Dramatic films have an intriguing, interesting plot, reveal life's problems and often show ways to solve them. We offer you to get acquainted with the list of the best foreign dramas of 2021. The films should appeal to fans of the genre, because the director and cast are a pure gem in the piggy bank!
Holy Virgin (Bendetta)
- France
- Director: Paul Verhoeven
- Expectation rating: 97%
- This is the second film project in which director Paul Verhoeven works with actress Virginia Efira after the fantastic film She (2016).
In detail
The film is set in Italy in the 17th century. Nun Benedetta Carlini, 23, who has lived in the monastery since childhood, suffers from religious and erotic visions. Another woman helps her to cope with this, and soon their relationship develops into a whirlwind romance. So, her fame as a soothsayer is replaced by accusations of same-sex relationships and fake miracles.
The Nightingale
- Australia, USA
- Director: Melanie Laurent
- Expectation rating: 90%
- The film is based on the novel of the same name by the writer Christine Hanna.
In detail
The picture tells about the life of two sisters living in France. With the outbreak of World War II, they have to forget about the peaceful sky overhead.
The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection
- USA
- Director: Mel Gibson
- Expectation rating: 97%
- This is the third biblical epic starring actor James Caviezel.
In detail
A drama about the evangelical events that took place after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Three days passed between the execution and the Resurrection, during which the Son of God descended into hell and conquered death. Recall that the first film began with a betrayal by Judas.
Vacation from each other (Sabbatical)
- USA
- Expectation rating: 94%
- The concept of the plot belongs to producer Charles Weinstock.
In detail
The film tells about a married couple with a typical problem - after seven happy years of marriage, the spouses are covered with a tangle of family quarrels and scandals. The heroes realize that they need a break from each other, so they decide to go on a two-week vacation alone. Before the trip, they established a set of rules according to which during this period they are allowed to perform any actions. Having pretty good fun during the holidays, a woman comes to a pre-agreed place and suddenly finds out that her husband has disappeared without a trace.
Macbeth (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
- USA
- Director: Joel Coen
- Expectation rating: 96%
- This is the ninth film in which Joel Coen and his wife Frances McDormand take part.
In detail
You can watch the drama Macbeth already in 2021. Scottish Lord Macbeth receives a prophecy from three witches that he is destined to take the royal throne. Betraying friends and following the advice of an ambitious wife, the hero chooses evil as a way to achieve his insidious goals, and as a result, he will have to pay with his life for his actions.
The Power of the Dog
- United Kingdom
- Director: Jane Campion
- Expectation rating: 98%
- It was originally planned that the role of Rose will go to actress Elisabeth Moss.
In detail
The film tells the story of Phil and George Burbank - two unlike brothers who spent their entire lives together on a family ranch in Montana. Phil is distinguished by intelligence and cruelty, and George is distinguished by his kindness and boundless love for order in everything. When the more aggressive brother learns that George has secretly married Rose's widow, he decides to use her son Peter to destroy their marriage once and for all.
The Stars at Noon
- USA
- Director: Claire Denis
- Expectation rating: 95%
- Stars at Noon was first published in 1986.
In detail
The film is set in 1984 in Nicaragua during the civil war. A whirlwind romance breaks out between a mysterious businessman from England and a wayward American journalist. As a result of some unpleasant events, the heroes are drawn into a web of lies and conspiracy. They are forced to flee the country and can only trust themselves.
Babylon
- USA
- Director: Damien Chazelle
- Expectation rating: 99%
- This is the second collaboration between Damien Chazelle and actress Emma Stone after the musical La La Land (2016).
In detail
Hollywood, late 1920s. Silent movie stars are trying to find a place for themselves in a new, unfamiliar world, where sound films are gaining popularity. Viewers will see how the creative success and fame of old idols are inexorably approaching a sad end.
South wind 2 (Juzni vetar 2)
- Serbia
- Director: Milos Avramovich
- Expectation rating: 90%
- Overseas distributors cut the first film by 43 seconds, cutting out scenes of brutal torture.
In detail
Petar Marash is a talented hijacker of expensive cars. For him, this is the only way to get out from under the cap of a stern father and ensure a successful future for himself and his girlfriend. The guy is not afraid to take risks and often makes rash adventures that cost him dearly. In the second part we will see the new adventures of Petar.
In the Heights
- USA
- Director: John M. Chu
- Expectation rating: 92%
- The slogan of the film is "Turn up the volume of your dreams."
In detail
Dream High is an upcoming drama with a trailer out now. Washington Heights is on fire. The owner of the wine cellar, Usnavi, looks after an elderly Cuban neighbor and dreams of winning the lottery in order to go to the shores of his native Dominican Republic. At this time, his childhood friend Nina is returning from college for the holidays, and she brought her parents some unexpected surprises ...
Blonde
- USA
- Director: Andrew Dominic
- Expectation rating: 95%
- According to the director, the script contains few dialogues, he described the film as "an avalanche of images and events."
In detail
Investigative painting tells about each of the most important steps of Norma Jean Baker, and then of her evolutionary image - Marilyn Monroe. How did an ordinary California girl grow to become the sex symbol of the whole of America? A difficult childhood, difficulties in relationships, constant quarrels with bosses and agents who have found a gold mine in her. Drugs, alcohol, and an extra connection to President Kennedy's family. The film will answer these and many other questions.
Untitled Elvis Presley Project
- USA
- Director: Baz Luhrmann
- On January 14, 1973, Elvis Presley's performance in Honolulu was the first in history to be broadcast to 40 countries of the world using satellite telecommunications.
In detail
An amazing story about the beginning of the career of the king of rock and roll Elvis Presley, when he first met his future manager Tom Parker. In 1956, the show business shark Parker entered into an agreement with the young and talented performer Elvis to manage all of his affairs. This union will prove to be fateful for the entire music industry.
Souvenir: Part 2 (The Souvenir: Part II)
- United Kingdom
- Director: Joanna Hogg
- Expectation rating: 97%
- Joanna Hogg wrote the script from her own experience while attending film school in London.
In detail
The film is set in the early 1980s. Continuation of the story in which a film student falls in love with an adult and complex man, barely distinguishing the line between reality and fantasy. The story will begin exactly from the moment at which the first part ended.
Wild Mountain Thyme
- USA
- Director: John Patrick Shanley
- Expectation rating: 94%
- It was assumed that the role of Rosemary will go to the actress Holliday Granger.
In detail
The young Irish farmer Anthony prefers to spend all his free time away from a grumpy father who threatens to transfer the family form to his nephew Adam. The situation escalates even more when the main character starts a romantic relationship with childhood friend Rosemary. The already oppressive father literally goes crazy with rage, because the girl turns out to be from the family of their old enemies-neighbors.
Killers of the Flower Moon
- USA
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Expectation rating: 99%
- The director's chair could be taken by George Clooney.
In detail
The story unfolds in the 1920s around the Osage Indian tribe, whose representatives live in the American city of Oklahoma. The indigenous people of the United States became the richest per capita in the world after a local found oil underground and became rich. But bad luck - the Indians began to kill one by one. The Osage massacres attract the attention of the FBI, and they begin to investigate.
Bernstein
- USA
- Director: Bradley Cooper
- Expectation rating: 95%
- The film features music by the late composer, including songs from the West Side Story.
In detail
Biographical film about the beginning of the creative career of Leonard Bernstein, the famous American composer, conductor and pianist. At the age of 25 he was admitted to the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Bernstein became famous for blurring the line between opera and musical theater when he wrote the music for West Side History, which opened on Broadway in 1957. The great composer passed away on October 14, 1990 at the age of 72.
The Many Saints of Newark
- USA
- Director: Alan Taylor
- Expectation rating: 98%
- Alan Taylor is one of the directors of the cult TV series Game of Thrones.
In detail
The plot of the film takes place in the 60s of the last century on the streets of Newark. In the state of New Jersey, the percentage of the African American population began to grow sharply, and this circumstance is less and less satisfied with the Italian mafia. Every day armed conflicts and confrontations are only growing. It is this period that will become one of the most important in the life of young Tony Soprano, who in the future will become an influential Italian authority.
Sixth Bus
- Director: Eduard Galich
- Producer Dominik Galich explained why the film is called “The Sixth Bus”. The fact is that it was one of the buses that brought the captured veterans and the wounded to Ovkara. But even today, no one knows where these people are buried.
In detail
The plot of the film is set in 1991. This is an unusual story about a girl trying to find out how her father disappeared, who was never found during the war in Croatia. Terrible military events agitated all of Europe and the world.
Memory (Memoria)
- Colombia, Mexico
- Director: A. Virasetakul
- Expectation rating: 100%
- This is the first collaboration between actress Tilda Swinton and Thai director Apitchatpon Weerasetakula.
In detail
The main character of the film comes to visit her sister in Bogota, where she meets a local musician and French archaeologist working on a project to build a tunnel through the Andes mountains. But at night, the girl still cannot fall asleep due to loud, strange sounds of unknown origin.
King Richard
- USA
- Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green
- Expectation rating: 89%
- Serena Williams and Venus Williams are American professional tennis players.
In detail
Richard Williams is the father of tennis players Serena and Venus Williams. It's funny, but he himself almost never played tennis and did not understand much about the training of professional tennis players. It was Richard who became the coach of his daughters and was the first to believe that great athletes would grow out of them in the future, if he himself made titanic efforts to this.
Three Thousand Years of Longing
- USA, Australia
- Director: George Miller
- Expectation rating: 98%
- Actor Nicolas Cage could have joined the filming.
In detail
“Three Thousand Years of Longing” is a melodrama starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba. A lonely depressed British girl while traveling to Istanbul finds an old bottle and lo and behold! She releases a genie who offers to fulfill her three wishes. Saddened and filled with apathy, the heroine cannot think of anything until his stories ignite her desire to be loved.
Buddha Eyes
- USA
- Director: Geoff Brown
- The film's budget was $ 14 million.
In detail
The film tells the story of a passionate producer who strove to shoot a disaster tape about their film crew. The fact is that they were trapped in the Himalayas after a helicopter crash. Even this emergency did not stop the producer ... Will they be able to escape, or is death about to take them with him?
Walking to Paris
- Italy, Switzerland, France
- Director: Peter Greenway
- Expectation rating: 94%
- Actress Karla Yuri starred in Blade Runner 2049 (2017).
In detail
Brancusi leaves his small village and goes on a long journey. It passes through Romania, Hungary, Austria and several other countries to reach Paris, the capital of world culture in the first three decades of the 1900s. The main character explores the sights, enters into an adventure, experiences difficulties and feels the world with all his body and soul.
Lamborghini
- Italy
- Director: Robert Moresco
- Expectation rating: 98%
- The film has an alternative title "Lamborghini: The Legend".
In detail
The difficult history of the formation of the tractor and automotive business of Ferruccio Lamborghini. In exhausted post-war Italy, a talented innovative industrialist becomes an engineering giant and challenges the renowned company Enzo Ferrari.
Ammonite
- United Kingdom
- Director: Francis Lee
- Expectation rating: 98%
- Anning's family accused Francis Lee of creating a lesbian storyline. Mary's descendants reported that her sexual orientation was not confirmed.
In detail
"Ammonite" is a foreign film that will soon appear on the big screens. Mid 19th century, England. Unrecognized female paleontologist Mary Anning works alone on the south coast. In the past, she has had several famous discoveries, but now she is looking for ordinary fossils to sell to tourists to feed herself and her mother. One day Mary meets in a seaside town a young woman from London named Charlotte, who has come for treatment. A scandalous and doomed romance ensues between them.
Prisoner 760
- United Kingdom
- Director: Francis Lee
- Expectation rating: 98%
- The paintings are based on the book "Diary of Guantanamo", written by prisoner Mohammed Ould Slahi.
In detail
Mohammed Ould Slahi spent 14 long years behind bars in Cuba, without being officially charged. Having already lost hope of release, he finds allies in the person of a woman lawyer Nancy Hollander and her assistant. Together, they manage to increase the chances of a possible excuse for Slahi. Meanwhile, Attorney Stuart Coach finds shocking evidence of a massive conspiracy in prison, and it becomes clear that Mohammed has a chance of being released.
Mank
- USA
- Director: David Fincher
- Expectation rating: 98%
- This is the first film directed by David Fincher to be presented in full black and white.
In detail
The list of the best foreign films includes the 2021 drama "Munk", starring Amanda Seyfred and Lilly Collins. One of the highest paid screenwriters of early Hollywood, Herman J. Mankiewicz, was remembered by many for his cynical humor and sharp mind. He took part in the creation of several films by the Marx Brothers. His most famous work is the 1941 drama Citizen Kane, which he co-wrote with director Orson Welles. Then a conflict arose between the two creators due to the fact that the filmmakers could not agree on who exactly the authorship of the film belongs to.