Dramedies, a list by Riz

7.9

/247570/

76

/7644/

78

/3186/

4.1

/1409753/

92

/367/

Audience

79

/1679/

88

/62/

4.0

age 17+

Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a debauched lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

73

7.0

/9980/

72

/534/

70

/96/

3.5

/43902/

80

/150/

Audience

92

/142/

58

/38/

3.0

age 15+

When deeply conservative English local Edith Swan and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, her rowdy, foul-mouthed, Irish migrant neighbor Rose Gooding is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women—led by Police Officer Gladys Moss—begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect something is amiss and Rose may not be the culprit after all.

84

7.9

/137445/

77

/4785/

77

/1151/

4.2

/710480/

97

/354/

Audience

92

/1214/

82

/61/

3.5

age 15+

A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.

54

6.2

/47820/

61

/658/

59

/503/

2.8

/11741/

37

/100/

Audience

37

/120540/

49

/26/

3.0

age 17+

New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.

78

7.5

/74897/

75

/3128/

73

/735/

3.7

/364461/

93

/280/

Audience

96

/1295/

81

/54/

2.5

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

78

7.6

/38772/

78

/828/

72

/503/

3.8

/19789/

90

/49/

Audience

90

/28436/

73

/23/

3.0

age 16+

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.

72

6.9

/55151/

66

/2605/

68

/566/

3.5

/263975/

91

/229/

Audience

68

/193/

74

/47/

3.0

age 15+

Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.

10

81

8.2

/1582409/

81

/48458/

80

/23166/

4.0

/1982838/

80

/288/

Audience

83

/182633/

75

/47/

3.5

age 18+

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

86

8.8

/2255934/

86

/43255/

84

/26433/

4.1

/1732481/

76

/157/

Audience

95

/1244237/

82

/20/

4.0

age 13+

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

80

7.6

/199376/

76

/4197/

73

/1923/

3.9

/315297/

93

/68/

Audience

90

/236765/

82

/21/

3.0

age 16+

The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.

8

83

8.1

/441463/

81

/8284/

79

/5532/

4.1

/471939/

92

/63/

Audience

94

/270919/

75

/20/

age 14+

After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.

75

7.1

/296140/

68

/10057/

70

/5921/

3.8

/698941/

87

/269/

Audience

65

/35176/

82

/44/

3.5

age 18+

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.

83

8.0

/670977/

77

/24392/

79

/16271/

4.1

/2205741/

91

/471/

Audience

81

/5208/

94

/54/

3.5

age 13+

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

65

7.1

/167347/

69

/5415/

74

/2755/

3.8

/593394/

57

/361/

Audience

52

/1175/

61

/63/

2.5

age 17+

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.

71

6.5

/113031/

62

/4447/

64

/1571/

3.5

/692859/

75

/355/

Audience

62

/1426/

76

/60/

4.0

age 14+

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

79

8.2

/571436/

83

/18800/

82

/11087/

3.7

/543248/

77

/367/

Audience

91

/11209/

69

/52/

3.0

age 13+

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

81

7.8

/484277/

76

/19764/

73

/8669/

3.8

/618236/

89

/329/

Audience

88

/70162/

81

/45/

3.5

age 16+

The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

74

7.4

/564152/

75

/12899/

72

/8116/

3.6

/624412/

79

/239/

Audience

78

/109324/

68

/40/

3.0

age 14+

Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer, a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.

72

7.3

/384996/

77

/11140/

75

/7689/

4.0

/1271472/

71

/94/

Audience

69

/32104911/

70

/26/

2.5

age 14+

On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.

75

7.0

/417823/

73

/11884/

68

/6680/

3.4

/610143/

85

/193/

Audience

77

/129409/

72

/35/

3.5

age 15+

Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school board is becoming concerned, including her favorite teacher and the distracted guidance counselor. With the support of her hilariously idiosyncratic parents and a little help from a long-time crush, Olive attempts to take on her notorious new identity and crush the rumor mill once and for all.

81

7.4

/42321/

73

/2524/

71

/410/

3.8

/138332/

98

/207/

Audience

94

/1770/

78

/46/

3.5

age 15+

Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.

61

7.2

/601386/

70

/19140/

71

/7772/

3.0

/1451492/

55

/305/

Audience

78

/69/

49

/52/

1.5

age 16+

Two American astronomers attempt to warn humankind about an approaching comet that will wipe out life on planet Earth.

69

6.9

/466769/

74

/12900/

73

/11538/

3.8

/984079/

75

/195/

Audience

76

/572493/

62

/40/

2.0

age 13+

Andy moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss is extremely demanding, cruel and won't let her succeed if she doesn't fit into the high class elegant look of their magazine.

76

6.8

/99795/

70

/2113/

65

/1214/

3.4

/79838/

92

/50/

Audience

73

/71422/

75

/9/

4.0

age 16+

Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.

79

7.8

/436370/

79

/12990/

77

/7666/

3.8

/1003163/

89

/65/

Audience

92

/557369/

66

/25/

3.0

age 15+

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

77

6.8

/52247/

66

/1537/

67

/519/

3.7

/443333/

91

/316/

Audience

65

/1860/

86

/53/

4.0

age 15+

Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.

86

8.1

/886243/

80

/24095/

81

/14286/

4.2

/1660561/

92

/318/

Audience

86

/99127/

88

/48/

4.0

age 16+

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

68

6.7

/229577/

71

/5037/

66

/3126/

3.5

/182170/

70

/89/

Audience

73

/462737/

58

/19/

3.0

age 10+

Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.

58

6.5

/21558/

67

/1037/

64

/334/

3.0

/76518/

45

/165/

Audience

84

/183/

44

/42/

1.5

age 13+

Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.

84

7.9

/773499/

80

/32105/

78

/11787/

4.0

/2280568/

97

/472/

Audience

92

/12390/

82

/52/

3.5

age 13+

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

56

6.1

/94209/

68

/8000/

62

/3115/

2.8

/79230/

46

/156/

Audience

47

/28125/

51

/32/

2.5

age 16+

New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.

10

87

8.2

/1195723/

82

/27605/

81

/17497/

4.2

/1869204/

94

/162/

Audience

89

/585239/

90

/30/

4.0

age 10+

Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows, including his wife and his best friend, is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.

69

6.7

/88546/

71

/1831/

67

/1051/

3.3

/102955/

75

/56/

Audience

81

/213572/

56

/22/

3.0

age 13+

Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.

74

7.5

/158145/

78

/7423/

77

/2315/

3.5

/188555/

69

/208/

Audience

97

/5875/

51

/36/

3.0

age 13+

When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world upside down.

77

7.1

/440990/

72

/15045/

70

/5094/

3.5

/1592090/

92

/425/

Audience

92

/1010/

81

/62/

3.0

age 13+

World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.

79

8.1

/545640/

82

/12124/

83

/10741/

4.2

/1091265/

84

/63/

Audience

92

/307881/

79

/14/

2.0

age 13+

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

63

6.4

/4381/

65

/223/

58

/49/

2.9

/5049/

66

/113/

Audience

83

/108/

49

/25/

2.5

age 13+

Three close friends who have never left the outskirts of Dublin (much less Ireland) get the journey of a lifetime — a visit to Lourdes, the picturesque French town and place of miracles.

83

8.0

/684870/

80

/16889/

76

/7546/

3.8

/476387/

94

/145/

Audience

88

/417610/

72

/14/

4.0

age 11+

A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.

87

8.1

/785025/

80

/42696/

79

/20235/

3.8

/1470955/

98

/382/

Audience

89

/138430/

94

/55/

4.0

age 6+

From an adventurous balloon ride above the clouds to a monster-filled metropolis, Academy Award®-winning director Pete Docter (“Monsters, Inc.,” “Up”) has taken audiences to unique and imaginative places. In Disney and Pixar’s original movie “ Inside Out,” he will take us to the most extraordinary location of all—inside the mind.

69

6.7

/60393/

65

/1913/

67

/863/

3.4

/352231/

67

/267/

Audience

71

/429/

63

/51/

3.5

age 17+

A man goes on a journey to visit his mother.

72

6.9

/41133/

70

/2341/

67

/352/

3.3

/142742/

84

/233/

Audience

85

/474/

66

/53/

3.0

age 16+

Vlogger Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When social media starts blowing up, so do his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich—until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.

81

7.7

/252814/

74

/6808/

75

/2496/

4.1

/844483/

96

/370/

Audience

75

/620/

87

/62/

3.5

age 15+

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

71

7.6

/531425/

76

/12694/

71

/6430/

3.4

/532769/

64

/228/

Audience

72

/31626919/

55

/41/

3.5

age 16+

Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with love makes them discover how complicated relationships can be.

72

7.3

/177630/

69

/5688/

70

/1949/

3.7

/579260/

72

/276/

Audience

80

/71/

63

/47/

3.0

age 15+

A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.

76

7.7

/83529/

79

/1772/

77

/1261/

3.9

/59786/

76

/45/

Audience

87

/120443/

64

/21/

3.0

age 13+

Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.

73

7.8

/385679/

80

/14294/

79

/8133/

4.0

/644357/

70

/168/

Audience

81

/2920/

55

/34/

2.5

age 14+

The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.

80

7.7

/557662/

76

/13619/

72

/9715/

3.7

/1103205/

85

/234/

Audience

84

/397657/

76

/36/