Drama Movies 2023 List

With Charlotte Rampling • Marton Csokas • George Ferrier • Edith Poor • Matthew J. Saville

Ruth (Charlotte Rampling) is a worldly former war correspondent now bored in retirement with a drinking problem and a newly fractured leg. Sam (George Ferrier) is her unruly grandson, recently kicked out of boarding school and grieving the death of his mother. When the two are brought together under the same roof, they form an unexpected bond.

With Trae Maridadi • Mike Dopud • Garry Chalk • Mostafa Keshvari • Chantel Riley • Seth Whittaker

The emotionally captivating feature Colorblind follows the story of Magdalene, a colorblind black artist, and her son Monet as they move into a new neighborhood where they are challenged when they see the true colors of people. When their racist landlord Walton is forced to babysit Monet due to an unexpected emergency, he discovers a more colorful world through the child's black-and-white perspective. Colorblind takes the audience through a heart-wrenching journey of the complexities of race and social injustices, seeing it through the lens of a colorblind mother and son.

With Ben Affleck • Matt Damon • Jason Bateman • Chris Tucker • Viola Davis • David Ellison • Marlon Wayans • Chris Messina • Gustaf Skarsgård • Madison Ainley • Alex Convery • Peter Guber • Matthew Maher • Tom Papa • Joel Gretsch • Jeff Robinov • Jon Weinbach • Julius Tennon • Jesse Sisgold • Damon

From award-winning director Ben Affleck, Air reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time.

With Heather Graham • Dennis Quaid • Sean McNamara • Jesse Metcalfe • Roma Downey • Mark Burnett • Autumn Bailey-Ford • Selena Anduze • Jessi Case • Rachael Markarian

A small-town pilot dies unexpectedly while flying a plane, forcing passenger Doug White to land the plane safely in order to save his entire family

With John Magaro • Michelle Williams • Andre Benjamin • Kelly Reichardt • Anish Savjani • Neil Kopp • Judd Hirsch • Hong Chau • Vincent Savino • Jonathan Raymond

A sculptor (Michelle Williams) preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt’s vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art & craft.

With Simu Liu • Andy Fickman • Luke Bracey • Phillipa Soo • Betsy Sullenger • Alex Jenkins Reid • Michael Jefferson • Taylor Jenkins Reid • Sarah Finn

Simu Liu (Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings), Phillipa Soo (Hamilton), and Luke Bracey (Point Break) star in this modern twist on a classic love story from NY Times bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid. Emma and Jesse are living the perfect life together, until Jesse disappears in a tragic helicopter crash on their first wedding anniversary. Four years later, Emma has found happiness again and is about to marry her best friend when Jesse resurfaces, turning her world upside down and leaving her torn between two great loves.

With Rose McGowan • James Duval • Johnathan Schaech • Greg Araki

Headed home after a wild night at a Los Angeles club, young lovers Jordan White (James Duval) and Amy Blue (Rose McGowan) pick up a dangerously handsome drifter named Xavier Red (Johnathon Schaech). Jordan doesn’t see a problem with offering Xavier a quick ride, but his acid-tongued girlfriend thinks he’s a creep. When Xavier inadvertently kills a convenience store clerk, they are forced to go on the run, traversing a bizarre and ultra-violent America. Somehow, every random thug, drive-thru operator, and neo-Nazi they encounter seem to recognize Amy as a past fling or alter ego, adding to the already explosive sexual tension brimming among the renegade trio.

With Shariff Nasr • Fahd Larhzaoui

Moroccan-Dutch Karim (Fahd Larhzaoui) decides it's time to tell his parents (Lubna Azabal and Slimane Dazi) that he is attracted to men. After years of keeping up appearances, the word is finally out… The difficult days that follow evoke beautiful and poignant memories. He realizes that he has to confront his family to finally break the silence. But in order to be accepted, he must come to terms with his own feelings first.

With Santiago Limón • Alan Estrada • Cecilia Toussaint • Valentina • Jesus Ochoa • Isabella Castillo • Susana Zabaleta • Alejandra Ley

An adaptation of one of the most successful soap operas of all time – broadcast in over 125 countries and translated into 24 languages in the late 90’s.

With Giedrius Kiela • Gabija Bargailaite • Laurynas Bareiša

A young man and a young woman drive to a village to find out something.... There is a sense of familiarity, and of sharing the trauma of a horrible event. They both have a profound need to understand, but they couldn’t be more different. One moves with aggressiveness, the other moves with care, but they both need the same thing: to be in contact with the last people and spaces one of their loved ones was in contact with, to sink into his waters, to believe that a person’s presence remains beyond death. Skillfully doling out narrative information piece by piece and layer upon layer in scenes marked by elegant, sinister single takes, Bareiša has created a foreboding, yet ultimately hopeful portrait of people racked with trauma and unresolved anger.

With Em Johnson • Katherine Waddell

Poppy Valentine, a young circus performer who has grown up in her family's traveling circus, begins dreaming of what life would be like outside of its fences. Now in her mid-20s and with more unwelcomed responsibility weighing her down, she's desperate to figure out if this life is for her. As she slowly begins to take time for herself, finding independence and even love, she strains her relationship with those around her in the tight-knit circus community. Amidst her overprotective father, stressful circus expectations, and a blossoming curiosity for a life of her own, Poppy must decide if the risk is worth leaving everything she's ever known behind.

With Meral Çetinkaya • Hakan Bonomo • Neslihan Atagül • Serkan Çayoglu • Necip Memili

A young actor's perfect life takes a madcap turn when she agrees to star in a commercial — and suddenly gets transported to her character's world.

With Sitisiri Mongkolsiri • Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying • Nopachai Jayanama

Aoy (Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying) runs her family’s local stir-fried noodles restaurant. Her life is about to change when she decides to join team HUNGER, led by Chef Paul (Nopachai Jayanama) who introduces her to the dark sides of the fine-dining industry.

With Shariff Nasr • Fahd Larhzaoui

Moroccan-Dutch Karim (Fahd Larhzaoui) decides it's time to tell his parents (Lubna Azabal and Slimane Dazi) that he is attracted to men. After years of keeping up appearances, the word is finally out… The difficult days that follow evoke beautiful and poignant memories. He realizes that he has to confront his family to finally break the silence. But in order to be accepted, he must come to terms with his own feelings first.

With Virginia Gardner • Nicolas Chartier • Dylan Sprouse • Rob Estes • Roger Kumble • Libe Barer • Austin North • Ethan Embry • Mark Clayman • Brian Pitt • Lucas Jarach

Abby Abernathy, a college freshman is eager to start her new life and focus on her studies. But her plans are quickly derailed when she meets Travis "Mad Dog" Maddox, a bad-boy brawler and campus playboy. Travis is exactly what Abby needs – and wants – to avoid. Intrigued by Abby's resistance to his charm, Travis offers her a simple bet that makes them roommates for a month. Little do they know that they may have met their match.

With Virginia Gardner • Nicolas Chartier • Dylan Sprouse • Rob Estes • Roger Kumble • Libe Barer • Austin North • Ethan Embry • Mark Clayman • Brian Pitt • Lucas Jarach

Abby Abernathy, a college freshman is eager to start her new life and focus on her studies. But her plans are quickly derailed when she meets Travis "Mad Dog" Maddox, a bad-boy brawler and campus playboy. Travis is exactly what Abby needs – and wants – to avoid. Intrigued by Abby's resistance to his charm, Travis offers her a simple bet that makes them roommates for a month. Little do they know that they may have met their match.

With Jim Caviezel • Cary Elwes • Richard Dreyfuss • Dahlia Waingort Guigui • Bobby Portis Jr. • Jeremy Piven • Martin Guigui • Gary Clark Jr. • Everett Osborne • Robert Ri’chard

The film follows Clifton (Osborne), who is the star attraction of the Harlem Globetrotters, led by owner/coach Abe Saperstein (Pollak). When New York Knicks executive Ned Irish (Elwes) and Knicks coach Joe Lapchick (Piven) decide it is time for the Knicks to integrate, with the support of NBA President Maurice Podoloff (Dreyfuss), they come together with the other team owners of the league to make history.

With Nicolas Cage • Nicholas Hoult • Awkwafina • Ben Schwartz • Shohreh Aghdashloo • David Alpert • Robert Kirkman • Sean Furst • Bryan Furst • Adrian Martinez • Chris McKay • Ryan Ridley

In this modern horror-comedy, Nicholas Hoult stars as Renfield, the loyal but tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Oscar® winner Nicolas Cage). Every day, Renfield is forced to procure his master’s human prey and do his bidding, no matter how embarrassing. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield has decided to find a life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness; if only he can figure out how to end his codependency.

With Angela Nicholas • Alex Trewhitt • Joe Sachem • Dan Schultz • Sandy Duarte • Alice Bang • Hannah Alline • Melinda DeKay • Sophie Galibert

A driftless and uncommitted 25-year-old in Los Angeles discovers she has only 24 hours to make one of the most consequential decisions of her life, what to do about an unplanned pregnancy. Fired from her menial job at a costume shop, she putters around town, looking for insight from her boyfriend, friends, & family. Instead, she is constantly challenged and confronted with what it looks like to finally face adulthood and how others view her as constantly running away from it.

With Joe Cole • Callie Hernandez • Carrie Preston • Bastian Günther

In a small US southern town, the annual 'Hands On' endurance contest offers the chance of a lifetime to win a brand new pickup truck. Each contestant has their own reasons for entering, but the true cost of the competition is higher than it appears.

With Lily Cole • Lena Olin • Lasse Hallstrom • Tom Wlaschiha • Tora Hallström • Catherine Chalk

Hilma brings to life the story of a woman who posthumously revolutionized the art world as one of the first abstract artists. In this immersive biopic starring Tora Hallström as the young Hilma, and Lena Olin as the mature Hilma, we follow the artist from her early life through her rising artistic career and spiritual awakening after the loss of her beloved younger sister Hermina. Hilma explores af Klint’s spiritualism, her unconventional love life, and the impetus behind her work — from the writings of Rudolph Steiner to the strong influence of the Theosophic Movement, and her belief in its mystical philosophy — in a portrait of a woman well ahead of her time.

With Pierre Földes • Amaury de Crayencour • Mathilde Auneveux • Arnaud Maillard • Bruno Paviot

Tokyo, a few days after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Kyoko suddenly leaves after spending five days in a row glued to unfolding earthquake news on TV. Her helpless husband Komura takes a week’s leave from work and heads north to deliver a box and its unknown contents to two young women. His colleague Katagiri, a simple debt collector by profession and an awkward loner in life, returns home one evening to find a two-metre-tall green frog asking for his help to save Tokyo from an imminent earthquake. Through memories, dreams and fantasies, Kyoko, Komura and Katagiri, influenced by their visions of earthquakes—which are manifested as evil willow trees, giant earthworms, secret vows, mysterious boxes and a dark, endless corridor—attempt to rediscover their own true selves again.

With Alan Cumming • Katie Holmes • Derek Luke • Jesse Korman • Jordan Yale Levine • Jordan Beckerman • Julie Mayorga • Saundra Santiago • Shaun Sanghani • Mark Maxey

A young woman with a traumatic past seeks to rebuild her life when she begins working at a New York City antique shop.

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 Simu Liu • Andy Fickman • Luke Bracey • Phillipa Soo • Betsy Sullenger • Alex Jenkins Reid • Michael Jefferson • Taylor Jenkins Reid • Sarah Finn

Simu Liu (Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings), Phillipa Soo (Hamilton), and Luke Bracey (Point Break) star in this modern twist on a classic love story from NY Times bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid. Emma and Jesse are living the perfect life together, until Jesse disappears in a tragic helicopter crash on their first wedding anniversary. Four years later, Emma has found happiness again and is about to marry her best friend when Jesse resurfaces, turning her world upside down and leaving her torn between two great loves.

With Ross Anderson • Mark Rowley • Arnas Fedaravicius • Alexander Dreymon • Martha Hillier • Gareth Neame • Nigel Marchant • Mat Chaplin • Ed Bazalgette. • Rod Hallett • Ingrid García Jonsson • Harry Gilby • James Northcote

For a century war has raged through the land between its inhabitants and the Danish invaders. But now a peace has settled with the country nearly united – only Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg, ruling over Northumbria, is yet to pledge his land to the throne. But when King Edward dies the peace is threatened as his two potential heirs, Aethelstan and Aelfweard, battle to claim the crown. When Uhtred hears that Aethelstan – once his ward and protégé ‐ is to fight, he rides to help him secure victory, but the young prince has fallen under a dark influence and is not the same boy Uhtred once knew. And when Aethelstan’s actions threatens the life Uhtred has known, Uhtred must decide where his loyalties lie – with the king, or with his homeland.

Meanwhile, a new threat has reached these shores – the Danish Warrior‐King Anlaf has arrived, hoping to wreak chaos and use the discord for his own ends. As Aethelstan’s actions make enemies across the British Isles, Anlaf brings the king’s enemies together in a great alliance that threatens the vision of uniting England. And when the alliance comes seeking Uhtred’s help in their plans, Uhtred faces a choice between those he cares for most, and the dream of a united kingdom.

With Guy Ritchie • Jake Gyllenhaal • Alexander Ludwig • Dar Salim • Jonny Lee Miller • Robert Simonds • Antony Starr • Adam Fogelson • Marn Davies • Ivan Atkinson • Emily Beecham • Bobby Schofield • John Friedberg • Samantha Waite • Olga Filipuk • Josh Berger

Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). After an ambush, Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save Kinley’s life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must repay his debt by returning to the war zone to retrieve them before the Taliban hunts them down first.

With Samara Weaving • Minnie Driver • Stefani Robinson • Marton Csokas • Kelvin Harrison Jr. • Ronke Adekoluejo • Jessica Boone • Jim High • Alec Newman • Stephen Williams • Lucy Boynton • Sian Clifford

Based on the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr. in a tour de force performance) rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette (Lucy Boynton) herself and her court.

With Joaquin Phoenix • Ari Aster • Parker Posey • Lars Knudsen • Amy Ryan

Joaquin Phoenix stars a paranoid man who embarks on an epic decades-long journey to get home to his mother.

With Paul Mescal • Elsa Pataky • Melissa Barrera • Nicole da Silva • Benedict Hardie • Richard Brancatisano • Rossy de Palma • Tara Morice • Benjamin Millepied • Kaan Guldur • Alexander Dinelaris Loïc Barrère • Loïc Barrère

Benjamin Millepied’s CARMEN is a gritty modern day tale, with a majestic score by Nicholas Britell, and dream-like dance sequences that evoke magic realism. The story follows a young and fiercely independent woman who is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother, another strong and mysterious woman. Carmen survives a terrifying and dangerous illegal border crossing into the US, only to be confronted by a lawless volunteer border guard who cold-bloodedly murders two other immigrants in her group. When the border guard and his patrol partner, Aidan—a Marine with PTSD—become embroiled in a deadly standoff, Carmen and Aidan are forced to escape together. They make their way north toward Los Angeles in search of Carmen’s mother’s best friend, the mercurial Masilda and owner of La Sombra nightclub - a sanctuary of music and dance. Carmen and Aidan find both solace and their unwavering love for each other in the safety of Masilda’s magical refuge, but time is running out as the police hunt closes in.

With Steve Zahn • Judy Greer • Roselyn Sanchez • Valentina Buzzurro • Patrick Hasburgh • Nico Bracewell • Jorge A. Jimenez • E.J. Foerster • Jess Gabor

Marge Bickford (Jess Gabor) navigates the halls of her high school and the chalked lines of its soccer field with the same sense of failure and dread. Life is passing her by and she doesn’t seem to mind… Marge runs away to find her estranged father, a faded ex-soccer star hiding out and coaching a rag tag women’s football team in rural Mexico. When he is not surfing, he drinks too much. He means no harm, but seems ill-equipped to handle the responsibilities of normal adulthood. In fact, he is probably far less mature than his unhappy daughter. The film becomes a funny and heart-warming journey as the two learn that a family can be put back together, even if all you have are the missing pieces.

With Jennifer Esposito • Sebastian Maniscalco • Sadie Stanley • Laurie Metcalf • Ray Romano • Tony Lo Bianco • Jacob Ward • Mark Stegemann

Leo Russo (Romano) lives a simple life in Queens, New York with his wife Angela (Laurie Metcalf), their shy but talented son “Sticks” (Jacob Ward), and Leo’s close-knit network of Italian-American relatives and neighborhood friends. Happy enough working at the family construction business alongside his father (Tony Lo Bianco) and younger brother (Sebastian Maniscalco), Leo lives each week for Sticks’ high-school basketball games, never missing a chance to cheer on his only child as he rules the court as a star athlete. When the high-school senior gets a surprising and life-changing opportunity to play basketball in college, Leo jumps at the chance to provide a plan for his future, away from the family construction business. But when sudden heartbreak threatens to derail Sticks, Leo goes to unexpected lengths to keep his son on this new path.

With Yamée Couture • Henri-Noël Tabary • Chiara Mastroianni • Roschdy Zem • Rebecca Zlotowski • Virginie Efira • Callie Ferreira-Goncalves • Victor Lefebvre • Sébastien Pouderoux

When dedicated high school teacher Rachel (Virginie Efira) falls in love with Ali (Roschdy Zem), it’s not long before she also falls for his 4-year-old daughter Leila. The adolescent giddiness of Rachel and Ali’s late night rendezvous and secret sleepovers evolves into the familiar warmth of family picnics and after-school pickups. Although she feels like a mother, Rachel is not allowed to forget that Lelia is another woman’s daughter. She begins to long for a child of her own, but as a forty-something woman, she is abundantly aware that she has limited time to begin a family. Rachel must decide whether to embrace the inherent entanglements of her current situation, including the looming presence of Ali’s ex-wife Alice (Chiara Mastroanni) or strike out again on her own. Other People’s Children becomes a soulful, sexy, and resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for agency and belonging.

With Jonatan Etzler • Hedda Stiernstedt • Evelyn Mok • Vanna Rosenberg • Tove Edfeldt • Miriam Ingrid • Per Fritzell

A second, third, fourth…chance at being 18 again.

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 Elizabeth Olsen • Jesse Plemons • Olivia Grace Applegate • Fabiola Andújar

Love & Death takes a close look at Candy Montgomery’s shift from a bright, devout Christian housewife to a merciless ax-murderer and the peculiar affair that started it all. Set in a close-knit, trusting Texas community full of carefree families and faithful churchgoers, it’s an idyllic picture–and the perfect cover for dangerous secrets and vicious jealousy left unchecked. With executive producers David E. Kelley and Nicole Kidman and stars Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons, the limited series promises sky-high pedigree, style with substance, and the complex, psychological nuance necessary for such an unbelievable true crime story.

With Forest Whitaker • John Magaro • Peter Guber • Wendy Williams • Sonja Sohn • Khris Davis • Sullivan Jones • David Zelon • Frank Baldwin • Dan Gordon • Lawrence Gilliard Jr. • Jasmine Mathews • Deion Smith • George Foreman • Henry Holmes

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World is based on the remarkable true story of one of the greatest comebacks of all time and the transformational power of second chances. Fueled by an impoverished childhood, Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.

With Rachel McAdams • Benny Safdie • Kathy Bates • James L. Brooks • Amy Brooks • Richard Sakai • Julie Ansell • Kelly Fremon Craig • Abby Ryder Fortson • Elle Graham • Gary Houston • Wilbur Fitzgerald • Sloane Warren

For over fifty years, Judy Blume’s classic and groundbreaking novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. has impacted generations with its timeless coming of age story, insightful humor, and candid exploration of life’s biggest questions. In Lionsgate’s big-screen adaptation, 11-year-old Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson) is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new school. She relies on her mother, Barbara (Rachel McAdams), who is also struggling to adjust to life outside the big city, and her adoring grandmother, Sylvia (Kathy Bates), who isn’t happy they moved away and likes to remind them every chance she gets.

With Jonas Chernick • Emily Hampshire • Melanie Scrofano • Lily Gao • Sean Garrity • Gray Powell

The End of Sex tells the story of a married couple (Hampshire and Chernick) who are feeling the pressures of parenting and adulthood. After they send their young kids to camp for the first time, they embark on a series of comic sexual adventures to reinvigorate their relationship.

With Ralph Fiennes • Sophie Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes’s exquisite performance of T. S. Eliot's poetic masterpiece is dynamically translated from stage to screen by director Sophie Fiennes (Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami, The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology). During the early days of COVID, the Oscar® nominee set himself the challenge of committing Four Quartets to memory, and in 2021 he brought it to the London stage followed by a tour of theaters across the UK. Written by Nobel Prize winner Eliot in the shadow of the Second World War, the poem is a searching examination of who – and what – we are. This celebrated meditation on human experience, time, and the divine offers up questions, imagery, and emotions that bear a powerful relevance to our present day.

With Charlotte Vandermeersch • Felix Van Groeningen • Luca Marinelli • Alessandro Borghi • Mario Gianani • Lorenzo Gangarossa

After meeting as children over a series of summers in the Italian Alps, Pietro (Luca Marinelli) and Bruno (Alessandro Borghi) reunite as adults to build a mountainside cottage which becomes a site of both reflection and reconciliation.