Drama Movies 2024 List

With Marija Dimitrova • Lia Buman • Samson Selim • Mia Mustafa • Tim Headington • Anamaria Marinca • Blerta Basholli • Goran Stolevski • Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska • Alina Șerban • Vladimir Tintor • Džada Selim • Sara Klimoska • Rozafë Çelaj • Ajse Useini • Ankica Jurić Tilić • Beata Rzeźniczek • Milan Stojanović • Ana Leocha • Marcin Łuczaj • Jan Naszewski

Housekeeping for Beginners explores the universal truths of family, encompassing both the bonds we inherit and those we create. The narrative revolves around Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters—Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family's struggle to stay together.

With Jonathan Roumie • Paras Patel • Dallas Jenkins • Elizabeth Tabish • Shahar Isaac

For the first time ever, the full season of a streaming-TV show will be released exclusively in theaters. Clashing kingdoms. Rival rulers. The enemies of Jesus close in for the kill while His followers struggle to keep up, leaving Him to carry the burden alone. Season 4 promises to deliver where last season’s incredible walking on water finale left off.

With Maddie Ziegler • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai • Djouliet Amara • Molly McGlynn • Emily Hampshire • Dennis Andres • Christian Rose

A coming-of-age "traumedy" that follows 16-year-old Lindy (Maddie Ziegler) who is unexpectedly diagnosed with a reproductive condition, MRKH syndrome. The diagnosis upends her plans to have sex, her presumptions about womanhood and sexuality, her relationship with her mother (Emily Hampshire), and most importantly, herself.

With Mads Mikkelsen • Nikolaj Arcel • Gustav Lindh • Kristine Kujath Thorp • Simon Bennebjerg • Amanda Collin

In 18th century Denmark, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) – a proud, ambitious, but impoverished war hero -- sets out to tame a vast, uninhabitable land on which seemingly nothing can grow. He seeks to start farming crops, build a colony in the name of the King, and gain a noble title for himself. This beautiful but forbidding area also happens to be under the rule of the merciless Frederik De Schinkel, a preening nobleman who realizes the threat Kahlen represents to his power. Struggling against the elements and local brigands, Kahlen is joined by a couple who have fled the clutches of the rapacious De Schinkel. As this group of misfits begins to build a small community in this inhospitable place, De Schinkel swears vengeance, and the confrontation between him and Kahlen promises to be as violent and intense as these two men.

With Jean-Christophe Simon • Deki Lhamo • Pawo Choyning Dorji • Tandin Wangchuk • Pema Zangmo Sherpa • Tandin Sonam • Harry Einhorn • Stephanie Lai • Feng Hsu

The Monk and The Gun is set in the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2006. Modernization has finally arrived. Bhutan becomes the last country in the world to connect to the internet and television, and now the biggest change of all: democracy. To teach the people how to vote, the authorities organize a mock election, but the locals seem unconvinced. Traveling to rural Bhutan where religion is more popular than politics, the election supervisor discovers that a monk is planning a mysterious ceremony for the election day.

With Maryam Zaree • Jonas Dassler • Mala Emde • Dimitrij Schaad • Alex Schaad

Seeking a retreat where they can salvage their struggling relationship, young couple Leyla (Mala Emde) and Tristan (Jonas Dassler) travel to a remote island at the invitation of Leyla’s childhood friend Stella, where it soon becomes clear that what the island offers is more mysterious than a simple vacation. Leyla and Tristan join another couple in a ritual to exchange bodies and see the world through the eyes of someone else – a chance to find themselves or, for some of them, a chance at escape. Free from the constraints of her former body, Leyla quickly finds she has never been happier, with a fresh outlook on life and a new sense of release and fulfillment. But when she refuses to return to her old self, the situation threatens to spiral out of control. Subverting genre and gender as it toggles from body swap thriller to intimate relationship drama, Skin Deep tells a story that transcends bodies, embracing the endless fluid possibilities in the question of what it means to truly love someone.

With Tyrese Gibson • Vivica A. Fox • Thomas Jane • Nikki Blonsky • Theo Rossi • Nicholas Manuel Pino

In 2006 over two million Americans were incarcerated but only one managed to escape a federal maximum-security wing while under 24-hour surveillance - Quawntay “Bosco” Adams. For the chance to be at his first child’s birth, he planned an ingenious escape with the help of a lonely Missouri woman that he meets by replying to a personal ad.

With Endre Hellestveit • Renate Reinsve • Vera Veljovic • Ellen Dorrit Petersen • Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel • Thea Lambrechts Vaulen • Øystein Røger

Was it just a children’s game or something more serious? Elisabeth (Renate Reinsve) is called into her son’s school when something happens between Armand and his friend Jon. But the incident triggers a series of events, forcing parents and school staff into a captivating battle – where madness, desire, and obsession arise.

With Michael Klammer • Leonard Stettnisch • Kathrin Wehlisch • Leonie Benesch • Eva Löbau • Ilker Çatak • Anne-Kathrin Gummich

Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and math teacher, starts her first job at a high school. She stands out among the new staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. Carla tries to mediate between outraged parents, opinionated colleagues and aggressive students, but is relentlessly confronted with the structures of the school system. The more desperately she tries to do everything right, the more the young teacher threatens to break.

With Cynthia Erivo • Anthony Chen • Alia Shawkat • Zainab Jah • Honor Swinton Byrne • Ibrahima Ba • Suzy Bemba • Vincent Vermignon

Jacqueline (Two-Time Academy Award nominee Cynthia Erivo), a young refugee, lands alone and penniless on a Greek island, where she tries first to survive and then to cope with her past. While gathering her strength, she begins a friendship with a rootless tour-guide (Alia Shawkat) and together they find the resilience to forge ahead.

With Juliette Binoche • Benoît Magimel • Galatéa Bellugi • Sarah Adler • Anh Hung Tran • Bonnie Chagneau Ravoire

Set in France in 1889, the film follows the life of Dodin Bouffant (Benoît Magimel) as a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie (Juliette Binoche). They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.

With Robbie Amell • Andrew Bachelor • Sarah Desjardins • Andrea Bang • Michelle Krusiec • Rukiya Bernard • Sherren Lee

Waverly (Andrea Bang) thought she had her future figured out. She’d start her medical residency in Toronto after a summer visit to her parents in Taipei. When her plans are suddenly changed, she makes an impulsive detour to a small Canadian town, where she meets local lifeguard Blake (Robbie Amell). After he saves her from nearly drowning at a beach party, Blake offers to teach Waverly to swim, and as the lessons continue, the two unexpectedly find themselves falling in love. But will Blake’s ties to his past and Waverly’s plans to begin a new job keep them apart once summer ends? Based on the novel by Kate Marchant.

With Virginia Madsen • Nicola Peltz Beckham • Raven Goodwin • Richie Merritt • Luke David Blumm • Trevor Long

19-year-old Lola James is trying to work to save enough money to get her beloved little brother, Arlo, out of their toxic home. Until one tragic night, when her whole world gets uprooted. From that moment on, nothing will ever be the same.

With Bas Devos • Stefan Gota • Liyo Gong

Here follows Stefan, a Romanian construction worker living in Brussels who is about to return home to visit his mother, and maybe stay...longer. Using the leftovers from his fridge, he cooks up a big pot of soup and begins handing it out as farewell gifts to friends and family. But while waiting for his car to be fixed, he meets Shuxiu, a Belgian-Chinese woman preparing a doctorate on mosses. Her attention to the near-invisible stops him in his tracks.

With Carlos Leal • Willie Nelson • Peter Bogdanovich • Darby Stanchfield • Eva Haßmann • Blaine Gray • Thure Riefenstein

Trapped in a stagnant marriage, German housewife Greta finds solace in Willie Nelson's music. When he announces his farewell concert, she embarks on a journey to Las Vegas, leaving her husband behind, rediscovering her past.​

With Erblin Nushi • Shengyl Ismaili • Don Shala • Luan Jaha • Melihate Qena

After a year of online pillow-talk, Ben, is exhilarated to finally meet his first (but secret) love, Leo. Consumed with passion, Ben weaves the plans and cover-story for his romantic tryst with Leo who is arriving from Germany in just one month. Everything must be perfect, but some family news will quickly change things. Ben cannot take it, he must meet Leo...

With Woody Harrelson • Ella Anderson • Laura Linney • Jeremy Plager • Nico Parker • Oly Obst • Ariel Martin • Laura Chinn • Francesca Silvestri • Kevin Chinoy • Daniella Taylor • Amarr

Inspired by the semi-autobiographical story of a teenager (Nico Parker) who, while caring for her brother along with her audacious mother (Laura Linney), strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Woody Harrelson) who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.

With Erblin Nushi • Shengyl Ismaili • Don Shala • Luan Jaha • Melihate Qena

After a year of online pillow-talk, Ben, is exhilarated to finally meet his first (but secret) love, Leo. Consumed with passion, Ben weaves the plans and cover-story for his romantic tryst with Leo who is arriving from Germany in just one month. Everything must be perfect, but some family news will quickly change things. Ben cannot take it, he must meet Leo...

With Trevor St. John • Cameron Deere • Josh Wingate

In a single day, photographer Tyler Hamilton attempts to overcome guilt and heartache in hopes of redeeming a decade of mistakes.

With Michael Gandolfini • Lashana Lynch • Orly Marley • Robert Teitel • James Norton • Tosin Cole • Reinaldo Marcus Green • Anthony Welsh • Ziggy Marley • Kingsley Ben-Adir • Richard Hewitt • Umi Myers • Nadine Marshall • Matt Solodky

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob’s powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music.

With Andy Garcia • Sharon Stone • Iain Glen • Klaus Menzel • Maia Morgenstern • Marielle Jaffe • Jose Coronado

Two young people, somewhat wary of love, spend a summer together in Europe making a film about people's attitude towards love. Tanner and Christian realize that they're actually filming their own love story, but they have no idea that their film will ultimately save Christian's life after tragedy strikes them both.

With David Duchovny • Oakes Fegley • Larry Pine • T.R. Knight • Irving Franco

Follows Adam (Oakes Fegley), who sets out on a cross-country adventure to track down a series of men who could be his estranged father, each one with a different life that could become his own.

With Lily Sullivan • Terence Crawford • Erik Thomson • Ling Cooper Tang • Ansuya Nathan • Matt Vesely

While trying to salvage her career, a disgraced journalist begins investigating a strange conspiracy theory. But as the trail leads uncomfortably close to home, she is left to grapple with the lies at the heart of her own story.

With Ewan McGregor • Sasha Alexander • Jake Weary • Clara McGregor • Devyn McDowell • Kim Zimmer • Vera Bulde • Emma Westenberg

In hopes of reconnecting with his estranged child, a father (Golden Globe®-Winner Ewan McGregor) takes his now-adult daughter (Clara McGregor) on a road trip to New Mexico to bring them closer together and sort out their strained relationship.

With Alan Ritchson • Tamala Jones • Hilary Swank • Amy Acker • Nancy Travis • Drew Powell • Jon Gunn • Jon Erwin • Meg Tilly • Kelly Fremon Craig • Emily Mitchell • Skywalker Hughes

Set against the worst snowstorm in Kentucky history, the film is inspired by the incredible true story of a struggling hairdresser (Swank) who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father (Ritchson) save the life of his critically ill young daughter.

With Stefan Kurt • Barbara Kulcsar • Esther Gemsch • Ueli Jäggi • Elvira Plüss

Alice and Peter are celebrating their retirement – and with it, a new phase in their lives. However, shortly after the couple’s retirement party, a sudden tragedy befalls Alice’s best friend Magalie. Peter, sympathetic to the suffering of Magalie’s widower, Heinz, invites him on the retirement cruise their children gave them. Alice had hoped this trip would infuse fresh life into their marriage, but instead of enjoying their time together, they find themselves drifting further apart. Disappointed and hurt, Alice doesn’t reboard the cruise ship during a shore excursion and instead embarks on a journey of self-discovery, taking her across Southern Europe and bringing her into a community of older people finding joy outside traditional notions of gender, marriage, and the later years of one’s life.

With Massimo Ceccherini • Issaka Sawadogo • Matteo Garrone • Seydou Sarr • Moustapha Fall • Paolo Del Brocco

Narrates the epic journey of a teenage boy and his cousin as they decide to leave Dakar in Senegal for the promise of Europe. Throughout this compelling odyssey, the young man confronts a myriad of challenges, from the harsh realities of the desert to the harrowing experiences in Libyan detention centers and the risks of the open sea.

With Musab Ekici • Nuri Bilge Ceylan • Deniz Celiloglu • Merve Dizdar • Ece Bagci

n a village nestled within the wintry landscape of the East Anatolia region of Turkey, an art teacher named Samet (Deniz Celiloglu) is struggling through what he hopes to be his final year at an elementary school. Already tiring of the unforgiving environment, where he has been assigned by the government’s public education system, Samet is further disillusioned and frustrated after a young girl in his class, Sevim, appears to accuse him of inappropriate behavior. The only light on the horizon for Samet is his growing friendship with—and clear attraction to—a teacher from a nearby school, Nuray (Merve Dizdar), a sharp, politically engaged woman unafraid to put the self-involved Samet in his place for his general apathy and narcissism.

With Chris Pang • Sarah Gadon • Ally Maki • Luke Roberts • Nyha Huang Breitkreuz • Remy Marthaller • Meredith Hama-Brown

The story of a family on the verge of coming closer together — or drifting further apart… Judith (Ally Maki) is Japanese Canadian; her husband Steve (Luke Roberts) is white. They're having some problems communicating with each other, so they've found a family retreat on the Pacific coast where kids can hang out while their parents confront one another in group-therapy sessions. But the time together exposes new fractures in the family’s internal dynamic: 11-year-old Stephanie (Nyha Breitkreuz) starts acting out, while six-year-old Emmy (Remy Marthaller) insists that she can feel Judith's recently departed mother watching over them all. Whether or not Emmy is right, something is certainly hanging over this family — a cloud of tension and dissatisfaction between Judith and Steve that neither can fully articulate, but both recognize. The more time Judith spends around another couple, Carol (Sarah Gadon) and Pat (Chris Pang), the more she worries that saving her marriage might not be the best move.

With Tyler Perry • Kelly Rowland • Trevante Rhodes • RonReaco Lee • Nick Sagar • Sean Sagar

In the hopes of becoming partner, a criminal defense attorney takes on the case of an artist who may or may not have murdered his girlfriend.

With Clara Galle • Hugo Arbues • Julio Peña • Marcal Fores • Eric Masip • Natalia Azahara • Rachel Lascar

After a troubled summer, Ares and Raquel can’t figure out how to be together and decide to go their separate ways. But when they meet again in wintery Barcelona, the love and desire they feel for each other is undeniable. Can they find a way to make it work?

With Danai Gurira • Frankie Quinones • Andrew Lincoln • Lesley-Ann Brandt • Pollyanna McIntosh

Together they can burn the whole world down...