Anthony (Hopkins), an 80-something man with dementia, lives in a London flat. But the flat keeps changing. The furniture moves. The faces of his daughter and her husband shift into strangers. The audience experiences the confusion of dementia in real-time.

Drama is the backbone of cinema. While action films offer adrenaline and comedies provide relief, drama films hold up a mirror to the human condition. They explore love, loss, morality, resilience, and the quiet catastrophes of everyday life. But with thousands of dramas released every decade, which ones truly deserve the label "popular"? More importantly, what do the critics actually say about them?

Ruby is the only hearing member of a deaf family (CODA stands for Child of Deaf Adults). She wants to pursue singing at Berklee College of Music, but her family relies on her to run the fishing boat and translate for the world.

CODA won the Oscar for Best Picture due to its immense heart. It avoids the "inspiration porn" trap, instead showing a messy, loving, hilarious family that happens to be deaf.

Parasite is the first non-English film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It popularized the idea that a drama could be tense, funny, sad, and terrifying within the same scene.

"A horror film for the rational mind. Zeller adapts his own play with cinematic flair, using continuity 'errors' to mirror neural decay. Hopkins delivers the performance of a lifetime—by turns charming, terrified, and childishly cruel. When he breaks down in the final scene, whimpering for his mother, you are not watching acting; you are watching a man disappear." — IndieWire (A-) User Review (Average Viewer): "I called my dad immediately after. This film explains why my grandfather looked scared of the wallpaper. It is not sad; it is existentially terrifying. Hopkins deserves every award." 5. CODA (2021) Genre: Coming-of-Age Drama Director: Sian Heder Starring: Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin