Category Archives: Drama
A Monster Calls
Release 2016
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Director: J.A. Bayona
Writers: Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd
Stars: Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Ben Moor
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3416532/
A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mother's terminal illness.
Hacksaw Ridge
Release 2016
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Director: Mel Gibson
Writers: Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Richard Pyros, Jacob Warner, Milo Gibson, Darcy Bryce
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2119532/
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to win the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
La La Land
Release 2016
Genre Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
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Director: Damien Chazelle
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Amiée Conn, Terry Walters, Thom Shelton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3783958/
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.
Moonlight
Release 2016
Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
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Director: Barry Jenkins
Writers: Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney
Stars: Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson, Alex R. Hibbert, Janelle Monáe
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4975722/
A timeless story of human self-discovery and connection, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
Arrival
Release 2016
Genre Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Eric Heisserer, Ted Chiang
Stars: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Michael Stuhlbarg, Forest Whitaker, Sangita Patel
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/
A linguist is recruited by the military to assist in translating alien communications.
Claire in Motion
Release 2016
Genre Drama
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Director: Annie J. Howell, Lisa Robinson
Stars: Betsy Brandt, Chris Beetem, Zev Haworth, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Sakina Jaffrey
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5432114/
Claire is sure of herself, her work and family, until - like a bad dream - her husband disappears, leaving a trail of puzzling secrets that shatter her certainty.
The Crash
Release 2017
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Director: Aram Rappaport
Stars: Frank Grillo, Minnie Driver, AnnaSophia Robb, Dianna Agron, Mary McCormack
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3297382/
In the not so distant future, a team of white collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America.
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.