Drama Movies 2023 List

With Christine Albeck Børge • Mehdi Avaz • Ardalan Esmaili • Christopher • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas

Elliott, a young fisherman with an extraordinary voice, gets the chance of a lifetime when he is discovered by the successful high-profile music manager, Suzanne. Suzanne soon pairs Elliott with her estranged daughter and music producer, Lily. On his way to becoming a star, struggles from the past threaten not only his big breakthrough, but also the budding love with Lily.

With Greta Lee • John Magaro • Celine Song • Teo Yoo • Jojo T. Gibbs

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance.

With Shia LaBeouf • Stella Mastrantonio • Asia Argento • Maurizio Braucci • Abel Ferrara • Marco Leonardi • Cristina Chiriac • Brando Pacitto • Vincenzo Crea • Luca Lionello • Salvatore Ruocco

It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, with a tradition of violence and submission to the iron-clad rule of the church and its wealthy landowners. Families are desperate, the men are broken, albeit victorious. Padre Pio also arrives, at a remote Capuchin monastery, to begin his ministry, evoking an aura of charisma, saintliness and epic visions of Jesus, Mary and the Devil himself. The eve of the first free elections in Italy sets the stage for a massacre with a metaphorical dimension: an apocalyptic event that changes the course of history.

With Pio Marmaï • Cédric Klapisch • Muriel Robin • Denis Podalydès • Marion Barbeau • Hofesh Shechter • François Civil • Souheila Yacoub

An uplifting story of resilience set in the dance world, “Rise” tells the story of a young ballet dancer whose life is upended when she suffers a career threatening injury and catches her boyfriend cheating on her. As she begins her physical and emotional rehabilitation, she finds solace in friends, a new love, and a new contemporary dance troupe.

With Jasmina Parent • Sana Asad • Patricia Chica • Hakim Brahimi • Jade Hassouné • Nahéma Ricci • Manuel Tadros • Kamal John Iskander

Montréal Girls follows Ramy, a Middle Eastern poet who is off to Montréal to study medicine. There he meets his wild cousin Tamer who introduces him to the city's underground subcultures and thrilling nightlife. This world inspires Ramy’s innate desire to dedicate himself to poetry and hurls him into a tumultuous relationship with two young women who shatter his perceptions and reveal his destiny.

With Franz Hartwig • Konstantin Lindhorst • Robin Sondermann • Patrick Güldenberg

Shortly after the end of the Second World War: In 1945 and 1946, the men of the British ‘War Crimes Investigation Unit’ drove through northern Germany on the hunt for Nazi criminals. One of them is Captain Anton Walter Freud, the grandson of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. Anton Walter Freud fled to London with his family from the Nazis in 1938. Now an intelligence officer, he’s back to track down killers on Allied wanted lists: hitmen in pinstripes, brutal SS henchmen, and ruthless doctors who conducted medical experiments even on children.

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 Caleb McLaughlin • LeBron James • Dermot Mulroney • Wood Harris • Frank E. Flowers • Algee Smith • Juel Taylor • Khalil Everage • Katlyn Nichol • Chris Robinson • Maverick Carter • Natalie Paul • Tony Rettenmaier • Mookie Cook • Sterling "Scoot" Henderson • Avery S. Wills Jr.

Set in Akron, Ohio, LeBron James and his four high school basketball teammates become an Amateur Athletic Union powerhouse. The players face the challenge of handling the growing fame of James while keeping together as teammates who had formed a close bond.

With Rachel Sennott • Debby Ryan • Sam Levinson • Lily-Rose Depp • Troye Sivan • The Weekend • Jennie Kim

Set against the backdrop of the music industry, centers on a self-help guru and leader of a modern-day cult, who develops a complicated relationship with an up-and-coming pop idol. This series will premiere on HBO Max.

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 Nicole Wallace • Domingo González • Iván Sánchez • Gabriel Guevara • Eva Ruiz • Victor Varona • Marta Hazas • Ivan Massagué

Their unstoppable attraction will be stronger than the fear of getting caught. Nick and Noah's forbidden love will be unforgettable.

With Pietro Marcello • Louis Garrel • Raphael Thiery • Juliette Jouan

Shortly after World War I, veteran Raphaël (Raphaël Thiery) returns home from the frontlines to find himself a widower, and father to an infant daughter. Raised by her father in rural Normandy, the child Juliette (Juliette Jouan) grows into a lonely young woman who dreams of greater possibilities. She seeks refuge in the nearby woods, where she meets a witch who promises scarlet sails will one day take her away from her village. Reckoning with her future and swept away by a rakish young pilot (Louis Garrel) who literally falls from the sky, Juliette never stops believing in the witch’s prophecy. Tracing Juliette's life journey throughout the 20 years of great invention between the World Wars, Scarlet delicately weaves together music and fantasy, history and folklore, realist drama and ethereal romance, to craft a timeless story of a young woman’s emancipation.

With Brian Cox • Perry Mattfeld • Patricia Heaton • Wes Studi • Sinqua Walls • Joshua Caldwell • Chris Galust • Stephen Camelio

Mending the Line is a story about finding something to make living worthwhile. John Colter, a wounded veteran, returns to the States still carrying the demons of war, hauntingly disturbed by the everyday expectations of friendships and love interests. In Livingston, Montana, he meets Ike, a surly, headstrong fly-fisherman more than twice his age, and Lucy, a talented photographer turned librarian who reads aloud to veterans, both damaged in their own way. While getting treatment for his wounds, both physical and psychological, Colter wants only to re-enlist, to have something to die for. But the real challenge is finding something to live for.

With Vadim Perelman • Lars Eidinger • Nahuel Perez Biscayart • Jonas Nay • Leonie Benesch • Ilya Zofin

Occupied France, 1942. Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. En route to the camp, he narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, as one of the soldiers’ superior officers is “looking for a Persian,” and has promised additional rations to the soldier who delivers. Gilles is then assigned a literal life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch (Lars Eidinger), who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Through an ingenious trick, Gilles manages to survive by inventing words of “Farsi” every day and teaching them to Koch. The unusual relationship between the two men sparks jealousy in other prisoners and particularly the SS guards towards Gilles. Meanwhile Koch’s suspicions grow every day, and Gilles struggles with the unfairness of his privileges compared to his fellow prisoners, while fighting to maintain his secret and survive.

With Christopher Briney • Ben Kingsley • Ezra Miller • Suki Waterhouse • Barbara Sukowa • Mary Harron • Andreja Pejic

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mary Harron (I SHOT ANDY WARHOL, AMERICAN PSYCHO), DALÍLAND stars Ben Kingsley as the titular Salvador Dalí, one of the most world-renowned artists of the 20th century and focuses on the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between Dalí and his wife, Gala (Barbara Sukowa), as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to stress and fracture. Set in New York and Spain in 1974, the film is told through the eyes of James (Christopher Briney), a young assistant keen to make his name in the art world, who helps the eccentric and mercurial Dalí prepare for a big gallery show.

With Rosy McEwen • Georgia Oakley • Kerrie Hayes • Lucy Halliday • Lydia Page • Stacy Abalogun • Amy Booth-Steel

In Blue Jean, it’s England, 1988, and Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government is about to pass a law stigmatizing gays and lesbians, forcing Jean (McEwen), a gym teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new student catalyzes a crisis that will challenge Jean to her core.

With Dorian Perez • Sarah Hay • Matthew August Jeffers • Andrew Stevens Purdy • Roy Abramsohn • Roberta Colindrez • Tara Pacheco • Hamish Allan-Headley • Kerry Flanagan • John Ryan Benavides • Elliot Frances Flynn • Juan Felipe Zuleta

Peter is a misanthropic dwarf hiding from the world in his shabby New York City apartment. But an unexpected visit from his upbeat – and possibly unhinged – neighbor Winona forces him out of his shell and onto an impromptu road trip. Their destination? What she believes to be the site of an upcoming alien visitation in the wilderness of rural Canada. On their increasingly-surreal odyssey, Peter and Winona will encounter bickering lesbian cosplayers, shroom-addled survivalists, and even extraterrestrial highway cops. But the further they go and the more their trauma comes to light, it becomes clear that the only thing more nerve-wracking than being abducted is being alone in the universe.

With Seo Hyun-woo • Gong Seung-yeon • Jung Da-eun • Park Jeong-hak • Kim Hannah • Hong Seong-eun

Jina (Gong Seung-yeon) is the top employee at a call center, despite talking to customers all day, she has shut out the world beyond her headset. When training a friendly new hire, her icy armor is threatened forcing her to confront why she isolates herself.

With Eva Longoria • Matt Walsh • DeVon Franklin • Dennis Haysbert • Brice Gonzalez • Tony Shalhoub • Jesse Garcia • Lewis Colick • Fabian Alomar • Pepe Serna • Vanessa Martinez • Emilio Rivera • Bobby Soto • Linda Yvette Chávez • Jimmy Gonzales • Annie Gonzalez • Mario Ponce • Hunter Jones

The immigrant to riches story of how Flamin' Hot Cheetos came to life. His initial idea sparks a billion-dollar brand and catapults him from janitor to elite corporate executive.

With Amanda Seyfried • Tom Holland • Emmy Rossum • Jason Isaacs • Thomas Sadoski • Lior Raz • Sasha Lane • Akiva Goldsman • Christopher Abbott • Will Chase

The Crowded Room follows Danny Sullivan (Tom Holland), a man who is arrested following his involvement in a shooting in New York City in 1979. A captivating thriller told through a series of interviews with curious interrogator Rya Goodwin (Amanda Seyfried), Danny’s life story unfolds, revealing elements of the mysterious past that shaped him, and the twists and turns that will lead him to a life-altering revelation.

With Cedrick Terrell • B.A. Tobin • Sydney Carvill • Daniel Holland • Eddie Navarro • Nicholas Thurkettle • Nicholas Heard • Rachanee Lamayno • Sharieff Walters • Nicholas Passell • Navah Raphael • Stanton Aiono • Bonnie Suarez

Lita is a Latinx immigrant living in a part of East Los Angeles where the expectations are low, people are stereotyped, and divisions run deep. After her boyfriend Antonio gets into an unseen altercation with their community college history professor, Mr. Ethan Cole, Antonio is suspended, leaving Lita confused over what truly happened. Cue Coronavirus. Campus is closed. Classes are held remotely. The world is turned upside-down. Friends become dangerously ill. Cole loses faith in himself. Antonio becomes self-destructive. The mystery of what happened between Cole and Antonio starts to haunt Lita, and she confronts him over his own misdeeds. The three then face each other one last time. When they do, they are changed forever as they discover what it means to voice their truths and become Moon Students.

With Ben Affleck • Zack Snyder • Michael Keaton • Ron Livingston • Charles Roven • Ezra Miller • Maribel Verdú • Deborah Snyder • Andy Muschietti • Ray Fisher • Sasha Calle • Christina Hodson • Kiersey Clemons

Worlds collide in “The Flash” when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian… albeit not the one he’s looking for. Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?

With Scarlett Johansson • Tom Hanks • Adrien Brody • Bryan Cranston • Margot Robbie • Bill Murray • Hope Davis • Wes Anderson • Jason Schwartzman • Liev Schreiber • Tilda Swinton • Jeffrey Wright • Rupert Friend • Tony Revolori

Asteroid City is a poetic meditation on the meaning of life. It tells the story of a fictional American desert town circa 1955 and its Junior Stargazer convention, which brings together students and parents from across the country for scholarly competition, rest/recreation, comedy, drama, romance, and more.

With Natey Jones • Temilola Olatunbosun • Alexandra Burke • Dionne Edwards

Travis (Natey Jones) has just been released from prison and it quickly becomes apparent that everything has changed while he's been gone. His girlfriend Candice is on the up, auditioning to star in a musical; teenage daughter Kenisha is struggling in school and her relationship with her mum is tense. When Travis buys Candice her dream dress for an audition, rather than smoothing over the family's problems, it ends up creating even more… As secrets and desires left unsaid threaten to spill out, Travis is forced to re-examine who he is and how he wants to be perceived in the world.

With Ola G. Furuseth • Henrik M. Dahlsbakken • Alfred Ekker Strande • Mattis Herman Nyquist • Anne Krigsvoll

The life story of one of the world’s most significant modern painters, Edvard Munch.

With Rosy McEwen • Georgia Oakley • Kerrie Hayes • Lucy Halliday • Lydia Page • Stacy Abalogun • Amy Booth-Steel

In Blue Jean, it’s England, 1988, and Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government is about to pass a law stigmatizing gays and lesbians, forcing Jean (McEwen), a gym teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new student catalyzes a crisis that will challenge Jean to her core.

With Merritt Wever • Will Pullen • Lovell Holder • Chris Stack • Samantha Soule • Daniel Talbott • Addie Johnson Talbott

Isolated in an empty house, Ian remains in grief over the loss of a woman he loved who died two decades ago. The memory clamoring to be released, and his daily existence turning ever darker, Ian will have to find a way to let her go.

With Scarlett Johansson • Tom Hanks • Adrien Brody • Bryan Cranston • Margot Robbie • Bill Murray • Hope Davis • Wes Anderson • Jason Schwartzman • Liev Schreiber • Tilda Swinton • Jeffrey Wright • Rupert Friend • Tony Revolori

Asteroid City is a poetic meditation on the meaning of life. It tells the story of a fictional American desert town circa 1955 and its Junior Stargazer convention, which brings together students and parents from across the country for scholarly competition, rest/recreation, comedy, drama, romance, and more.

With Jamie Foxx • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau • Nick Cassavetes • January Jones • Maika Monroe • Bradley Bell • Daniel Bobker • Ehren Kruger

Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin.

With Alice Winocour • Benoît Magimel • Virginie Efira • Amadou Mbow

A gunman opens fire on a Parisian bistro. Mia (Virginie Efira) survives with no memory of the attack. Determined to remember what happened that night, Mia finds herself repeatedly returning to the bistro where the shooting happened. In the process she forms bonds with fellow survivors, reliving the worst night of her life through the eyes of the only other people who could possibly understand.

With Carrie Fisher • Rita Ora • Sebastian Croft • Megan Dodds • Nell Tiger Free • Kiera Milward • William Brookfield • Vlad Marsavin • Vincent Spano

Set in a world of high fashion and modeling, the story centers on a 12-year-old girl who travels through a magic portal and gets her wish to grow up.

With Megan Griffiths • Poorna Jagannathan • Casey Thomas Brown

An author who has made a career by examining her own trauma sits down to interview her beguiling pansexual nephew Nick, whose liberated approach to libido, gender, and personal boundaries both captivates and unsettles her. As the wine flows and the past unfurls, Priya and Nick find themselves in an increasingly tangled web of intrigue and morality. Over the course of a weekend, the two engage in a game of conversational cat and mouse, each challenging the other to confront and reveal their most buried secrets. With dynamic performances from Poorna Jagannathan and Casey Thomas Brown and animated interludes by Neely Goniodsky, I’LL SHOW YOU MINE is a wildly engrossing and surprising two-hander.

With Clara Galle • Hugo Arbues • Julio Peña • Guillermo Lasheras • Marcal Fores • Eric Masip • Natalia Azahara • Andrea Chaparro • Ivan Lapadula • Carla Tous

Ares went to study medicine in Stockholm and Raquel followed her dream of becoming a writer while they maintained a long-distance relationship that has not been easy for either of them. The summer is finally here and the long-awaited reunion. Will the distance be a problem for their relationship?

With Manish Dayal • Ral Agada • Arash Amel • Elijah Shomanke • Taylor Nichols • Bernie Goldmann • Dayo Okeniyi • Yetide Badaki • Giannis Antetokounmpo • Uche Agada • Jaden Osimuwa

After emigrating from Nigeria to Greece, Charles and Vera Antetokounmpo (Dayo Okeniyi and Yetide Badaki, respectively) struggled to survive and provide for their five children, while living under the daily threat of deportation. With their oldest son still in Nigeria with relatives, the couple were desperate to obtain Greek citizenship but found themselves undermined by a system that blocked them at every turn. When they weren’t selling items to tourists on the streets of Athens with the rest of the family, the brothers – Giannis (Uche Agada) and Thanasis (Ral Agada) – would play basketball with a local youth team. Latecomers to the sport, they discovered their great abilities on the basketball court and worked hard to become world class athletes, along with brother, Kostas (Jaden Osimuwa). With the help of an agent, Giannis entered the NBA Draft in 2013 in a long shot prospect that would change not only his life but the life of his entire family. And last season, Giannis and Thanasis helped bring the Milwaukee Bucks their first championship ring in 50 years, while Kostas played for the previous season champs, the Los Angeles Lakers.

With Lloyd Mundell • Hugo Andre • Will Masheter • Kent Goldfinch • Zak Watson Smith • Adam Starkey

When two people are brought together from completely different walks of life, it can make for awkward circumstances, especially when they both have their secrets. Sacha (André), an introverted French ex-chef, moves to London to begin his new life as a food critic. Moving into a rented room in a house belonging to Dan (Masheter), a well-respected London stockbroker, they are forced into an unlikely friendship. As time goes on, Dan attempts to hide his aspirations of becoming a burlesque dancer from those who perceive him as an alpha male. Despite their differences, can Sacha & Dan become pillars of support in each other's lives?

With Rachel Sennott • Alex Wolff • Kiersey Clemons • Ken Marino • Jim Gaffigan • Sophie Kargman

How far will a podcaster go to capture her audience? Susie (Clemons), an awkward college student with a failing true-crime podcast, seizes the opportunity to boost her campus and online popularity by solving the mysterious disappearance of Jesse (Wolff), a campus heart-throb. With her star on the rise, events take a dark turn as Susie digs out the truth and soon finds herself in over her head.

With William Kaufman • Johnny Strong • Siya Rostami • Athena Durner • Raj Kala • James Sherrill

After a SEAL team helicopter is downed during a rescue mission in Afghanistan, the lone surviving operator must evade hostile insurgents and navigate rough terrain to guide the one living civilian—a traumatized child—to safety.

With Kate Beckinsale • Ernie Hudson • Brian Cox • Catherine Hardwicke • Christopher Convery • Tyson Ritter • Marina Grasic • Jai Khanna • Mark Bacci • Jon Huertas • Sam Okun

After 12-years in prison, Max (Cox) is diagnosed with terminal cancer and granted a compassionate release with the condition he reside with his daughter, Maxine (Beckinsale). With no love lost toward Max but financially strapped and working multiple jobs to raise her only son, Ezra (Convery), she begrudgingly agrees to the conditions. As Max seeks one last chance to redeem himself in her eyes, they must contend with his violent past as it comes back to haunt them all.

With Andy Garcia • Diane Keaton • Don Johnson • Mary Steenburgen • Craig T. Nelson • Trish Hofmann • Brad Weston • Giancarlo Giannini • Vincent Riotta • Jane Fonda • Bill Holderman • Candice Bergen • Andrew Duncan • Erin Simms • Hugh Quarshie • Enzo Sisti

The four best friends take their book club to Italy for the fun girls trip they never had. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country adventure.