Connection
Films with the genre "Drama", sorted by rating
Add to a movie list
The Train Wreckers (1905)
, 11minutesDirected by Edwin S. Porter, Wallace McCutcheon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Gilbert M. Anderson
Une jeune fille tente d'empêcher une bande de hors-la-loi de faire dérailler un train.
Swing! (1938)
, 1h9Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Amanda Randolph
Mandy Jenkins (Cora Green), an African American cook for a wealthy white family in Birmingham, Alabama, discovers her husband Cornell is having an affair with Eloise Jackson (Hazel Diaz). When she confronts her husband and Eloise at a nightclub, a violent fight ensues. Eloise leaves Birmingham and relocates to the Harlem section of New York City, where she gets a job as a cabaret vocalist under the false name of Cora Smith. She is followed to Harlem by her husband, Lem, who becomes mixed up in the local crime scene. Mandy also arrives in New York, having left Cornell. She gets a job as the wardrobe mistress at the cabaret where Eloise is performing. When Eloise breaks her leg during a drunken fall, Mandy is recruited as the last-minute substitute and becomes a musical star as the revue is transferred to Broadway. Cornell, who is now destitute, reunites with Mandy and agrees never to cheat on her again.
The Penthouse (1967)
, 1h36Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Suzy Kendall, Terence Morgan, Tony Beckley, Norman Rodway, Martine Beswick
Dans un studio luxueux, Bruce et sa maîtresse Barbara abritent leurs amours clandestines. Surviennent deux faux employés du gaz, Tom et Dick. Bruce est ligoté, Barbara enivrée. La peur s'installe.
Jallaad (1995)
Directed by T L V Prasad
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Moushumi Chatterjee, Rambha, Madhoobala Shah, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor
A young, dashing, and honest Police Inspector, who lives with Mr. and Mrs. Prasad, goes to a small town in Southern India to be introduced to a prospective bride, Koyal, the daughter of Gopinath. The Police Inspector falls head over heels in love with Koyal and wants to marry her. Koyal too falls in love with him. When the time comes for finalizing their marriage, a man comes forward alleging that the Police Inspector is not who he claims to be, but a man who is a bastard, born out of an unknown biological father. This leads to the postponement of the marriage, and the Inspector questioning Prasad and his wife as to who he really is and who his father was. Prasad starts recounting his mother, Gayetri's, life, the fact that Amavas drugged her(Gayetri) and had sex with her but refuses to acknowledge her after he winning a local election, a man who was selected by a shady politician to lure the innocent public to vote for him - so that he can plunder the nation to no end. Watch as this story takes you back in time, showing the greed and avarice that can encompass even the simplest of men - making him turn into a demon.
Hat, Coat and Glove (1934)
, 1h6Directed by Worthington Miner
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ricardo Cortez, Sara Haden, John Beal, Frederick Sullivan, Murray Kinnell, Margaret Hamilton
Tandem (1994)
, 59minutesDirected by Toshiki Satō
Genres Drama, Pornographic
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Rail transport films
Actors Hotaru Hazuki
Two men drink at a coffee shop late at night as the film recalls their recent sexual activities. The middle-aged man has just committed his first groping of a woman on a train, and the man in his mid-twenties has just broken up with his unfaithful girlfriend after forcing sex on her. The two speak to each other and the older man gradually becomes a nuisance to the younger man, intent on revealing more and more of his past. Unable to get rid of him, the younger man takes the older man on a late night motorcycle ride through Tokyo. Through a series of flashbacks, it becomes apparent to the audience that the younger man's girlfriend is having an affair with the older man.
, 1h29Directed by Chuck Bowman
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Lauren Lee Smith, Stewart Finlay-McLennan, James Waterston, Diane Ladd, Frank C. Turner, Emily Perkins
Set in early 20th century Tennessee, this film tells the story of schoolteacher Christy Huddleston who attempts to force a small community into progressing with the outside world. Considered an outsider by the residents of Cutter Gap, North Carolina native Christy is beloved as a teacher but has begun to stir up conflict with her pleas for progress and stories of an outside world of skyscrapers and modern conveniences. When an aviatrix crash lands in Cutter Gap, the attention is taken off Christy, until a series of robberies occur. Believing the thieves would never have come if it weren't for the new road Christy had built, the town unites against her. Faced with this series of setbacks, Christy contemplates returning home to North Carolina, but is persuaded to stay.
Typist (1931)
, 1h17Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about the labor movement, Musical films
Actors Marie Glory, Jean Murat, Armand Bernard, Jean Boyer, Albert Broquin
Simone (Marie Glory), jeune dactylo travaillant dans une banque, engage un soir la conversation avec un jeune homme élégant qu'elle croit être un collègue, mais qui est en réalité son patron, Paul Derval (Jean Murat). Celui-ci ne la détrompe pas et s'amuse lorsqu'elle lui dit qu’elle espère pouvoir se marier avec un meilleur parti qu'un simple employé.
Ladies Courageous (1944)
, 1h28Directed by John Rawlins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Loretta Young, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Diana Barrymore, Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, Phillip Terry
In World War II, Roberta Harper (Loretta Young) leads the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), made up of 25 women who ferry aircraft across the United States allowing male pilots to be released for combat service. Despite their success, her commanding officer, Colonel Andy Brennan (Richard Fraser) says that her pilots may not be able to handle dangerous missions. Roberta also has to contend with her impetuous sister, Virginia "Virgie" Alford (Geraldine Fitzgerald), and other concerns such as an affair involving Nadine Shannon (Diana Barrymore), one of her pilots. Famous aerobatic pilot Gerry Vail (Anne Gwynne), a member of "The Flying Vails", is afraid that her 100th flight may be her last, a fate that befell her father and brothers during their 100th performance. Roberta assures her that her 100th flight has already taken place.
Ladies Courageous (1944)
, 1h28Directed by John Rawlins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Loretta Young, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Diana Barrymore, Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, Phillip Terry
The Four (2012)
, 1h58Directed by Gordon Chan
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Superhero films, Kung fu films, Wuxia films
Actors Liu Yifei, Deng Chao, Collin Chou, Anthony Wong, Wu Xiubo, Jiang Yiyan
The movie is set during the reign of Emperor Huizong in the late Northern Song Dynasty. The government department known as the "Department Six" customarily has full jurisdiction over all criminal investigations in the imperial capital. Department Six is well-staffed and operates in a highly disciplined manner. Their chief, Commandant Liu, ranks the investigators by clearance rate and dangles the prospect of an operator to be named one of the "Great Four".
Road to Paradise (1930)
, 1h14Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, Kathlyn Williams, Fred Kelsey, Purnell Pratt
Loretta Young plays the part of an orphan who has been raised by two thieves (Raymond Hatton and George Barraud) and does not know that she has a twin sister who is now a wealthy socialite (Loretta Young as Margaret Waring). One day, while she is dining at a Chinese restaurant with her two guardians, they notice the wealthy socialite and are taken aback at how closely she resembles Young. Hatton and Barraud convince Young that she should impersonate the socialite so that they can enter her house and steal the contents of her safe. Young enters the house and meet Jack Mulhall who senses something different about Waring and immediately falls in love with Young. When night falls, Young lets Hatton and Barraud into the house and they attempt to open the safe. Waring happens to enter the house and is shocked to find a woman that looks like her. She is wounded by Barraud and Young tricks the police into thinking that Waring is an imposter and thief. Even though Mulhall knows the truth, he keeps quiet because he is in love with Young. Eventually Young discovers that Waring is her twin sister when they discover that they have matching lockets. The charges against Waring are dropped and Young accepts Mulhall's proposal of marriage.
Nelly (2017)
, 1h41Directed by Anne Émond
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about suicide
Actors Francis Leplay, Mylène Mackay, Catherine Brunet, Francis Ducharme, Karelle Tremblay
Évocation de la vie tumultueuse et torturée de la romancière québécoise Nelly Arcan jusqu'à son suicide.
Tomorrow, Algiers? (2011)
, 20minutesGenres Drama
Four young Algerians faced with a choice which one way or another will mark their lives forever: leave for Europe or protest in the streets. One of them will leave for Europe, he knows that he is leaving his country, perhaps for good, and will not see his friends again; the others will join the protests. It looks like last year’s Arab revolutions, but in fact the film refers to the eve of another great popular uprising, the one in Algeria in 1992.
Directed by Joe May
Origin German
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Mia May, Michael Bohnen, Hans Mierendorff, Ernst Hofmann, Paul Morgan, Victor Janson
German: Die Herrin der Welt 1. Teil – Die Freundin des gelben Mannes Young Danish adventuress Maud Gregaards (Mia May) answers an advertisement to take up a position as a governess in China. There, she falls victim to the white slave-trade and is placed in a brothel. She is freed by her travel companion, Dr. Kien-Lung (Henry Sze), but the physician is then kidnapped by the devilish Hai-Fung, who also captures and tortures Maud. Chinese consul Madsen (Michael Bohnen) releases both Dr. Kein-Lung and Maud from the clutches of Hai-Fung. It is later revealed that Maud is harbouring a secret plot of revenge that brought her to China. Maud decides to tell her two trusted companions what that secret is.