Category Archives: Drama
Some Velvet Morning
Release 2013
Genre Drama
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Director: Neil LaBute
Stars: Stanley Tucci, Alice Eve
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2231138/
Stanley Tucci stars as a man who surprises his former mistress (Alice Eve), claiming to have left his wife. Before too long, a dark history between the two has come into focus.
Inglourious Basterds
Release 2009
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Director: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth
Writers: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361748/
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
My Sister's Keeper
Release 2009
Genre Drama
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Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writers: Jeremy Leven, Nick Cassavetes, Jodi Picoult
Stars: Abigail Breslin, Walter Raney, Sofia Vassilieva, Cameron Diaz, Heather Wahlquist
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1078588/
Anna Fitzgerald looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate remain alive.
Tapped Out
Release 2014
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Director: Allan Ungar
Writers: Jerry Buteyn, Cody Hackman, Allan Ungar
Stars: Michael Biehn, Cody Hackman, Krzysztof Soszynski, Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361184/
A disgruntled teenager, sent to do community service at a rundown Karate school, enters an MMA tournament to face the man who killed his parents.
Edge of Darkness
Release 2010
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Martin Campbell
Writers: William Monahan, Andrew Bovell, Troy Kennedy-Martin
Stars: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226273/
As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.
Green Zone
Release 2010
Genre Action, Drama, Thriller, War
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Director: Paul Greengrass
Writers: Brian Helgeland, Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Stars: Igal Naor, Said Faraj, Faycal Attougui, Aymen Hamdouchi, Matt Damon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947810/
Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.
Animal
Release 2014
Genre Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Director: Brett Simmons
Writers: Thommy Hutson, Catherine Trillo
Stars: Jeremy Sumpter, Joey Lauren Adams, Elizabeth Gillies, Keke Palmer, Amaury Nolasco
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2996684/
When plans for a weekend vacation hit a dead end, a group of close-knit friends find themselves stranded in unfamiliar territory...
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Release 2010
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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Director: Jon Turteltaub
Writers: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Matt Lopez, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer, Toby Kebbell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0963966/
Master sorcerer Balthazar Blake must find and train Merlin's descendant to defeat dark sorceress Morgana le Fey.
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Release 2010
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Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Writers: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Ned Vizzini
Stars: Keir Gilchrist, Dana DeVestern, Lauren Graham, Jim Gaffigan, Karen Chilton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804497/
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
The Book of Eli
Release 2010
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Writers: Gary Whitta
Stars: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037705/
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.