What Drama Movies to watch on Google Play
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Leonie
A film about the life and relationships of the early 20th century American educator, editor, and journalist Leonie Gilmour, the mother of the acclaimed artist and architect Isamu Noguchi.

- Metascore40
- 2010
Metal Messiah
A musical comedy covering three decades in the life of Sage Negadeth, an encyclopedic headbanging hero determined to form the heaviest band of his scene. Everything seems to work out as he forms a thrash band with his best friend and two Nigerian exchange students. When a school counselor threatens institutionalization, the Nigerians are deported and he's still stuck working at a gas station, Sage must choose between making a deal with the Devil or the salvation offered by a mysterious Christian girl. Packed with original Metal music and headbanging humor that may offend just about anyone, 'Metal Messiah' is ultra low budget and yet plenty of eye candy and laughs ensure a fast paced, super fun ride.

- 2010
Superior 8 Ultra Brothers
On July 17, 1966, best friends Daigo Madoka, Shin Asuka, and Gamu Takayama watch the first broadcast Ultraman television series at Daigo's house. They are inspired to grow up and do great things. 30 years later, the three have forgotten their childhood passion for Ultraman and dreams while continuing their lives as normal civilians. With aliens threatening the utter annihilation of Earth and Daigo experiencing mysterious visions, Ultraman may just provide the key to saving the entirety of mankind.

- 2008
Us and Them
Three disenfranchised British lads, intent on making a grand and brutish statement on economic inequality in the UK, use a wealthy banker and his family as their sacrificial lambs.

- Metascore56
- 2017
Luv Ka the End
Rhea is the quintessential girl next door, in love with Luv Nanda, the richest, most popular boy in college. On the eve of her 18th birthday, they plan to take their relationship to the next level. When accidentally she finds out Luv is not as nice as she thought he was. Rhea decides to not get mad, but to get even and bring Luv Nanda down. All in the span of one night with the help of her friends. Buckle up for one crazy night as the girls discover the meaning of love, life, friendship and more.

- 2011
The Ballerina
A man and his 9-year-old daughter disappear into the swampy Virginia backwoods. Haunted by tragedy and destitution, they must both face the painful past if they are to ever have a future.

- 2017
Away We Go
Burt Farlander and Verona De Tessant, a couple steeped in eccentricity and irregularity, are very much in love, and thrilled when they find out that Verona is pregnant. Verona is enjoying pregnancy, Burt is already practicing skills that he believes a good father should have, and they live in the same state as Burt's parents Jerry and Gloria so their child-to-be can have grandparents. But when Burt and Verona go to dinner at his parents', the older couple shakes up the younger couple with surprising news: they have decided to move to Antwerp, Belgium. Verona lost her parents when she was relatively young, so she is very much alarmed, but the resilient couple quickly find a way to turn it into a positive: they embark on a search for the exact right place for them to raise their daughter-to-be. They go to every place they can think of, meeting family and friends along the way, with laughter and sadness. This is a road trip the parents-to-be will always remember.

- Metascore58
- 2009
The Cry of the Owl
A young woman becomes inexplicably attracted to a man who is stalking her. When her boyfriend goes missing, the stalker is the immediate suspect, until a game of jealousy and betrayal turns deadly.

- 2009
Hot Summer Days
"Hot Summer Days" shares six entwined stories in which people strive to discover the true meaning of love, where the heat ignites emotions and changes lives forever.

- Metascore52
- 2010
First Winter
During a winter of record-breaking cold, an apocalyptic blackout strands a group of Brooklynites in a remote farmhouse. At first it's a party of se, drugs, and yoga. But as supplies dwindle, they turn against one another.

- Metascore63
- 2012
Murder 2
Orphaned at a young age, former officer with Goa Police, Arjun Vishnu Bhaagwat, now lives alone, though he has a sweetheart in gorgeous model, Priya. Amidst reports of police extending their search for missing prostitutes, specifically the Caucasian daughter of a high-profile Russian Diplomat, Arjun is hired by a gangster, Sameer, and for a fee, must not only locate missing call-girls but also their abductor. Unable to get any clues, he than enlists the assistance of Sameer to recruit a bait, Reshma, who comes from an impoverished family, for the killer. Shortly thereafter Reshma goes missing, and Arjun loses contact with her. Guilt-ridden, he decides to use all possible resources to try and locate her before she herself becomes included in the official 'missing persons' list.

- 2011
Samantha: An American Girl Holiday
Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's world starts to change the day Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and her two little sisters have moved in next door to be servants for the Ryland family. Though they come from completely different backgrounds, Samantha and Nellie become fast friends. The girls turn to each other in happiness and sorrow, adventure and danger, and grow to be as close as even two sisters could be. But nothing could prepare them for the life-altering surprises that lie ahead!

- 2004
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Drink and smoke...that's what Techno Stypes really like to do, and fight. He was in no condition to fight. He was sick, really sick. His disease had whittled him down to a shadow of his former self. He was crippled from a car accident when he was 17 but that's not how he lost his big toe. He lost that in a motorbike accident, yeah he was broken alright - what the hell was he fighting for anyway and what was he still doing in China? His father had given me two clear instructions: 1. Get Techno to stop drinking long enough to receive the liver transplant, and 2. Get him back home to Vancouver. This was not going to be easy.

- 2016
Resolution
Soon-to-be-a-dad Michael makes a last ditch effort to save his longtime but addicted friend Chris from a foreseeable drug related death. Visiting Chris and handcuffing him to an exposed plumbing pipe, Michael forces his buddy into detox, but while watching over his friend he also discovers that all is not right within the territory Chris has drifted into. Situated on Indian Reservation land, the area seems to attract a number of strange people. Someone or some thing has a longtime interest in recording activities in the area, all captured on a variety of recording devices (CDs, film, phonographs, etc.). Michael comes to understand he's been pulled into the latest "story" of an unseen entity, one with a grizzly resolution projected for him and his pal unless they can possibly work out their own agreeable alternate ending.

- Metascore80
- 2012
Mad
A matriarch past the point of a nervous breakdown, her two daughters that don't give a damn, and the heat-seeking missiles of resentment they toss at each other create a lively backdrop for this dark and dramatic comedy.

- 2016
Divina confusión
This sexy and star-studded theatrical comedy gives modern-day romance a boost when a group of Gods and Goddesses leave Mount Olympus and settle in Mexico City.

- 2008
Bittoo Boss
A wedding photographer believes in spreading happiness through the beautiful moments he captures in pictures, but things start to go wrong when he takes a shortcut to earn a fast buck.

- 2012
Victorio
A reckless Mara gang member and a beauty who knows no fear look into each other's eyes and fall in love forever. Victorio would sacrifice anything for Gabriela, and together they try to escape from a hostile world to which they no longer belong. A story of redemption, drama and action, where only love can overcome all obstacles. This film is dedicated to all those who, in spite of being marginalized, have not given up on their dreams.

- 2008
The Revolutionary Optimists
Children are saving lives in the slums of Kolkata. Amlan Ganguly doesn't rescue slum children; he empowers them to become change agents, battling poverty and transforming their neighborhoods with dramatic results. Filmed over the course of three years, The Revolutionary Optimists follows Amlan and three of the children he works with on an intimate journey through adolescence, as they challenge the idea that marginalization is written into their destiny.

- Metascore66
- 2013
A Whisper to a Roar
This, as yet untitled, film is a 90-minute feature documentary, which explores the heroic efforts of activists to bring democracy to their five countries - Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Malaysia, Ukraine and Egypt - and the challenges posed by the dictators they oppose(d). Appleseed Entertainment is producing in collaboration with Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institute, Director of the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, and author of 'The Spirit of Democracy.' His body of work in the field of democracy activism inspired the film.

- Metascore67
- 2012
The Zoya Factor
Based on Anuja Chauhan's novel, Zoya Factor is a rom-com about Zoya, an advertising agent, and her relationship with the captain of Team India, Nikhil Khoda.

- 2019
Not Suitable for Children
A young playboy who learns he has one month until he becomes infertile sets out to procreate as much as possible.

- 2012
Lord Byron
Byron lives with his ex-wife, her kids, and her boyfriend, and when he's not pursuing his primary passion, women, he spends his time smoking weed and loafing around. But he's grown restless in his middle-age, and he feels the need to escape. He just doesn't know where to go. Filled with a cast of eccentric characters, each pursuing dreams and missions of their own making, LORD BYRON paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of the bizarre and lonely world of its title character, a middle-aged, late-20th century romantic who's confused and torn about his own ambitions and desires. Made on a micro-budget with a cast of non-professional actors from South Louisiana, LORD BYRON combines tragedy with bizarre comedy, naturalistic performances with outright madness.

- 2011
Bee
A wealthy young woman who has had a fair share of men's betrayal vows never to be married or take men seriously. In the need for a child, she opts for an anonymous sperm donor to fertilize her egg through IVF. She coincidentally employs the sperm donor as a driver and hidden truth begins to resurface.

- 2023