🎬 Genre: drama — Page 5
Discover all drama movies, TV shows, and documentaries released so far across all major platforms.
📅 Week of Jun 29, 2025
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The Way Way Back
HuluMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Awkward teen finds confidence working at a seaside water park one pivotal summer.
🎬 Comedy, Drama | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
🎭 Cast: Liam James, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Sam Rockwell, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Maya RudolphOur Take
★★★★☆ 4.5/5Warm, witty coming-of-age gem; Sam Rockwell’s mentor performance is pure joy.
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Ironheart
Disney+Miniseries | Jul 1, 2025
MIT prodigy Riri Williams builds armor smarter than Stark’s and suddenly everyone wants a piece of it.
🎬 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Sam Bailey, Angela Barnes
🎭 Cast: Dominique Thorne, Anthony Ramos, Alden Ehrenreich, Lyric Ross, Matthew Elam, Anji White, Manny Montana, Shea CouleéOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5I’m rooting for a teen genius in the MCU. Fresh perspective if they keep it personal.
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A Soldier's Story
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
1944 Louisiana: a Black officer digs into a sergeant’s death on a segregated base and hits a wall of secrets.
🎬 Drama, Mystery, War | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Norman Jewison
🎭 Cast: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, David Alan Grier, David Harris, Dennis Lipscomb, Larry Riley, Robert Townsend, Denzel WashingtonOur Take
★★★★☆ 4.5/5The interrogation scenes crackle. A sharp look at how racism thrives even in uniform.
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A Walk on the Moon
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Catskills 1969: bored housewife Pearl slips into an affair as the moon landing and Woodstock hum in the background.
🎬 Drama, Romance | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Tony Goldwyn
🎭 Cast: Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber, Anna PaquinOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5Quiet film, huge feelings. Lane and Mortensen make the grass look greener on forbidden turf.
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An Officer and a Gentleman
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
A drifter joins Navy officer school, endures a brutal drill sergeant, and falls for a local factory worker.
🎬 Drama, Romance | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Taylor Hackford
🎭 Cast: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr., David Keith, Lisa BlountOur Take
★★★★☆ 4.5/5That uniform lift at the end still gets a cheer out of me.
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Boys and Girls
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Childhood acquaintances keep running into each other until friendship starts looking suspiciously like love.
🎬 Comedy, Drama, Romance | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Robert Iscove
🎭 Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Claire Forlani, Jason Biggs, Amanda Detmer, Heather DonahueOur Take
★★☆☆☆ 2.5/5Harmless fluff. Watched it once in college and forgot half the jokes by morning.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Party girl Holly Golightly floats through Manhattan nights until a cash-strapped writer moves in upstairs.
🎬 Comedy, Drama, Romance | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Blake Edwards
🎭 Cast: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey RooneyOur Take
★★★★★ 5/5I watch just to see Hepburn in front of that window at dawn. Pure movie magic.
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City of God
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Two boys grow up in Rio’s favelas, one behind a camera, the other behind a gun, as violence spins out of control.
🎬 Crime, Drama | 📍 Brazil | 🗣️ Portuguese
🎥 Directed by: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
🎭 Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Alice Braga, Seu JorgeOur Take
★★★★★ 5/5I sat stunned through the credits. Brutal yet impossibly alive.
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City of Men
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Best mates Acerola and Laranjinha turn eighteen while gang wars and fatherhood worries close in.
🎬 Crime, Drama | 📍 Brazil | 🗣️ Portuguese
🎥 Directed by: Paulo Morelli
🎭 Cast: Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos SantosOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5Smaller scale than City of God, but the punches land personal.
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Cracks
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
1930s boarding school: an adored teacher’s grip on her dive team frays when a new Spaniard joins.
🎬 Drama, Psychological Thriller | 📍 United Kingdom | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Jordan Scott
🎭 Cast: Eva Green, Juno Temple, María Valverde, Imogen PootsOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3.5/5Tense and humid like a closed pool. Eva Green owns every frame.
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Crisis
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Drug traffickers, a grieving mother, and a whistle-blower professor collide inside the opioid epidemic.
🎬 Crime, Drama, Thriller | 📍 Canada | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Nicholas Jarecki
🎭 Cast: Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke EvansOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3.5/5Ambitious overlap of stories. Not perfect, but it left me angry in the right way.
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Defiance
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Three Jewish brothers carve a hidden forest camp to shelter refugees and fight Nazis.
🎬 Action, Drama, History, War | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Edward Zwick
🎭 Cast: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa DavalosOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5Craig and Schreiber make the snow feel twice as cold. Inspiring without syrup.
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Don Jon
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Gym, church, family dinner, porn, repeat—Jon’s routine cracks when he meets a woman scripted by rom-coms.
🎬 Comedy, Drama, Romance | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
🎭 Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Glenne HeadlyOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3.5/5Sharp, awkward, and funnier than I expected.
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Downhill Racer
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Hotshot skier David Chappellet blasts down slopes for Olympic glory while alienating almost everyone around him.
🎬 Drama, Sport | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Michael Ritchie
🎭 Cast: Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla SparvOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5The race footage feels raw, no glossy sponsor sheen. Redford nails selfish talent.
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Election
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Teacher Jim sabotages overachiever Tracy Flick’s bid for student-body president and his life spirals.
🎬 Comedy, Drama | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Alexander Payne
🎭 Cast: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica CampbellOur Take
★★★★☆ 4.5/5Flick’s determined grin still haunts me. Perfect suburban satire.
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Full Metal Jacket
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Boot camp breaks recruits down; Vietnam tries finishing the job.
🎬 Drama, War | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
🎭 Cast: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Dorian HarewoodOur Take
★★★★★ 5/5I thought I was tough until Hartman’s first rant. Chilling, unforgettable.
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G.I. Jane
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Lieutenant O’Neil drags through SEAL hell week—sand, sweat, and sneers—to prove women belong in the unit.
🎬 Action, Drama, War | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Ridley Scott
🎭 Cast: Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft, Jason BegheOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3.5/5Moore doing pull-ups in the rain sticks with me. Movie yells its point a bit, but the grit feels honest.
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Girl, Interrupted
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
1960s psych ward where newcomer Susanna tries to figure herself out while Lisa runs the place like chaotic royalty.
🎬 Biography, Drama | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: James Mangold
🎭 Cast: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, Elisabeth Moss, Jared Leto, Whoopi GoldbergOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5Jolie eats every scene; Ryder fades a tad. A bit melodramatic, yet some moments slice deep.
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Glory
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Story of the 54th Massachusetts: free Black soldiers fighting Confederates and their own army’s prejudice all the way to Fort Wagner.
🎬 Biography, Drama, History, War | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Edward Zwick
🎭 Cast: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan FreemanOur Take
★★★★★ 5/5Washington’s tear during the flogging wrecks me every time. Absolute gut punch.
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Hamburger Hill
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Ten muddy days, one Vietnamese ridge, endless charges for a hill nobody can hold.
🎬 Action, Drama, War | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: John Irvin
🎭 Cast: Anthony Barrile, Michael Patrick Boatman, Don Cheadle, Dylan McDermottOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5Relentless, not flashy. Left me wiped, which feels about right.
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Jarhead
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Marine sniper team bakes in the Gulf desert, fighting boredom and sand more than bullets.
🎬 War, Drama, Biography | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Sam Mendes
🎭 Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Chris CooperOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5Less boom, more brain melt. I dig that off-kilter vibe.
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John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Rookie lawyer Rudy sues an insurance giant over a dying kid’s claim, learning courtroom tricks on the fly.
🎬 Drama, Crime, Thriller | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
🎭 Cast: Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Mickey Rourke, Danny Glover, Virginia MadsenOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5Damon’s earnest, DeVito snarky—great combo. Solid underdog legal flick.
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Lords of Dogtown
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Surf kids raid drained pools, invent modern skate, then fight over fame and shoe deals.
🎬 Biography, Drama, Sport | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke
🎭 Cast: Emile Hirsch, John Robinson, Victor Rasuk, Heath Ledger, Rebecca De Mornay, Johnny KnoxvilleOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3.5/5Ledger’s raspy Skip rant is worth the ticket. Story skims a bit shallow, though.
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Mud
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Two Arkansas boys find a fugitive named Mud living in a boat stuck up a tree and decide to help him.
🎬 Drama, Adventure | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Jeff Nichols
🎭 Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon, Sam Shepard, Michael ShannonOur Take
★★★★☆ 4.5/5Sweaty, slow, and gorgeous—like Huck Finn with pistols. Peak McConaissance.
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Rules of Engagement
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Marine hero stands trial after embassy rescue turns bloody; courtroom becomes new battlefield.
🎬 War, Drama, Thriller | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: William Friedkin
🎭 Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Anne Archer, Bruce GreenwoodOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3/5Jackson’s fury is gripping, but the politics feel lopsided. Worth one watch.
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Saving Private Ryan
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Squad crosses a shattered France to drag one paratrooper home after his brothers fall on D-Day.
🎬 War, Drama, Action, History | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Steven Spielberg
🎭 Cast: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Vin Diesel, Giovanni RibisiOur Take
★★★★★ 5/5Omaha Beach opener rattled my bones. Spielberg at full power—masterpiece.
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Seabiscuit
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Tiny, banged-up racehorse drags three equally bruised men out of the Depression gutter and into headlines.
🎬 Drama, Sport, History | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Gary Ross
🎭 Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, William H. MacyOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5Gets me misty every rewatch. Sure, it ladles on syrup, but when Biscuit noses ahead I’m cheering like I’m track-side.
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Set It Off: Director's Cut
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Four friends trade janitor keys for ski-masks, knocking over L.A. banks while bills and bullets pile up.
🎬 Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: F. Gary Gray
🎭 Cast: Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise, Blair UnderwoodOur Take
★★★★☆ 4.5/5Raw, angry, funny, heartbreaking—sometimes in the same scene. Extra footage makes the gut-punch endings hit even harder.
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Side Effects
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Miracle pill turns into PR nightmare, then murder trial, then something twistier than that—keep notes.
🎬 Psychological Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
🎭 Cast: Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing TatumOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5First half feels like pharma PSA, second half flips the table. I bought every left-turn.
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Stop-Loss
Paramount+Movie | Jul 1, 2025
Iraq vet gets surprise orders to redeploy, blows up his homecoming and his headspace.
🎬 War, Drama | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
🎭 Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ciarán HindsOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3.5/5Heavy-handed at points, but the anger feels real. Good reminder wars don’t end when the plane lands.
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