Best American Drama Movies of 2021

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Best American Drama Movies of 2021
Best American Drama Movies of 2021
TOP Movies: Mass (2021), Malcolm & Marie (2021), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), The Tomorrow War (2021), C'mon C'mon (2021), The Fallout (2021), The Little Things (2021), CODA (2021), The Marksman (2021), Palmer (2021), House of Gucci (2021), Dune (2021), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Don't Look Up (2021), Cry Macho (2021), Encanto (2021), The Humans (2021), Nightmare Alley (2021), Not to Forget (2021), Trees of Peace (2021).

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 7.6
 17K
Mass (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological, sad ...
Plot: tragedy, church, forgiveness, parents, grief, violent, mass murder, loss of child, multiple perspectives, relationship problems, backfire, marital problem ...
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Malcolm & Marie (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: As a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.
Style: minimal cast, realistic, black and white, talky, serious ...
Plot: interracial relations, filmmaker, smoking, director, brawl, black, frustration, angry, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, black history, relationships ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Plot unknown.
Style: feel good, light, entertaining, anime, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, date night, toddlers
Plot: dragon, female warrior, female protagonist, tough girl, travel, kung fu, disney princess, imaginary kingdom, imaginary, creature, princess, magical creature ...
Time: 2020s, future
Place: asia, southeast asia, usa
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The Tomorrow War (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: An ordinary man is recruited by time travellers from 30 years in the future to fight in a war against deadly aliens.
Style: suspense, futuristic, exciting, anamorphic, action adventure ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: alien invasion, time travel, future war, alien, military, struggle for survival, soldier, final battle, evil alien, alien monster, alien encounter, father daughter relationship ...
Time: future
Place: bahamas, dominican republic, miami, russia, north america
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 7.4
 38K
C'mon C'mon (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they embark on a cross-country trip to see life away from Los Angeles.
Style: black and white, psychological, captivating, sincere, serious ...
Plot: uncle nephew relationship, travel, family relations, nephew, child protagonist, boyhood, relationships, radio announcer, road trip, childhood, child, boy ...
Time: future
Place: new york, new orleans, los angeles, oakland california, detroit ...
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 7.0
 33K
The Fallout (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.
Style: suspense, emotional, disturbing, psychological, teen ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: lgbt, school shooting, lesbian love, high school student, teenage life, teenage crush, psychological trauma, tragic event, post traumatic stress, social problems, family problems, love ...
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The Little Things (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, action thriller, neo noir ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, serial murder, cold case, police, investigation, police station, police detective, murder mystery, mysterious man, missing person, murder investigation ...
Time: 2020s, year 1990, year 1985, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, persia
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 8.0
 162K
CODA (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
Style: psychological, teen, sad, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: deaf, sign language, mute or deaf, musician, coming of age, family relations, disability, teenager, deafness, fisherman, women, parents and children ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: persia, hawaii, massachusetts
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 5.7
 43K
The Marksman (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s reluctant defender. He ...
Style: suspense, road movie, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: life is a bitch, u.s. mexico border, murder, mafia, boy, drug cartel, sheriff, desert, pistol, border, ranch, old man ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, mexico, arizona, iowa ...
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 7.3
 43K
Palmer (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and ...
Style: thought provoking, touching, captivating, cult classic, dramatic ...
Audience: date night, teen drama
Plot: ex convict, little boy, lgbtq, starting over, lgbt, small town, tough guy, funeral, friendship, grandmother grandson relationship, death of grandmother, boy ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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 6.6
 158K
House of Gucci (2021)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 158 min.
Story: The true story of how Patrizia Reggiani plotted to kill her husband Maurizio Gucci, the grandson of renowned fashion designer Guccio Gucci.
Style: realistic, romantic, captivating, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Audience: adult
Plot: fashion, fashion designer, fashion industry, high society, mistress, family feud, murder, greed, job, wealthy family, biopic, femme fatale ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 2020s, future, 70s ...
Place: italy, sicily, milan italy, new york, tuscany ...
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 8.0
 785K
Dune (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure ...
Style: epic, suspense, captivating, tense, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: desert, space opera, alien planet, messiah, prophecy, destiny, outer space, premonition, water shortage, politics, adaptation, survival ...
Time: future, distant future, 2020s
Place: space western
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Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers per FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends, falling for a fellow revolutionary en route, a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
Style: political, inspirational, philosophical, social, disturbing ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: violence, civil rights, betrayal, politics, murder, prison, black history, black, african american, racism, justice, betrayal by friend ...
Time: 2020s, year 1968, 60s
Place: chicago, hawaii, nebraska, new haven connecticut
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 7.2
 594K
Don't Look Up (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Two low-level astronomers, upon discovering that a meteor will strike the Earth in six months, go on a media tour to try to warn the world but find an unreceptive and unbelieving populace.
Style: apocalyptic, feel good, dark comedy, political, funny ...
Audience: kids, date night, adult
Plot: disaster, end of the world, asteroid, social satire, meteorite, apocalypse, danger, save the world, astronaut, chaos, comet, politics ...
Time: future, 2020s, year 1994, distant future, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, london, america, illinois ...
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 5.7
 33K
Cry Macho (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico.
Style: captivating, sincere, psychological, disturbing, road movie ...
Plot: cowboy, bad mother, parents and children, father son relationship, redemption, father and son, family relations, travel, competition, old man, kidnapping, horse ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, year 1978
Place: mexico, mexico city
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 7.2
 258K
Encanto (2021)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family ...
Style: inspirational, emotional, light, captivating, funny ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, date night ...
Plot: magic, strong female lead, happy ending, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, girl, magical power, magical, small town, supernatural, friendship, dancing ...
Time: future, 20th century, 1950s, 60s
Place: colombia, latin america, south america
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 6.1
 11K
The Humans (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the night, the group’s deepest fears ...
Style: suspenseful, independent film, existential
Audience: adult
Plot: thanksgiving, mental disorder, house, holiday, family feud, family dinner, haunting, domestic drama, secret, family relations, daughter, secrets ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, turkey, new york, new york state
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 7.0
 164K
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 150 min.
Story: An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Style: neo noir, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder, infidelity, supernatural, carnival, con artists, alcoholic, mentor, alcohol abuse, death, female psychiatrist, lie, deception ...
Time: 2020s, 1940s, 1930s, year 1939, year 1941
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 11K
Not to Forget (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A judge sentences a self-centered millennial to take care of his grandmother, who's affected by Alzheimer's. As he realizes the extent of the elderly woman's wealth and becomes her caregiver, the young protagonist gets ever-closer to ...
Style: tense, captivating, serious, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: illness, grandmother, alzheimer's disease, funeral, wealth, lawyer, family relations, lifestyle change, changing lives, twists and turns, riddles and clues, life is a bitch ...
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Trees of Peace (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In April of 1994, four women from different backgrounds and beliefs are trapped and hiding during the Rwandan genocide. Their fight for survival against all odds unites the women in an unbreakable sisterhood.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, tense
Plot: genocide, survival, women's rights, struggle for survival, woman in danger, political unrest, female protagonist, civil rights movement, leader, sorority, deathtrap, civil rights ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: rwanda, africa
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 7.1
 32K
Red Rocket (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, ex porn star Mikey Saber decides to crawl back to his hometown of Texas City, Texas, where his estranged wife and mother-in-law are living. Just as this dysfunctional family seems to be making things ...
Style: erotic, disturbing, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: small town, porn star, getting home, ex husband ex wife relationship, car crash, dating, relationship problems, seduction, male female relationship, satire, ex boyfriend, lifestyle ...
Time: year 2016, 2020s, 2010s, year 2001, year 2008
Place: texas
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Montana Story (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Follows two estranged siblings as they return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, neo western
Plot: ranch, brother and sister, family relations, siblings, brother sister relationship, family problems, estranged family member, brother sister reunion, estranged sister, inheritance, family reunited, estrangement ...
Place: montana
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In the 1970s and ’80s, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and a theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance, and prosperity.
Style: cynical, serious, realistic, disturbing, talky ...
Plot: televangelist, rise and fall, religion, luxury, adultery, unfaithful husband, lgbt, family relations, religious, scandal, sermon, evangelical christianity ...
Time: 1950s, 60s, year 1971, year 1960, 80s ...
Place: minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, palm springs california
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 6.7
 23K
After Yang (2021)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and ...
Style: melancholic, unusual plot structure, enigmatic, philosophical, underground film ...
Plot: robot, foster child, artificial intelligence, father, androids, loss, mourning, family relations, parents and children, death, family problems, society ...
Time: future
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Being the Ricardos (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Style: historical drama, satirical, independent film
Plot: biopic, hollywood, marriage, art, friendship, love, trailblazer, writers, comedian, post war, women, urban ...
Time: 2020s, 1950s, year 1952, year 1960
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 6.3
 1K
Jockey (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An aging jockey is determined to win one last championship, but his dream is complicated when a young rookie shows up claiming to be his son.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot: father son relationship, jockey, racehorse, paternity revealed, relationships, equestrian, horse trainer, competition, ambition, athlete's life, horse race, horse
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tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Jonathon Larson, a promising young theater composer, navigates love, friendship, and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.
Style: touching, emotional, sweet, sincere, inspirational ...
Audience: date night
Plot: theater, believe in yourself, broadway, composer, music, gay interest, gay friend, screenwriter, best friend, flash forward, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 2020s, 90s, year 1992, year 1990
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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A Mouthful of Air (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness caused by her post-partum depression.
Style: psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing, touching
Plot: depressed woman, postpartum depression, psychoanalysis, husband wife relationship, fear, family problems, writer's life, family relations, tragic past, confronting the past, parents and children, writers ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york
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The God Committee (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Medicine, money and morality clash when a hospital's Heart Transplant Selection Committee has only minutes to decide which of three patients on the transplant list will receive a heart that has suddenly become available.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot: heart transplant, medical, organ transplant, transplant, medicine, struggle, heart surgery, moral dilemma, dispute, doctor, conflict, doctors and patients ...
Time: year 2014
Place: new york
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Bo Burnham: Inside (2021)
Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Stuck in COVID-19 lockdown, US comedian and musician Bo Burnham attempts to stay sane and happy by writing, shooting and performing a one-man comedy special.
Style: thought provoking, funny, satirical, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: comedian, stand up comedy, humour, music, musician, satire, lifestyle, moving, concert, pop culture, experiment, stoner ...
Time: 2020s
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