Drama Movies 2023 List

With Andrés Cordova • Paloma Alvamar • Ernesto Meléndez • Kat Rigoni • Edgar Treviño

A group of teens finds a corpse floating in a canal and the whole village investigates the murder.

With Jacob Elordi • Cailee Spaeny • Sofia Coppola

The love story of Priscilla Beaulie and Elvis Presley,

With Chevy Chase • Billy Ray Cyrus • Freddie Prinze Jr. • Patrick Hughes • Temple Mathews • Trinity Jo-Li Bliss • Reginald VelJohnson • Julia Michaels • Sharon Price John • Michael Rappaport • Dionne Warwick • Morgan Simianer • Tim Johnson Jr

Follows a young elfling Marzipan (voiced by Bliss) and her mother Cinnameg (voiced by Michaels) as Marzipan must believe in the magic of the season as she goes on the adventure of a lifetime to rediscover the enchanted snow deer named Glisten and save Christmas. The pursuit of their Merry Mission is aided by a colorful cadre of reindeer and elves, including the wise Sage Evergreen (voiced by Warwick).

With Da'Vine Joy Randolph • Paul Giamatti • Alexander Payne • Mark Johnson • Tate Donovan • David Hemingson • Carrie Preston

In The Holdovers, Paul Hunham, a universally disliked professor at a prep school called Barton Academy. With no family and nowhere to go around the holidays in 1970, he stays on campus to supervise students who couldn’t go home. After a few days, only one person is left: a troublemaking 17-year-old named Angus, a good student whose bad behavior always threatens to get him expelled. Along with the school’s head cook Mary, whose own son was recently lost in Vietnam, the three form an unlikely bond as they spend Christmas together during two very snowy weeks in New England.

With Sheila Atim • Chris Chalk • Zainab Jah • Moses Ingram • Raven Jackson • Charleen McClure • Reginald Helms Jr.

Tender caresses and enveloping embraces are portals into the life of Mack, a Black woman in Mississippi. Winding through the anticipation, love, and heartbreak she experiences from childhood to adulthood, the expressionist journey is an ode to connection — with loved ones and with place.

With Ezekiel Pacheco • Max Davis • Sadie Stanley • Augustus Meleo Bernstein • Christopher Alvarenga • Vanessa Benavente • Nikita Chaudhry • Jack Eyman

Ana (Vanessa Benavente), a housekeeper from El Salvador, brings her teenage son Nico (Ezekiel Pacheco) to help her clean an affluent family’s Los Angeles home. But after being told by her employers, Marianne (Miranda Otto) and Peter Barris (Noah Wyle), that immigration officers are searching for her, she accepts the invitation to shelter in their house until the crisis blows over. As days go by and the interactions between the two families become increasingly tense.

With Emeka Ukaga • Pershlie Ami • Alex Camacho • Roz Monahan • Jan Sandwich • Ernest Tsosie • Travis Holt Hamilton

When a young intern at a local Senior Day Center challenges DAISY, an accomplished elderly Native American woman to dream big, she re-evaluates her old frail body yet still strong youthful mind and sets out on a stirring quest to fulfill a life-long desire.

With Jodie Foster • Luke Cosgrove • Rhys Ifans • Jim Seibel • Michael Heimler • Bill Johnson • Julia Cox • Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi • Jeena Yi • Annette Bening • Andrew Lazar • Teddy Schwarzman • Jimmy Chin • Ethan Jones Romero • Eric T. Miller • Vanessa Humphrey • D. Scott Lumpkin

The remarkable true story of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, who, at the age of 64, became the first person to complete the “Everest of swims," a 53-hour, 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida through dangerous open ocean without a shark cage.

With Jack Nolan • Alastair Hill • Sam Brown • Graham Bickley • Billy Roberts • Barnaby Hughes • Paul Kemble • Danny Michaels • Adam Filipe • Martin Allanson • Thom Sutherland

Based on real people aboard the most legendary ship in the world, Titanic: The Musical is ‘breathtaking’ (the Guardian) and ‘magnificent’ (the Telegraph), a stunning and stirring production focusing on the hopes, dreams, and aspirations of her passengers who each boarded with stories and personal ambitions of their own. All innocently unaware of the fate awaiting them, the Third-Class immigrants dream of a better life in America, the Second Class imagine they too can join the lifestyles of the rich and famous, whilst the millionaire Barons of the First Class anticipate legacies lasting forever.

With Tamla Kari • Colin Baker • Mark Arnold • Monika Gergelova • Philip Martin Brown • Adam Wilson

A family-friendly, multi-generational romantic comedy about an over-achieving executive who quits her job just before Christmas and goes to her father's country inn to try to find some balance again.

With Pierce Brosnan • Desmond Eastwood • John Amos • Clemence Poesy • Terry Loane • Ian McElhinney • Kevin Fitzpatrick

A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.

With Matt Stokoe • William Brent Bell • Tom De Ville • Jason Newmark • Tuppence Middleton • Ralph Ineson • James Tomlinson • Laurie Cook • Evie Templeton

Lord of Misrule follows Rebecca Holland (Tuppence Middleton), who has recently taken over as priest of a small town. When her young daughter Grace (Evie Templeton) goes missing at the local harvest festival, a desperate search begins. The closer they edge towards finding Grace, the more secrets emerge from the town’s dark past. Soon, Rebecca must decide just how much she is willing to sacrifice to rescue her daughter from the grip of evil.

With Da'Vine Joy Randolph • Paul Giamatti • Alexander Payne • Mark Johnson • Tate Donovan • David Hemingson • Carrie Preston

In The Holdovers, Paul Hunham, a universally disliked professor at a prep school called Barton Academy. With no family and nowhere to go around the holidays in 1970, he stays on campus to supervise students who couldn’t go home. After a few days, only one person is left: a troublemaking 17-year-old named Angus, a good student whose bad behavior always threatens to get him expelled. Along with the school’s head cook Mary, whose own son was recently lost in Vietnam, the three form an unlikely bond as they spend Christmas together during two very snowy weeks in New England.

With Milo Manheim • Antonio Banderas • Alan Powell • Omid Djalili • Joel Smallbone • Lecrae • Fiona Palomo • Rizwan Manji • Stephanie Gil • Adam Anders • Peter Barsoccnini • Geno Seagers

A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown. This live-action Christmas musical celebration for the entire family, weaves classic Christmas melodies into new pop songs in a music-infused retelling of the timeless story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. A unique new entry into the collection of holiday classic movies, this epic Christmas musical is unlike any before it.

With Angus Benfield • Andy Gates • Corey Cannon • Cameron Arnett • J William • Emma Donovan-Mendenhall • Sharon Oliphant • Jessica Rae

Widowed morning-drive DJ Connor McCloud's (Angus Benfield) radio station has been sold and there is no longer a need for a morning drive DJ so he is let go. With two daughters (Emma Donovan-Mendenhall, Emma Bass) in high school, Connor must start looking for new employment immediately. With good jobs few and far between, especially for a middle-aged DJ, he meets Ethan (Cameron Arnett), a believing homeless man who encourages him and after many failed job interviews, miraculously, the House of Hope, a busy homeless shelter, hires Connor to be their Procurement Director. His first assignment? To obtain 4,000 frozen turkeys for needy families on Thanksgiving Day, just one month away! One thing is certain: he will require a miracle to pull this off.

With Ashlee Brian • Don DiPetta • Nikki Mejia • Kelvin Bryan • Troy Curvey III • Kiki del Vecchio

Veteran Gio’s lonely life is shaken when he receives the ashes of a fallen soldier friend—and a final request to go on a road trip to bury them. Gio and his pal Herbert set out for California, but car trouble and Gio’s battlefield flashbacks slow their roll. Can Gio find the courage to confront his demons and fulfill the promise to his long-lost comrade? This powerful and profound tale of loss, friendship, perseverance, and the will to carry on dramatizes every vet’s long journey to freedom.

With Adrien Brody • Jesse Eisenberg • Odessa Young • Ethan Suplee • Philip Ettinger • Georghe Murressean • John Trengove

Ralphie (Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg) is a man wrestling with outside forces and the demons within when he meets a mysterious family of men who welcome him as one of their own. As Ralphie struggles to define himself, pressure mounts and a powder keg is lit that will blow a hole in the lives of everyone he touches. Joining Eisenberg in an all-star cast are Academy Award winner Adrien Brody and the unforgettable Odessa Young. Experience a thrilling film about one man’s discovery that there is nowhere to hide from yourself.

With Arisa Nakano • Koji Yakusho • Yumi Aso • Takuma Takasaki • Wim Wenders • Tokio Emoto • Aoi Yamada

Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past. A deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us.

With Jesper Christensen • Bodil Jørgensen • Anders Refn • Mads Reuther • Gustav Dyekjær Giese • Sara Viktoria Bjerregaard

Follows the Skov family from the spring 1943 to the summer 1945, when Denmark becomes free again. The Skov family is divided. Aksel, who joined the Resistance Movement, has gone underground and evolves from idealistic amateur to hardcore partisan. Karl is fighting for his life's work on harder and harder conditions, and when the coalition government collapses, he is suddenly without political support and must do everything he can to secrue a future for the family - also on the other side of the war. This puts the relationship with Eva under pressure. She has always had difficulty with her husband's cooperation with the occutying forces. The growing opposition to the occupation and the increased brutality of the Germans have fatal consequences for the family.

With Taika Waititi • Andy Serkis • Will Arnett • Iain Morris • Rhys Darby • Michael Fassbender • Garrett Basch • Rachel House • Jonathan Cavendish • Oscar Kightley • Beulah Koale • David Fane • Lehi Falepapalangi • Semu Filipo • Uli Latukefu • Kaimana • Chris Alosio

Follows the American Samoa soccer team, infamous for their brutal 31-0 FIFA loss in 2001. With the World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) hoping he will turn the world’s worst soccer team around in this heartfelt underdog comedy.

With Margot Robbie • Jacob Elordi • Carey Mulligan • Rosamund Pike • Richard E. Grant • Barry Keoghan • Josey McNamara • Archie Madekwe • Alison Oliver • Emerald Fennell • Lolly Adefope • Tom Ackerley • Tim Wellspring • Paul Rhys • Ewan Mitchell

Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.

With Will Ferrell • Natalie Portman • Julianne Moore • Charles Melton • Piper Curda • Christine Vachon • Thorsten Schumacher • Lee Broda • Jeff Rice • Gabriel Chung • Alex Brown • Grant S. Johnson • Jonathan Montepare • Sophie Mas • Todd Haynes • Pamela Koffler • Jessica Elbaum • Samy Burch • Elizabeth Yu • Madeleine K. Rudin • Thomas K. Richards • Claire Taylor • Tyler W. Konney

After their relationship ignited a tabloid saga two decades ago, Gracie (Julianne Moore) and Joe (Charles Melton) now lead a seemingly perfect suburban life. Their domestic bliss is disrupted when Elizabeth (Natalie Portman), a famous television actress, arrives in their tight-knit community to research her upcoming role as Gracie. As Elizabeth ingratiates herself into the everyday lives of Gracie and Joe, the uncomfortable facts of their scandal unfurl, causing long-dormant emotions to resurface. In May December, director Todd Haynes (Safe, Carol) explores one of the great talents of the human species: our colossal refusal to look at ourselves.

With Aki Kaurismaki • Alma Pöysti • Jussi Vatanen

Fallen Leaves tells the story of two lonely people (Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen) who meet each other by chance in the Helsinki night and try to find the first, only, & ultimate love of their lives. Their path towards this honourable goal is clouded by the man’s alcoholism, lost phone numbers, not knowing each other’s names or addresses, and life’s general tendency to place obstacles in the way of those seeking happiness.

With Elizabeth Mitchell • Willow Shields • Lochlyn Munro • Connie Cocchia • Jonathan Michael Simao

Departing for college, Abbie leaves her parents and brother who has autism and is non-verbal. As she explores her independence and sexuality, she's torn between her new life and her love for her brother.

With Adrien Brody • Jesse Eisenberg • Odessa Young • Ethan Suplee • Philip Ettinger • Georghe Murressean • John Trengove

Ralphie (Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg) is a man wrestling with outside forces and the demons within when he meets a mysterious family of men who welcome him as one of their own. As Ralphie struggles to define himself, pressure mounts and a powder keg is lit that will blow a hole in the lives of everyone he touches. Joining Eisenberg in an all-star cast are Academy Award winner Adrien Brody and the unforgettable Odessa Young. Experience a thrilling film about one man’s discovery that there is nowhere to hide from yourself.

With Da'Vine Joy Randolph • Chris Rock • Colman Domingo • Dustin Lance Black • CCH Pounder • Chris Taaffe • Bill Irwin • Jeffrey Wright • Glynn Turman • Audra McDonald • David Permut • Daniel Sladek • Michael Potts • Gus Halper • Johnny Ramey • Jakeem Dante Powell • Mark R. Wright • Alex G. Scott • Aml Ameen • Carra Patterson • Lilli Kay • George C. Wolfe • Barack Obama • Adrienne Warren • Cotter Smith • Jordan-Amanda Hall • Ayana Workman • Grantham Coleman • Jamilah Nadege Rosemond • Jules Latimer • Maxwell Whittington-Cooper • Frank Harts • Kevin Mambo • Michelle Obama

Bayard Rustin, the brilliant strategist behind 1963’s momentous March On Washington and close advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., dedicated his life to the tireless quest for racial equality, human rights, and worldwide democracy. But as an openly gay Black man, he was all but erased from the civil rights movement he helped build.

With Michael Smiley • Ronan Raftery • Siobhán Cullen • Danielle Galligan

24-year-old Elvira Clancy adores her job writing obituaries, but lately, she’s been feeling unfulfilled. And when her newspaper falls on hard times, her boss tells her he is unable to keep her on the payroll. Overnight, she finds herself being paid per obituary. So, when she “accidentally” kills a rude person in the town, she discovers she might have some untapped bloodlust! She relishes using ever more crafty methods to kill off the town’s unpleasant residents — all while making them look like accidents. Unfortunately, a wrench lands in the works: the newspaper hires a suspicious new crime correspondent with a penchant for conspiracy theories. The worst part? Elvira really, really likes him.

With Joaquin Phoenix • Ridley Scott • Vanessa Kirby • Michael Pruss • David Scarpa • Aidan Elliott • Ian McNeice • Tahar Rahim • Kevin Walsh • Youssef Kerkour • Ludivine Sagnier • Catherine Walker • Ben Miles • Matthew Needham • Raymond Kirk

Napoleon is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Oscar®-winner Joaquin Phoenix. Against a stunning backdrop of large-scale filmmaking orchestrated by legendary director Ridley Scott, the film captures Bonaparte's relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his one true love, Josephine, showcasing his visionary military and political tactics against some of the most dynamic practical battle sequences ever filmed.

With Julia Roberts • Kevin Bacon • Ethan Hawke • Chad Hamilton • Farrah Mackenzie • Sam Esmail • Mahershala Ali • Marisa Yeres Gill • Lisa Gillan • Myha’la Herrold

A family’s (Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke) vacation is upended when two strangers (Mahershala Ali and Myha’la) arrive at night, seeking refuge from a cyberattack that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world.

With Bradley Cooper • Carey Mulligan • Steven Spielberg • Matt Bomer • Maya Hawke • Sarah Silverman • Martin Scorsese • Weston Middleton • Josh Singer • Kristie Macosko Krieger • Alexa Swinton • Josh Hamilton • Fred Berner • Michael Urie • Amy Durning • Gideon Glick • Sam Nivola • Miriam Shor • Carla Raij • Bobby Wilhelm • Tracey Landon • Scott Ellis

Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between cultural icon Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro, at its core, is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.

With Kore-eda Hirokazu • Ando Sakura • Nagayama Eita • Kurokawa Soya • Hiiragi Hinata • Sakamoto Yuji

When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what’s going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, the truth gradually emerges.

With Yota Hiiragi • Hirokazu Kore-eda • Yuko Tanaka • Sakura Ando • Eita Nagayama • Souya Kurokawa

What exactly is a "monster"? What do we see at the end of each character's search for the "monster"? Little Minato starts acting strange. His mother senses that something has gone wrong. When she discovers that a teacher is responsible for her son's behavior, she storms into the school in search of enlightenment. The story is told from the mother's, teacher's and child's point of view; the truth gradually emerges.

With Kellan Lutz • Efren Ramirez • Javier Reyna • Jeff Fahey

Former marine Max (Kellan Lutz) experiences a devastating loss when his beloved wife and daughter are brutally murdered in a cold blooded act of violence. Consumed by grief and driven by revenge, Max embarks on a relentless mission to hunt down those responsible.

With Kivanç Tatlitug • Gonenc Uyanik • Beren Saat • Annie McCain Engman

A chance meeting at the airport leads two married people to an unforgettable night full of excitement, desire, and temptation in New York City.

With Dalas Davis • Stacy Ann Rose • Brittany Cascone • Josh Randall

A troubled and self-centered teen must earn the respect of her step team before she can lead them to the National Championship.

With Ashlee Brian • Don DiPetta • Nikki Mejia • Kelvin Bryan • Troy Curvey III • Kiki del Vecchio

Veteran Gio’s lonely life is shaken when he receives the ashes of a fallen soldier friend—and a final request to go on a road trip to bury them. Gio and his pal Herbert set out for California, but car trouble and Gio’s battlefield flashbacks slow their roll. Can Gio find the courage to confront his demons and fulfill the promise to his long-lost comrade? This powerful and profound tale of loss, friendship, perseverance, and the will to carry on dramatizes every vet’s long journey to freedom.

With Candice Cruz • Jeffrey Crane Graham • Roxy Striar • Corrinne Mica • Sheldon White

Follows Lola Siglione: Clifton High School's wildest senior. She's fun, loyal, reckless (maybe a little too reckless), and always one to throw a party. Lola is infamous for her annual birthday camping trip, where she sets up a scavenger hunt with items for each of her five best friends to discover. ​

With Rodrigo Lages • Lorena Comparato • Kka Kalache • Charles Friks

Sofia and her mother Helena have a troubled relationship living together in a dense and fragmented environment, wracked by the guilt surrounding the family’s past which may be related to Helena’s strange behavior after a serious accident. Such an event opens space for the emergence of obscure and unimaginable mysteries, which will put Sofia’s notion of reality in check and reveal dark secrets of their past.

With Dante Basco • Geneva Carr • Celia Au • Kevin Kreider • Paolo Montalban • Jhett Tolentino • KC Concepcion

An independent Hollywood rom-com starring Dante Basco, KC Concepcion, Kevin Kreider with Geneva Carr and Paolo Montalban.