gem, auction, danger, adultery ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, future, year 2010, year 2012 ...
Place: new york, ethiopia, manhattan new york city
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Five Feet Apart (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Two teenagers with life-threatening illnesses meet in a hospital and fall in love.
Style: thought provoking, melancholic, touching, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, adult
Plot: terminal illness, disability, fighting illness, star crossed lovers, true love, forbidden love, hospital, couple relations, danger, suffering, fall in love, illness ...
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 6.5
 5K
Clemency (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, bleak, compassionate, suspenseful ...
Plot: death row, lethal injection, prison, prison warden, black american, black, retirement, death sentence, teacher, innocence, guilt, demonstration ...
Time: 2010s
Place: usa
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 7.9
 343K
Marriage Story (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A stage director and his actor wife struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes.
Style: thought provoking, sad, art house, funny, romantic drama ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, adult
Plot: divorce, parent child relationship, infidelity, marriage, father son relationship, troubled marriage, theatre director, lawyer, courtroom, husband wife conflict, actress, heartwarming ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place: los angeles, brooklyn new york city, new york, usa
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 7.1
 22K
First Cow (2019)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A taciturn loner and skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon Territory, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune; soon the two collaborate on a successful business, ...
Style: stylized, atmospheric, contemplative, realistic, costume drama ...
Plot: cow, friendship, river, immigrant, baker, raven, boat, forest, chinese immigrant, get rich quick scheme, american dream, starting over ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s, 1820s
Place: usa, oregon, london, africa, china ...
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The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.
Style: touching, inspirational, uplifting, sincere, independent film ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, family outing, adult
Plot: wrestling, friendship, raft, down syndrome, escape, follow your dream, disability, boat, coming of age, friend, travel, chase ...
Time: 2010s, future, year 2019, 21st century
Place: america, florida, north carolina, virginia
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 6.4
 6K
Beats (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
Style: inspirational, psychological, captivating, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hip hop, black, artists and showbiz, ambition, musician's life, escapades, rivalry, hopes, society, friendship, music, rags to riches ...
Time: 2010s
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 6.3
 4K
Bull (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In a near-abandoned subdivision west of Houston, a wayward teen runs headlong into her equally willful and unforgiving neighbor, an aging bullfighter who's seen his best days in the arena; it's a collision that will change them both.
Style: disturbing, rough, thought provoking
Plot: life is a bitch, fight, respect, legal, against the odds, workplace, husband wife relationship, courage, brutality, courtroom drama, justice, small town ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: russia, texas
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Mickey and the Bear (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In Anaconda, Montana, a strong-willed teenage girl navigates a loving but volatile relationship with her veteran father. In a desperate search for independence and her own identity, she risks family, heartbreak, and her standing in the only place ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: teenage girl, father daughter relationship, addiction, teenager, incest, war veteran, family relations, father daughter incest, life is a bitch, parents and children, rural setting, adolescence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, montana
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Two Ways Home (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Soul-touching and moving, TWO WAYS HOME compassionately follows Kathy (Tanna Frederick), a woman newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder who is released from prison on good behavior and returns to her country home in Iowa to reconnect with her ...
Style: touching, inspirational, heartbreaking, sincere, sentimental
Plot: mental health, mother daughter relationship, character study, little girl, promise, mental illness, real world, life philosophy, bittersweet, fighting illness, honest, loneliness ...
Place: iowa
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 7.6
 75K
Just Mercy (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights ...
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, touching ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, death penalty, injustice, false accusation of murder, defense attorney, african american, perjury, prison, murder, innocence, death row ...
Time: year 1987, 2010s, 80s, year 2019, year 1993 ...
Place: alabama
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Adopt a Highway (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Having spent the last 21 years in a Californian prison for possession of marijuana, a middle-aged man must find his way in a world that has changed completely since he was incarcerated in the 1990's. Finding an abandoned baby in a dumpster sets ...
Style: melancholic, atmospheric, touching, colorful, scenic ...
Plot: ex convict, baby, new life, angst, journey, parenting, internet, adoption, baby girl, abandoned baby, loss of job, foster home ...
Place: usa, california
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 6.2
 2K
To the Stars (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Under small-town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer’s daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma.
Style: sentimental, psychological, melancholic, sexy, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lesbian, closeted lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, abusive father, sexual confusion, gay love, opposites attract, love and romance, lesbianism, love ...
Time: 60s, year 1961
Place: oklahoma
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 6.5
 145K
Triple Frontier (2019)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug cartel, greed, ex special forces, drug lord, friendship, violence, ex soldier, murder, escapades, robbery, survival, jungle ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: south america, usa, peru, colombia, andes mountains ...
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 5.8
 3K
Native Son (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young African-American man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life forever.
Style: bleak, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, surprise ending
Plot: poverty, african american, danger, love, driver, crime and punishment, racial issues, black, forbidden love, lovers, economist, blaxploitation ...
Place: chicago, new york
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 5.9
 8K
American Son (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.
Style: suspenseful, heartbreaking, thought provoking, suspense, sad ...
Plot: racism, police, racial discrimination, 18 year old, discrimination, african american woman, racial injustice, black, murder, investigation, ex husband, divorced parents ...
Place: miami, usa
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Deadwood: The Movie (2019)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable changes that modernity and time ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, exciting, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, rivalry, wild west, violence, brutality, duel, friendship, society, courage, cruelty, friends, rescue ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 2010s, 1880s
Place: usa, south dakota
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I Am Somebody's Child: The Regina Louise Story (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The journey of a young African American girl who navigated over 30 foster homes and psychiatric facilities before age 18, and the one woman, Jeanne, who believed in her. After Jeanne’s unsuccessful attempt to adopt Regina due to a racially ...
Style: sentimental, touching, uplifting, motivational
Plot: adoption, foster child, abused child, interracial adoption, black girl, orphan, search for mother, strong female character, mother love, adult child friendship, society, teacher ...
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Family Romance, LLC (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 12-year-old Mahiro hires Ishii to impersonate her missing father, ...
Style: detective
Plot: cheerleader, family drama, photography, impersonation, father, lie, young girl, actor, robot, hugging, hotel, train ...
Time: 2010s
Place: japan, cannes
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Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 161 min.
Story: A faded TV actor and his stunt double embark on an odyssey to make a name for themselves in the film industry during the Helter Skelter reign of terror in 1969 Los Angeles.
Style: twist ending, controversial, cult classic, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: hippie, friendship between men, alternate history, actor, filmmaking, nagging wife, struggling actor, cinema, sexy woman, home invasion, friendship, agent ...
Time: year 1969, 2010s, 60s, year 2019, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, italy
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 7.5
 97K
Richard Jewell (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and ...
Style: tense, sad, factual, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot: lawyer, false accusation, wrongful arrest, scapegoat, media frenzy, investigation, fbi, terrorist, biopic, federal bureau of investigation, newspaper reporter, friendship between men ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, 2010s, year 2019, 20th century ...
Place: atlanta georgia, georgia, usa
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