Drama Movie Reviews

Dramas are usually half hour to one hour episodes of dramatic works. In this section, you’ll find a short synopsis, a review, and occasionally, a task for you.

Barbara Stanwyck Signature Collection
Six films from the 1930s starring Barbara Stanwyck with my favorite being Annie Oakley.
Definitely, Maybe
A young girl is given a sex education class at school that leads her to question the romance her father and mother once shared. How did they find each other? What caused them to fall in love?
Diagnosis Murder, Season 3
A drama that ran in one hour segments from 1993 to 2001. An established doctor, with a police detective for a son, sets out to solve crimes in his spare time.
Doris Day: TCM Spotlight Collection
Five films from the 1950s starring Doris Day during the early years of her career.
Esther Williams: TCM Spotlight Collection, Vol 2
Six films from the late 40s and early 50s starring Esther Williams, during MGM's "Aquatic Musical" phase.
Dukes of Hazzard, Season 7
A drama that ran in hour segments from 1979 to 1985. Bo and Luke Duke drive around Hazzard County in the General Lee, an orange car sporting a confederate flag. Their mission: work with Daisy and Uncle Jessie Duke to keep Boss Hogg’s schemes from backfiring while staying under the radar of corrupt city officials.
Grease
Australian exchange student Sandy has a summer fling with Danny, the head of the T-birds. When they end up in the same high school together, it should be love at first sight but pride on Danny’s part causes the romance to sour.
I Am Legend
Military scientist, Robert Neville, must find a cure for a virus that's turning mankind into modern day vampires.
Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skulls
Indiana Jones searches for the legendary Crystal Skull and along the way discovers he sired a son.
Knots Landing, Season 1
Knots Landing, Season 2
A drama that ran in hour segments from 1979 to 1993. Five families, living in a Southern California cul-de-sac, in a fictitious community named Knot’s Landing become friends, confidantes, and business partners.
Leverage, Season 1
A one-hour drama about righting the wrongs performed on those who cannot fight for themselves.
Life Goes On, Season 1
A drama that ran in hour segments from 1989 to 1993. One family, living in the Midwest discovers what it means to blend two families under one roof: a step-daughter (whose mother abandoned her at the age of four), a Down Syndrome son, and a daughter.
Mission Impossible, Season 3
A top secret group of government operatives work together to spoil the plans of the world’s leading evil doers. Through the use of clever schemes, brilliant disguises, and high tech gadgets, the team saves the world and puts an end to evil plots everywhere.
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
A treasure hunter’s family legacy is threatened when someone comes out of the woodworks claiming that an ancestor of the treasure hunter was actually a traitor who helped with the assignation of the president of the United States—Abraham Lincoln. Now it’s up to the treasure hunter to save his family’s reputation by uncovering the truth.
Rocky Undisputed Collection
A south-paw (left handed) boxer, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is given a chance to fight the champion of the boxing world. When he wins, he must defend his title—both in and out of the ring.
Scarecrow And Mrs. King, Season One
Scarecrow And Mrs. King, Season Two
A drama that ran in one hour segments from 1983 to 1987. A divorced mother of two boys works part-time as a spy for the United States.
Supernatural, Season 4
The Winchester boys, Dean and Sam, are on a new mission to save earth from total annihilation—and keep Satan right where he belongs…hell.
The Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones
An hour long drama that ran from 1992 to 1996. A young boy with a natural thirst for adventure encounters many historical figures and witnesses many historical events as they happen.
The Bill Cosby Show
A drama that ran in half hour segments from 1969 to 1971. A series about a day in the life of a high school physical education teacher and school basketball coach.
The Odd Couple
A drama about two divorced men who decide to bunk together until the more recently divorced man could find a place of his own.
The Waltons, Season 3
The Waltons, Season 5
A drama that ran in hour segments from 1972 to 1981. One family, living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia during the depression of the 1930s, discovers what it means to grow and change with the times, including surviving World War II.
The Waltons Movie Collection
The Walton children are all grown up and trying desperately to keep their family together as they forge lives of their own.
To Catch A Thief
A drama about a reformed cat burglar who is being framed for a recent set of jewelry heists and a woman who wants to set her own trap for him.