Movies dramas about dismissal

List of the best films dramas about dismissal according to the audience: Silver Linings Playbook, Fight Club, Rocky, August Rush, Stepmom, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hotel "Rossiya", Loveless, How Viktor "The Garlic" Took Alexey "The Stud" to the Nursing Home, Flight Crew.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

    After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.

    Markimdb: 8.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration02:11

    A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:59

    When world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers choose palooka Rocky Balboa, an uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark. Rocky teams up with trainer Mickey Goldmill to make the most of this once in a lifetime break.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama, music
    CountryUSA, South Korea
    Duration01:49

    A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:00

    Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genremelodrama, drama, detective
    CountryRussia

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    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia, France, Belgium, Germany
    Duration02:08

    Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alyosha. Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alyosha disappears...

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:59

    Viktor spends his free time trawling bars with ladies of questionable repute, from where he is picked up by a wife he doesn’t love, the mother of a child they never planned. Viktor himself was abandoned by his own father, his mother then committed suicide, and he was left to grow up in an orphanage. Years later, his errant dad returns, now a disabled felon, and Viktor discovers a timely legacy is in the offing – his father’s apartment. The documentation for securing dad’s move into an old people’s home is signed in a flash. Nevertheless, the only one that can take him is miles away and, what’s more, the invalid starts to recuperate during the journey, which is when their real problems begin.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, adventure
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:04

    A story about bravery, self-sacrifice and human dignity put on trial by the merciless power of nature. A young pilot is fired from military air force after disobeying an absurd order. He gets a job as a co-pilot with a civil airline. Being brutally honest and direct, he is not on best terms with his new colleagues. During a flight to Asia his crew receives a distress message from a volcanic island and makes a decision to attempt a rescue mission. Will it be a success? Will they survive the disaster? They have a single chance to find that out: by being a team and sticking up for one another.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, Germany, Republic of Ireland
    Duration01:48

    Bridget Jones is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy. Apart from discovering that he's a conservative voter, she has to deal with a new boss, a strange contractor and the worst vacation of her life.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryRussia

    Following her divorce, Marina thinks that she’ll never meet love again. Little does she know that one day, she’ll find the love of her life in freediving, one of the most extreme sports in existence, built on diving as deep as possible on a single breath. In the vast, mysterious realm of the sea, Marina not only regains her sense of peace and well being, but also redefines her existence.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

      A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
      Duration02:09

      Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:06

      A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:19

      New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

      Markimdb: 8.4
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:02

      Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

      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.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:58

      Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      George Clooney plays the dry cynical character of Ryan Bingham, an executive who specializes in "downsizing". Ryan lives out of his suitcase, traveling the country for the sole purpose terminating unwanted employees day after day. Just as Ryan is about to reach his life-long goal of the ten million mile frequent flyer mark some major changes come his way. Changes that threaten to crack the cold heartless exterior that is Ryan Bingham.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

      Fortune hunter Holly Golightly finds herself captivated by aspiring writer Paul Varjak, who's moved into her building on a wealthy woman's dime. As romance blooms between Paul and Holly, Doc Golightly shows up on the scene, revealing Holly's past.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, crime, military, sport
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:49

      After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of British football hooliganism. Matt learns to stand his ground through a friendship that develops against the backdrop of this secret and often violent world. 'Green Street Hooligans' is a story of loyalty, trust and the sometimes brutal consequences of living close to the edge.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, drama, family, sport
      CountryUSA, China
      Duration02:20

      12-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is a kung fu master. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genredrama, adventure, family
      CountryFrance, Canada

      After her grandfather's death, 20-year-old Alma decides to go back to her childhood home - a little island in the heart of the majestic Canadian forest. Whilst there, she rescues two helpless cubs: a wolf and a lion. They forge an inseparable bond, but their world soon collapses as the forest ranger discovers the animals and takes them away. The two cub brothers must now embark on a treacherous journey across Canada to be reunited with one another and Alma once more.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genredrama, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:56

      A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:09

        Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:54

        A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:38

        A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:41

          When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big secret she must keep from Landon.

          Markimdb: 8.2
          Genredrama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:57

          The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genredrama, detective, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration00:40

          After the sudden death of ex-Secret Intelligence Service man Alexander, his wife Alison investigates when mysteries from her husband's past come knocking.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrecomedy, drama, sport
          CountryUSA, Germany
          Duration01:43

          Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squandering her abilities. After a final brush with the law, a judge sentences her to an elite gymnastics academy run by a legendary, hard-nosed coach. Once there, Haley's rebellious attitude wins her both friends and enemies.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryRepublic of Ireland
          Duration02:30

          The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:45

          When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genredrama, military, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:30

          When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, western, military
          CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:39

          Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountrySweden
          Duration02:04

          Despite grumpy 59 year-old Ove being deposed as president of his condominium association, but he keeps looking over the neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally back into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.

          Markimdb: 8.2
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:43

          Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows -- including his wife and his best friend -- is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.

          Markimdb: 7.9
          Genredrama, adventure, family, biography, history
          CountryUSA

          The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and his lead sled dog, Togo.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
          Duration01:41

            Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

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