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Genre Guide
Use this page when you already know both the streaming service and the kind of movie you want. It narrows Netflix Standard with Ads down to current drama picks that are actually watchable in the United States.
Shortlist
Availability is based on the United States catalog.
Swedish Foreign Ministry bureaucrat Gösta Engzell, overlooked during WWII, rescued thousands while turning supposedly neutral Sweden into a moral force. His efforts challenged the status quo and left a lasting humanitarian legacy.
Genres: Drama · History · War
Netflix
Netflix Standard with AdsRuntime: 102m
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
Genres: Drama · Horror · Fantasy
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FAQ
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NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsRuntime: 150m
Three lonely strangers meet at their department store jobs and find solace in each other's company while they explore connection and the nature of love.
Genres: Drama · Romance
NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsRuntime: 113m
After his estranged son gets embroiled in a Nazi plot, self-exiled gangster Tommy Shelby must return to Birmingham to save his family — and his nation.
Genres: Drama · Crime
NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsRuntime: 112m
A South Korean agent hunts a drug ring in Russia and goes head-to-head with a North Korean operative — pulling both into peril and tangled secrets.
Genres: Action · Thriller · Drama
NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsRuntime: 120m
A bomb disposal expert becomes bitter and lonely and is unable to fall in love until he is forced to deal with his past.
Genres: Drama · Romance
NetflixNetflix Standard with Ads
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies+1 moreRuntime: 176m
Three women fall prey to a ruthless phone scam. To settle the score, they'll take on the criminal network that stole their money — and their dignity.
Genres: Thriller · Drama · Crime
NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsRuntime: 135m
An impromptu singing contest at a dive bar turns a lonely night into a soul-baring moment of shared harmony.
Genres: Drama · Comedy · Music
NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsRuntime: 18m
Little Lide disappears in the forest while her family packs up their home. As a fire breaks out, her mother must race to reach her before the flames do.
Genres: Thriller · Drama
NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsRuntime: 107m
When three siblings agree to meet and discuss their aging father's future, their reunion spirals into bickering, bantering and reliving old grudges.
Genres: Drama · Comedy
NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsRuntime: 78m
Grieving and facing the consequences of their crimes, the Traoré brothers get one last chance to forge a new path.
Genres: Drama
NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsRuntime: 112m
As São Paulo erupts in an unprecedented wave of violence, a lawyer with underworld ties must strike a deal with the police to rescue her kidnapped niece.
Genres: Action · Thriller · Drama · Crime
NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsRuntime: 103m