Drama Movies 2021 List

With Biljana Čekić • Predrag Antonijevic • Anja Stanić • Zlatan Vidović • Nikola Radulj • Vesna Kljajić • Luka Šaranović • Nataša Drakulić

Set in the 1940s, the film follows young Dara (Biljana Čekić) in Croatia as she comes face-to-face with the horrors of the Holocaust era after she is sent with her mother and siblings to the concentration camp complex known as Jasenovac. The facility was the only operational death camp during World War II not created or run by the Germans, but its overseers were no less ruthless or cruel. Overseen by vicious emissaries of the fascist Ustase government, the camp was used to murder Serbs, Jews and Roma people—and re-educating the few children deemed worthy of rehabilitation. As unspeakable atrocities unfold all around her, young Dara must summon tremendous courage to protect her infant brother from a terrible fate, to safeguard her own survival and to plot a precarious path toward freedom.

With Barbara Sukowa • Filippo Meneghetti • Martine Chevallier • Malysone Bovorasmy • Florence Vignon

Two retired women, Nina and Madeleine, have been secretly in love for decades. Everybody, including Madeleine’s family, thinks they are simply neighbors, sharing the top floor of their building. They come and go between their two apartments, enjoying the affection and pleasures of daily life together, until an unforeseen event turns their relationship upside down and leads Madeleine’s daughter to gradually unravel the truth about them.

With Viggo Mortensen • Laura Linney • Lance Henriksen • Terry Chen • Hannah Gross • Sverrir Gudnason

Falling follows John (Viggo Mortensen) who lives with his partner, Eric (Terry Chen), and their daughter, Mónica (Gabby Velis), in California, far from the traditional rural life he left behind years ago, while his conservative father, Willis (Lance Henriksen), lives alone on the isolated farm where John grew up. In the early stages of dementia, Willis is brought to John’s California home to help him relocate. Unfortunately, their best intentions ultimately run up against Willis’s adamant refusal to change his way of life in the slightest.

With Lucy Hale • Lucas Till • Stan Erdreich • Cedric the Entertainer • Brian Dennehy • Colin Bates • Julia Ormond • Lex Scott Davis • Sharonne Lanier • Chaka Forman • Barry Alexander Brown • Matt William Knowles • Bill Black • Eve Pomerance • Will Mossek

A grandson of a Klansman comes of age during the early 60's in the deep south and eventually joins the Civil Rights Movement. Based on Bob Zellner's autobiography "The Wrong Side of Murder Creek.

With Zendaya • John David Washington • Sam Levinson • Ashley Levinson • Kevin Turen

A filmmaker and his girlfriend return their hometown from a movie premiere. A discussion about their past relationships takes an unexpected turn, testing the strength of their love.

With Salma Hayek • Owen Wilson • Jorge Lendeborg Jr. • Joshua Leonard • Madeline Zima • Nesta Cooper • Mike Cahill • Ronny Chieng

Centers on a recently divorced man (Wilson) who meets a woman (Hayek) who lives on the streets and is convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is not real.

With Sophie Turner • Matias Varela • Steven Yaffee • Al Sapienza • Daniel Zovatto • Darrell Britt-Gibson • Andrea Apergis • Anastasia Marinina • Seth Miller • Jouri Smit

Drug-dealer Sev and his equally broken girlfriend Maddie accept a risky deal from an old childhood friend, setting off an irreversible chain of events.

With Per Dickson • Niklas Larsson • Nanna Blondell • Anastasios Soulis • Tomas Bergström • Kalled Mustonen • Johannes Bah Kuhnke • Thomas Hanzon • Anna Azcárate • Alain Darborg • Anna Odenhall

David and Nadja attempt to rekindle their relationship on a romantic hiking trip to the North of Sweden. The trip quickly turns into a nightmare when a red laser dot appears in their tent, and they are forced to flee into the unforgiving wilderness pursued by an unknown shooter.

With Robin Wright • Kim Dickens • Demian Bichir • Liz Hannah • Sarah Dawn Pledge • Peter Saraf • Erin Dignam • Allyn Stewart • Jesse Chatham • Finlay Wojtak-Hissong • Lora Kennedy • Leah Holzer • Warren Christie

The poignant story of one woman’s search for meaning in the vast and harsh American wilderness. Edee (Wright), in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter (Demián Bichir) brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.

With Ryan Coogler • Jesse Plemons • Lil Rel Howery • Daniel Kaluuya • Lakeith Stanfield • Ashton Sanders • Algee Smith • Jermaine Fowler • Martin Sheen • Charles D. King • Robert Longstreet • Dominique Fishback • Keith Lucas • Kenneth Lucas • Darrell Britt-Gibson • Shaka King • Will Berson • William O’Neal

Chairman Fred Hampton was 21 years old when he was assassinated by the FBI, who coerced a petty criminal, William O’Neal, to betray him and the Black Panther Party. In 1968, Hampton became Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, who were fighting for freedom, the power to determine the destiny of the Black community, and an end to police brutality. Hampton was inspiring a generation, which put him directly in the line of fire of the FBI and Chicago PD. To destroy the revolution, they had to do it from both the outside and the inside. Facing prison, O’Neal is offered a deal by the FBI: if he will infiltrate the Black Panthers and provide intel on Hampton, he will walk free. O’Neal lives in fear that his treachery will be discovered even as he rises in the ranks. But as Hampton’s fiery message draws him in, he cannot escape the deadly trajectory of his betrayal.

With Jake Gyllenhaal • Awkwafina • Allison Janney • Mila Kunis • Regina Hall • Tate Taylor • Samira Wiley • Keong Sim • Jimmi Simpson • Bridget Everett

A wife buries her husband's body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband.

With Will Patton • Steven Yuen • Yeri Han • Scott Haze • Youn Yuh-Jung • Lee Isaac Chung • Alan S. Kim

A tender and sweeping story about what roots us, Minari follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, Minari shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

With Casey Affleck • Vanessa Kirby • Katherine Waterston • Ron Hansen • Christopher Abbott • Mona Fastvold • Jim Shepard • Karina Ziana Gherasim

In this powerful 19th century romance set in the American Northeast, Abigail (Katherine Waterston), a farmer’s wife, and her new neighbor Tallie (Vanessa Kirby) find themselves irrevocably drawn to each other. A grieving Abigail tends to her withdrawn husband Dyer (Casey Affleck) as free-spirit Tallie bristles at the jealous control of her husband Finney (Christopher Abbott), when together their intimacy begins to fill a void in each other's lives they never knew existed.

With Kate Hudson • Maddie Ziegler • Sia • Leslie Odom Jr. • Hector Elizondo • Mary Kay Place • Brandon Soo Hoo

Zu (Hudson) is a free spirit estranged from her family who suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half sister, Music (Ziegler), The musical drama explores the tenuous bonds that hold us together, and imagines a world where those bonds can be strengthened in times of great challenge: love, trust, and being able to be there for each other is everything.

With Katherine Heigl • Harry Connick Jr. • Madison Iseman • Israel Broussard • Castille Landon

For teenager Rain Burroughs (Madison Iseman), a diagnosis with schizophrenia means that every day is a struggle as she tries to figure out which of the disturbing images, harrowing voices, and traumatic feelings she experiences are real and which are all in her mind. But when Rain insists against her parents’ (Katherine Heigl and Harry Connick, Jr.) advice that the shadows and cries from her neighbor’s attic are hiding a dark secret, she enlists help from Caleb (Israel Broussard), the charmingly awkward new boy at school – who himself may not be real. Written and directed by Castille Landon (After We Fell, After Ever Happy), Fear of Rain is a terrifying thriller that takes you inside Rain’s mind as she confronts the frightening hallucinations of her imagination to determine whether there is real horror hiding right next door.

With Helena Puig • Héctor Vázquez Urquieta • Pablos Olmos Arrayales • Antonio Alcántara • Markin López • Axel Zapién • Aaron Gómez • Italo Maximliano Concha Veloz

Lili and Eduardo meet for the first time after connecting on a dating app. Eduardo arrives late but with a good reason in a place like Mexico City: he was mugged and they took his phone so he couldn't text her to say he was running late. While at first everything seems to be going fine, when Lili finds Eduardo’s phone in his jacket, things take an unexpected and terrifying turn for the worse.

With David Withers • Zachary Ray Sherman • Sarah Sherman • Anjini Taneja Azhar • Quinn Liebling • Alex Jarmon • Ayla Carda • Kelly Grace Richardson • Eric Martin Reid • Tanner Orcutt • Sharonlee McLean • Morgan Demetre

Tilly and Harper have lived across the street from each other since they were kids. When newly feminist Harper enters high school, she and theater nerd Tilly find themselves in an unexpected relationship. Social expectations, self identities and family standings are challenged, providing us with an honest look into the innocent, yet also hyper social and cultural awareness of today's young people.

With Steve Zahn • Jillian Bell • Bob Stephenson • Sasha Knight • Chris Coy • John Reynolds • Ann Dowd • Gary Farmer • Anna Kerrigan

With Kathryn Newton • Kyle Allen • Ian Samuels • Aaron Ryder • Josh Hamilton • Akiva Goldsman • Greg Lessans • Ashley Fox • Lev Grossman • Jermaine Harris • Anna Mikami • Cleo Fraser

Mark takes advantage of reliving the same day over and over by reading his way through a library. When he meets Margaret, who's also aware of the time loop, they set out to find every amazing event — no matter how big or small — that occurred on that day.

With Renji Philip • Matt Bush • Rome Brooks • William Morton • Tyler Steelman • Sandra Seeling • Paula Rhodes

Mary has spent her entire life caring for her widowed father after he suffered a stroke when she was a little girl. One day Mary meets Cole, a young man passing through her small town on a cross-country road trip, who falls for Mary and asks her to join him on his journey. Now Mary must choose between her deep-felt responsibility to her father or a chance at love.

With Chloé Zhao • David Strathairn • Frances McDormand • Peter Spears • Charlene Swankie • Linda May • Mollye Asher • Dan Janvey

Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.

With Jodie Foster • Benedict Cumberbatch • Shailene Woodley • Zachary Levi • Tahar Rahim • Kevin Macdonald • Rory Haines • Sohrab Noshirvani • M.B. Traven

Captured by the U.S. Government, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Tahar Rahim) languishes in prison for years without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Jodie Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Shailene Woodley). Together they face countless obstacles in a desperate pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch (Benedict Cumberbatch), eventually reveals a shocking and far reaching conspiracy.

With Leslie Mann • Isla Fisher • Dan Stevens • Judi Dench • Aimee-ffion Edwards • Emilia Fox • Edward Hall

Best-selling crime novelist Charles (Dan Stevens) suffers from terrible writer’s block and is struggling to finish his first screenplay. His picture-perfect new wife Ruth (Isla Fisher) is doing her best to keep him focused so they can fulfill her dream of leaving London for Hollywood. Charles’ quest for inspiration leads him to invite the eccentric mystic Madame Acarti (Judi Dench) to perform a séance in his home. He gets more than he bargained for when Madame Acarti inadvertently summons the spirit of his first wife: the brilliant and fiery Elvira (Leslie Mann). Ready to pick up her life right where she left off, Elvira is shocked to discover the prim and proper Ruth is now married to her husband and running her household. Charles finds himself stuck between his two wives and their increasingly over-the-top attempts to outdo one another.

With Nick Robinson • Jason Clarke • Paul Walter Hauser • Jimmi Simpson • Katie Aselton • Alexandra Shipp • Lexi Rabe • Darrell Britt-Gibson • Daniel David Stewart • Tiller Russell • Will Ropp

Young, idealistic, and driven to succeed, Ross Ulbricht (Nick Robinson) creates the internet’s first unregulated marketplace: Silk Road. But when it becomes a multimillion-dollar pipeline for illicit drugs, Ross is set on a collision course with Rick Bowden (Jason Clarke), a disreputable and dangerously unpredictable DEA agent, who will use any means necessary to take him down.

With Gail Bean • Will Brill • Brittany S. Hall • Drew Fuller • Shatara Michelle Ford

Part psychological horror, part realist drama, this exhilarating debut feature from Shatara Michelle Ford is set against the backdrop of national discussions around inequitable health care and policing, the #metoo movement, and race in America. Test Pattern follows an interracial couple whose relationship is put to the test after a Black woman is sexually assaulted and her white boyfriend drives her from hospital to hospital in search of a rape kit. Their story reveals the systemic injustices and social conditioning women face when navigating sex and consent within the American patriarchy. Winner of top prizes at the BlackStar and New Orleans Film Festivals, this gripping social thriller offers a unique exploration of institutional racism and sexism from a Black female point of view.

With Tom Holland • Michael Gandolfini • Jack Reynor • Thomas Lennon • Anthony Russo • Ciara Bravo • Joe Russo • Forrest Goodluck • Jessica Goldberg • Kelli Burglund • Jeff Wahlberg • Kyle Harvey

Follows the wild journey of a disenfranchised young man from Ohio who meets the love of his life, only to risk losing her through a series of bad decisions and challenging life circumstances. Inspired by the best-selling novel of the same name, CHERRY features Tom Holland in the title role, as an unhinged character who drifts from dropping out of college to serving in Iraq as an army medic and is only anchored by his one true love Emily (Ciara Bravo). When Cherry returns home a war hero, he battles the demons of undiagnosed PTSD and spirals into drug addiction, surrounding himself with a menagerie of depraved misfits. Draining his finances, Cherry turns to bank robbing to fund his addiction, shattering his relationship with Emily along the way.

With Michelle Rodriguez • Luke Evans • Armie Hammer • Evangeline Lilly • Gary Oldman • Greg Kinnear • Lily-Rose Depp • Nicholas Jarecki

Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her son's involvement with narcotics, and a university professor battles unexpected revelations about his research employer, a drug company with deep government influence bringing a new "non-addictive" painkiller to market.

With Gemma Arterton • Richard Armitage • Daniel Brühl • Julie Delpy • Hubert Caillard • Gabrielle Tana • Dominique Boutonnat • Lior Ashkenazy • Sophia Ally

Isabelle is a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage and raising her daughter Zoe in conjunction with her ex-husband. Zoe means everything to her mother, but when tragedy strikes the fractured family, Isabelle takes matters into her own hands.

With Olivia Colman • Anthony Hopkins • Imogen Poots • Christopher Hampton • Olivia Williams • Rufus Sewell • Mark Gatiss • Florian Zeller

Anthony is 80, mischievous, living defiantly alone and rejecting the carers that his daughter, Anne, encouragingly introduces. Yet help is also becoming a necessity for Anne; she can’t make daily visits anymore and Anthony's grip on reality is unravelling. As we experience the ebb and flow of his memory, how much of his own identity and past can Anthony cling to? How does Anne cope as she grieves the loss of her father, while he still lives and breathes before her? THE FATHER warmly embraces real life, through loving reflection upon the vibrant human condition; heart-breaking and uncompromisingly poignant – a movie that nestles in the truth of our own lives.

With Nicola Peltz Beckham • Spencer Neville • Stanley Kalu • David James Elliot • Ali LeRoi • Sammi Rotibi • Steven Silver

A wealthy, Nigerian-American teenager is pulled over by police, shot to death, and immediately awakens, trapped in a terrifying time loop that forces him to confront difficult truths about his life and himself. Tackling the social issues of racism, police brutality, LGBTQ acceptance, mental health and addiction, The Obituary of Tunde Johnson confronts these seminal issues, all too prevalent in American society.

With Steve Tientcheu • Philippe Lacôte • Issaka Sawadogo • Denis Lavant • Koné Bakary

A young man is sent to “La Maca,” a prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its inmates. As tradition goes with the rising of the red moon, he is designated by the Boss to be the new “Roman” and must tell a story to the other prisoners. Learning what fate awaits him, he begins to narrate the mystical life of the legendary outlaw named “Zama King” and has no choice but to make his story last until dawn.