Drama Movies 2022 List

With Bobbi Kitten • Drew Johnson • Noah Dixon • Ori Segev • Rachel Keefe • Jeff Grennell • Juli Sasaki • Brett Reiter • Josh Nowak

Wallflower Lennon Gates (Sylvie Mix) yearns for access to the inner sanctum of the underground music scene in Columbus, Ohio. When she creates a podcast to interview the local artists she adores, Lennon discovers her own musical ambitions, develops a fast friendship with the striking, confident performer Bobbi Kitten, and in the process creates an identity not wholly her own. Soon, Lennon’s aspirations, with some constructive coaxing from Bobbi to find her voice, lead her down a path of dark obsession.

With Jeremy Irvine • Gemma Jones • Jack Lowden • Geraldine James • Peter Capaldi • Simon Russell Beale • Suzanne Bertish • Ben Daniels • Terence Davies • Kate Phillips • Calam Lynch • Anton Lesser • Lia Williams • Jude Akuwudike

Legendary 20th Century English war poet Siegfried Sassoon’s life-long quest for personal salvation through his experiences with family, war, his writing, and destructive relationships goes unresolved never realizing it can only come from within.

With Niels Mueller • Kristen Johnston • David Sullivan • Bill Heck • Tanya Fischer • Cooper J. Friedman • Jason Naczek

After losing a custody battle, perpetual teenager Wayne Stobierski steals his son away for one last father-son weekend to the city of their dreams - Milwaukee, Wisconsin. What's supposed to be a light-hearted adventure, transforms into a journey of profound redemption.

With Rhys Ifans • Sally Hawkins • Tom Miller • Scott Murray • Craig Roberts • Mark Rylance • Simon Farnaby • Kate Glover • Nichola Martin

Tells the remarkable true story of Maurice Flitcroft, a crane operator and optimistic dreamer from Barrow-in-Furness who, with the support of his family and friends, managed to gain entry to the 1976 British Open qualifying, despite never playing a round of golf before. With pluckiness and unwavering self-belief, Maurice pulls off a series of stunning, hilarious and heartwarming attempts to compete at the highest level of professional golf, drawing the ire of the golfing elite but becoming a British folk hero in the process.

With Emma Mackey • Andranic Manet • Romain Duris • Pierre Deladonchamps • Vanessa van Zuylen • Armande Boulanger • Bruno Raffaelli • Alexandre Steiger

Revolves around celebrated engineer Gustave Eiffel (Duris) as he finishes his collaboration on the Statue of Liberty and is pressured by the French government to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair. Eiffel simply wants to design the subway, but everything changes when he crosses paths with a mysterious woman from his past (Mackey). Their long lost, forbidden passion inspires him to build the iconic Eiffel Tower.

With Ravi Patel • Baron Vaughn • Brianna Hildebrand • Todd Grinnell • KaDee Strickland • Erwann Marshall

In the near future, a politician fresh off an electoral loss escapes to his family's summer lake house. His vacation is disrupted by the appearance of his first love, who has just returned from a 20-year space voyage and hasn't aged a day.

With Chris Hemsworth • Stuart Beattie • Rhys Muldoon • Kathy Morgan • Peter D. Graves • Aaron Glenane • Matthew Reilly • Christopher Mapp • Robert Slaviero • Mayen Mehta • Belinda Jombwe • Marcus Johnson • Colin Friels • Zoe Carides

The tough and reality-bruised Captain JJ Collins (Elsa Pataky) finds herself in charge of a lone nuclear missile interceptor base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after she is wrongfully drummed out of her dream job at the Pentagon. When a simultaneous coordinated attack then threatens the base itself, Collins comes face-to-face with the charismatic yet crooked Alexander Kessel (Luke Bracey), a former US military intelligence officer intent on carrying out an unthinkable plan. With only minutes on the clock, Collins must utilize her years of tactical training and military expertise to determine who she can trust and stop Kessel and his covert mercenaries from completing their twisted and terrible mission.

With Uma Thurman • Judy Greer • Jordan Horowitz • Julia Hart • Chris Williams • Sarayu Blue • Elijah Richardson • Kirsten Hahn • Al Madrigal • Judd Hirsch • Grace VanderWaal • Tyrel Jackson Williams • Nija Okoro

The new story follows Stargirl's journey out of Mica and into a bigger world of music, dreams and possibility.

With Xavier Dolan • Cécile De France • Jeanne Balibar • Gérard Depardieu • Jean-François Stévenin • Vincent Lacoste • Xavier Giannoli • André Marcon • Benjamin Voisin • Salomé Dewaels • Louis-Do Lencquesaing

Lucien de Rubempré (Benjamin Voisin) is an ambitious and unknown aspiring poet in 19th century France. He leaves his provincial town, arriving in Paris on the arm of his admirer, Louise de Bargeton (Cécile de France). Outmatched in elite circles, Lucien’s naive etiquette prompts Louise to retreat back to her husband, leaving the young poet to forge a new path. Lucien makes a new friend in another young writer, Etienne Lousteau (Vincent Lacoste), who introduces him to the business of journalism where a salon of wordsmiths and wunderkinds make or break the reputations of actors and artists with insouciant impunity. Lucien agrees to write rave reviews for bribes, achieving material success at the expense of his conscience and soon discovers that the written word can be an instrument of both beauty and deceit. Xavier Giannoli’s sumptuous adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s epic novel, Lost Illusions is a ravishing vision of the birth of modern media.

With Mike Colter • Carl Lumbly • Monica Barbaro • Dylan Baker • Safiya Fredericks • Mark Leslie Ford • Steven Wiig • Emma Caulfield Ford

Based on a true story, Mike Colter stars as trucking and construction entrepreneur Charlie Walker. In 1971, two oil tankers violently collided off the San Francisco Coast spilling millions of gallons of crude oil creating an environmental disaster. Against all odds, Charlie was able to secure one of the most lucrative contracts to clean the coastline that threatened much of the San Francisco Bay. With only three trucks, an incredible work ethic and a whole lot of heart, the film recounts the racial discrimination Walker endured as he tries to save the coastline all while fighting institutional racism from the very company that hired him in the first place.

With Antonio Banderas • Penelope Cruz • Oscar Martínez • Irene Escolar • Melina Matthews • Mariano Cohn • Gastón Duprat

When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas (Penélope Cruz) is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavor. Completing the all-star team are two actors with enormous talent but even bigger egos: Hollywood heartthrob Félix Rivero (Antonio Banderas) and radical theater actor Iván Torres (Oscar Martínez). Both are legends, but not exactly best friends. Through a series of increasingly eccentric trials set by Lola, Félix and Iván must confront not only each other, but also their own legacies. Who will be left when the cameras finally start rolling?

With Vanessa Redgrave • Iain Glen • Joely Richardson • Julian Ovenden • Louis Partridge • Emily Carey • Ella-Rae Smith • Parker Sawyers • Livia De Paolis

Inspired by the classic tale of Peter Pan, The Lost Girls chronicles four generations of Darling women as they struggle in the aftermath of their adventures with Peter Pan (Louis Partridge) in Neverland. Like her grandmother (Vanessa Redgrave) and her mother Jane (Joely Richardson) before her, Wendy (Emily Carey and Livia De Paolis) must escape Pan’s hold on her and the promise he desperately wants her to keep. As her daughter Berry (Ella-Rae Smith) comes into Peter’s orbit, Wendy must fight to save her relationship with her daughter while reconciling her legacy.

With Jella Haase • Leonie Krippendorff • Lena Urzendowsky • Lena Klenke • Elina Vildanova

Nora, a shy 14-year-old Berlin girl, will never forget this way too hot summer. Surrounded by people with disrupted biographies, from different cultures and backgrounds, she makes her way into adulthood. Nora gets her first period, falls in love with another girl, learns to stand up for herself and gets her heart broken for the first time. When summer ends, things will never be the same again for Nora.

With Emma Thompson • Daryl McCormack • Katy Brand • Sophie Hyde • Isabella Laughland

Emma Thompson embodies the candor and apprehension of retired teacher Nancy Stokes, and newcomer Daryl McCormack personifies the charisma and compassion of sex worker Leo Grande. As Nancy embarks on a post-marital sexual awakening and Leo draws on his skills and charm, together they find a surprising human connection.

With Leslie Mann • Raul Castillo • Brad Garrett • Odeya Rush • Cooper Raiff • Vanessa Burghardt • Evan Assante

A college graduate gets a job as a party starter and befriends a young mother (Dakota Johnson) and her autistic daughter.

With Brandon Camp • Anjelika Washington • Susanna Skaggs • Owen McDonnell • Viola Prestieri • Davide Bertoni

Lina, an American high school graduate, would rather spend her summer preparing for her semester at MIT than fly to Rome to fulfill her mother’s last wish. Once abroad however, she is caught in a whirlwind of new experiences — searching for her long-lost father, learning how to make gelato and maybe… falling in love?

With Tom Hanks • Austin Butler • Richard Roxburgh • Baz Luhrmann • Luke Bracey • Kelvin Harrison Jr. • Craig Pearce • Olivia DeJonge • Natasha Bassett • Shonka Dukureh • David Wenham • Xavier Samuel • Gary Clark Jr. • Yola • Shannon Sanders • Lenesha Randolph • Jordan Holland • Alton Mason • Helen Thomson

The film explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Hanks). The story delves into the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America. Central to that journey is one of the most significant and influential people in Elvis’s life, Priscilla Presley (Olivia DeJonge).

With Gwendoline Christie • Asa Butterfield • Ariane Labed • Peter Stirckland

A sonic collective who can’t decide on a name takes up a residency at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance. The members Elle di Elle, Billy Rubin and Lamina Propria are caught up in their own power struggles, only their dysfunctional dynamic is furthermore exacerbated when they have to answer to the institute’s head, Jan Stevens. With the various rivalries unfolding, Stones, the Institute’s ‘dossierge’ has to privately endure increasingly fraught stomach problems whilst documenting the collective’s activities.

With Aris Servetalis • Christos Nikou • Sofia Georgovassilli • Anna Kalaitzidou • Argyris Bakirtzis • Kostas Laskos

Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris (Aris Servetalis) finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities. Prescribed daily tasks on cassette tapes so he can create new memories and document them on camera, Aris slides back into ordinary life, meeting Anna (Sofia Georgovasili), a woman who is also in recovery.

With Elie Grappe • Raphaëlle Valbrune-Desplechin • Anastasia Budiashkina • Sabrina Rubtsova • Caterina Barloggio

Olga (Anastasia Budiashkina) is a talented teenage Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland, dreaming of Olympic gold and trying to fit in with her new team in her new home. As she prepares for the European Championships, the Ukrainian people back home in Kyiv rise up in what has become known as the Maidan Revolution, suddenly involving everyone she cares about. Olga is left a powerless, distant bystander as her mother, an investigative journalist, faces danger as she challenges the brutal Yanukovich regime.

With Hugh Bonneville • Julian Fellowes • Hugh Dancy • Dominic West • Michelle Dockery • Laura Carmichael • Jim Carter • Maggie Smith • Nathalie Baye • Simon Curtis • Gareth Neame • Liz Trubridge • Laura Haddock

Follows the lives of the Crawley family and their servants in the family's Edwardian country house

With Sharon Stone • Giancarlo Esposito • Micheal Ward • Niecy Nash • Andrew Dosunmu • Aleyse Shannon • Lena Waithe • Gracie Marie Bradley • Kyle Bary

A gifted young Black woman struggles to maintain her voice and identity after she’s offered a lucrative recording contract, setting off a fierce battle between her family, the label, and her closest friend to determine who will guide her as she makes the journey to become a star.