Category Archives: Drama

Shooter

Release 2007

Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: Jonathan Lemkin, Stephen Hunter
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Elias Koteas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822854/

A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the President. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to find the real killer and the reason he was set up.

Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses

Release 2014

Genre Action, Drama

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Director: Craig Moss
Stars: Danny Trejo, Danny Glover, Andrew Divoff, Jacqueline Obradors, Elizabeth Barondes
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2996648/

Frank Vega teams up with grumpy old agoraphobic Bernie Pope to kick ass and clean up the streets of L.A.

Belle

Release 2013

Genre Drama

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Director: Amma Asante
Writers: Misan Sagay
Stars: Matthew Goode, Lauren Julien-Box, Natasha Williams, Alan McKenna, Penelope Wilton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404181/

The mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral is raised by her aristocratic great-uncle in 18th century England.

P.S. I Love You

Release 2007

Genre Drama, Romance

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Director: Richard LaGravenese
Writers: Richard LaGravenese, Steven Rogers, Cecelia Ahern
Stars: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, James Marsters
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431308/

A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

A Walk to Remember

Release 2002

Genre Drama, Romance

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Director: Adam Shankman
Writers: Nicholas Sparks, Karen Janszen
Stars: Shane West, Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah, Lauren German
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281358/

The story of two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, who are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is made to do community service.

The Notebook

Release 2004

Genre Drama, Romance

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Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writers: Jeremy Leven, Jan Sardi, Nicholas Sparks
Stars: Tim Ivey, Gena Rowlands, Starletta DuPois, James Garner, Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332280/

A poor and passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman and gives her a sense of freedom. They soon are separated by their social differences.

Edward Scissorhands

Release 1990

Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance

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Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Tim Burton, Caroline Thompson
Stars: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099487/

An uncommonly gentle young man, who happens to have scissors for hands, falls in love with a beautiful adolescent girl.

Jarhead

Release 2005

Genre Biography, Drama, War

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Director: Sam Mendes
Writers: William Broyles Jr., Anthony Swofford
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Ming Lo
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418763/

Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Release 2001

Genre Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Brian Aldiss, Ian Watson, Steven Spielberg
Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas, Jude Law
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212720/

A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.

Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor

Release 2013

Genre Drama

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Director: Tyler Perry
Stars: Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Lance Gross, Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Williams, Robbie Jones
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2070862/

An ambitious married woman's temptation by a handsome billionaire leads to betrayal, recklessness, and forever alters the course of her life.