Drama Movies 2021 List

With Tiffany Haddish • Sharon Stone • Penn Badgley • Anna Deavere Smith • Billy Crystal • Laura Benanti Louisa Krause • Nyambi Nyambi

A veteran comedy writer, Charlie Burnz, is going through a tough time and meets a street singer, Emma Payge. They form an unlikely friendship and discover the meaning of love and trust.

With Danny Ramirez • Daniel R. Hill • Jim Parrack • Chris Ellis • Rebecca Lines • Jeremy Holm • Jill Paice • Jack DiFalco • James DeForest Parker • Mike Seely • Marshall Burnette

Inspired by true events, SILO follows a harrowing day in an American farm town. Disaster strikes when teenager Cody Rose is entrapped in a 50-foot-tall grain bin. When the corn turns to quicksand, family, neighbors and first responders must put aside their differences to rescue Cody from drowning in the crop that has sustained their community for generations.

With Harvey Keitel • Sonia Braga • Joaquim de Almeida • Goran Visnjic • Barbara Nicolosi • Stephanie Gil • Lúcia Moniz • Marco Pontecorvo • Valerio D’Annunzio

In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle.

With Rosario Dawson • Maria Bello • Alfred Molina • David Oyelowo • Oprah Winfrey • Amiah Miller • Lonnie Chavis • Emma Needell

Gunner (Chavis) sets out on a quest to save his ill mother (Dawson) by searching for a mythic figure who possesses the secret to immortality, the Water Man. After enlisting the help of a mysterious local girl, Jo (Miller), they journey together into the remote Wild Horse forest -- but the deeper they venture, the stranger and more dangerous the forest becomes. Their only hope for rescue is Gunner’s father (Oyelowo), who will stop at nothing to find them and in the process will discover who his son really is.

With Peyton List • Lili Taylor • Ian Nelson • Stefania LaVie Owen • Inon Shampainer

Dawn recently lost her husband and experiences growing anxiety as her daughter Melanie plans to move away for college. An altercation with a hostile new neighbor aggravates Dawn’s mental condition, and she begins to show signs of paranoid delusions. Determined to help her mom, Melanie attempts a series of interventions, but challenging Dawn’s reality of persecution threatens to destroy their loving relationship. Her mental illness spirals out of control — sabotaging Melanie’s academics, social life, and blossoming love life. Melanie is forced to make the toughest of choices as she struggles to support her mother on the path toward recovery and healing. A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.

With Andrew Garfield • Johnny Knoxville • Jason Schwartzman • Maya Hawke • Nat Wolff • Gia Coppola • Tom Stuart • Kalena Yiaueki

A young woman (Maya Hawke) thinks she’s found a path to internet stardom when she starts making YouTube videos with a charismatic stranger (Andrew Garfield) – until the dark side of viral celebrity threatens to ruin them both.

With Tim Blake Nelson • Jennifer Hudson • John David Washington • Jeffrey Wright • Kelvin Harrison Jr. • Jennifer Ehle • Anthony Mandler

Follows Steve (Kelvin Harrison Jr. ), a 17-year-old honors student and aspiring filmmaker in Harlem, who is being charged with felony murder for a crime he says he didn't commit.

With Oliver Masucci • Justus von Dohnanyi • Caroline Link • Carla Juri • Riva Krymalowski • Marinus Hohmann • Ursula Werner • Anna Brüggemann

The story of a Jewish family's escape from 1933 Berlin to Europe tackles prejudice, exile, displacement and adaptation, as told from the perspective of the author’s alter ego, nine year-old Anna Kemper (Riva Krymalowski in her feature film debut). Anna is too busy with schoolwork and friends to notice Hitler’s face glaring from posters plastered all over 1933 Berlin. But when her father (Oliver Masucci) - based on the prominent theater critic Alfred Kerr - suddenly vanishes, the family is secretly hurried out of Germany. Anna begins to understand life will never be the same as she and her family navigate unfamiliar lands and cope with the challenges of being refugees.

With Vanessa Redgrave • Patrick Bergin • Rose Reid • Brian Baugh • Judith Hoag • Katherine McNamara • Jedidiah Goodacre • Saoirse-Monica Jackson • with Tom Everett Scott

While studying abroad in Ireland, accomplished young musician Finley (Rose Reid) meets heartthrob movie star Beckett (Jedidiah Goodacre) shooting his latest medieval fantasy blockbuster. Sparks fly between the unlikely couple who inspire each other to find the strength to be true to oneself. But when forces surrounding Beckett’s stardom threaten to crush their dreams, Finley must decide what she is willing to risk for love.

With Chris Coy • Clayne Crawford • Robert Machoian • Sepideh Moafi • Avery Pizzuto • Arri Graham • Ezra Graham

Follows David, who desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife, Nikki. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife's new relationship.

With Nora Al Awad • Brad Niemann • Haifaa Al Mansour • Mila Al Zahrani • Dae Al Hilali • Khalid Abdulraheem

When Maryam, a hardworking young doctor in a small-town clinic, is prevented from flying to Dubai for a conference without a male guardian’s approval, she seeks help from a politically connected cousin but inadvertently registers as a candidate for the municipal council. Maryam sees the election as a way to fix the muddy road in front of her clinic, but her campaign slowly garners broader appeal.

With Mads Mikkelsen • Nikolaj Lie Kaas • Gustav Lindh • Nicolas Bro • Anders Thomas Jensen • Roland Møller • Andrea Heick Gadeberg • Lars Brygmann

Follows recently-deployed Markus (Mads Mikkelsen), who is forced to return home to care for his teenage daughter after his wife is killed in a tragic train accident. But when a survivor of the wrecked train surfaces claiming foul play, Markus begins to suspect his wife was murdered and embarks on a revenge-fueled mission to find those responsible.

With Christoph Waltz • Vanessa Redgrave • Annette Bening • David Auburn

Ulrich Mott, an ambitious social climber, marries a wealthy widow in Washington D.C. in hopes of mixing with powerful political players.

With Simon Baker • Callan Mulvey • Ryan Corr • Caren Pistorius • Stephen Johnson • Jack Thompson • Aaron Pedersen • Chris Anastassiades • Jacob Junior Nayinggul • Sean Mununggurr • Witiyana Marika • Esmerelda Marimowa • Maximillian Johnson

Gutjuk teams up with ex-sniper Travis to track down the most dangerous warrior in the Territory, who is also his uncle. As Travis and Gutjuk journey through the outback they begin to earn each other’s trust, but when the truths of Travis’ past actions are suddenly revealed, it is he who becomes the hunted.

With Angelina Jolie • Jon Bernthal • Tyler Perry • Nicholas Hoult • Taylor Sheridan • Aidan Gillen • Lora Martinez-Cunningham • Tory Kittles • Jake Weber • Garrett Basch • Steve Zaillian

A teenage murder witness is lost in the Montana wilderness with the twin assassins hunting him, a survival expert tasked with protecting him, and a forest fire that threatens to consume them all.

With Toni Collette • Damian Lewis • Katherine Butler • Karl Johnson • Euros Lyn • Owen Teale • Joanna Page • Sian Philips • Neil McKay

The film tells the true story of Jan Vokes (Academy Award® nominee Toni Colette), a Welsh cleaner and bartender, who decides to breed and rear a race horse. She persuades her neighbors and friends to contribute financially to the scheme. The group’s unlikely investment plan pays off as the horse rises through the ranks and puts them in a race for the national championship.

With Eric Bana • Bruna Papandrea • Genevieve O'Reilly • Jodi Matterson • Keir O'Donnell • Bruce Spence • Steve Hutensky • Robert Connolly • Harry Cripps

When Federal Agent Aaron Falk returns to his home town after an absence of over twenty years to attend the funeral of his childhood friend, Luke, who allegedly killed his wife and child before taking his own life – a victim of the madness that has ravaged this community after more than a decade of drought. When Falk reluctantly agrees to stay and investigate the crime, he opens up an old wound – the death of 17- year-old Ellie Deacon. Falk begins to suspect these two crimes, separated by decades, are connected. As he struggles to prove not only Luke’s innocence but also his own, Falk finds himself pitted against the prejudice towards him and and pent-up rage of a terrified community.

With Lene Børglum • Jesper Christensen • Bodil Jørgensen • Anders Refn • Flemming Quist Møller • Mads Reuther • Gustav Dyekjær Giese • Sara Viktoria Bjerregaard • Lue Dittmann Støvelbæk • Sylvester Byder

Through a family and the relation between father and son, the film describes the dilemmas of the Danish population during World War II. Like the government, the farmers and the industry, the father, a successful owner of a big electronics factory, tries to make the best of the situation to keep the wheels rolling. However this leads him into a problematic collaboration with the Germans. His son, on the contrary, reacts against the increasing oppression and persecution of Jews and communists by joining the rising resistance movement.

With Glenn Close • Mila Kunis • Stephen Root • Eli Saslow • Jon Avnet • Marina Grasic • Jai Khanna • Rodrigo Garcia • Jake Avnet

A long-estranged mother and daughter navigate the most difficult four days of their lives together in a heartbreaking and hopeful story based on real-life events.

With Moises Arias • Wilmer Valderrama • Daniel Dae Kim • Ashley Jackson • Mateo Arias • Kali Uchis • Diane Guererro • Esteban Arango

On the cusp of the year 2000, Colombian brothers Carly (Mateo Arias) and Mateo (Moises Arias) prepare to move to the United States for their last years of high school. Metalhead Carly has his heart set on attending the Georgia Aerospace Institute and working for NASA, while his supportive parents (Diane Guerrero and Wilmer Valderrama) seize the chance to escape the political turmoil in Colombia and chase the American Dream. At first, Mateo is the only one to express any cynicism, but when the reality of their new life sinks in, the family struggles to adapt as their expectations are shattered. When events threaten to derail their future, Carly’s dream becomes his only lifeline.

With Tommy Flanagan • Allison Paige • Christina Moore • Shaun Paul Piccinino • Sean Patrick Flanery • Bryan Craig • George Kosturos

Desperate for cash to save his deathly ill mother, college wrestler Ali enters the hidden world of underground fighting. Ali shows promise but, lacking skills, he gets beaten bloody. Duke, a troubled handler, takes pity on the boy and trains him to be a fierce competitor—but is it enough to make Ali a winner?

With Dennis Quaid • Anthony Gonzalez • Bruce McGill • Chris Dowling • Julio Quintana • Raymond Cruz • Fernanda Urrejola • Jimmy Gonzales • Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

Following Hurricane Odile hit in 2014, a group of Mexican residents enter the world’s biggest fishing tournament in hopes of winning the prize money to save an orphanage.

With Emma Stone • Emma Thompson • Glenn Close • Marc Platt • Kristin Burr • Joel Fry • Kirby Howell-Baptiste • Paul Walter Hauser • Craig Gillespie • Jez Butterworth • Kelly Marcel • Andrew Gunn • Aline Brosh McKenna • Jamie Demetriou • Abraham Popoola

Set in 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, follows a young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute, played by two-time Oscar® winner Emma Thompson (“Howards End,” “Sense & Sensibility”). But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

With Anna Marie Dobbins • Anna Maiche • Adam Dorsey • Michael Simon Hall • Anton Sigurdsson

How far would you go to survive?... A small town detective while investigating the disappearance of a local woman comes across an unassuming Sociology professor who lives a double life.

With Fernando Cuautle • Diego Boneta • Michel Franco • Naian González Norvind • Dario Yazbek Bernal • Patricia Bernal

While protests rage in the streets, Marianne’s high society family prepares for her wedding. At first, only splatters of green paint and the appearance of Rolando, a former employee seeking emergency medical funds, intrude on the festivities. But soon the party is unable to keep the reckoning at bay, and what follows is a swift disintegration of law and order defined first by class lines, then by disastrous government recapitulation.

With Al Pacino • Thomas Kretschmann • Michael Polish • Meadow Williams • Mitch Pileggi • Lala Kent

Based on the true story, AMERICAN TRAITOR: THE TRIAL OF AXIS SALLY follows the life of American woman Mildred Gillars (Meadow Williams) and her lawyer (Al Pacino), who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed “Axis Sally” for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to American troops during World War II, Mildred’s story exposes the dark underbelly of the Third Reich's hate-filled propaganda machine, her eventual capture in Berlin, and subsequent trial for treason against the United States after the war.

With Fionn Whitehead • Christopher Quarles • Louisa Krause • McCaul Lombardi • Leyna Bloom • Danielle Lessovitz • William Dufault • Stephen Cavalieri • Eddie Plaza • Taliek Jeqon • Devon Carpenter • Azza Melton • Max Kpoyour • Precious Ebony

After getting kicked out of his home in central Pennsylvania, Paul (Fionn Whitehead) arrives to NYC's dizzying central station with nowhere to go. A momentary encounter with Wye (Leyna Bloom), a trans woman of color, leads him to seek her out. Transfixed by her beauty and confidence, a love soon blossoms. But as the two learn more about each other, Paul's false narratives begin to surface and the double life he lives must be reconciled.