Best Drama Movies of 2021 – page 4

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Together Together (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When young loner Anna is hired as the surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love.
Style: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: surrogate mother, couple relations, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wanting a baby, new love, romantic relationship, couples, love and romance, love story, love interest, relationship vs career ...
Place: hawaii, california, san francisco
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The Forgettable Life of Liam White (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Liam White's career has peaked—to put it kindly. Uninspired and burnt-out, the titular character loses his will to finish his next novel and even shirks his public appearance commitments. To top it all off, Liam is told by his oncologist that ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: writers, cancer, love, novelist, support, sick, writer's life, confronting the past, relationships, male female relationship, fighting illness, relationship vs career ...
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The Unforgivable (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
Style: dramatic, thought provoking, suspense, realistic, rough ...
Plot: woman, strong female lead, criminal, redemption, violent, guilty, felony, drug addict, sister, adultery, judgment, women ...
Time: 2020s
Place: usa, seattle, persia
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We Burn Like This (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Amidst rising anti-Semitism in Billings, Montana, Rae, a 22 year-old descendant of Holocaust survivors uncovers the truth about a childhood accident.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic
Plot: female protagonist, nazism, racial discrimination, nazi, holocaust, nationalism, problem, tragic past, neo nazi, troubled past, life is a bitch, woman ...
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Language Lessons (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A Spanish teacher and her student develop an unexpected friendship.
Style: disturbing, psychological, romantic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: male female friendship, teacher student relationship, teacher, relationships, male female relationship, love story, romantic friendship, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love, love affair, changing lives ...
Place: florida, costa rica
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Give Them Wings (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: 'Give Them Wings' is based on the true story of severely disabled football fan Paul Hodgson.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: disability, physical disability, man in a wheelchair, disabled person, ambition, direction and purpose, life is a bitch, coping, lifestyle, wheelchair bound, handicapped, hang gliding ...
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 6.5
 2K
Juniper (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, powerful
Plot: grandmother, teenager, eccentric family, teenage life, teenage protagonist, troubled youth, female alcoholic, family relations, lifestyle change, changing lives, drug, women ...
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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.
Style: sad, surreal, tragicomedy, stylized, semi serious ...
Plot: painting, painter, cat, tragedy, drawing, family relations, husband wife relationship, surrealism, eccentricity, art, life philosophy, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1890s, victorian era, 19th century, 1800s, 1900s ...
Place: london, new york
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 7.4
 9K
Vortex (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Monaco
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Lui, a struggling author with a heart condition, and his wife Elle, a retired psychiatrist, find their idyllic life shattered when Elle begins to succumb to the effects of dementia.
Style: cult classic, serious, independent film
Plot: death, dementia, alzheimer's disease, aged person, dialogue, destiny, illness, existentialism, elderly, son, elderly woman, husband wife relationship ...
Place: france
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 6.9
 1K
Wildhood (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Link and his brother flee their abusive father and embark on a journey where Link discovers his sexuality and rediscovers his Mi’kmaw heritage.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, road movie, crying ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay slur, outdoor sex, teenager, skinny dipping, dysfunctional family, family relations, travel, parents and children, search for mother, friendship ...
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 6.6
 37K
Cherry (2021)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
Style: psychological, tense, thought provoking, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: post traumatic stress disorder, heroin, drug use, american soldier, drug addiction, war veteran, group therapy, iraq war veteran, junkie, society, threat to kill, self pity ...
Time: year 2007, 2020s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.7
 3K
Ali & Ava (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Sparks fly after Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for Sofia, the child of Ali’s tenants whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness while Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humour irresistible. As the pair begin ...
Style: romantic, psychological, disturbing, entertaining, captivating
Plot: male female relationship, love and romance, new love, in love, love story, crumbling marriage, love affair, romantic relationship, fall in love, relationships, marriage crisis, relationship problems ...
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Heart of Champions (2021)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: During their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999, a group of friends and crew teammates' lives are changed forever when an army vet takes over as coach of their dysfunctional rowing team.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, inspirational
Plot: coach, direction and purpose, athlete and trainer, sport team, competitor, team, school, ambition, friends, athlete's life, friend, college ...
Time: year 1999
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Last Night in Rozzie (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When a New York lawyer returns to his Boston hometown to reunite his dying friend with his young son, he is forced to finally confront a childhood trauma.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, psychological, captivating
Plot: father son relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, tragic past, traumatic experience, last wish, confronting the past, psychological trauma, reunited friends, troubled past, trauma, alcoholism ...
Place: boston
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To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Senior year of high school takes center stage as Lara Jean returns from a family trip to Korea and considers her college plans — with and without Peter.
Style: touching, romantic comedy, disturbing, humorous, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, high school sweetheart, first love, teen romance, love affair, love, adolescence, teenager, young love, college, school trip, friendship between teens ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: seoul, south korea, oregon, new york, korea
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 6.2
 108K
Malignant (2021)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When cancer patient Alan Gates discovers that his tumor is actually a mysterious parasite that gives him otherworldly powers, he begins a battle against an army buried beneath society's skin. The movie is based on james wans comic of the same ...
Style: scary, slasher, suspense, dark, tense ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: serial killer, one against many, body horror, monster, murder, violence, woman in jeopardy, imaginary friend, kidnapping, supernatural power, sister sister relationship, supernatural ...
Time: year 1993, year 1985, year 1994, 2020s, year 1992 ...
Place: seattle, usa, washington state
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American Underdog (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback.
Style: inspirational, captivating, psychological, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: american football, american football player, football team, sport team, biopic, champion, nfl, christian, athlete's life, lifestyle, direction and purpose, cultural icon ...
Time: year 1985, year 1996, year 1992
Place: los angeles, st. louis missouri
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 6.5
 93
R#J (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Told entirely through social media and smartphone screens, this bold adaptation of Romeo and Juliet reinvents the world’s most enduring love story with style and lyricism, with black and brown youth at the heart of it all.
Style: romantic, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: tragedy, love affair, forbidden love, couple relations, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, relationship problems, family feud, love and romance, love story, family conflict, fall in love, star crossed lovers ...
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The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.
Style: romantic, sincere, captivating, cute, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: love letter, journalism, relationships, extramarital affair, love affair, love, journalist, love story, love and romance, investigative reporter, multiple storylines, coworker ...
Time: 60s, year 1969, year 1965, 2020s
Place: french riviera, london
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Operation Mincemeat (2021)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense, tense
Plot: world war two, military, world war, british secret service, army, secret mission, wartime, military life, military officer, wartime life, life is a bitch, reconnaissance ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943
Place: sicily, spain, london, greece, berlin germany
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The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Federal Bureau of Narcotics launches an undercover sting operation against jazz singer Billie Holiday.
Style: suspense, thought provoking, tense, captivating, anamorphic ...
Plot: jazz singer, war on drugs, musician, jazz, fbi, heroin, undercover, civil rights, segregation, racism, addiction, women ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1947, year 1957 ...
Place: new york, new orleans, baltimore, philadelphia
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 7.1
 4K
Hive (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Kosovo, Switzerland, Albania
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo so she sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision: to wait for his ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, political, social
Plot: small business, mother daughter relationship, entrepreneur, female protagonist, social issues, life is a bitch, widow, social problems, family problems, patriarchy, society, woman ...
Place: kosovo, serbia, balkan
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 6.8
 3K
Murina (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia, Brazil, USA, Slovenia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot: friend, teenage girl, family problems, grownups, teenager, relationship problems, control, parents and children, father, coming of age, woman, diving ...
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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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Highway to Heaven (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Angela the angel takes on the role of a temporary school counselor. Working alongside junior high school principal Bruce Banks, she intervenes in the life of a troubled student Cody Grier who is struggling with the tragic loss of his mother.
Style: spiritual, semi serious, thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: schoolboy, angel, high school life, school, guardian angel, assistant, high school teacher, relationship problems, family problems, social problems
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My Christmas Family Tree (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When Vanessa receives the results from her Family Tree DNA test, she discovers a family she didn't know existed and travels to their home for Christmas.
Style: gay cinema
Plot: christmas, christmas eve, christmas romance, attorney, social worker, dog, pet dog, biological father, veteran, holiday, half sister, boy ...
Place: connecticut, north america, new york
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Switched Before Birth (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Switched Before Birth follows Olivia Crawford and her husband Brian, who after multiple miscarriages, numerous failed IVF trials and stretching themselves to the limit financially, finally receive the joyous news that she’s pregnant with twins. ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot: pregnancy and birth, baby, artificial insemination, wanting a baby, medical malpractice, male female relationship, relationships, impregnation, family problems, life is a bitch, child, pregnant woman ...
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 6.6
 14K
Paper Lives (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.
Style: tense, sincere, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: help, street kid, life is a bitch, child custody, guardian, protector, changing lives, troubled past, care, assistant, haunted by the past, tragic past ...
Time: 2020s
Place: middle east, turkey
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 6.8
 17K
Swan Song (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate.
Style: psychological, futuristic, disturbing, captivating, existential ...
Plot: love, illness, clone, moral dilemma, terminator, dystopian future, love and romance, father son relationship, father, husband wife relationship, cloning, family relations ...
Time: future
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A House on Fire (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A House on Fire follows brilliant doctor and mother Deborah Green (Stephanie March) who had the epitome of a picture-perfect life with two children, an adoring husband (Shaun Benson) and a beautiful house in an opulent neighborhood. But behind the ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling, emotional
Plot: unhappy marriage, relationship problems, dysfunctional family, relationships, dysfunctional marriage, marital crisis, troubled marriage, family relations, family life, female protagonist, family problems, marriage ...
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