Drama Movies 2023 List

With Margaret Qualley • Christopher Abbott • Zachary Wigon • Micah Bloomberg

A dominatrix (Qualley) and her wealthy client (Abbott) engage in a battle of wills inside a luxury hotel suite after he tries to end their relationship. Over the course of one emotionally fraught night, the balance of power swings back and forth as each seeks to gain the upper hand. Is he hopelessly overmatched? Or is her wildly unpredictable behavior all part of an elaborate game?

With Sarah Minnich • Glenn Howerton • Brandon Ruiz • Hailee Cruzen • Allison Otto

A captivating crime documentary about the heist one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, Willem de Kooning's "Woman-Ochre," which was brazenly cut from its frame in 1985 while hanging at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 32 years later, the painting was found hanging in the New Mexico home of an eccentric married couple with a keen eye for great works but a very unconventional method of collecting them.

With Wyatt Oleff • Chrissy Metz • Fin Argus • Jamie Sisley

An American indie debut drama of uncommon empathy that is very much of the moment: a fictionalized account of the filmmaker’s coming of age, as he struggles to get out from under the yoke of a prescription-drug-addicted mother in small-town Virginia. Life in the last, lame-duck months of high school, with a job at the Jolly Cow ice cream drive-in, would be cringe-inducing enough without a deeply depressed, self-destructive mother (Chrissy Metz). Wyatt Oleff and Fin Argus play teenage brothers stuck in a cycle of discovering their mom passed out, dragging her to the hospital, and encouraging rehab. Despair quickly turns to hope and then boomerangs back again.

With Mouna Soualem • Théo Cholbi • Anouk Grinberg • Pauline Serieys • Bouli Lanners • Dominik Moll • Bastien Bouillon • Lula Cotton-Frapier

In nearly every police precinct, detectives are inevitably confronted with a case that goes unsolved. The more heinous the crime, the more it haunts those trying to solve it. Such is the dilemma for Yohan Vivès (Bastien Bouillon)—a young, recently promoted police Captain—when he begins investigating the murder of a young women named Clara in the town of Grenoble. It's clear that the attack was pre-meditated, and the violent nature of the crime suggests revenge. Vivés' team methodically digs through the details of Clara's life, uncovering her secrets in hopes of weeding out the killer. Certain their suspect is a scorned ex-lover, Vivés is confronted with another, more complicated question: which one?

With Jordana Brewster • Vanessa Redgrave • James Badge Dale • Ruby Modine • Tara Subkoff • Keith Powers • Franco Nero • Paul Ben-Victor • Micheál Richardson • Jari Jones • Shomari Love • Sophie Lane Curtis • Christopher Paul Richards • Declan McCormick • Ahmed Mawas • Monte Bezell • Aris Schwabe • Atticus Jones • Dean Milkey • Adam G. Simon

Henry contemplates suicide while writing the end to his newest script - a retelling of his past with his lost love, Rosemary. As a dark voice pushes him to the brink, Rosemary fights to make him believe in himself before it is too late.

With Laura del Río • Leonor Varela • Mia Maestro • Enzo Ferrada • Benjamin Soto • Frederique Gudelj • Francisca Alegria

A choir of creatures introduces a world delicately constructed by fantasy, mystery, and magical realism in Francisca Alegría’s poignant and stunning debut feature. It begins in a river in the south of Chile where fish are dying due to pollution from a nearby factory. Amid their floating bodies, long-deceased Magdalena (Mia Maestro) bubbles up to the surface gasping for air, bringing with her old wounds and a wave of family secrets. This shocking return sends her widowed husband into turmoil and prompts their daughter Cecilia (Leonor Varela) to return home to the family’s dairy farm with her own children. Magdalena’s presence reverberates among her family, instigating fits of laughter and despair in equal measure with all but Cecilia’s eldest child, who finds much-needed comfort in their grandmother’s love and unconditional understanding during a time of transition.

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.