What Drama Movies to watch on Google Play

An up-and-coming writer refuses to leave the spotlight when his best friend and debate opponent suffers cardiac arrest, leading to an obsession over his new opponent and a growing rift with his ailing wife.

A couple struggling in their marriage head out of town for the weekend and soon face unexpected visitors who challenge them at every turn.

After their honeymoon, Rara and Sutan are ready to start a new life. Rara assumes the role of sole heir to the largest tea plantation in Central Java, while Sutan returns to being a nurse at the hospital. Rara is sure they can be happy. This belief was disturbed when Rara was crushed. Sutan suddenly felt anxious. Rara assured Sutan that everything would be fine and argued that his sleep had been disturbed because he was tired of taking care of the plantation. For Rara's safety, Sutan asks for help from Yusof, his old school friend who is now known to be capable of handling various mystical cases. At first, Rara rejected Sutan's idea, but when the atmosphere in the house became increasingly tense because of the terror of the ghost of a disembodied head who kept coming while saying 'Trinil, return my body', Rara had no other choice. Who is the ghost of a head without a body? Why did he ask for his body to be returned? And who exactly is Trinil?

The film is a Drama/Comedy starring DOUG STANHOPE as an alcoholic standup comedian, who gets a second chance in life when he reconnects with the son he's never known.

Dre Shaw reluctantly puts his life as a rising social-media star on hold to return home for a family wedding--and go from family liability to family savior.

Helen’s Dead follows the story of Addie (Dylan Gelula). After a terrible breakup with her boyfriend, Addie goes to confront her best friend about cheating allegations and accidentally steps into a murder scene.

Margot meets Robert while working at the concession stand at a local independent movie theater. He comes in alone. Buys popcorn and candy. She is bored, and flirts with him, and they develop a stilted rapport. From the beginning, he is thin-skinned and insecure, but she finds that if she goes to the extra effort of not saying anything that might potentially offend him, they can pull off a playful banter. Does she have feelings for him, or are they copies of feelings? Robert is "cute enough that she could have drummed up an imaginary crush on him if he'd sat across from her during a dull class." She is 20 and knows that he's older, but thinks he's in his late 20s. He turns out to be 34.

Willow Song, a recovering addict and parolee, struggles to start over. Willow finds herself in a concrete wasteland. Facing isolation and displacement, shadows creep into Willow's mind and her nightmares become too real.

When city dwellers Erkhmee and Selenge arrive at an old cabin deep in the Mongolian wilds, a foreboding settles over the couple. Erkhmee's seemingly keen desire to provide a safe and nurturing space for his artistic wife is at odds with the violent actions and mannerisms their quizzical neighbor observes. As the neighbor digs deeper for the reason behind this aberrant behavior, only more questions and trouble arise.

Characters from very different backgrounds are thrown together when the plane they're travelling on crashes into the Pacific Ocean. When the airliner comes to rest perilously close to the edge of a ravine with the surviving passengers and crew trapped in an air pocket, a nightmare fight for survival ensues with the air supply running out and dangers creeping in from all sides.

After conspiring with a conniving fox demon to kill the emperor and seize power, King Zhou reigns as a tyrant so brutal that he incurs the wrath of Heaven. In a final attempt to save the mortal world from desperate peril, the gods decide to intervene and invest in an unlikely champion brave enough to challenge the evil king—even if it may cost him everything.

Follows a naval officer who stands trial for mutiny after taking command from a ship captain he felt was acting in an unstable way, putting both the ship and its crew in danger.

Dai Miyamoto is in the basketball club in middle school. One day, his friend takes him to a live jazz performance, which touches him on a deep level. From that point on, he begins to practice the tenor sax by himself, with no formal education, and no ability to read sheet music. He aims to become the world's best saxophone player.

Winner of the Grand Jury Award at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, this film follows the struggles of an undocumented Filipina immigrant who takes a job caring for an extremely wealthy but terminally ill old man.

Raised in an atheist household, a young man falls in love with the daughter of his father's arch-rival, a devout Hindu leader.

A death row prisoner with 10 days left to live forms an unlikely bond with a washed up country singer.

After the death of his father, Bo goes in search of money buried at a local sawmill while his mother Anna explores a new friendship with his teacher.

Coming-of-age story where two friends first meet at 11 years old and spend the course of 14 years remaining close and sharing experiences in both friendship and romance.

A lefty lesbian couple and their lapdog accidentally beach their boat on a tiny remote Florida Key, crashing a right wing couple's campsite, and all must wait for the tide to come back in for them to get out.

Join Matt and Savannah, two adventurous interns on an archaeological dig in Hawaii, as they embark on an unexpected journey of survival. On their day off, they explore Hawaii Volcanoes National Park with Kilo, a seasoned volcano guide. Their tour turns perilous when a sudden volcanic eruption occurs. Faced with imminent danger, Kilo recruits Matt and Savannah to help save precious artifacts from his family burial cave, which is directly in the lava's path. They are pursued by Ka'iwa, a misguided protector of Hawaiian culture, who believes they are stealing the artifacts. The stakes rise when Ka'iwa kidnaps Savannah and steals one of the artifacts. As they navigate down the treacherous mountainside, the trio encounters a series of life-threatening challenges, including a dramatic lava fountain and a deadly volcanic laze cloud of toxic gas. This harrowing journey tests their physical endurance, emotional resilience, and mental fortitude, while also straining Matt and Savannah's romance. In the end, an unexpected resolution brings the adventure to a surprising and heartwarming close.

Set at the tail end of the 2007-2009 financial crisis, a team of local news people cope with the realities of a changing world, waning resources, and a clash of personalities. A gritty story about the dying days of print media.

Rory and Cobby are unlikely partners thrown together for a heist. But when it goes awry, they team up to outrun police, backward bureaucrats, and a vengeful crime boss.

Miss Cleo, a psychic reader, achieves fame through Psychic Readers Network in the 90s. However, the network gets accused of fraud and misleading advertising, turning her world upside down.

Grace has recurring dreams about a handsome stranger named Michael due to a mix-up in Dream Central. When they finally meet in person, Grace is shocked to learn he has no idea who she is.