Best Drama Movies of 2020 – page 2

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 7.3
 35K
The Banker (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.
Style: touching, inspirational, captivating, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience: adult
Plot: money, racism, banker, investor, black american, entrepreneurship, african american, black, new house, white supremacy, business, friendship between men ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, year 1939, 1950s, year 1963 ...
Place: los angeles, washington d.c., america
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A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, date night, adult
Plot: post apocalypse, alien, creature, survival horror, deaf, silence, survival, monster, deafness, alien invasion, child in peril, macabre ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, near future
Place: new york, usa, new york state, atlantic ocean, america
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 6.6
 12K
Four Good Days (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating, touching
Plot: heroin, mother, drug, drug addict, massage, recovering drug addict, family relations, rehabilitation, problem, parents and children, coping, mother and daughter ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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 8.3
 112K
Hamilton (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.
Style: epic, feel good, period drama, comfort
Audience: chick flick
Plot: hip hop, friendship, american history, father son relationship, death, murder, george washington, biopic, violence, revolutionary war, broadway, dancing ...
Time: 18th century, 2020s, 1790s, 1800s, 19th century ...
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My Salinger Year (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating, independent film
Plot: aspiring writer, writers, writer's life, female writer, coming of age, women, lifestyle, career, grownups, relationship vs career, life, life philosophy ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, year 1963, year 1996, year 1988 ...
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, washington d.c., manhattan new york city
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 7.3
 23K
Uncle Frank (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Frank is a famous New York University professor in 1973 who left his small South Carolina town behind him and remained in little contact with his family, especially given his style of life and his relationship with his ten-year partner, the free ...
Style: sincere, suspenseful, serious, realistic, cult classic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: gay, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay muslim, funeral, gay relationship, uncle niece relationship, road trip, lgbtq, father son relationship, gay lead character, college professor ...
Time: 2020s, 2000s, year 1973, 70s
Place: south carolina, hawaii, new york
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 6.9
 43K
The Half of It (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.
Style: lgbt cinema, touching, romantic comedy, compassionate, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: lesbian, lesbian teen, gay, high school life, lgbt, lgbt teen, unrequited love, lesbian love, love, lgbtq, teenager, sapphic ...
Time: near future, 2020s
Place: washington state
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 6.5
 7K
Falling (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father Willis from Los Angeles who is searching for a place to retire, their two very different worlds collide.
Style: non-linear, serious, disturbing, touching, realistic ...
Plot: gay son, gay, gay slur, gay parent, abusive father, retirement, gay relationship, gay couple, interracial relations, bad temper, lgbt, recovering alcoholic ...
Time: year 1968, 2020s, 70s, 60s, 80s
Place: california, america, pacific ocean, new york state
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 6.4
 2K
Cowboys (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, social, queer cinema
Plot: transsexual, father son relationship, separated parents, mental illness, mental health, transsexuality, wildlife, runaway, wilderness, gay, family relations, desire for fame ...
Place: montana
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest — including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale ...
Style: political, factual, suspense, historical drama, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: courtroom drama, activist, hippie, injustice, riot, political repression, political protest, courtroom, jury, political persecution, court, legal ...
Time: 60s, year 1969, 2020s, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: chicago, ohio, mississippi, oakland california, washington d.c. ...
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All Day and a Night (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
Style: hood, serious, tense, realistic, rough
Plot: gang, prison, rivalry, crime boss, criminal's revenge, gang leader, danger, dishonor among criminals, evidence, merciless, police, corpse ...
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 6.5
 1K
Minyan (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable until he befriends two closeted men in his grandfather's senior housing complex.
Style: disturbing, sincere, touching, erotic, gay cinema ...
Plot: gay, gay love, judaism, gay romance, gay sex, homosexual, gay interest, gay couple, gay relationship, male nudity, lgbtq, teenage boy ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york
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Critical Thinking (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Based on a true story from 1998, five Latino and Black teenagers from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami fight their way into the National Chess Championship under the guidance of their unconventional but inspirational teacher.
Style: motivational, thought provoking, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: chess, social problems, high school, life is a bitch, society, hardcase students, human relationship, dedicated educator, teacher, city, new teacher, contest ...
Place: miami
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The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha finds inspiration by reinventing herself as a rapper.
Style: uplifting, feel good, realistic, inspirational, stylized ...
Plot: rap, hip hop, follow your dream, female protagonist, best friend, second chance, life philosophy, career, music business, musician's life, dream, ambition ...
Time: 2020s
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The King of Staten Island (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious ...
Style: humorous, psychological, funny, ironic, feel good ...
Plot: slacker, tattoo artist, arrested development, re-education, stoner, fear of commitment, coming of age, nepotism, family relations, dancer, felony, teenage boy ...
Place: new york, hawaii, manhattan new york city
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 6.4
 7K
Uncorked (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint.
Style: serious, emotional, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: wine, hidden identity, black, father son relationship, tradition, family problems, rivalry, stereotypes, workplace, grape, perfectionist, family business ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.2
 5K
Limbo (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a fictional remote Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his ...
Style: comedy drama, sad
Plot: island, friend, destiny, separation from family, musician, refugee, resistance, migration, friends, syrian refugee, exile, snow ...
Place: scotland
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All the Bright Places (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The story of Violet Markey and Theodore Finch, who meet and change each other’s lives forever. As they struggle with the emotional and physical scars of their past, they come together, discovering that even the smallest places and moments can mean ...
Style: romantic, sweet, uplifting, teen, touching ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick
Plot: teenager, interracial romance, love story, love and romance, teen romance, coming of age, true love, young adult, love affair, teenage crush, traumatic experience, mental illness ...
Time: 2020s
Place: indiana
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 6.4
 132K
Greenland (2020)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A detached married couple must get their son and themselves to safety after being randomly selected to enter an underground bunker, as a massive object from space threatens to destroy the world in less than 48 hours.
Style: suspense, exciting, scenic, psychotronic, psychological ...
Plot: natural disaster, apocalypse, end of the world, disaster, catastrophe, humanity in peril, husband wife relationship, kidnapping, diabetic, comet, panic, mass destruction ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
Place: greenland, canada, kentucky, atlanta georgia, beirut lebanon ...
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 5.9
 2K
PVT Chat (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Jack is an internet gambler living in NYC. After the death of his roommate, he becomes fixated on Scarlet - a cam girl from San Francisco. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes in reality and Jack sees Scarlet on a rainy ...
Style: sexy, erotic, weird
Plot: dominatrix, male pubic hair, sex worker, obsession, gambling, painting, human experiment, gay, stalking, male nudity, internet, gambler ...
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 6.6
 649
Residue (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young filmmaker returns home after many years away, to write a script about his childhood, only to find his neighborhood unrecognizable and his childhood friends scattered to the wind.
Style: social
Plot: teenager, swearing, friend, rain, young boy, cycling, interracial relations, childhood friend, flashback, black, police, rainstorm ...
Time: 2020s
Place: washington d.c.
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 6.5
 55K
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of ...
Style: sad, inspirational, political, perverse, historical drama ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vietnam war, father son relationship, minefield, friendship between men, black lives matter, war veteran, black, military, widower, post traumatic stress disorder, gunfight, racism ...
Time: 70s, 2020s, year 1971, year 1962, year 1969 ...
Place: vietnam, oakland california, washington d.c., brooklyn new york city, memphis ...
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 6.8
 12K
Nine Days (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A reclusive man conducts a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born.
Style: psychological, philosophical, melancholic, unusual plot structure, inspirational ...
Plot: solitude, destiny, humanity, life & death, life philosophy, mentor, alone in the world, honest, recluse, forgiveness, haunted by the past, hopes ...
Place: tibet
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 6.9
 14K
Supernova (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Sam and Tusker, partners of 20 years, are traveling across England in their old RV visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important ...
Style: road movie, heartbreaking, touching, tear jerker, depressing ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, gay couple, lgbt, homosexual, road trip, dementia, gay interest, musician, love, gay relationship, family relations, lgbtq ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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Happiest Season (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.
Style: romantic, light, romantic comedy, rom com, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, christmas, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian couple, family holiday, lgbtq, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, party, holiday, gay ...
Time: 2020s
Place: pittsburgh
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The Devil All the Time (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: In the 1960s after World War II in Southern Ohio, bizarre, compelling and mentally disturbed people suffer from the war's psychological damages.
Style: suspense, neo noir, gothic, southern gothic, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, post war, murder, stepbrother stepsister relationship, psycho, small town, sheriff, violence, boy, reverend, suicide, world war two ...
Time: year 1957, 2020s, 1940s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place: west virginia, ohio
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 5.7
 619
Sugar Daddy (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When a struggling musician can't afford her rent, she signs up for a website where rich older men pay to date younger women. Her new money-making venture sends her down a dark rabbit hole that forces her to grow up fast, shaping her music, and ...
Style: suspense, captivating
Plot: money problems, musician, life is a bitch, musician's life, financial problem, music, society, casual sex, male female relationship, relationship problems, connection, one night stand ...
Place: toronto ontario canada
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 6.0
 57K
Honest Thief (2020)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A bank robber tries to turn himself in because he's falling in love and wants to live an honest life...but when he realizes the Feds are more corrupt than him, he must fight back to clear his name.
Style: exciting, unusual plot structure, thought provoking, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: thief, bandit, bank robbery, safecracking, love, danger, fbi, breaking and entering, murder, chase, police, bank robber ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: boston
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Words on Bathroom Walls (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The story follows a student navigating high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia and battling wild hallucinations. An experimental drug trial promises to help hide his illness from his peers and, most importantly, from the girl of ...
Style: realistic, romantic, touching, independent film, offbeat ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: schizophrenia, teenager, romantic relationship, teenage protagonist, diagnosis, hearing voices, high school, romanticism, hopes, love and romance, chance meeting, supportive parent ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: oregon, brazil
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Stolen Season (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A therapist spirals into obsession as evidence points that a troubled teen could be her own child surrendered 17 years ago.
Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, psychological
Plot: obsession, adoption, destiny, child abandonment, lifestyle, mother son relationship, psychologist, uncover truth, troubled past, teenage life, pursuit, regret ...
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