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Drama Movies With Nothing Sad Or Heavy Alone

Drama movies with nothing sad or heavy alone. Includes Green Book, Saving Private Ryan, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse and more, curated by Moviepiq.

You know what you need, and it isn't anything difficult. These aren't.

Green Book movie poster
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2018 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

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.

No difficult endings. No grief to sit with afterward. Safe viewing.

Saving Private Ryan movie poster
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1998 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse movie poster
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2022 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

The unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse traveling together in the boy's search for home.

No difficult endings. No grief to sit with afterward. Safe viewing.

Inglourious Basterds movie poster
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2009 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

Five Feet Apart movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control — all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.

No difficult endings. No grief to sit with afterward. Safe viewing.

Keeping things light is a real preference, not a lesser one. These stay out of the dark.

Check before committing. Drama can hide weight in the third act.

Best watched alone. Full absorption, no compromise on what to pick.

Wolf Children movie poster
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2012 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

Come and See movie poster
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1985 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

Il Sorpasso movie poster
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1962 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

No difficult endings. No grief to sit with afterward. Safe viewing.

Woman in the Dunes movie poster
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1964 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and made to live with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

Mommy movie poster
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2014 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.

No difficult endings. No grief to sit with afterward. Safe viewing.

The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.

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