Category Archives: Drama
Hitman
Release 2007
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Xavier Gens
Writers: Skip Woods
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Thomsen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465494/
A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as 'The Organization' is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Russia and Eastern Europe.
Juno
Release 2007
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Director: Jason Reitman
Writers: Diablo Cody
Stars: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467406/
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
Unbreakable
Release 2000
Genre Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217869/
A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.
The Captive
Release 2014
Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Atom Egoyan
Writers: Atom Egoyan, David Fraser
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson, Mireille Enos, Kevin Durand
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2326612/
Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing indications seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Release 2014
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Dean DeBlois
Writers: Dean DeBlois, Cressida Cowell
Stars: Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646971/
When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.
Training Day
Release 2001
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Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: David Ayer
Stars: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139654/
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes on a 24-hour training course with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Man on Fire
Release 2004
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Director: Tony Scott
Writers: A.J. Quinnell, Brian Helgeland
Stars: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Radha Mitchell, Christopher Walken, Marc Anthony
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328107/
In Mexico City, a former assassin swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect.
The Hurricane
Release 1999
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Director: Norman Jewison
Writers: Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, Sam Chaiton, Terry Swinton, Armyan Bernstein, Dan Gordon
Stars: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0174856/
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
The Bone Collector
Release 1999
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Phillip Noyce
Writers: Jeffery Deaver, Jeremy Iacone
Stars: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah, Michael Rooker, Michael McGlone
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145681/
Denzel Washington plays a quadriplegic homicide detective. He and his female partner track down a serial killer.
American Gangster
Release 2007
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Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Steven Zaillian, Mark Jacobson
Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Lymari Nadal
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765429/
In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.