What Drama Movies to watch on Google Play

In 1981, protests against a tour by the South African rugby team take place across New Zealand to take a stand against apartheid. The anti-tour movement receives strong support, particularly from the Maori community. Seventeen-year-old Josh (Julian Dennison), whose late father was Maori, begins to grapple with his own heritage for the first time as a result. The teenager is already having a hard time, as he is bullied by his classmates and seems to rub people the wrong way everywhere he goes. As a result, he is constantly living in the shadow of his older brother Jamie (James Rolleston), who was a promising rugby forward at his school until he injured his leg. As part of a small theater group, however, Josh discovers his talent and is persuaded by his teacher, Brother Madigan (Rhys Darby), to apply to Australia's most prestigious acting school. From then on, he prepares for the entrance exam every morning, but keeps his plans a secret from his mother (Minnie Driver). When Josh's brother Jamie is asked to coach the school's rugby team, he agrees on the condition that Josh be accepted onto the team as a forward. To avoid disappointing his family, Josh is now expected to devote himself entirely to the sport. But he is no longer willing to put his convictions and dreams on the back burner.

1987: While the other students wonder if new kid Robin is a boy or a girl, Robin forges a complicated bond with the school bully, making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in.

A car crash ended Wayne Collins’ dream to make it in Nashville, but a chance encounter with a country music legend rekindles the flame.

Four housewives plan a getaway but end up stranded in the wilderness

Based on the novel "Mine Angels Round About". In the summer of 1939, as Hitler's army was closing borders, eighty-five American missionaries were in Germany serving their church. Written from their personal journals, this is a quiet testimony that God really does go before His servants, opens effectual doors and sends His angels round about to bear them up. The escape of these missionaries from Nazi Germany is one of the most dramatic events to occur in modern church history.

Shaun, a 16-year-old surfer, has it all living in Southern California, but when his dad announces they’re moving to the mountains of Montana, he is crushed. That is, until he meets a dog who can snowboard. With the help of his new canine friend, Shaun is set to make a run for the annual snowboarding championship; however, rough terrain awaits.

American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.

The Dead Don't Hurt is a story of star-crossed lovers on the western U.S. frontier in the 1860s. Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) is a fiercely independent woman who embarks on a relationship with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen (Viggo Mortensen). After meeting Olsen in San Francisco, she agrees to travel with him to his home near the quiet town of Elk Flats, Nevada, where they start a life together. The outbreak of the civil war separates them when Olsen makes a fateful decision to fight for the Union. This leaves Vivienne to fend for herself in a place controlled by corrupt Mayor Rudolph Schiller (Danny Huston) and his unscrupulous business partner, powerful rancher Alfred Jeffries (Garret Dillahunt). Alfred's violent, wayward son Weston (Solly McLeod) aggressively pursues Vivienne, who is determined to resist his unwanted advances. When Olsen returns from the war, he and Vivienne must confront and make peace with the person each has become. Both a tragic love story and a nuanced depiction of the conflict between revenge and forgiveness, The Dead Don't Hurt is a portrait of a passionate woman determined to stand up for herself in an unforgiving world dominated by ruthless men.

In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker captures a child's experience of time passing, and the ineffability of a daughter falling out of love with her mother, in this singularly sublime film debut.

In 1980s Tokyo, a young motorcycle enthusiast discovers that the transforming bike/mecha entrusted to him by his murdered friend holds the key to the true nature of his world.

The Coffee Table follows Jesus and Maria, a couple going through a difficult time in their relationship. Nevertheless, they have just become parents. To shape their new life, they decide to buy a new coffee table. A decision that will change their existence.

This pop punk jukebox musical comedy follows the hermit crabs who live under the boardwalk at the Jersey Shore. When Armen (a land crab townie) falls in love with Ramona (a sea crab tourist) tensions between their friends and families rise. But when a storm casts the duo far from home, their love will lead them on an epic adventure which unites the divided community.

A woman making a documentary about psychics searches for answers surrounding the disappearance of her sister.

Juniper, a book editor turning 40, is magically reconnected with an eight-year-old version of herself who questions her life choices, including the dream of writing her own stories.

NYPD veteran Mike and rookie Angela tackle a high-stakes day on New York's toughest streets, diving headfirst into a vortex of danger and action. Their adrenaline-fueled pursuits and unexpected threats unfold as they navigate perilous encounters. Amidst the chaos, intense challenges forge unbreakable bonds.

Savannah, a publicist, reluctantly works with Tripp, a celebrity who is having trouble connecting with his fans, abroad a cruise promoting his latest film.

Ever since lawyer Marissa Parsons married her second husband, librarian Eric Parsons, seven years ago, Marissa's autistic now preteen son, Charlie Parsons, has flourished under Marissa and Eric's caring parenting to points that Marissa never thought would ever happen. Charlie has also flourished in his BFF friendship with Amy Gulsvig, for who he has his first case of puppy love, feelings of jealousy which he doesn't fully understand when she talks about other boys. Charlie is not at a stage of being able to call Eric "Dad" as "Dad" in his particular view of the world is his absent biological father, Marissa's first husband Peter, who they haven't seen or heard from in five years when he unexpectedly showed up at Christmas. Emailing Peter, Charlie is hoping that he will again make an appearance this Christmas. As the town has been granted an official Guinness Book of World Records attempt on Christmas Eve for wrapping the most gifts in one hour, Charlie, for various reasons including wanting to prove to the world that autistic people can achieve greatness, also wants to set a world record at something for Christmas. After going through item after item which was largely a process of grasping at straws, Charlie comes up with something for which he truly has talent, namely stacking items, his proposed attempt to stack the most Jenga blocks on top of a singular vertical one, the current world record being fourteen hundred in a two hour time limit. It is not a guarantee that it will even happen as Marissa and Eric have to convince the Guinness people to allow Charlie to do so when they come to town, an application which is usually a two month minimum process, and they have to, in short order, locate enough Jenga blocks for Charlie to practice. What happens with Charlie and his want to set a world record is affected by those things currently happening in his world, including his feelings for Amy and his want for Peter to see him accomplish something in seeking his approval and love.

In this very campy and heartwarming movie, five internationally-known, glamorous, 80s soap opera stars reunite to share the spotlight and shoot the final Christmas episode of their long-running soap opera. The producer, Alex (Travis Burns) and director, Nell (Taylor Ann Thompson), old college friends, do their best to keep things on the rails but as the Ladies come together, old rivalries resurface that threaten to tear the whole production apart. With the show nearly canceled before it even begins due to the Ladies' famous diva zingers, slap fest, pushing each other in the pool, a diva-licious food fight, and falling down a spiral staircase, the divas reluctantly agree to set aside their differences and "past secrets" to "act" as if they all still love each other, only to eventually discover that the love between them is still strong...Also, when old love sparks reignite between Alex and Nell, the Ladies become eager to play cupid and conspire to bring the couple together. The show becomes a ratings hit ushering in a new television format for the series and the Ladies - the first streaming, "reality", soap opera. A Christmas Romance blooms full for Alex and Nell, and all the Ladies are gifted with learning about themselves and each other.

Five years after losing his wife, John Williams still honors her memory by celebrating Christmas at her favorite place, Keestone Resort. Now he must choose between another chance at love or keeping his heart safely locked away.

11 year old Mildred’s world is turned upside-down when her estranged father, the washed-up magician Strawn Wise comes to look after her and agrees to take her camping to find a mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.

Rising from the ashes of hooliganism and small town wars, comes a passionate love story ignited by hatred. A story of two people who were born to hate but destined to love. One kingdom. One throne. Two wild animals. One totally unpredictable and the other - ferocious. A battle, deafened by the sounds of hate, revenge, bullets and deceit. A story about two fiery bloods played by Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra, and their fight for power and supremacy. A love story brewing in a small town - burning with hatred.

Frances lives in New York, but she doesn't really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she's not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren't really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Frances wants so much more than she has but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness.

The Mule is an exciting thriller inspired by true events in the vein of “Taken”, about a female American reporter (Sharon Stone) searching for her missing brother (Christian Slater) against the backdrop of the violence and human smuggling across the US/Mexican border.

Samuel works in Brussels as a pharmaceutical delivery man. His gorgeous girlfriend Mireille heads off to New York to intern at a prestigious architecture firm. Shortly after her departure, Sam's computer is hacked. A series of rather dodgy IT-guys fail to protect his wireless network. The mysterious hacker seems intent on screwing up Samuel's life and his relationship with Mireille. Paranoia kicks in. Sam starts to suspect his neighbors and gets obsessed with WiFi-rays... Love, paranoia and two lovers separated by an ocean of communication devices.