Category Archives: Drama

The Holdovers

Release 2023

Genre Comedy, Drama

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Director: Alexander Payne
Writers: David Hemingson
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Carrie Preston, Brady Hepner
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14849194/

A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go.

The Marsh King's Daughter

Release 2023

Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery

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Director: Neil Burger
Writers: Elle Smith, Mark L. Smith, Karen Dionne
Stars: Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Brooklynn Prince, Gil Birmingham, Caren Pistorius
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8002382/

A woman seeks revenge against the man who kidnapped her mother.

Sick Girl

Release 2023

Genre Comedy, Drama

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Director: Jennifer Cram
Writer: Jennifer Cram
Stars: Nina Dobrev, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ray McKinnon, Stephanie Koenig, Sherry Cola
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3701150/

A female driven comedy about a woman who feels that she & her friends have grown apart. This is a "be careful what you wish for film" where a simple little lie begins to tear a whole community apart.

Manodrome

Release 2023

Genre Drama, Thriller

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Director: John Trengove
Writer: John Trengove
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Adrien Brody, Odessa Young, Sallieu Sesay, Philip Ettinger
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14813150/

Conflicted about his girlfriend's pregnancy, Ralphie's life spirals out of control when he meets a mysterious family of men.

Miranda's Victim

Release 2023

Genre Biography, Crime, Drama

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Director: Michelle Danner
Writers: George Kolber, Richard Lasser, J. Craig Stiles
Stars: Abigail Breslin, Taryn Manning, Donald Sutherland, Andy Garcia, Kyle MacLachlan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14866108/

In 1963, eighteen-year-old Patricia Weir is kidnapped and brutally raped. Committed to putting her attacker, Ernesto Miranda, in prison, Trish's life is destroyed by America's legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation.

The Creator

Release 2023

Genre Action, Adventure, Drama

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Director: Gareth Edwards
Writers: Gareth Edwards, Chris Weitz, Gareth Edwards
Stars: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney, Ken Watanabe
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11858890/

Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.

Oppenheimer

Release 2023

Genre Biography, Drama

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Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt,Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Alden Ehrenreich, Scott Grimes
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15398776/

The story of American scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

The Blind

Release 2023

Genre Drama

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Director: Andrew Hyatt
Writers: Andrew Hyatt, Stephanie Katz
Stars: Aron von Andrian, Amelia Eve, Matthew Erick White, Brielle Robillard, Connor Tillman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16374352/

Long before Phil Robertson was a reality-TV star, he fell in love and started a family, but his demons threatened to tear their lives apart. This is the true story that started a dynasty.

Butcher's Crossing

Release 2022

Genre Drama

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Director: Gabe Polsky
Writers: Gabe Polsky, Liam Satre-Meloy, John Williams
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Fred Hechinger, Jeremy Bobb, Paul Raci, Xander Berkeley
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462759/

An Ivy League drop-out travels to the Colorado wilderness, where he joins a team of buffalo hunters on a journey that puts his life and sanity at risk. Based on the highly acclaimed novel by John Williams.

Foe

Release 2023

Genre Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

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Director: Garth Davis
Writers: Iain Reid, Garth Davis, Iain Reid
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierre, Jordan Chodziesner, William Freeman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8258502/

Hen and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior's family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling proposal.