The best drama movies of 2021

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After We Fell

After We Fell
4.7/10
Just as Tessa's life begins to become unglued, nothing is what she thought it would be. Not her friends nor her family. The only person that she should be able to rely on is Hardin, who is furious when he discovers the massive secret that she's been keeping. Before Tessa makes the biggest decision of her life, everything changes because of revelations about her family.

No Way Out

No Way Out
2.1/10
Trying to salvage a relationship, 2 couples go on a weekend camping trip only to find out they aren’t alone in the woods.

The Last of Us: Ellie's Revenge

The Last of Us: Ellie's Revenge
Official Short Film. Displays the main story events from the first two games.

Narvik: Hitler's First Defeat

Narvik: Hitler's First Defeat
6.6/10
April, 1940. The eyes of the world are on Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, source of the iron ore needed for Hitler's war machine. Through two months of fierce winter warfare, the German leader is dealt his first defeat.

Pretty Young Sister 4

Pretty Young Sister 4
Jeong-woo who is tired of instant food and living alone decides to order delivery food. However, Ga-yeong, the delivery driver, is unfriendly even if she was late. To criticize Ga-yeong sarcastically, he asks, "Will you do everything if I give you money?" Ga-yeong takes the words seriously and attacks Jeong-woo's house. Woo-hyeon is questioning the woman's underwear found at the house of Hyeon-min who came to play at Jeong-woo's house, and learns the situation through Ga-yeong who just came. He said he was better than Jeong-woo. However, Ga-yeong is already full of thoughts of eating both of them.

Titane

Titane
6.5/10
A woman with a metal plate in her head from a childhood car accident embarks on a bizarre journey, bringing her into contact with a firefighter who's reunited with his missing son after 10 years.

Palmer

Palmer
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 29/01/2021
After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.

The Penitent Thief

The Penitent Thief
2.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/02/2021
The story of the two unnamed men who were crucified alongside Jesus and how they came to be beside him on the cross that fateful day. Dismas and his brother Jotham, along with Gestas, another young man who will share their fate, suffer tragedy and injustice at the hands of a band of thieves and a ruthless Roman centurion. Theirs is a story of survival against the odds, but they cannot outrun their destiny.

Finch

Finch
6.9/10
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.

The Fallout

The Fallout
7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/03/2021
High schooler Vada navigates the emotional fallout she experiences in the wake of a school tragedy. Relationships with her family, friends and view of the world are forever altered.

Pleasure

Pleasure
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 08/10/2021
20-year-old Bella Cherry leaves her small town in Sweden for Los Angeles with the aim to become the world's next big porn star but the road to her goal turns out to be bumpier than she imagined.

The Last Duel

The Last Duel
7.4/10
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
7.2/10
In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.

Chernobyl: Abyss

Chernobyl: Abyss
5.1/10
The aftermath of a shocking explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station made hundreds of people sacrifice their lives to clean up the site of the catastrophe and to successfully prevent an even bigger disaster that could have turned a large part of the European continent into an uninhabitable exclusion zone. This is their story.

Zero Fucks Given

Zero Fucks Given
6.4/10
Cassandra, 26, is a flight attendant for a low-cost airline. Based in Lanzarote, she’s always willing to take on extra hours and carries out her duties with robotic efficiency. On the side, she just goes with the flow and floats between Tinder, parties and lazy days. When she suddenly gets dismissed, she is forced to return home.

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
7.4/10
Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.

Emergency Declaration

Emergency Declaration
6.8/10
Veteran chief police detective In-ho receives a tip about a man threatening a terrorist attack against a plane. While investigating, he discovers that the suspect has actually boarded flight no. KI501. Despite his phobia of flying, Jae-hyuk decides to go to Hawaii for the sake of his daughter's health. At the airport, he is distracted by a strange man who hangs around, speaking to them in a menacing way. Flight no. KI501 departs Incheon Airport for Hawaii, but soon afterwards a man dies for mysterious reasons. Fear and chaos spread quickly, not only inside the plane, but also on land. Hearing this news, Transport Minister Sook-hee sets up a counterterrorism task force and calls an emergency meeting in order to find a way to land the airplane.

The Ice Road

The Ice Road
5.6/10
After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, an ice road driver must lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save the trapped miners.

The Little Things

The Little Things
6.3/10
Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.

Don't Look Up

Don't Look Up
7.2/10
Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.

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