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What Drama Movies to watch on Google Play

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Approaching Midnight

1 hr 26 mins

"Approaching Midnight" is a gripping military themed action drama that follows young Army staff sergeant Wesley Kent (Sam Logan Khaleghi) who returns to his small town America home from war abroad. Kent must cope with burying the body of his best friend who passed away under his command Corporal AJ Culpepper (Brandon T. Jackson - "Tropic Thunder") and solving the mystery behind the tragic accident that took the life of his girlfriend, Aspen Malverne (Jana Kramer - TVs "One Tree Hill") who also passed away in a car accident while he was abroad. After seeking more information about her accident from local authorities, Kent believes that her death wasn't just a 'unexpected event,' while Aspen's father Mayor Steven Malverne is running for higher political office as Governor of the state. As the pieces unfold in Kent's chase, he discovers that Aspen's father is involved in illegal arms trading. Kent must now stop at nothing to complete one final mission and topple a tower of deception and corruption... this time it's personal!

Approaching Midnight
  • 2013

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

2 hrs 25 mins

Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advancement for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
  • 1962

Max Dugan Returns

1 hr 38 mins

Nora is a single mother who lives with her son Michael in a small house. They don't have much money but at least they have each other. Out of the blue comes Nora's father Max Dugan, who left her and her mother when Nora was nine years old. He brings a suitcase with dollar bills and showers her and Michael with gifts, trying to make up for lost time, knowing that he has a fatal heart ailment. The money comes from his shady career in Las Vegas and Nora is dating a policeman who is very interested in meeting him.

Max Dugan Returns
  • 1983

Phantom of the Paradise

1 hr 31 mins

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

Phantom of the Paradise

Something of Value

1 hr 53 mins

Although Peter and Kimani grew up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently. After Kimani's father is jailed for following tribal customs, Kimani joins a band of rebels that wants all non-Kenyans out of their country. While Kimani believes in the cause, he does not agree with the indiscriminate killing of women, children, and those who will not join or agree with them. Even after the Mau Mau murder his little sister and brother, Peter still believes that there is a chance for peaceful co-existence and that he can stop most of the killing if he can reason with Kimani.

Something of Value
  • 1957

Babylon

1 hr 35 mins

David, a working class musician and black man in South West London. By day he works as a mechanic, at night David is a Mic controller at a local dance hall. David loses his job, gets beaten up and charged by the police, forcing him to go on the run. Then breaking up with his girlfriend, all of his frustrations culminate in the stabbing of a racist neighbour.

Babylon

Dreambuilders

1 hr 21 mins

Minna, a young girl, misuses her newfound ability to create and control other people's dreams to teach her bothersome stepsister a lesson.

Dreambuilders
  • 2020

8 Broken Hearts

1 hr 14 mins

8 Broken Hearts captures the stories of eight brave individuals who undergo a moving transformation by sharing their experiences and courageously baring their souls for this emotionally powerful journey.

8 Broken Hearts
  • 2017

The Taste of Betel Nut

1 hr 24 mins

A polyamorous male couple test the limits of a restrictive society when they become romantically entangled with a beautiful young woman in an award-winning new film from director Hu Jia.

The Taste of Betel Nut
  • 2017

Bury My Heart with Tonawanda

1 hr 8 mins

A historical film, Bury My Heart with Tonawanda tells the story of boy with Downs Syndrome who is rejected by his own family but accepted by the Tonawanda Seneca Nation. The film teaches us about Seneca culture, beliefs and myths and challenges our historical stereotypes about Native Americans.

Bury My Heart with Tonawanda
  • 2013

The Other Lamb

1 hr 36 mins

Life with Shepherd is the only life Selah has ever known. Their self-sufficient community possesses no modern technology, and is hidden away in the woods, far from modern civilization. He is the group's guardian, teacher, and lover. Each of the many female members of the group is either his wife or daughter. Selah is pure in faith, but also dangerously headstrong. She was raised as a daughter of Shepherd, but it is only a matter of time before she also stands to become a wife. As an encounter with the authorities forces the women and Shepherd to build a new Eden further inland, Selah increasingly doubts her faith, and has strange, bloody visions. The onset of puberty brings with it harsh new rituals, and her first shocking glimpse of what happens to Shepherd's women as they age.

The Other Lamb

The Rocket List

1 hr 23 mins

A group of friends document themselves fulfilling their bucket lists before the world ends. The plan is to launch the archive into space, preserving one last memory of humanity.

The Rocket List
  • 2015

Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

1 hr 26 mins

Internet sensation Poppy Wilson, Aurora Teagarden's old friend, has returned to Lawrenceton to start her new embroidery business. But not everyone rejoices in Poppy's success, and she turns up dead. To find the killer, Roe must follow the unsettling truths--into the path of the killer.

Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
  • 2018

Nature of Love

1 hr 23 mins

City girl Katie is writing a magazine feature on a glamping resort. Far from sporty, she faces her fears trying the camp’s activities with help from Will, a rugged outdoorsman and nature guide.

Nature of Love
  • 2020

We're Still Together

1 hr 22 mins

Chris can't get along with anyone. When he's attacked in the street Bobby, a manic single dad, jumps in. The two set out into the Montreal night together crashing parties, meeting girls, and eventually seeing Bobby's estranged daughter - Chris soon discovers that the underside to Bobby's charm is a self-destructive streak. Over the course of the night, as they come to know each other they try not to lose themselves.

We're Still Together
  • 2016

Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot!

1 hr 40 mins

The Stranger, a half-breed bandit, is part of a band of thieves that steals a cargo of gold from a stagecoach. However, the Americans in the band betray him and shoot all the Mexicans. The Stranger is not completely dead though, and crawls his way out of his shallow grave, continuing his pursuit of the gold and exacting a bloody vengeance.

Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot!
  • 1967

Soundwave

1 hr 38 mins

A teenage inventor's life spirals into chaos when a nefarious group discovers he's invented a device that can hear into the past.

Soundwave
  • 2018

Infamous

1 hr 40 mins

Living in a small Florida town and working at a diner was never Arielle's (Bella Thorne) dream life. She's always wanted more. Fame. Popularity. Admiration. When she falls for a recently-paroled young criminal named Dean, she drags him back into a life of danger, learning that posting their criminal exploits on social media is an easy way to viral fame. Obsessed with their rising number of followers, they embark on a dangerous adventure together that leads to robbery, cop chases, and even murder. Heading to Hollywood, the City of Stars, they will realize what it takes to become famous and must decide if this dangerous lifestyle is really worthwhile.

Infamous

Tell Me I Love You

1 hr 18 mins

A love story set in the electronic music industry.

Tell Me I Love You
  • 2019

For Ever Mozart

1 hr 24 mins

Jean-Luc Godard's densely packed rumination on the need to create order and beauty in a world ruled by chaos is divided into four distinct but tangentially related stories, including the attempts by a young group of idealists to stage a play in war-torn Sarajevo and an elderly director's efforts to complete his film.

For Ever Mozart
  • 1996

The Last Vermeer

1 hr 58 mins

Claes Bang (THE SQUARE) stars as Joseph Piller in this captivating dramatic thriller set just after WWII - an all but forgotten true story - about a soldier investigating renowned Dutch artist Han van Meegeren, played by Guy Pearce (LA CONFIDENTIAL), who is accused of conspiring with the Nazis. Despite mounting evidence, Piller becomes increasingly convinced of Han's innocence and finds himself in the unlikely position of fighting to save the life of the colorful man with a mysterious past. The film also features Vicky Krieps (PHANTOM THREAD).

The Last Vermeer

RWBY: Volume 3

2 hrs 53 mins

The future-fantasy world of Remnant is filled with ravenous monsters, treacherous terrain, and more villains than you can shake a sniper-scythe at. Fortunately, Beacon Academy is training Huntsmen and Huntresses to battle the evils of the world.

RWBY: Volume 3
  • 2016

Chandanachi Choli Anga Anga Jali

2 hrs 20 mins

Gaura Tamasha dancer quits her life as dancer and decides to lead happy married life.But a train accident changes her life.Vasudev her to be husband accepts without knowing much about her.After her true identity is reveled Gaura faces lot of trials and tribulations but his accepted by her Vasudev and her family as she has won everyone's heart.

Chandanachi Choli Anga Anga Jali
  • 1975

Virtually a Virgin

1 hr 43 mins

The descent into hell of a young woman who is forced into prostitution by her boyfriend before being sent onto the streets by a pimp.

Virtually a Virgin
  • 2008
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