What Drama Movies to watch on Google Play
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Language Arts
Charles, a withdrawn high school English teacher, and his student Romy start documenting collaborations between autistic youth and senior dementia patients, causing Charles to tailspin into his past and confront the errors of his youth.

- 2020
The East
During the post-WW2 Indonesian War of Independence, a young Dutch soldier joins an elite unit led by a mysterious captain known only as “The Turk.” When the fighting intensifies, the young soldier finds himself questioning - and ultimately challenging - his commander’s brutal strategy to stop the resistance.

- Metascore52
- 2020
Collection
In the world of high-stakes debt collection, every decision has a price. A grieving father (Alex Pettyfer) grapples with his choices in the unforgiving, manipulative world of collectors and mobs when his new girlfriend turns out to be his firm’s next mark. He must decide what is more valuable: true love and happiness, or his biggest hit yet.

- 2021
Hard Luck Love Song
A modern day gritty love story, Hard Luck Love Song follows Jesse (Dorman), a charismatic but down on his luck troubadour living out of cheap motels and making bad decisions. Jesse finds himself at an existential crossroads during a chance encounter with Carla (Bush), an old flame, as their complicated past and current troubles threaten to destroy their blissful reunion.

- Metascore56
- 2020
Time Up
A man is set a 30-day deadline to accomplish a task by an unknown person and is required to work accordingly, or else he might have to face the consequences.

- 2020
A Nomad River
"A Nomad River" is a blend of fictional and non-fictional narrative that looks at the world through a civilizational lens. This is a personal struggle of four ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, as they travel across India, an ancient civilization struggling with climate change, water crisis, poverty, and hygiene issues. As the threat of climate change and the river-water crisis looms over India, Adriana, a refugee from civil war-torn Venezuela, travels across the country with the Rally for Rivers, a pan India campaign that saw participation from celebrities, politicians, and administrators from all walks of life. Kankana, an Indian actress in Los Angeles visits India to study Indian-Classical music from the revered guru Pandit Krishna Mohan Bhatt. A trip meant for character research ends up becoming an introspective journey for her as she re-discovers her homeland. Ravi, a reluctant young man, and a TV journalist travel with Adriana, watching his country through a new perspective, setting aside the skeptical notions of a spectator. As the nation gears up for cleanliness drives and combating unemployment, Suraj the street sweeper rises against all odds shines with a hope that the biggest effort for change can come from the so-called lowest section of society.

- 2021
Bitter Years
A drama film based on the life of Mario Mieli, a leading figure in the Italian gay movement of the 1970s.

- 2019
Blacks Can't Swim: The Sequel
The story follows two Black youths (Layla and K-Frost) from a gritty south London council estate, who are part of a music and sports-based community program designed to help give young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds a better chance in life. But, to complete this program which opens doors to a world of opportunities they must learn to swim. Frank (Ed Accura), who will be acting as a mentor, based on his real-life issues with swimming faces the huge challenge of getting these two young adults to attempt to get into the water. With only two weeks, will he succeed? And will he ever get to the bottom of why Layla and K-Frost refuse to swim in the first place?

- 2021
Mosquito State
Isolated in his austere penthouse overlooking Central Park, obsessive Wall Street data analyst Richard Boca (Beau Knapp) sees ominous patterns: His computer models are behaving erratically, as are the swarms of mosquitos breeding in his apartment, an infestation that attends his psychological meltdown.

- Metascore56
- 2020
For Charlene
An interwoven tale unfolds surrounding the kidnapping of Charlene Pierce. With mistrust for a proper investigation into daughter's disappearance, a tip leads father, Damian Pierce on a path of revenge for those responsible but faces losing himself in the process.

- 2021
499
Upon the 500-year anniversary of the Spanish Conquest, a ghostly Conquistador arrives in modern Mexico. As he journeys toward the capital city, he remembers events from his past while encountering the testimonies of real people, the survivors of contemporary violence. History and the present begin to merge, giving nightmarish reflection on the enduring legacy of colonialism in our world today.

- 2020
Broken Darkness
Eight years after the world ends, humanity has sought refuge underground. One man, with nothing left to lose, finds there is more to himself when he and a young girl are left alone to survive and find their way home after their team is killed off by mysterious creatures.

- 2017
Vaazhl
Vaazhl' is a film about inner search, through travel and journey to discover your true self.

- 2021
The Shattering
Claire has everything - money, a loving husband and a desired child. But suddenly her life changes. Doubts and lies bring her to the edge of insanity.

- 2021
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them.

- 2021
All for Her
When a woman finally becomes pregnant but is diagnosed with a deadly condition, she must lean on her family to save her unborn child.

- 2021
Beat the Devil
Writer-director David Hare's emotional journey of contracting COVID-19, chronicling the delirium of the illness amid the political landscape of the first UK lockdown, as well as his fraught path to recovery. Portrayed by Ralph Fiennes.

- 2021
Demigod
Upon the death of her grandfather, a woman and her husband return to her birthplace in Germany's Black Forest, only to find a terrifying secret awaits them.

- 2021
Adventures of a Mathematician
The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.

- 2020
The Last Inn
University student Laura strays into the Lawst Inn run by a weird couple and gets acquainted with hotel guests Nicole, Peter and a mysterious young man named Steven. They spend a week together, encountering a series of horrific events triggered by an ancient game they play.

- 2021
Forever First Love
Paul is a photographer who runs into his first love, Anna in a busy Filipino market. The traveler's passions reignite, their principles on relationships, religion and morality clash. The night they spend together will change everything.

- 2020
Frightvision
Prepare yourself for five twisted tales of terror hosted by everyone's favorite sinister succubus, Dr. Boobenstein. Featuring vicious vixens, flesh-eating mist, Vengeful Aztec gods, talking corpses, sinister Santas, and more. So sit back, turn out the lights, and get ready for your worst nightmares to unfold.

- 2020
What She Said
PhD candidate, Sam, drops the charges against her rapist and heads to the family farm to spend Thanksgiving alone. Her brother has other ideas; barging in on Sam’s oasis with her closest friends in tow to stage a pseudo-intervention.

- 2021
Another Girl
Elle Overton, a college student, becomes obsessed with Katie Kampenfelt, the mysterious heroine of a novel she's just finished reading. When Elle, battling depression, becomes convinced that Katie is actually a flesh-and-blood human being, it sets her on a reckless and terrifying course. An exploration of the potentially dangerous allure of the Internet, the film picks up where its predecessor, the cult hit Ask Me Anything, left off.

- 2021