Ichi Rittoru No Namida (2005)

Anne of Avonlea (1987)

Summary: Anne Shirley accepts a teaching position at a girls boarding school in a town dominated by a rich and belligerant family determined to make her life miserable.

Release Date: May 19, 1987

Genres: Drama, Family, Romance

Runtime: 0 h 58 min

MPAA: TV-G

Production: Anne of Green Gables Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Channel 4 Television Corporation

Countries: Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Language: German

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000)

Summary: Now in her twenties, Anne returns to Avonlea for the first time since Marilla's death. Soon after, Gilbert is offered a position in a hospital in NY and persuades Anne to come with him. From NY, to the WWI and eventually back to A...

Release Date: March 05, 2000

Genres: Drama, Family, Romance

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

Production: Sullivan Entertainment, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Canadian Television Fund

Country: Canada

Language: English

TV Series budget: $ 1,100,000

Jumong (2006)

Summary: An epic based on the myth of Jumong, founder of the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo in 37 B.C.

Release Date: May 15, 2006

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

MPAA: TV-Y

Production: Olive Nine

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean

TV Series budget: $ 31,000,000

Takin' Over the Asylum (1994)

Summary: A salesman starts to run a hospital radio station inside a facility for people with mental heath needs.

Release Date: September 27, 1994

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 0 h 50 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

The Music Teacher (1988)

Summary: Aging opera singer Joachim Dallayrac retires from the stage and retreats to the countryside to school two young singers, Sophie and Jean. Although the rigorous training takes its toll on both teacher and students, there is plenty ...

Release Date: February 01, 1989

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Gérard Corbiau

Writers: Luc Jabon

, Gérard Corbiau

, Andrée Corbiau

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), K2 SA

Distributor: Orion Classics, Orion Home Video

Countries: Belgium, France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 1,086,894

A Year in the Life (1987)

Summary: Joe Gardner, a child of the Depression, is a successful plastics manufacturer in Seattle, Washington. After his wife dies, his four adult children move back in.

Release Date: September 16, 1987

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

Production: Universal Television

Country: United States

Language: English

Love/Hate (2010)

Summary: The story of the organized crime scene of Dublin is revealed, centered on Darren, who wants to stay out of trouble but ends up returning to his old habits and his old gang.

Release Date: September 18, 2013

Genres: Drama, Crime

Runtime: 0 h 51 min

MPAA: 18+

Production: Octagon Films

Country: Ireland

Language: English

My Mad Fat Diary (2013)

Summary: Set in the mid-90s at the height of Cool Britannia, a drama based on real diaries takes an honest look at teenage life through the eyes of funny, music-mad Rae

Release Date: January 14, 2013

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Runtime: 0 h 47 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Tiger Aspect Productions

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

The Chosen (2017)

Summary: The Chosen is a historical drama based on the life of Jesus and those who knew him. Set against the backdrop of Roman oppression in first-century Israel, the series shares an authentic look at Jesus' revolutionary life and teachings.

Release Date: June 26, 2019

Genres: Drama, History

Runtime: 0 h 54 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Out of Order Studios, The Chosen Texas, Loaves & Fishes Production

Country: United States

Language: English

Miss Mary (1986)

Summary: A young British woman is hired as a governess by a wealthy Argentine family. Through her position, she slowly sees how the upper class of society is slowly crumbling, and how a popular movement is preparing to install itself in po...

Release Date: December 19, 1986

Genre: Drama

Director: María Luisa Bemberg

Writers: María Luisa Bemberg

, Beda Docampo Feijóo

, Jorge Goldenberg

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Gea Cinematografica, New World Pictures

Distributor: New World Pictures

Countries: Argentina, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 267,000

The Company of Strangers (1990)

Summary: A busload of women become stranded in an isolated part of the Canadian countryside. As they await rescue, they reflect on their lives.

Genre: Drama

Director: Cynthia Scott

Writers: Gloria Demers

, Cynthia Scott

, David Wilson

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG

Production: National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Bedford Entertainment, First Run Features

Distributor: National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Castle Hill Productions, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Country: Canada

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,002,689

Just Like a Woman (1992)

Summary: A divorced British housewife falls for a younger man, an American banker living in London - who happens to be a transvestite.

Release Date: July 22, 1994

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Christopher Monger

Writers: Nick Evans

, Monica Jay

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: R

Production: British Screen Productions, London Weekend Television (LWT), The Rank Organisation, Zenith Entertainment

Distributor: The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 78,808

Production: BWE Distribution, The Edge Productions Corp., Waterfront Pictures, Western International Communications, Government of Canada, Canadian Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit (PSTC), Government of Alberta - Canadian Film and Production Tax Credit, Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC)

Summer of the Monkeys (1998)

Summary: Summer Of The Monkeys (set in 1910 on the prairies of Canada) follows the story of a young boy, Jay, who dreams of getting enough money to buy his dream horse. One summer Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a ...

Release Date: October 30, 1998

Genres: Drama, Family

Director: Michael Anderson

Writers: Wilson Rawls

, Greg Taylor

, Jim Strain

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: G

Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Home Video, Waterfront Entertainment

Countries: Canada, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 22,500

Third World Cop (1999)

Summary: A police officer returns to his neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica to find himself in conflict with his childhood friend who is now the right-hand-man of the local gang-lord in a gun-running racket. Jamaica's highest-grossing film ...

Release Date: April 14, 2000

Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

Director: Chris Browne

Writers: Suzanne Fenn

, Chris Browne

, Chris Salewicz

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: R

Production: Hawk's Nest Productions, Palm Pictures

Country: Jamaica

Language: English

Domestic: $ 40,717

The Taqwacores (2010)

Summary: A powerful, original, and hilariously irreverent story of punk Islam in the USA and the discovery of oneself within the confines of religion.

Release Date: October 22, 2010

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Eyad Zahra

Writers: Michael Muhammad Knight

, Eyad Zahra

Runtime: 1 h 23 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Rumanni Filmworks

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 11,445

International: $ 1,394

Little Girl Lost (1988)

Summary: A heated custody battle ensues between the loving foster parents of a little girl, and the father who is apparently molesting her when she stays with him.

Release Date: April 25, 1988

Genre: Drama

Director: Sharron Miller

Writers: Angela Shelley

, C. Scott Alsop

, Ann Beckett

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Vantage Entertainment Group, Marian Rees Associates

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Never Get Outta the Boat (2002)

Summary: The story of young men whose recovery from drug abuse hangs on their self-management of a gritty L.A. rehab center.

Release Date: October 27, 2003

Genre: Drama

Director: Paul Quinn

Writer: Nick Gillie

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: R

Production: Blow Up Pictures, Lot 47 Films, New Crime Productions

Country: United States

Language: English