In Drupal, it is possible to pass arguments to a Views block. You need to use the “Contextual Filters” option in the View. See screenshot.
![Pass arguments to a Views block](http://blog.eugenesia.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Drupal-Views-block-arguments-300x262.png)
Here are some other ways but these are possibly outdated (from 2011): http://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/17900/how-do-i-pass-some-parameters-to-a-block