Drama Movies 2022 List

With Iuli Gerbase • Renata de Lélis • Eduardo Mendonça • Kaya Rodrigues • Girley Brasil Paes • Helena Becker • Lívia Perrone Pires

A deadly pink cloud appears in the sky, forcing everyone to stay home. Strangers at first, Giovana and Yago try to take on the role of being a couple as years of lockdown pass. While Yago is living in a utopia, Giovana feels trapped inside.

With Joe Cole • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau • Peter Flinth • Baltasar Kormakur • Gisli Orn Gardarsson • Joe Derrick • Charles Dance • Heida Reed

In 1909, Denmark’s Arctic Expedition led by Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) was attempting to disprove the United States’ claim to Northeast Greenland. This claim was based on the assumption that Greenland was broken up into two different pieces of land. Leaving his crew behind with the ship, Mikkelsen embarks on a journey across the ice with his inexperienced crew member, Iver Iversen (Joe Cole). The two men succeed in finding the proof that Greenland is one island, but returning to the ship takes longer and is much harder than expected. Battling extreme hunger, fatigue and a polar bear attack, they finally arrive to find their ship crushed in the ice and the camp abandoned. Hoping to be rescued, they now must fight to stay alive. As the days grow longer, their mental hold on reality starts to fade, breeding mistrust and paranoia, a dangerous cocktail in their fight for survival.

With Ansel Elgort • Steven Spielberg • Ariana DeBose • Rachel Zegler • Maddie Ziegler • Tony Kushner • Rita Moreno • Brian d’Arcy James • Corey Stoll • Kristie Macosko Krieger • Mike Faist • Talia Ryder • Ezra Menas • Sebastian Serra • Paloma Garcia-Lee • Jess LeProtto • Halli Toland • Kevin McCollum • David Alvarez • Josh Andrés Rivera • Ben Cook • Sean Harrison Jones • Patrick Higgins • Julius Anthony Rubio • Ricardo Zayas • Carlos Sánchez Falú • Kevin Csolak • Kellie Drobnick Julian Elia • Myles Erlick • Leigh-Ann Esty • Sara Esty • John Michael Fiumara • Garett Hawe • Eloise Kropp • Lauren Leach • Skye Mattox • Adriana Pierce • Brittany Pollack • Daniel Patrick Russell • Jonalyn Saxer

Tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City. This reimagining of the beloved musical stars Ansel Elgort (Tony); Rachel Zegler (María); Ariana DeBose (Anita); David Alvarez (Bernardo); Mike Faist (Riff); Josh Andrés Rivera (Chino); Ana Isabelle (Rosalía); Corey Stoll (Lieutenant Schrank); Brian d’Arcy James (Officer Krupke); and Rita Moreno (as Valentina, who owns the corner store in which Tony works).

With Colin Farrell • Haley Lu Richardson • Jodie Turner-Smith • Kogonada • Sarita Choudhury • Clifton Collins Jr. • Justin H. Min • Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja

When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake (Colin Farrell) searches for a way to repair him. In the process, he discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife (Jodie Turner-Smith) and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.

With Hany Abu-Assad • Ali Suliman • Maisa Abd Elhadi • Manal Awad

Reem, a young mother married to a jealous man, goes to Huda’s salon in Bethlehem. But this ordinary visit turns sour when Huda, after having put Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her to have her work for the secret service of the occupiers, and thus betray her people.

With Franz Rogowski • Georg Friedrich • Anton von Lucke • Thomas Prenn • Sebastian Meise • Thomas Reider

In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans has been found guilty for his homosexuality, deemed grounds for imprisonment under Paragraph 175. Over the course of decades, he is spied on and repeatedly jailed as a result. As Hans returns to prison again and again, he develops an unlikely bond with his cellmate Viktor, a convicted murderer. What begins as revulsion blossoms over time into something far more tender.

With Barkhad Abdi • Amy Smart • Rory Cochrane • Major Dodson • Reno Wilson • Kim Bass • John Cappetta

When 15-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the football team, Tyson befriends champion marathon runner Aklilu. Never letting his autism hold him back, Tyson becomes determined to run his first marathon in hopes of winning his father's approval.

With Irán Castillo • Joseph Marcell • Will Beinbrink • Alejandro Hidalgo • Santiago Fernández Calvete • María Gabriela de Faría • Hector Kotsifakis

Peter Williams, an American priest working in Mexico, is considered a saint by many local parishioners. However, due to a botched exorcism, he carries a dark secret that's eating him alive until he gets an opportunity to face his own demon one final time.

With Pallavi Joshi • Anupam Kher • Prakash Belawadi • Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri • Mithun Chakraborty • Darshan Kumaar • Chinmay Mandlekar

32 years later, the emotions and the pain remain the same. Witness the brutally honest story of the Kashmir Genocide.

With Lou Taylor Pucci • Richard Riehle • Debra Wilson • James Carrozo • Ricki Lake • Heather Morris • Machete Bang Bang • Erin Granat

With advancing Alzheimer’s and a determination to do things his way, Jimmy’s decided to throw himself a fabulous FUNeral before his intentional death, showing his estranged brother, salt-of-the earth caretaker, sharp-witted death doula, a novice obituary writer, a cosmic being, and the guests at his FUNeral — that sometimes the art of living just may be the art of dying.

With Grant Gustin • Karen Janszen • Katt Shea • Scott Wolf • Kaylah Zander • Tom McBeath • Sharon Taylor • Eileen Pedde

State trooper Dan (Grant Gustin) dreams of joining the K-9 Search & Rescue team, but no one will give him the chance. Shelter dog Ruby dreams of having a home, but is running out of hope. When fate brings Dan and Ruby together, it's their unshakable bond that helps them face their toughest challenge yet.

With Zoey Deutch • Dylan O’Brien • Ben Browning • Graham Moore • Johnny Flynn • Mark Rylance • Scoop Wasserstein • Johnathan McClain • Amy Jackson

An English tailor makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

With Keke Palmer • Jonny Lee Miller • Alicia Witt • Lisa Zambri • Greg Silverman • Gaius Charles • Krystin Ver Linden • Craig Stark • Shiquita James

Inspired by true accounts, Alice is a modern empowerment fable tracing Alice’s journey through the post-Civil Rights Era American South.

With Nadav Lapid • Avshalom Pollak • Nur Fibak

A celebrated Israeli filmmaker named Y arrives in a remote desert village to present one of his films at a local library. Struggling to cope with the recent news of his mother’s terminal illness, he is pushed into a spiral of rage when the host of the screening, a government employee, asks him to sign a form placing restrictions on what he can say at the film’s Q&A. Told over the course of one day, the film depicts Y as he battles against the loss of freedom in his country and the fear of losing his mother.

With Keke Palmer • Common • Jonny Lee Miller • Alicia Witt • Gaius Charles • Krystin Ver Linden • NaTasha Yvette Williams

Alice (Keke Palmer) yearns for freedom as an enslaved person on a rural Georgia plantation under its brutal and disturbed owner Paul (Jonny Lee Miller). After a violent clash with Paul, she flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon discovering the year is actually 1973. Rescued on the roadside by a disillusioned political activist named Frank (Common), Alice quickly comprehends the lies that have kept her in bondage and the promise of Black liberation. Inspired by true events, Alice is a modern empowerment story tracing Alice’s journey through the post-Civil Rights Era American South.

With Ilona Brezoianu • Radu Muntean • Maria Popistasu • Alex Bogdan • Luca Sabin

A group on a humanitarian mission arrive in a remote area of Transylvania to offer the inhabitants various goods. Apart from a few quarrels and conflicts between the group members, everything seems to be going well for Maria and Dan. But soon after they stumble upon a disoriented local and try to help him, things go wrong…

With Regina Hall • Andrea Roa • Talia Ryder • Talia Balsam • Zoe Renee • Brad Becker-Parton • Amber Gray • Mariama Diallo • Josh Astrachan

Three women strive to find their place at a prestigious New England university whose frosty elitism may disguise something more sinister. Professor Gail Bishop (Regina Hall) has recently been promoted to “Master” of a residence hall, the first time at storied Ancaster College that a Black woman has held the post. Determined to breathe new life into a centuries-old tradition, Gail soon finds herself wrapped up in the trials and tribulations of Jasmine Moore (Zoe Renee), an energetic and optimistic Black freshman. Jasmine’s time at Ancaster hits a snag early on when she’s assigned a dorm room that is rumored to be haunted. Things get worse when Jasmine clashes in the classroom with Liv Beckman (Amber Gray), a professor in the middle of her own racially charged tenure review. As Gail tries to maintain order and fulfill the duties of a Master, the cracks begin to show in Ancaster’s once-immaculate facade. After a career spent fighting to make it into Ancaster’s inner circle, Gail is confronted with the horrifying prospect of what lies beneath, her question ultimately becoming not whether the school is haunted, but by whom.

With Olivia Colman • Colin Firth • Josh O’Connor • Odessa Young • Alice Birch • Emma D’Arcy • Glenda Jackson • Patsy Ferran • Sope Dirisu • Eva Husson

On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother’s Day. Her employers, Mr and Mrs Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend an afternoon of abandon with her secret lover, Paul (Josh O’Connor), the boy from the manor house nearby who is Jane’s long-term love despite the fact that he’s engaged to be married to another woman, a childhood friend and daughter of his parents’ friends. But events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane’s life forever.

With Alia Bhatt • Ray Stevenson • Alison Doody • Ajay Devgn • Olivia Morris • DVV Danayya • NTR • Ram Charan • Samuthirakani • S.S. Rajamouli

A story about two legendary revolutionaries and their journey away from home before they started fighting for their country in 1920’s.

With Naomi Watts • Billy Howle • Denis O'Hare • Malgorzata Szumowska • Eliot Sumner

As an experienced climber (Naomi Watts) ascends Mt. Washington, she turns back before she reaches the summit as a huge blizzard approaches. But on her way down, she encounters a lone, stranded man, and takes it upon herself to get them both down the mountain before nightfall arrives and they succumb to the storm. Based on a true story.

With Jack Black • Glen Powell • Richard Linklater • Zachary Levi • Josh Wiggins • Milo Coy • Jessica Brynn Cohen • Tommy Pallotta • Mike Blizzard • Lee Eddy • Bill Wise • Natalie L'Amoreaux • Sam Chipman

Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood tells the story of the first moon landing in the summer of 1969 from two interwoven perspectives – the astronaut and mission control view of the triumphant moment, and through the eyes of a kid growing up in Houston, Texas who has intergalactic dreams of his own. Taking inspiration from Academy Award-nominated® filmmaker Richard Linklater’s own life, Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood is a snapshot of American life in the 1960s that is part coming of age, part societal commentary, and part out-of-this-world adventure.

With Logan George • Jared Abrahamson • Celine Held • Zhaila Farmer • Gino Vento

Beneath the New York City subway system lies a shadowy labyrinth teeming with people living on the margins of society, Topside is a tense mother-daughter survivor story around the prospects of raising a child in that darkness, only to find that the world above contains much scarier prospects.

With Geraldine Viswanathan • Karan Soni • Roshan Sethi • Gita Reddy • Zenobia Shroff • Vinny Chhibber • Asif Ali

Set-up on a pre-arranged date by their old-fashioned Indian parents, Ravi and Rita seemingly have nothing in common. The situation turns both awkward and enlightening when they find themselves trapped inside together for a week.

With Carolyn Bracken • Hazel Doupe • Kate Dolan

It’s the week before Halloween. Char’s bedridden mother, Angela, has mysteriously gone missing. All that remains is her abandoned car parked in the middle of a field. When Angela returns home to their North Dublin estate the following evening without explanation, it becomes clear to Char and her grandmother, Rita, that something is amiss. She might look and sound the same, but Angela’s behavior has become increasingly erratic and frightening, as if she has been replaced by a malevolent force. As Halloween approaches, a night steeped in ancient Irish myth and legend, Char must unearth the dark secrets of her family in order to uncover the truth behind her mother's disappearance and save her, even if it means potentially losing her forever.

With Mickey Rourke • Yelena Popovic • Tonia Sotiropoulou • Alexander Petrov • Aris Servetalis • Babis Hawk Konstantinou

Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God.

With Caleb Landry Jones • Sean Keenan • Anthony LaPaglia • Judy Davis • Justin Kurzel • Shaun Grant • Phoebe Taylor • Conrad Brandt

Nitram (Landry Jones) lives with his mother (Davis) and father (LaPaglia) in suburban Australia in the Mid 1990s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never being able to fit in. That is until he unexpectedly finds a close friend in a reclusive heiress, Helen (Essie Davis). However, when that relationship meets a tragic end, and Nitram’s loneliness and anger grow, he begins a slow descent that leads to disaster.