Category Archives: Drama
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.
The Fault in Our Stars
Release 2014
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Director: Josh Boone
Writers: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, John Green
Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern, Sam Trammell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582846/
Hazel and Gus are two teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on a journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous given that Hazel's other constant companion is an oxygen tank, Gus jokes about his prosthetic leg, and they met and fell in love at a cancer support group.
Brick Mansions
Release 2014
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Director: Camille Delamarre
Writers: Luc Besson, Bibi Naceri
Stars: Paul Walker, David Belle, RZA, Gouchy Boy, Catalina Denis
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430612/
An undercover Detroit cop navigates a dangerous neighborhood that's surrounded by a containment wall with the help of an ex-con in order to bring down a crime lord and his plot to devastate the entire city.
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Release 2004
Genre Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Garry Marshall
Writers: Meg Cabot, Gina Wendkos, Shonda Rhimes
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo, John Rhys-Davies, Heather Matarazzo
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368933/
Now settled in Genovia, Princess Mia faces a new revelation: she's being primed for an arranged marriage to a English suitor.
Deep Impact
Release 1998
Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Mimi Leder
Writers: Bruce Joel Rubin, Michael Tolkin
Stars: Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan Freeman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120647/
Unless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with Earth, only those allowed into shelters will survive. Which people will survive?
I Am Legend
Release 2007
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Director: Francis Lawrence
Writers: Mark Protosevich, Akiva Goldsman, Richard Matheson, John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington
Stars: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Willow Smith
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.