Best Drama Movies of 2021

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Best Drama Movies of 2021
Best Drama Movies of 2021
TOP Movies: Don't Look Up (2021), The Fallout (2021), The Green Knight (2021), Dune (2021), The Guilty (2021), C'mon C'mon (2021), Mass (2021), Sweet Girl (2021), Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Help (2021), Palmer (2021), Silk Road (2021), The Lost Daughter (2021), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Drive My Car (2021), The Hand of God (2021), Encanto (2021), King Richard (2021), Pleasure (2021), The Tender Bar (2021).

List of Best Movies

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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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 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 Green Knight (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Ireland
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A fantasy re-telling of the medieval tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Style: cerebral, bleak, fairy tale, surreal, costume drama ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: myth, king arthur, medieval, ghost, creature, knight, arthurian legend, monster, legends and myths, fear, warrior, xmas ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 2020s
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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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 6.3
 147K
The Guilty (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.
Style: psychological thriller, psychological, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: police, kidnapping, woman in jeopardy, abduction, police station, who done it, woman in danger, heroes, kidnapped woman, danger, escapades, brutality ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa
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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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 7.6
 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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 5.5
 35K
Sweet Girl (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A devastated husband vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife’s death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, surprise ending ...
Audience: kids
Plot: father daughter relationship, revenge, daughter, fight, female warrior, protector, loss of wife, murder, investigation, family relations, loss of mother, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh
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Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events which have haunted their town for generations ​are all connected — and that they may be the next targets.
Style: slasher, suspense, queer horror, tense, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, supernatural, witch, lesbian, serial killer, lgbt, lgbtq, serial murder, terror, brutality, supernatural horror, maniac ...
Time: year 1994, 90s, 2020s, 20th century
Place: usa
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 7.6
 12K
Help (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.
Style: psychological, captivating, social, apocalyptic
Plot: elderly, quarantine, pandemic, isolation, lifestyle change, retirement home, epidemic, workplace, isolated house, dystopia, social realism, father daughter relationship ...
Place: liverpool
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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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 6.0
 7K
Silk Road (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The true story of Ross Ulbricht, the charismatic young tech-mastermind who unleashed the darknet website Silk Road, and the corrupt DEA agent determined to bring down his billion-dollar empire.
Style: tense, captivating, freeze frame, suspense
Plot: computer genius, fighting the system, showdown, bandit, crime boss, criminal, spy, hacking, economist, real life, geek, law and order ...
Time: 2020s
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The Lost Daughter (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Israel, Greece
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, tense, art house ...
Audience: adult
Plot: motherhood, female masturbation, vacation, female nudity, adultery, depressed woman, beach, sex scene, greek island, girl, women, flashback ...
Time: 90s, 2020s
Place: greece
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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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 7.5
 64K
Drive My Car (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 179 min.
Story: Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanja at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to ...
Style: poetic, slow cinema, art house, inspirational, relaxing ...
Plot: infidelity, driver, japanese wife, stage play, snow, loss of wife, grief, audition, asian, amor, anton chekhov, car ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
Place: japan, hiroshima japan, tokyo
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The Hand of God (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: In 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.
Style: thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, psychological, semi autobiographical ...
Plot: coming of age, life, loss of virginity, poverty, lifestyle, society, city life, change of luck, european, feeling, youth, art ...
Time: 2020s, 80s
Place: naples italy, nebraska, europe, italy
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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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 7.5
 134K
King Richard (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 144 min.
Story: The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.
Style: inspirational, thought provoking, captivating, emotional, serious ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: tennis, athlete and trainer, father daughter relationship, biopic, athlete's life, strict father, black, african american, family relations, coach, rivalry, real life ...
Time: 2020s, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
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 6.4
 22K
Pleasure (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Netherlands, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: 20-year-old Bella Cherry leaves the small town life in Sweden for Los Angeles with the aim to become the worlds next big porn star but the road to her goal turns out to be bumpier than she imagined.
Style: erotic, captivating, underground film, disturbing, hot
Audience: adult
Plot: porn industry, prostitution, sexploitation, prostitute, porn star, seductress, teenage prostitute, interracial sex, sex worker, porn actress, sex work, sexuality ...
Place: los angeles, eastern europe, scandinavia
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 6.7
 33K
The Tender Bar (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: J.R. is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother struggles to provide her ...
Style: sincere, captivating, disturbing, psychological, entertaining ...
Plot: uncle nephew relationship, writers, boy, male bonding, adult child friendship, coming of age, family relations, drunken man, bartender, family problems, bar owner, lifestyle ...
Time: 70s, year 1986, year 1973
Place: long island, new haven connecticut, yale university, north carolina, manhattan new york city ...
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 6.7
 16K
Passing (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
Style: black and white, anamorphic, feel good, period drama
Plot: racism, childhood, jealousy, african american, lesbian, black, interwar period, demonic possession, women, woman, destiny, black history ...
Time: 1920s, year 1929, 2020s
Place: harlem, new york city, new york, harlem, chicago, hawaii
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 7.0
 3K
Swan Song (2021)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An aging hairdresser escapes his nursing home to embark on an odyssey across his small town to style a dead woman's hair for her funeral, rediscovering his sparkle along the way.
Style: disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, homosexual, gay bar, small town, drag queen, gay friend, gay father, gay interest, gay couple, lgbt, retirement home ...
Time: 90s
Place: ohio
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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
 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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 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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 5.0
 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
 10K
Blue Bayou (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
Style: thought provoking
Plot: korean american, exile, migration, tattoo, husband wife relationship, airport, father daughter relationship, adoption, deportation, east asian lead, lawyer, pregnant wife ...
Time: year 2009, year 2016, year 1981, year 1964, year 2000 ...
Place: usa, new orleans, louisiana
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 7.5
 41K
Boiling Point (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.
Style: suspense, tension, dark comedy, powerful, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: restaurant, chef, food, food critic, bartender, drug, gastronomy, art, depression, addiction, mental health, alcoholism ...
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 6.9
 88K
Pig (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, cult classic, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: cabin in the woods, recluse, cooking, pig, human animal relationship, wilderness, mausoleum, fight club, grief, showdown, wildlife, animal human communication ...
Time: 2020s
Place: oregon, portland oregon
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