Category Archives: Drama
Ordinary Angels
Release 2024
Genre Drama
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Director: Jon Gunn
Writers: Kelly Fremon Craig, Meg Tilly
Stars: Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson, Emily Mitchell, Skywalker Hughes, Tamala Jones
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4996328/
Inspired by the incredible true story of a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.
Uproar
Release 2023
Genre Drama
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Director: Paul Middleditch, Hamish Bennett
Writers: Hamish Bennett, Sonia Whiteman, Paul Middleditch
Stars: Rhys Darby, Minnie Driver, Julian Dennison, Craig Hall, James Rolleston
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20255028/
A 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity.
Drift
Release 2023
Genre Drama
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Director: Anthony Chen
Writers: Susanne Farrell, Alexander Maksik, Alexander Maksik
Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat, Ibrahima Ba, Honor Swinton Byrne, Zainab Jah
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20415224/
Jacqueline escapes her war-torn country to a Greek island. She meets an unmoored tour guide and the two become close as they each find hope in the other.
On Fire
Release 2023
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Peter Facinelli, Nick Lyon
Writers: Nick Lyon, Ron Peer, Nick Lyon
Stars: Peter Facinelli, Fiona Dourif, Asher Angel, Lance Henriksen, Glenn Morshower
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15783520/
Follows a family who lives in a trailer home in the woods and are suddenly confronted by a wildfire. Survival becomes their main objective.
Shirley(2024)
Release 2024
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Director: John Ridley
Writer: John Ridley
Stars: Regina King, Lance Reddick, Terrence Howard, Lucas Hedges, Michael Cherrie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14077516/
Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.
Bob Marley: One Love
Release 2024
Genre Biography, Drama, Musical
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Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green
Writers: Terence Winter, Frank E. Flowers, Zach Baylin
Stars: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin Cole, Umi Myers
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8521778/
The story of how reggae icon Bob Marley overcame adversity, and the journey behind his revolutionary music.
Little Wing
Release 2024
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Director: Dean Israelite
Writers: John Gatins, Susan Orlean
Stars: Brian Cox, Kelly Reilly, Brooklynn Prince, Che Tafari, Lowell Deo
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27550567/
Follows a 13-year-old girl who is dragged into the world of pigeon racing as she deals with her parents' divorce and the impending loss of her home.
Origin
Release 2023
Genre Drama
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Director: Ava DuVernay
Writers: Ava DuVernay, Isabel Wilkerson
Stars: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash, Emily Yancy, Finn Wittrock
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13321244/
The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
Sometimes I Think About Dying
Release 2023
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Director: Rachel Lambert
Writers: Stefanie Abel Horowitz, Kevin Armento, Katy Wright-Mead
Stars: Daisy Ridley, Dave Merheje, Parvesh Cheena, Marcia DeBonis, Megan Stalter
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16431966/
Fran, who likes to think about dying, makes the new guy at work laugh, which leads to dating and more. Now the only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.
Spaceman
Release 2024
Genre Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
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Director: Johan Renck
Writers: Jaroslav Kalfar, Colby Day
Stars: Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Paul Dano, Kunal Nayyar, Isabella Rossellini
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11097384/
Half a year into his solo mission on the edge of the solar system, an astronaut concerned with the state of his life back on Earth is helped by an ancient creature he discovers in the bowels of his ship.