Category Archives: Drama
Alone in Berlin
Release 2016
Genre Drama
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Director: Vincent Perez
Writers: Achim von Borries, Vincent Perez, Bettine von Borries, Hans Fallada
Stars: Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Brühl, Mikael Persbrandt, Katharina Schüttler
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3026488/
Berlin, 1940. Working class couple Otto and Anna Quangel receive the news that their only son has lost his life in the battlefield and decide to resist the Nazi regime in their very own way. Soon the Gestapo is hunting "the threat".
100 Streets
Release 2016
Genre Drama
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Director: Jim O'Hanlon
Writers: Leon Butler
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Idris Elba, Ryan Gage, Ken Stott, Tom Cullen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2990126/
Three people, three extraordinary stories. All lived out within a hundred London streets.
The Book of Love
Release 2016
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Director: Bill Purple
Writers: Robbie Pickering, Bill Purple
Stars: Jessica Biel, Mary Steenburgen, Maisie Williams, Jason Sudeikis, Paul Reiser
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1330018/
Henry is an introverted architect. After the death of his wife in a car accident, he sets out to help Millie, a homeless teen, to build a raft to sail across the Atlantic.
A Street Cat Named Bob
Release 2016
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family
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Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Writers: James Bowen, Garry Jenkins, Tim John, Maria Nation
Stars: Luke Treadaway, Bob the Cat, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt, Anthony Head
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3606888/
Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.
Hidden Figures
Release 2016
Genre Drama
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Director: Theodore Melfi
Writers: Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi, Margot Lee Shetterly
Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/
Based on a true story. A team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program's first successful space missions.
Patriots Day
Release 2016
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Director: Peter Berg
Writers: Peter Berg, Matt Cook, Joshua Zetumer, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Dicky Eklund Jr., Michael Marchand, Rhet Kidd, John Goodman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4572514/
An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.
I'm Not Ashamed
Release 2016
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Director: Brian Baugh
Writers: Philipa A. Booyens, Robin Hanley, Kari Redmond, Bodie Thoene
Stars: Masey McLain, Ben Davies, Cameron McKendry, Terri Minton, Victoria Staley
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4950110/
Based on the inspiring and powerful true story and journal entries of Rachel Joy Scott - the first student killed in the Columbine high school shooting in 1999.
Christine
Release 2016
Genre Biography, Drama, Horror
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Director: Antonio Campos
Writers: Craig Shilowich
Stars: Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, Maria Dizzia, J. Smith-Cameron
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4666726/
The story of Christine Chubbuck, a 1970s TV reporter struggling with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.
Queen of Katwe
Release 2016
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Director: Mira Nair
Writers: William Wheeler, Tim Crothers
Stars: Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Kabanza, Taryn Kyaze
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4341582/
A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.
Coin Heist
Release 2017
Genre Drama
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Director: Emily Hagins
Writers: Emily Hagins, Elisa Ludwig
Stars: Sasha Pieterse, Blanche Baker, Alex Saxon, Alexis G. Zall, David W. Thompson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5740806/
United by dire circumstances, four unlikely allies from a Philadelphia prep school - the hacker, the slacker, the athlete, and the perfect student - band together to attempt the impossible: steal from the U.S. Mint.