Drama Movies 2021 List

With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau • Jakob Oftebro • Sonja Richter • Adam Buschard • Ole Christian Madsen • Lars Brygmann • Albert Arthur Amiryan

Based on true events. In an icy cold Europe, people are slowly moving on after the shocking terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo. In Copenhagen, the newly released criminal Omar has his own agenda. Meanwhile filmmaker Finn, Jewish watchman Dan and the worn-out action force officer Rico live their various everyday lives unaware of their common destiny. All of them affected by a rapidly changing world while they try to make sense of their own, and too late realize that life changes in an instant, fast and merciless, leaving only one of them left to tell the story about the tragic attack that forever changed the country.

With Riz Ahmed • Alyy Khan • Bassam Tariq • Sudha Buchar

Mogul Mowgli is the debut narrative feature from award-winning documentary filmmaker Bassam Tariq. It follows the story of a rapper (Academy Award-Nominee Riz Ahmed, The Sound of Metal) who, on the cusp of his first world tour, is struck down by an illness that forces him to face his past, his famiy, and the uncertainty of his legacy.

With Jonathan Rhys Meyers • MASUMI • Tsuyoshi Ihara • Vicente Amorim • Fernando Toste • Kimi Howl Lee

Set in the expansive Japanese community of Sao Paulo in Brazil — the largest Japanese diaspora in the world — Yakuza Princess follows Akemi (MASUMI), an orphan who discovers she is the heiress to half of the Yakuza crime syndicate. Forging an uneasy alliance with an amnesiac stranger (Rhys Meyers) who believes an ancient sword binds their two fates, Akemi must unleash war against the other half of the syndicate who wants her dead.

With Frank Grillo • Olivia Munn • Bruce Dern • Keith David • Shea Whigham • Mark Boone Junior • Stephen Israel • Andrew Levitas • Michele Civetta • Zach Avrey

Shea Whigham (American Hustle), Olivia Munn (X-Men: Apocalypse) and Frank Grillo (The Grey) star in this edge of your seat, gritty crime thriller. Whigham is Parker, a down on his luck social worker who finds himself in over his head when he tries to protect his client from her recently paroled husband. Can Parker save the family from the violent threat of the maniacal drug dealer and his crew, desperate to reclaim their priceless stash at any cost?

With Keith David • Justin Etheredge • Nefetari Spencer • Kali Raquel • Christen Sharice • Sarah-Scott Davis

Payton is a young Black man with a chance to marry into the upper echelons of Black society. But first he must abandon a secret, an unborn child with an ex-girlfriend. He is in desperate need of money and time away from his fiancé, who knows nothing about the baby. He finds a solution in wealthy and stubborn Gregory Devereaux (Keith David), an elderly regular from his favorite late-night diner. Hired by Devereaux's estranged daughter as his caretaker, Payton quickly becomes Gregory's confidant, and Payton's problems seem to disappear. But as Devereaux nears death - with the wedding and the baby's birth fast approaching - Gregory's past sins force Payton to reckon with his own decisions as a man. He must finally choose: marry rich, or do what's right.

With Mimi Kennedy • Jay Silverman • William Moseley • Johanna Braddy

A ruthless corporate raider is forced to return to his small town roots where he suddenly inherits his father’s nearly bankrupt pencil factory, which is the heart and soul of the depressed community. With the foreclosure deadline looming, he must decide to either let it close, or join the community’s fight to save it.

With Kate Bosworth • Jesse Eisenberg • Michael Greyeyes • Chaske Spencer • Scott Haze • Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr • Blake Pickens • Thomas Mahoney

Decades after covering up his classmate’s murder, Michael (Michael Greyeyes) has moved on from his reservation and fractured past. When a man who shares his violent secret seeks vengeance, Michael goes to great lengths to protect his new life with his wife (Kate Bosworth) and boss (Jesse Eisenberg) from the demons of his past.

With Andrea Roa • Jeff Deutchman • Brad Becker-Parton

A love letter to cinema, shot across the US, Iran, Chile, China and Thailand, by seven of today's most vital filmmakers. New life in the old house. A breakaway, a reunion. Surveillance and reconciliation. An unrecognizable world, in the year of the everlasting storm.

With Michael Keaton • Stanley Tucci • Sara Colangelo • Amy Ryan • Tate Donovan • Laura Benanti • Marc Butan • Sean Sorensen • Ato Blankson-Wood • Talia Balsam • Chris Tardio • Victor Slezak • Marc Maron • Shunori Ramanathan • Carolyn Mignini

Following the horrific 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Congress appoints attorney and renowned mediator Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) to lead the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Assigned with allocating financial resources to the victims of the tragedy, Feinberg and his firm’s head of operations, Camille Biros (Amy Ryan), face the impossible task of determining the worth of a life to help the families who had suffered incalculable losses. When Feinberg locks horns with Charles Wolf (Stanley Tucci), a community organizer mourning the death of his wife, his initial cynicism turns to compassion as he begins to learn the true human costs of the tragedy.

With Alexis Almström • Elsa Öhrn • Mustapha Aarab • Jonay Pineda Skallak

Elisabeth and John-John live in the same city, but they inhabit different worlds. Can a passionate first love break through class and cultural barriers?

With Mark Duplass • Natalie Morales • Desean Terry • Christine Quesada

Follows Adam (Duplass) whose husband surprises him with a gift of a year’s worth of weekly Spanish lessons. But when tragedy strikes, his teacher, Cariño (Morales), becomes a lifeline he didn’t know he needed and the two develop an unexpected and complicated emotional bond.

With Andreas Fontana • Juan Trench • Agustina Muñoz • Fabrizio Rongione • Stéphanie Cléau • Carmen Iriondo • Ignacio Vila • Pablo Torre • Elli Medeiros • Gilles Privat • Alexandre Trocki • Mariano Llinás

Argentina, the late 1970s. Private banker Yvan (Fabrizio Rongione) arrives from Geneva with his wife Ines (Stéphanie Cléau) to replace a colleague who has mysteriously disappeared in military-ruled Buenos Aires. Moving through the smoke-filled lounges and lush gardens of a society under intense surveillance, he finds himself untangling a sinister web of colonialism, high finance, and a nation's “Dirty War”.

With Willem Dafoe • Oscar Isaac • Tiffany Haddish • Tye Sheridan • Lee Broda • Braxton Pope • Kathryn M. Moseley • Paul Schrader • Lauren Mann • William Olsson • Tiffany Boyle • Elsa Ramo • Ruben Islas

William Tell, a gambler and former serviceman, just wants to play cards but his spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk. Gaining backing from mysterious gambling financier La Linda, Tell takes Cirk with him on the road, going from casino to casino until the unlikely trio set their sights on winning the World Series of poker in Las Vegas. But keeping Cirk on the straight-and-narrow proves impossible, dragging Tell back into the darkness of his past.

With Alex Kendrick • Jim Daly • Tony Evans • Eddie George • Stephen Kendrick • Jonathan Evans • Jill Kendrick • Deland McCullough

Everyone has a unique father story. Whether positive or painful, it's always personal and can deeply affect the core of our identity and direction of our lives. Featuring a variety of amazing, true stories, this captivating movie takes audiences of all ages on an inspiring and emotional cinematic journey.

With Andrea Roa • Jeff Deutchman • Brad Becker-Parton

A love letter to cinema, shot across the US, Iran, Chile, China and Thailand, by seven of today's most vital filmmakers. New life in the old house. A breakaway, a reunion. Surveillance and reconciliation. An unrecognizable world, in the year of the everlasting storm.

With Sydney Sweeney • Ben Hardy • Justice Smith • Natasha Liu Bordizzo • Michael Mohan

After moving into a beautiful loft apartment in Downtown Montreal, a young couple (Sydney Sweeney and Justice Smith), find themselves becoming increasingly interested in the sex life of their eccentric neighbors across the street (Ben Hardy and Natasha Liu Bordizzo). What starts out as an innocent curiosity slowly turns into an unhealthy obsession, after they discover that one of these neighbors is cheating on the other. Temptation and desire cause their lives to become tangled together in unexpected ways, leading to deadly consequences. Breathing new life into the forgotten genre of erotic thriller, The Voyeurs asks the question, "Is it okay to watch?"

With Jennifer Todd • Bill Condon • Irene Sankoff • David Hein • Dave Sirulnick • Jon Kamen • Christopher Ashley • Petrina Bromley • Jenn Colella • De’Lon Grant • Joel Hatch • Tony Lepage • Caesar Samayoa • Q. Smith • Astrid Van Wieren • Emily Walton • Jim Walton • Sharon Wheatley • Paul Whitty

Filmed live on Broadway, the Tony Award-winning musical tells the remarkable true story of 38 flights grounded in a small Canadian town on September 11, 2001. As the locals host these “come from aways,” they come together and find hope.

With Gerard Butler • Frank Grillo • Joe Carnahan • Alexis Louder • Mark Williams • Toby Huss • Tai Duncan • Ryan O'Nan • Keith Jardine • Tait Fletcher • Kaiwi Lyman

Screaming through the Nevada desert in a bullet-ridden Crown Vic, wily con artist Teddy Murretto (Frank Grillo) hatches a desperate plan to hide out from lethal hitman Bob Viddick (Gerard Butler): He sucker-punches rookie officer Valerie Young (Alexis Louder) to get himself arrested and locked up in a small-town police station. But jail can’t protect Murretto for long. Viddick schemes his own way into detention, biding his time in a nearby cell until he can complete his mission. When the arrival of a competing assassin (Toby Huss) ignites all-out mayhem, mounting threats force Viddick to get creative if he wants to finish the job and escape the explosive situation.

With Clint Eastwood • Al Ruddy • Nick Schenk • Horacio Garcia Rojas • Dwight Yoakam • Jessica Meier • Natalia Traven • Fernanda Urrejola • N. Richard Nash

The film stars Eastwood as Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption.

With Alicia Vikander • Justin Chon • Charles D. King • Kim Roth • Emory Cohen • Mark O’Brien • Linh Dan Pham • Poppy Hanks

The moving and timely story of a uniquely American family fighting for their future. Antonio LeBlanc (Chon), a Korean adoptee raised in a small town in the Louisiana bayou, is married to the love of his life Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and step-dad to their beloved daughter Jessie. Struggling to make a better life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past when he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.

With and Shannon O'Boyle • Taylor A. Purdee • Kassie DePaiva • Nathan Purdee • John Donchak • Maddi Jane • Lee Grant

The story of a young mixed race musician forced to return to his rural hometown after an expensive college degree. A chance encounter with a childhood acquaintance gives the summer new direction. Together they build a rag-tag band of other struggling locals for one shot to play a music festival coming to their once prosperous steel town. Armed with only folk-rock, Killian and the band hope to unite the community - - if just for one night.

With Frankie Faison • David Midell • Steve O'Connell • Enrico Natale

Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr, an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were dispatched to check on him.

With Dakota Johnson • Carrie Brownstein • Annie Clark • Bill Benz

Two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St. Vincent’s music, touring life, and on-stage persona. But they quickly discover unpredictable forces lurking within subject and filmmaker that threaten to derail the friendship, the project, and the duo’s creative lives.

With Jeremy Sisto • Nicky Whelan • Neil Brown Jr • Kevin Chapman • James DeFilippi • Greyson Cage • Ryan Canale • Maureen Keiller • Paris Scott Allen • Jimmy Dunn • Sean Gannet

A New York lawyer (Neil Brown Jr.) returns to his Boston hometown to reunite his dying friend (Jeremy Sisto) with his estranged 10-year-old son. His journey forces him to confront a childhood trauma the two men have been hiding for years.

With Naomi Watts • Frank Grillo • Bobby Cannavale • Jason Blum • Jonah Hauer-King • River Alexander • Chase Vacnin • James DeMonaco • Lucius Hoyos

Set in the summer of 1982, the story tells of an average teen who embarks on a quest in his Rocky Balboa-obsessed town that swirls in his family members.

With Melanie Laurent • Emmanuelle Bercot • Lou de Laâge • Cedric Kahn • Alain Goldman • Axelle Boucaï • César Domboy • Benjamin Voisin

At the end of the 19th century in Paris, a woman who was unfairly institutionalized at the Salpêtrière hospital manages to escape.

With Micaela Wittman • Anousha • Amy Benedict • Arthur De Larroche

Spoiled rich girl, Claire Rivers, hires a camera crew to document her journey as she attempts to attain enlightenment. Her misguided attempts about what she believes will show the promised path prove that one person's enlightenment is another person's limbo. Through yoga, crystals, and other methods of mystical teachings, Claire gets further from the truth than she was when she began. This mockumentary dives deep to find the right path, but reveals that the way is not always shown.

With Naomi Watts • Frank Grillo • Bobby Cannavale • Jason Blum • Jonah Hauer-King • River Alexander • Chase Vacnin • James DeMonaco • Lucius Hoyos

Set in the summer of 1982, the story tells of an average teen who embarks on a quest in his Rocky Balboa-obsessed town that swirls in his family members.

With Ashley Elaine • Brett Varvel • Allan Newsome • Rik Roberts • Jakob Winter • Karen Knotts • Stark Howell

A famous movie star is caught in the act of speeding in a small southern town and is sentenced by a judge to attend the town's Mayberry Fest, a festival celebrating “The Andy Griffith Show.”

With Amandla Stenberg • Julianne Moore • Amy Adams • Marc Platt • Kaitlyn Dever • Danny Pino • Ben Platt • Michael Bederman • Justin Paul • Adam Siegel • Steven Levenson • Nik Dodani • Colton Ryan • Benj Pasek

The generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Ben Platt reprises his role as a high schooler aching for belonging in the social-media age.

With Tom Skerritt • Mira Sorvino • S.J. Chiro • Annie Gonzalez

Ben Givens (Tom Skerritt), a retired heart surgeon and recent widower who learns he has terminal cancer. Determined to navigate his final days on his own terms, he shares the news with no one—not even his daughter (Mira Sorvino)—instead traveling back to his boyhood home in Eastern Washington with only his dog in tow. But the journey does not go as planned; the familiar landscape triggers memories and a connection with a kind stranger (Annie Gonzalez) inspires new insight.

With Alex Kendrick • Ken Bevel • Stephen Kendrick • Kevin Downes • Ben Davies • Rusty Martin • Robert Amaya

Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a newfound urgency help these dads draw closer to God … and to their children?

With Dan Stevens • Sandra Hüller • Annika Meier • Henriette Richter-Röhl • Maria Schrader • Maren Eggert • Hans Löw • Wolfgang Hübsch • Falilou Seck • Jürgen Tarrach • Monika Oschek • Jan Schomberg

In order to obtain funds for her research, Alma (Maren Eggert) is persuaded to participate in an extraordinary study. For three weeks she is required to live with Tom (Dan Stevens), a humanoid robot designed to be the perfect life partner for her, tailored to her character and needs.

With Hugo Weaving • Tilda Cobham-Hervey • Josh McConville • Diana Glenn • Chris Bunton • Jonathan Ogilvie

It's not exactly what the Minister of Justice wants to be doing: watching an endless stream of video footage. But a former police officer is very insistent. Together, all this footage - from hidden cameras, phone taps, Skype sessions and security surveillance - can tell an interesting story. The focus here is on an obscure bookstore where a group of environmental activists are meeting in secret. Idealistic Winnie and her boyfriend Conrad want to disrupt the G20, but aren't aware that they are possibly being lured into a trap

With Vanessa Marano • Gregg Sulkin • Lorenzo James Henrie • Alyssa Jirrels • David C. Henrie

In a last ditch effort to win over the girl of his dreams, a nerdy high school senior (Lorenzo Henrie) and his best friends embark on a road trip to see their favorite band at the biggest music festival of the year. On their journey, they realize that elaborate plans never go off without a hitch, and that you can find true love in the most unexpected places.

With Melissa McCarthy • Daveed Diggs • Timothy Olyphant • Kevin Kline • Matt Harris • Chris O'Dowd • Theodore Melfi

After Lilly (Melissa McCarthy) suffers a loss, a battle with a territorial bird (the Starling) over dominion of her garden provides an unlikely avenue for her grief and the courage to heal her relationships and rediscover her capacity for love.

With Susana Abaitua • Maria Valverde • Elisabet Casanovas

A fashion assistant (María Valverde) has just about got her life together after a devastating breakup when the man who broke her heart returns. Seeking support from her best friends, all three will learn how complicated love can be.

With Hero Fiennes Tiffin • Mira Sorvino • Rob Estes • Arielle Kebbel • Josephine Langford • Stephen Moyer • Carter Jenkins • Kiana Madeira • Louise Lombard • Castille Landon • Chance Perdomo • Frances Turner

The third installment of the "After" franchise finds Tessa starting an exciting new chapter of her life. But as she prepares to move to Seattle for her dream job, Hardin's jealousy and unpredictable behavior reach a fever pitch and threaten to end their intense relationship. Their situation grows more complicated when Tessa's father returns and shocking revelations about Hardin's family come to light. Ultimately, Tessa and Hardin must decide if their love is worth fighting for or if it's time to go their separate ways.