Category Archives: Drama
The Big Short
Release 2015
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Director: Adam McKay
Writers: Charles Randolph, Adam McKay, Michael Lewis
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Rudy Eisenzopf, Casey Groves, Charlie Talbert, Harold Gervais
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596363/
Four outsiders in the world of high-finance who predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s decide to take on the big banks for their lack of foresight and greed.
Chi-Raq
Release 2015
Genre Drama
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Director: Spike Lee
Writers: Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee, Aristophanes
Stars: Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4594834/
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
Irrational Man
Release 2015
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Director: Woody Allen
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Joe Stapleton, Nancy Carroll, Allison Gallerani
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3715320/
A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live when he commits an existential act.
The Danish Girl
Release 2015
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Director: Tom Hooper
Writers: David Ebershoff, Lucinda Coxon
Stars: Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, Tusse Silberg, Adrian Schiller, Amber Heard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810819/
A fictional love story inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Spotlight
Release 2015
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Tom McCarthy
Writers: Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy
Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1895587/
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Bridge of Spies
Release 2015
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Stars: Mark Rylance, Domenick Lombardozzi, Victor Verhaeghe, Mark Fichera, Brian Hutchison
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3682448/
During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
Concussion
Release 2015
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Director: Peter Landesman
Writers: Peter Landesman, Jeanne Marie Laskas
Stars: Will Smith, Luke Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Bitsie Tulloch
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322364/
In Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play.
Steve Jobs
Release 2015
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Director: Danny Boyle
Writers: Aaron Sorkin, Walter Isaacson
Stars: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlbarg
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2080374/
Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
Joy
Release 2015
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama
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Director: David O. Russell
Writers: David O. Russell, Annie Mumolo
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Édgar Ramírez, Diane Ladd
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2446980/
Joy is the story of a family across four generations and the woman who rises to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.
In the Heart of the Sea
Release 2015
Genre Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Ron Howard
Writers: Charles Leavitt, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Nathaniel Philbrick
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1390411/
A recounting of a whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820 that would inspire the great novel, Moby Dick.