Drama Movies 2023 List

With Michael B. Jordan • Adam Rosenberg • Tessa Thompson • Wood Harris • Florian Munteanu • Zinzi Coogler • William Chartoff • Phylicia Rashad • Jonathan Majors • Irwin Winkler • Charles Winkler • David Winkler • Sev Ohanian • Zach Baylin • Nicolas Stern • Keenan Coogler • Mila Davis-Kent

After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian (Jonathan Majors), resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian – a fighter who has nothing to lose.

With Jamie Dack • Armani Jackson • Gretchen Mol • Lily McInerny • Emily Jackson • Quinn Frankel

Seventeen-year-old Lea (Lily McInerny) spends her summer break aimlessly tanning in her backyard with her best friend, tiptoeing around her needy mother, and getting stoned with a group of boys from school. This monotony is interrupted by a chance encounter with Tom (Jonathan Tucker), an older man who promises an alternative to Lea’s unsatisfying adolescent life. But as things progress between them, red flags about Tom’s life begin to surface, and Lea chooses to ignore them. Under Tom’s influence, Lea begins to see her mom as unfit and her friends as a waste of her time. Isolated from those around her, Lea discovers Tom’s true intentions and finds herself in a situation that she never could have imagined.

With Eric Bana • Radha Mitchell • Mia Wasikowska • Robert Connolly

While researching Australia’s deteriorating coral reefs, young marine biologist Abby receives word of her elderly mother Dora’s stroke. As she rushes to her seaside hometown to care for Dora, Abby recalls her childhood years spent living in concert with the ocean, and her mother’s efforts to protect the bay from greedy developers and invasive fishermen alike, often to the detriment of their own relationship. Among the coral gardens, Abby also befriends a rare fish, an enormous blue groper — affectionately named Blueback — a tether to her environmentalism, and the key to reminding Abby and Dora of their love for each other and the vulnerable waters they call home.

With Tim Roth • Jordan Oosterhof • Conan Hayes • Welby Ings

Jim is a promising teenage boxer, training under the watch of his demanding and alcoholic father. When Jim develops a relationship with a male classmate, the two are forced to navigate isolation, homophobia, and the brutality of small-town life. As Jim discovers what it means to be gay, he realizes how little strength has to do with heroism.

With Roland Emmerich • F. Murray Abraham • Iwan Rheon • Rolando Villazón • Stéfi Celma • Jack Wolfe • Asha Banks • Tedros Teclebrhan • Amir Wilson • Florian Sigl • Stefan Konarske • Niamh McCormack • Sabine Devieilhe • Morris Robinson

A captivating film that follows a teen on two journeys: one into a prestigious boarding school to fulfill his aspirations as a singer, and another into a parallel world filled with fantasy and adventure. Tim (Jack Wolfe, Shadow And Bone) has been dreaming his whole life about attending Mozart All Boys Music School, but already his first days there confront him with a hostile headmaster (F. Murray Abraham, The White Lotus), the stresses of a first love, and serious doubts about the authenticity of his singing voice. When he discovers a mystical gateway in the school’s library, he is pulled into the fantastic cosmos of Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute, where imagination has no limits and the Queen of the Night (Sabine Devieilhe) reigns.

With Emma Myers • Jeffrey A. Smith • Katelyn Nacon • Max Ehrich • J. Alphonse Nicholson

Samuel Allen, a 1960's rockstar, finds himself in jail after struggling with years of anger and blame toward organized religion that has led him down a road of rebellion. In a moment of divine intervention, the judge dismisses drug charges against him under the pretense that Samuel speaks to local schools and churches about the dangers of drugs. Given a second chance, he follows in his father's footsteps to become a preacher, overcoming the influence of a powerful church leader with a personal vendetta against his family.

With Idris Elba • Andy Serkis • Jenno Topping • Cynthia Erivo • Peter Chernin • Neil Cross • David Ready • Dermot Crowley • Jamie Payne

An epic continuation of the award-winning television saga reimagined for film — a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba) sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.

With Brad Weston • Ben Wang • Dexter Darden • Bloom Li • Lena Waithe • Zoe Renee • Rishi Rajani • Jingyi Shao • Chase Liefeld

“Chang Can Dunk” follows Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American high school student in the marching band, who bets the school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads the 5’ 8" Chang on a quest to find the hops he needs to dunk in order to impress his crush, Kristy, and finally gain the attention and respect of his high school peers. But before he can rise up and truly throw one down, he’ll have to reexamine everything he knows about himself, his friendships and his family.

With Dee Wallace • Felissa Rose • Shelley DuVall • Chiko Mendez • Stacey Nelkin • Edward Furlong • Marianne Hagan • Scott Goldberg

Rico descends into madness in the Catskill Mountains after being haunted by nightmares.

With Jeff Worden • Rachel Colwell • Lou Llobell • Julie Oliver-Touchstone • Joshua Benson • Rebekah Stein • Emerald Clark

Will, an American architect living in London, is thrust into an odyssey through the American West upon learning of his estranged mother’s death. As he transports her remains to their final resting place, he begins to question the man he has become.

With Malcolm McDowell • Lily Tomlin • Jane Fonda • Richard Roundtree • Paul Weitz

Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin star as estranged friends who reunite to seek revenge on the petulant widower (Malcolm McDowell) of their recently deceased best friend. Along the way, Fonda’s character reunites with her great love (Richard Roundtree) as each woman learns to make peace with the past and each other.

With Alexandra Daddario • Brad Garrett • Kiernan Shipka • Charlie Plummer • Dylan Sellers • Erika Alexander • Jacki Weaver • Reid Scott • Dash Mihok • Jean Smart • Chris Parker • Samantha Brook Hyde • Matt Smukler • Jenna Savage

Growing up is hard, especially when you’re raising your parents. A coming-of-age comedy that follows Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with intellectually disabled parents and an extended family that can’t quite agree on the best way to help.

With Mike Doyle • Christopher Convery • Mike Faist • Crystal Reed • Austin Bragg • Meredith Bragg • Stacey Parks • Lana Link • Rob Pfaltzgraff • Dennis Boutsikaris • Damian Young

Based on true events, the film centers on the captivating story of Roger Sharpe, a GQ journalist and real-life pinball wizard who, in 1976, helped overturn New York City’s 35-year ban on pinball.

With Julie Ledru • Antonia Buresi • Yanis Lafki • Louis Sotton • Junior Correia • Lola Quivoron

Hot-tempered and fiercely independent, Julia (Julie Ledru) is a gearhead who thrives in hostile environments and turns every situation to her advantage. She has a talent for scamming condescending men who think it’s cute that she shows interest in their used motorbikes–and can’t fathom her riding away with gleeful abandon. Her obsession with the high-octane world of urban ‘Rodeos’ - illicit gatherings where riders show off their bikes and latest daring stunts - sparks a chance meeting with a volatile clique. Julia strives to prove herself to the ultra-masculine gang by performing cons and running errands for their incarcerated ring leader, Dom. She finds a surprising connection with Dom’s wife, Ophélie (Antonia Buresi) and son, a risky move that puts a target on her back. Julia is unsure who she can trust as the ultimate heist comes down the pike.

With Melissa Barrera • Jorge Garcia • Luis Bordonada • Jackie Cruz • Kristen Gutoskie • Valentina Herrera • Lisandra Tena • Ryan Lacen

As a young girl in New Mexico, Chama strived to be different from her Mother. Now in her 20’s, she’s found herself falling into a similar cycle of generational addiction. This struggle threatens her balance as a Mother to her own daughter. As Chama tries to keep it all together, a harrowing accident will spiral her out of control causing her daughter to be taken from her custody. With nothing left, she’ll have to confront her past in order to fight for a future — one that can either guide her closer to getting her daughter back or lead her deeper into this dangerous cycle.

With Teodora Ana Mihai • Jorge A. Jimenez • Arcelia Ramírez • Álvaro Guerrero • Ayelén Muzo

La Civil tells the story of Cielo, a mother in search of her daughter, abducted by a criminal gang in Northern Mexico. As the authorities fail to offer support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands. Cielo begins her own investigation and earns the trust and sympathy of Lamarque, an unconventional army Lieutenant working in the region. He agrees to help Cielo in her search, because her research data could be useful to his operations as well. Cielo’s collaboration with Lamarque pulls her further into a vicious cycle of violence. The film focuses on Cielo’s emotional rollercoaster, as she is drawn into increasingly intense and dangerous circumstances. The camera stays close, we never lose sight of her as she gradually transforms from housewife into avenging activist. As events unfold, Cielo gets closer to the truth: discovering a mass grave, obtaining official DNA analyses, confronting one of the presumed kidnappers, but corruption and apathy keep her from finding resolution. Until the end finally comes, unpredictable and uninvited...

With Issaka Sawadogo • Alassane Diong • Kaaris • Assa Sylla • Carl Malapa • Hassam Ghancy • Samuel Jouy

Adama, 25, lost his sight as a child. His father’s sudden death has brought buried family conflicts with his half-brother Ibrahim to the surface, a charismatic figure in the neighborhood. Adama's own stability is about to implode as Ibrahim descends deeper into violence and chaos. Saving his mother and his best friend will mean Adama having to face up to his half-brother and confront his fate.

With Keira Knightley • Ridley Scott • Carrie Coon • Morgan Spector • Bill Camp • David Dastmalchian • Josey McNamara • Chris Cooper • Kevin Walsh • Alessandro Nivola • Tom Ackerley • Matt Ruskin

The film follows Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley), a reporter for the Record-American newspaper, who becomes the first journalist to connect the Boston Strangler murders. As the mysterious killer claims more and more victims, Loretta attempts to continue her investigation alongside colleague and confidante Jean Cole (Carrie Coon), yet the duo finds themselves stymied by the rampant sexism of the era. Nevertheless, McLaughlin and Cole bravely pursue the story at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.

With Alexandra Daddario • Brad Garrett • Kiernan Shipka • Charlie Plummer • Dylan Sellers • Erika Alexander • Jacki Weaver • Reid Scott • Dash Mihok • Jean Smart • Chris Parker • Samantha Brook Hyde • Matt Smukler • Jenna Savage

Growing up is hard, especially when you’re raising your parents. A coming-of-age comedy that follows Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with intellectually disabled parents and an extended family that can’t quite agree on the best way to help.

With Eugenia Yuan • Joely Fisher • Rochelle Ying • Lisa Lu • Michelle Krusiec • Anna Chi • Da'Vinchi • Brandon Soo Hoo • Adrian Pasdar • Tiffany Wu • Archie Kao

Aware that her time is running short, irascible Wu family matriarch Lily (Lisa Lu) is eager to repair the strained relationship with her adult daughter Mary (Michelle Krusiec) and help her shy 18-year-old granddaughter Emma (Rochelle Ying) find her voice. As her final wish, she persuades longtime friend Charlotte (Joely Fisher), Emma and Emma’s best friend Karen (Tiffany Wu) to spring her from her L.A. nursing home and take a wild road trip up the California coast to a special place from her past. Along the way, long-held secrets are revealed and Mary and Emma each come to understand the painful choices their mothers made in this funny and touching multi-generational story about family, forgiveness and being true to oneself.

With Talia Shire • Lindsay Crouse • Patricia Richardson • Ally Sheedy • Linda Yellen • Helen Slater • JoBeth Williams • Jill Eikenberry • Naaji Sky Adzimah

Chantilly Bridge reunites a group of lifelong, steadfast friends who are still – in their later years -- chasing their dreams, fighting injustices, and sticking up for their convictions. The women lay bare their lives and deal with important issues that impact all women with humor, humility, humanity, and love. No topic escapes the razor-like wit and insight of these women: equality, sex, menopause, mortality, feminism, parenthood, careers, love, and even “me-too” moments. While women often feel invisible in the world, this film highlights who they are and what they care about. We experience what women are truly like and what they discuss in a setting where no men are present. Chantilly Bridge is also about reconnecting with old friends from the past and the beauty of a shared history.

With Andie MacDowell • Miriam Margolyes • David Walliams • Tamsin Greig • Tal Granit • Sally Phillips • Tom Cullen • Sharon Maymon • Rakhee Thakrar • Michell Greenidge

Andie MacDowell stars as a famous actor who goes incognito to seek treatment for a medical issue. While at the hospital, she meets three unique and remarkable women -- an aging rocker, a young mother, and a forever single retired schoolteacher. Together, they help her face adversity with humor and camaraderie while coaching her for the most challenging role she has ever played…herself.

With Steve Coogan • Stephen Frears • Sally Hawkins • Jeff Pope

In this inspiring true story, amateur historian Philippa Langley believes she has made the archeological find of the century: the lost burial site of King Richard III. She takes on Britain’s most eminent historians, forcing them to rethink the legacy of one of the most controversial rulers in English history.

With Adele Exarchopoulos • Daphne Patakia • Lea Mysius • Sally Dramé • Swala Emati • Moustapha Mbengue • Patrick Bouchitey

Eight-year-old Vicky has an unusual gift: she can recreate any scent she comes across, even that of her beloved mother Joanne. When her estranged aunt suddenly returns to town, the invocation of her fragrance plunges the young girl back in time to unravel a mysterious and fiery past. The wildly imaginative breakout from filmmaker Léa Mysius, this supernatural fable is replete with family secrets and queer romance.

With Lorraine Bracco • Martin Kelman • Jill Notowich • Malek Rahbani • Tutweezy • Waheed AlQawasmi • Larry Tolbert • Ron Lazarov • Scott Notowich

From Aleppo to the Ghetto! JACIR, is a glance at the divided U.S. political system through the eyes of a young Syrian refugee on the streets of Memphis, Tennessee, as he faces the harsh realities of chasing the American dream. All the while living in poverty, witnessing social injustice while dealing with his conservative, cable-news-consuming, and opioid-addicted next-door neighbor, Meryl (Bracco). Knowing very little English and far from the ideal new American life he imagined. Jacir (Rahbani) embarks on a journey to win the affection of a new love interest, Nadia, while dealing with her overzealous dad Adam; and measuring a newfound friendship with an African American line cook and rapper named Jerome.

With Tijmen Govaerts • Jean-Pierre Dardenne • Luc Dardenne • Marc Zinga • Pablo Schils • Joely Mbundu • Alban Ukaj • Charlotte De Bruyne • Nadège Ouedraogo

Following a young boy (Tori) and a teenage girl (Lokita) who have left their home countries of Cameroon and Benin to make a new life in Belgium, we follow their journey as they navigate a range of difficult experiences. Whether it be finding jobs on the black market or working to send money back to their families, their friendship provides an unbreakable bond that helps them survive. Hoping to get their papers to remain in the country, they soon find that there are an array of forces stacked against them. They must fight for their friendship and their lives as their world begins to crumble. Clinging to the hope of a better life, their struggle is a gripping testament to the power of the human spirit and to the courage of their relationship.

With Lise Akoka • Romane Gueret

Set in the suburbs of Boulogne-Sur-Mer in northern France, The Worst Ones captures a film within a film as it follows the production of a feature whose director turns to the local Cité Picasso housing project for casting.

With Matthew Noszka • Ross Butler • Jeremy Bolt • Stephanie Sanditz • Kiana Madeira • Castille Landon

When a successful MMA trainer discovers that her boyfriend, the reigning champion, has been cheating on her, she sets out to get revenge by training the one man capable of dethroning him: his arch-nemesis. What begins as payback quickly turns into a complicated and steamy love triangle. Based on the wildly popular novel by Claudia Tan.

With Daniel da Silva • Nicolas Mouawad • Sara Seyed • Ottavio Taddei • Edaan Moskowitz • Nicolai Perez • David Helling

His Only Son is the first feature-length film chronicling one of the most controversial moments in all of scripture—when the Lord God gave Abraham the ultimate test by commanding him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, on the mountain of Moriah. Answering age-old questions as to why the Lord would require such a sacrifice, His Only Son profoundly explores mankind’s relationship to God and encourages viewers to turn inward and ask: Can your faith still stand when you are asked to give everything?

With Morgan Freeman • Florence Pugh • Molly Shannon • Zach Braff • Christine Vachon • Christina Piovesan • Pamela Koffler • Noah Segal • Zoe Lister-Jones • Celeste O’Connor

Daniel (Morgan Freeman) is brought together with Allison (Florence Pugh), the once thriving young woman with a bright future who was involved in an unimaginable tragedy that took his daughter’s life. As grief-stricken Daniel navigates raising his teenage granddaughter and Allison seeks redemption, they discover that friendship, forgiveness, and hope can flourish in unlikely places.

With Julia Lebedev • Eddie Vaisman • Teyana Taylor • Brad Weston • Will Catlett • Oren Moverman • Josiah Cross • Lena Waithe • William Catlett • A.V. Rockwell • Rishi Rajani • Don DiPetta • Aven Courtney • Aaron Kingsley Adetola • Jamin OBrien

Convinced that it is one last, necessary crime on the path to redemption, unapologetic and free-spirited Ines kidnaps six-year-old Terry from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their home, their identity, and stability in a rapidly changing New York City.

With Kevin Bacon • Kyra Sedgwick • Madeline Brewer • Kyle Allen • Arden Myrin • Alexandra Shipp • Simon Helberg • Carrie Preston • Andrew Polk • Rebecca Banner

Alex (Kyle Allen) longs to travel to outer space and finally gets the opportunity to do so thanks to a privately-funded Mars colonization program. In the midst of his rigorous preparation, he meets Daisy (Alexandra Shipp), the new girl in town who’s trying to start over. The two wayward souls connect in unexpected ways, both of them harboring secrets that they’re desperately trying to overcome. However, when questions about the legitimacy of the program and the future of his parents’ flower farm begin to crop up, Alex finds himself questioning whether it’s easier to confront his past or fly away into the stars.

With Dianna Agron • Thomas Haden Church • Alex Lehmann • Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris

Maggie tracks down her estranged father Lloyd, now living in the Oregon wilderness obsessed with UFOs; together they attempt to make first contact.

With Cillian O'Gairbhi • Bríd Ní Neachtain • Lorcan Cranitch • Rachael Moriarty • Peter Murphy

Róise is still grieving the loss of her husband, Frank, when a mysterious dog shows up at her door. Mildly annoyed by the canine attempting to disrupt her mourning, she attempts to ignore him. But before long, a series of coincidences convince her that somehow this shaggy dog is her husband Frank reincarnated. Soon the dog will win over others in their small town, as well as becoming the unlikely coach to a shy, hurling-loving local boy, before mysteriously disappearing. Part drama, part comedy, this wonderful Irish film is sure to deliver smiles, tears, and laughs to film lovers of all ages.

With Lise Akoka • Romane Gueret

Set in the suburbs of Boulogne-Sur-Mer in northern France, The Worst Ones captures a film within a film as it follows the production of a feature whose director turns to the local Cité Picasso housing project for casting.

With Charlie Knight • Blue Lab Beats • David Jonsson • Vivian Oparah • Poppy Allen-Quarmby • Simon Manyonda

Yas and Dom, two twenty-somethings both reeling from bad break-ups, connect over the course of an eventful day in South London - helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance.

With Matthew Vaughn • Taron Egerton • Toby Jones • Jon S. Baird • Danny Cohen • Vince Holden • Henk Rogers • Len Blavatnik • Sofya Lebedeva • Gillian Berrie • Claudia Vaughn • Iain Mackenzie • Amanda Ghost • Maya Rogers • Gregor Cameron • Zygi Kamasa • Noah Pink • Carlos Peres • Alexey Pajitnov

Tetris tells the unbelievable story of how one of the world's most popular video games found its way to avid players around the globe. Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) discovers Tetris in 1988, and then risks everything by traveling to the Soviet Union, where he joins forces with inventor Alexey Pajitnov (Nikita Efremov) to bring the game to the masses.