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Drama Movies 2021 List

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Last modified: Dec. 4, 2022

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With Laurence Fishburne Glenn Morshower Adrian Favela Milo Gibson Todd Randall John Collins Eddie George Hamid Torabpour Abigail Hawk Acoryé White Carter Redwood Germain Arroyo

Milo Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) star in this inspirational true story of a small town high school football team who beat all the odds to win their state championship. After a crushing defeat ended their prior season, everyone counted the Abilene Eagles out of title contention. Facing doubts and personal challenges both on and off the field, it will take the guidance of their team chaplain (Gibson) and a surrogate father figure (Fishburne) for them to realize what they can achieve when they stand united as a team. In this uplifting underdog story, the Abilene Eagles will once again soar in an incredible comeback that will be forever remembered in sports history.

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 48 mins
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With Jacob Matschenz Christian Petzold Paula Beer Franz Rogowski Maryam Zaree

Follows a historian named Undine who is working in urban development and is a mysterious water spirit. Her carefully orchestrated world crumbles when the man she loves leaves her. This sets Undine on a path to kill her betrayer and return to the water.

Drama 1 hr, 31 mins
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With Jarin Towney Francesc Orella Edward James Olmos Quim Gutiérrez Paz Vega Antonio de la Torre Jessica Marais Michael Crisafulli Paul Meins

Filmed over five years, CHASING WONDERS is a heart-warming story of a young boy, who, encouraged by his grandfather to live a life of hope and possibility, takes off on the adventure of a lifetime to find the magical Emu Plains. His journey through the lush landscapes of Australia and Spain leads him to the heart of the human condition - learning to acknowledge the complexity of what comes before us but struggling not to be defined by the past.

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With Frances Fisher Mena Suvari Nick Stahl Mariel Hemingway Stuart Townsend Rebekah Graf Brian McGovern Sebastian Siegel

Grace and Grit tells the true story of iconic philosopher Ken Wilber (Townsend) and his wife Treya (Suvari). Based on the acclaimed book chronicling Treya’s journals, they fall madly in love in 1980s California and are immediately faced with challenges that tear them apart. They overcome by discovering connection beyond this world and love beyond life.

R Drama
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With Amber Heard Alice Eve Charlie Plummer Jacob Latimore Kelvin Harrison Jr. Jonathan Majors Nabil Elderkin Marcus Guillory Kelvin Harrison

Gully is the explosive and timely story of three boyhood friends—Calvin, Nicky and Jesse—surviving an upbringing in LA’s roughest neighborhoods. Steeped in violence but united by friendship, together they find their escape in one out-of-control night of partying. But when the rampage stops, retribution begins.

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With Amber Heard Alice Eve Charlie Plummer Jacob Latimore Kelvin Harrison Jr. Jonathan Majors Nabil Elderkin Marcus Guillory Kelvin Harrison

Gully is the explosive and timely story of three boyhood friends—Calvin, Nicky and Jesse—surviving an upbringing in LA’s roughest neighborhoods. Steeped in violence but united by friendship, together they find their escape in one out-of-control night of partying. But when the rampage stops, retribution begins.

R Drama
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With Melissa Barrera Corey Hawkins Jon M. Chu Marc Klein Mara Jacobs Stephanie Beatriz Dascha Polanco Anthony Ramos Lin-Manuel Miranda Jay-Z Daphne Rubin-Vega Leslie Grace Jimmy Smits Quiara Alegria Hudes Scott Sanders Joseph Velez Olga Merediz Gregory Diaz

Takes place over three days in the upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, where a bodega owner inherits his late grandmother's lottery winnings and plans to shutter his store and retire on a beach in the Dominican Republic. Trying to say farewell to the characters who live on the block, he realizes that his neighbors are his real family, and he's torn about leaving.

PG-13 Drama
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With Christopher Lloyd Ellen Burstyn Jane Curtin James Caan Loretta Devine Elizabeth Mitchell Donald Martin Ann-Margret French Stewart Michael Lembeck Dominique Telson

While her house undergoes repairs, fiercely independent senior Helen (Academy Award® winner Ellen Burstyn) moves into a nearby retirement community ― just temporarily. Once behind the doors of Pine Grove Senior Community, she encounters lusty widows, cutthroat bridge tournaments and a hotbed of bullying “mean girls” the likes of which she hasn’t encountered since high school, all of which leaves her yearning for the solitude of home. But somewhere between flower arranging and water aerobics Helen discovers that it’s never too late to make new friends and perhaps even find a new love.

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 40 mins
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With Robert Duvall Luke Wilson Wayne Knight Michael De Luca Martin Sheen Vinessa Shaw Carlson Young Natasha Bassett Houston Hill Brinton Bryan Jacob Lofland Treat Williams Ron White Lane Garrison Heath Freeman Jake Austin Walker Scott Haze Ty Roberts Angelique De Luca Kelly Frye Lucy Faust Tyler Silva

The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes—or even a football—to playing for the Texas state championships. The architect of their success was Rusty Russell, a legendary high school coach who shocked his colleagues by giving up his privileged position to teach and coach at the orphanage. Few knew Rusty's secret: that he himself was an orphan. Recognizing that his scrawny players couldn't beat the other teams with brawn, Rusty developed innovative strategies that would come to define modern football. Over the course of their winning season, these ultimate underdogs became an inspiration to their city, state, and entire nation.

PG-13 Drama
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With Tobin Bell Gregory Alan Williams Jason Mac Rebeca Robles

After years of searching for his father, a young man, on the run from the law, finds his way into the life of a secluded old man in the woods. As the days go by and secrets about their past are revealed, they realize they may not have been looking for each other but they were brought together for a reason.

NR Drama 1 hr, 30 mins
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With Robert Duvall Luke Wilson Wayne Knight Michael De Luca Martin Sheen Vinessa Shaw Carlson Young Natasha Bassett Houston Hill Brinton Bryan Jacob Lofland Treat Williams Ron White Lane Garrison Heath Freeman Jake Austin Walker Scott Haze Ty Roberts Angelique De Luca Kelly Frye Lucy Faust Tyler Silva

The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes—or even a football—to playing for the Texas state championships. The architect of their success was Rusty Russell, a legendary high school coach who shocked his colleagues by giving up his privileged position to teach and coach at the orphanage. Few knew Rusty's secret: that he himself was an orphan. Recognizing that his scrawny players couldn't beat the other teams with brawn, Rusty developed innovative strategies that would come to define modern football. Over the course of their winning season, these ultimate underdogs became an inspiration to their city, state, and entire nation.

PG-13 Drama
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With Nicole Beharie Channing Godfrey Peoples Kendrick Sampson Alexis Chikaeze

A former beauty queen turned hard working single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the Miss Juneteenth pageant, hoping to keep her from repeating the same mistakes in life that she made.

NR Drama 1 hr, 39 mins
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With Emilie Bierre Marianne Farley Judith Baribeau Paul Doucet Jeanne Leblanc

To the tight-knit community of Sainte-Adeline, Quebec, Magalie appears as a normal suburban high school sophomore surrounded by friends. But this popular teenage girl is harboring a shocking secret: she’s pregnant. When Magalie refuses to identify the father, suspicions among the townsfolk come to a boiling point and the layers of a carefully maintained social varnish eventually crack.

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With Chanel Cresswell Alia Shawkat Dolly Wells Eiza Gonzales Nick Helm Tara Lee Charlotte Jo Hanbury Ruth Ollman Jamie Adams

Explores the second album difficulties being experienced by a popular new girl band, whose lead singer has a creative block, where another band member tries to inject her own writing style and songs and walks out when under-appreciated, and their long-suffering manager is abused by both the band and the record label in equal measure, until a new fresh voice turns up to being the remaining band members back together, whereupon a new album is recorded.

NR Drama
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With Kevin Hart Lil Rel Howery Paul Reiser Alfre Woodard DeWanda Wise Anthony Carrigan Dana Stevens Paul Weitz Marty Bowen Peter Kiernan David Beaubaire Melody Hurd

A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.

PG-13 Drama
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With Joel Allen Kevin Bigley Johnny Ray Gill Kate Kobb Vicky Jeudy Meridith Thomas Spencer Rayshon Stevenson Karina Bonnefil John W. Lawson Leslie A Jones Isaiah Smallman

Rufus Paisley is a closet alcoholic and everything he loves is smashed together into one place: Rollers. He gave up a promising career as a musician in order to keep it alive, but the historic venue, once owned by his parents, is in trouble and he's running out of ways to save it, and himself. His friends urge him to move on, but can he?

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With Michelle Rodriguez Heidi Ewing Armando Espitia Christian Vázquez

Based on true love, this decades spanning romance begins in Mexico between an aspiring chef and a teacher. Their lives restart in incredible ways as societal pressure propels the couple to embark on a treacherous journey to New York with dreams, hopes, and memories in tow.

R Drama 1 hr, 51 mins
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With James Franco Colman Domingo David Hinojosa Christine Vachon Riley Keough Nicholas Braun Vince Jolivette Taylour Paige Gia Walsh Mike Roberts Andrew Neel Janicza Bravo

A stripper's wild adventure in Florida that led to prostitution, violence and murder.

R Drama 1 hr, 30 mins
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