Drama Movies 2022 List

With Tom Prior • Margus Prangel • Peeter Rebane • Oleg Zagorodnii • Diana Pozharskaya • Jake-Thomas Henderson • Nicholas Woodeson

Based on a true story during the Cold War, Firebird is a passionate love story set against the backdrop of an Air Force base in occupied Estonia during late 1970’s Communist rule. Sergey (Tom Prior), a soulful, young soldier who dreams of becoming an actor in Moscow, is counting the days until his military service ends. His life is turned upside down when he locks eyes with Roman (Oleg Zagorodnii), a sexy, enigmatic ace fighter pilot newly assigned to his base. Driven by their undeniable attraction, Sergey and Roman navigate the precarious line between love and friendship at a time when Soviet men in uniform caught having a sexual affair was met with the severest punishment. As their friendship grows into love, the men risk their freedom and their lives to be together in the face of an all-seeing Communist regime.

With Takayuki Hirao • Akio Ôtsuka • Konomi Kohara • Hiroya Shimizu

Pompo is a talented and gutsy producer in “Nyallywood,” the movie-making capital of the world. Although she’s known for B-movies, one day Pompo tells her movie-loving but apprehensive assistant Gene that he will direct her next script: a delicate drama about a tormented artistic genius, starring the legendary and Brando-esque actor Martin Braddock, and a young actress seeking her first break. But when the production heads towards chaos, can Gene rise to Pompo’s challenge, and succeed as a first-time director?

With Mark Hachem • Jonathan Keijser • Hatem Ali • Ayham Abou Ammar • Mark Camacho • Yara Sabri • Katheryn Kirkpatrick • Najla Al-Khamri • Abdul Malik

After the bombing of his father's chocolate factory, a charming young Syrian refugee struggles to settle into his new Canadian small-town life, caught between following his dream to become a doctor and preserving his family's chocolate-making legacy. Based on the incredible internationally recognized true story.

With Oiva Ollila • Hanna Bergholm • Ilja Rautsi • Siiri Solalinna • Sophia Heikkilä • Jani Volanen • Reino Nordin

In Hatching, 12-year-old gymnast, Tinja (Siiri Solalinna), is desperate to please her image-obsessed mother, whose popular blog ‘Lovely Everyday Life’ presents their family’s idyllic existence as manicured suburban perfection. One day, after finding a wounded bird in the woods, Tinja brings its strange egg home, nestles it in her bed, and nurtures it until it hatches. The creature that emerges becomes her closest friend and a living nightmare, plunging Tinja beneath the impeccable veneer into a twisted reality that her mother refuses to see.

With Valeria Bruni Tedeschi • Anais Demoustier • Denis Podalydès • Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet • Jean-Charles Clichet • Xavier Guelf • Christophe Montenez

The film follows a spirited young woman who falls in love with the novelist wife of the man with whom she’s having an affair.

With Alessio Rigo de Righi • Matteo Zoppis

Luciano (Gabriele Silli) is a wandering outcast in a remote, late 19th-century Italian village. His life becomes undone by alcohol, forbidden love, and a bitter conflict with the prince of the region over the right of passage through an ancient gateway. When the quarrel escalates, Luciano is exiled to the distant Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego where, with the help of ruthless gold-diggers, he searches for a mythical treasure, paving his way toward redemption. However, in these barren lands, only greed and insanity can prevail.

With Ana Cristina Tarpo • Mira Thiel

Traveling to Berlin, a young Amish man on his rite of passage connects with his roots, falls in love and makes a big decision.