What Drama Movies to watch on Google Play
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Juniper
When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.

- Metascore68
- 2021
Swamp Lion
All sense of morality is thrown out of the window in this neo-western crime drama, as parents Jim and Bee do whatever it takes to save their cancer sick son, even if it means drug trafficking across the US/Mexican border.

- 2022
Gameboys: The Movie
rom the producer of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Beginning. Gamers turned lovers Cairo and Gavreel spend time together a few weeks before Cairo returns to his province. Their relationship is tested as they have to deal with distance, the pandemic, fate and circumstance.

- 2021
The Pez Outlaw
Steve Glew spent the 1990s smuggling rare pez dispensers into the USA from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars. It was all magical until his arch-nemesis, The Pezident decided to destroy him.

- Metascore76
- 2022
Pursuit of Freedom
The true story of a Ukrainian woman who was separated from her three children and sold into trafficking by Russian gangsters. After years of struggle, she defied all odds with the help of a Dutch nurse, an Armenian missionary, and an American pastor. Though countries, miles, and time kept them apart, she survived to be reunited with her children.

- 2022
Mister Mayfair
Former New York gangster Max Mayfair has made a name for himself in London as the owner of a nightclub where he entertains the most glamorous guests. However, his life of luxury is threatened when Mike and Armen, two old acquaintances.

- 2021
What Comes Around
A young love affair becomes a menacing game of cat and mouse where nothing is what it seems in this immersive thriller.

- 2022
Spinning Gold
What do Donna Summer, Parliament, Gladys Knight, The Isley Brothers, The Village People, and Bill Withers all have in common with the rock band KISS? They all rose to their musical heights under the watchful ear of the music industry's most colorful and brilliant music producer, Neil Bogart, founder of Casablanca Records, the most successful independent record company of all time. Along with a rag tag team of young music lovers, Neil and Casablanca Records would rewrite history and change the music industry forever. Their mix of creative insanity, a total belief in each other and the music they were creating, shaped our culture and ultimately defined a generation. In a story so unbelievable that it can only be true, comes the motion picture event of the musical journey of Neil Bogart and how his Casablanca Records created the greatest soundtrack of our lives. Some of today's hottest music stars are playing the icons who inspired them and singing their most popular songs including Grammy and Golden Globe nominee Wiz Khalifa as George Clinton, Jason Derulo as Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers, Pink Sweat$ as Bill Withers, Grammy Award nominee Tayla Parx as Donna Summer and multi-Grammy winner Ledisi as Gladys Knight.

- Metascore42
- 2023
The Love Coach

- 2022
The Sparring Partner
Based on a shocking case in real life, a young man partners with his friend to murder and dismember his parents. Pleading not guilty to the crime, defense attorneys face each other as nine jurors grapple with the truth.

- 2022
Five More Minutes: Moments Like These
The second Christmas story inspired by Scotty McCreery's song "Five More Minutes;" a young widow's Christmas wish for her son is answered in unexpected ways when she returns to their old home.

- 2022
When You Finish Saving the World
From his bedroom home studio, high school student Ziggy performs original folk rock songs for an adoring online fan base. This concept mystifies his formal and uptight mother, Evelyn, who runs a shelter for survivors of domestic abuse. While Ziggy is busy trying to impress his socially engaged classmate Lila by making his music less bubblegum and more political, Evelyn meets Angie and her teen son, Kyle, when they seek refuge at her facility. She observes a bond between the two that she's missing with her own son, and decides to take Kyle under her wing against her better instincts. In his carefully observed, aesthetically pleasing directorial debut, Jesse Eisenberg adapts his audio project of the same name to tell the story of a mother and son who fail to understand each other's values. With gentle humor and pitch-perfect dialogue, When You Finish Saving the World reflects a moment of internet fame and youth activism, but it also recounts the timeless tale of parents and children struggling to connect across the generational chasm that separates them.

- Metascore61
- 2022
Maybe I Do
Michelle (Roberts) and Allen (Bracey) have reached the point in their relationship where they are considering the next steps and decide to invite their parents to finally meet. The parents already know each other well – really well – leading to distinct and defining opinions about the value of marriage.

- Metascore42
- 2023
The Integrity of Joseph Chambers
A family man, hoping to prove his survivalist capabilities and manliness to his family, decides to irresponsibly head off into the woods and go deer hunting by himself.

- Metascore66
- 2022
The Wedding Veil Inspiration
Emma's life plan is thrown off course when Paolo must return to Italy to take care of his father and she discovers a new passion for making art accessible to all.

- 2023
Miracle at Manchester
A hopeful story based on actual events about a community that comes together to organize a miracle for a teen battling an aggressive form of brain cancer while two men find their own restoration healing and a father finds his faith again.

- 2022
Zero Fucks Given
A young French woman comes of age following the senseless death of her mother. Having left home, somewhat adrift. Cassandre embarks on a career with a minor airline company and encounters life on life's terms, discovering that in the modern work-a-day world, people with whom there is no connection, don't give a fuck.

- Metascore77
- 2021
Double Life
A grieving widow learns from her late husband’s mistress that his death was no accident. The two women will form an unlikely alliance to uncover the truth behind his murder and unmask the man they both loved.

- 2023
Broadway
A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.

- 1929
Last Call in the Dog House
The Dog House is a legendary New York dive bar, owned by an extraordinary family. Three people from different backgrounds enter at closing time on separate nights carrying the world on their shoulders; but by the time each of them leaves after "last call", their souls are saved, while two of them realize how connected they are.

- 2021
Who Are You People
Sixteen-year-old Alex Fixel has always felt out of sync; with her affluent Portland parents, with her private school peers, and with herself. When Alex's parents interrupt her impetuous attempt to seduce her high school English teacher, they plan to ship her off to boarding school. But before Alex leaves, she finds an old letter in her mother's desk indicating her biological father is not the man who raised her; instead he's a small-town mechanic - and former convict - named Karl Hendricks. Alex escapes her new boarding school and tracks down her father. Over the next week, Alex and Karl's fragile and volatile attempts at connection tenuously blossoms into a sincere father/daughter bond... Until Alex discovers the devastating truth about her roots, threatening to destroy both her old and new family.

- 2023
Teenage Girl: First Wheels
Alex has just turned sixteen and she desperately wants to have a cool car of her own. She envies her older brother Bart's recent graduation present from their parents, a classic candy apple red 1966 convertible Mustang. Alex envisions it as the perfect car to help raise her social status from band geek to cool girl in hopes of capturing the attention of her dream boy Randy. When her parents leave town to take her brother on a college admission trip, Alex and her best friend Claire decide to take the Mustang on a wild weekend joyride that leads the two girls on a crazy life changing adventure. Can they get through the weekend and return her brother's car unscathed before Alex's parents return?

- 2020
The Cases of Mystery Lane
Birdie Case is a successful attorney, but her husband Alden's indecisiveness about his career is causing tension in their marriage. When Alden secretly takes classes to become a private investigator and gets involved in a murder case, he must come clean to Birdie to unravel the mystery. However, he begins to suspect that Birdie may be hiding her own secrets.

- 2023
All Our Fears
Daniel, a gay artist from the countryside, was brought up within the structures of the Catholic Church. His relationship with his boyfriend Olek is evolving in secret when the suicide of a religious queer girl from his village pushes him to fight for tolerance. Daniel tries to unite his highly religious community while people turn their backs on him. His story is based on real-life events.

- 2021