Category Archives: Drama
The Children's Train
Release 2024
Genre Drama
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Director: Cristina Comencini
Writers: Furio Andreotti, Viola Ardone, Giulia Calenda
Stars: Christian Cervone, Barbara Ronchi, Serena Rossi, Stefano Accorsi, Francesco Di Leva
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29242846/
A seven-year-old boy named Amerigo who in 1946 leaves his impoverished family in Naples and gets on a train to go live with a wealthier family in the north as part of a postwar initiative to rescue children from poverty.
Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
Release 2024
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Director: Tyler Taormina
Writers: Eric Berger, Tyler Taormina, Kevin Anton
Stars: Matilda Fleming, Maria Dizzia, Ben Shenkman, Francesca Scorsese, Elsie Fisher
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt25052668/
On Christmas Eve, a family gathers for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and generational tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own.
Nutcrackers
Release 2024
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Director: David Gordon Green
Writers: Leland Douglas
Stars: Linda Cardellini, Ben Stiller, Ari Graynor, Tim Heidecker, Edi Patterson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30144381/
In the most unlikely of places, four siblings find a loving shelter in an unexpected turn of circumstances. This endearing comedy-drama draws inspiration from actual events and deftly crafts a gripping story that unites everyone.
Conclave
Release 2024
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Director: Edward Berger
Writers: Peter Straughan, Robert Harris
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Jacek Koman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20215234/
When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.
Watchmen: Chapter II
Release 2024
Genre Action, Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
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Director: Brandon Vietti
Writers: Dave Gibbons, Alan Moore, J. Michael Straczynski
Stars: Troy Baker, Adrienne Barbeau, Michael Cerveris, Zehra Fazal, Phil Fondacaro
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32627545/
In an alternate 1985 America, a group of retired superheroes investigate a conspiracy after one of their own is murdered.
Here
Release 2024
Genre Drama
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Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Eric Roth, Robert Zemeckis, Richard McGuire
Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, Ellis Grunsell
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18272208/
A generational story about families and the special place they inhabit, sharing in love, loss, laughter, and life.
Memoir of a Snail
Release 2024
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Director: Adam Elliot
Writer: Adam Elliot
Stars: Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Eric Bana, Jacki Weaver, Adam Elliot
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23770030/
A bittersweet memoir of a melancholic woman called Grace Pudel - a hoarder of snails, romance novels, and guinea pigs.
Gladiator II(TS)
Release 2024
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
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Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: David Scarpa, Peter Craig, David Franzoni
Stars: Connie Nielsen, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9218128/
After his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look to his past to find strength to return the glory of Rome to its people.
The Shade
Release 2023
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Director: Tyler Chipman
Writers: Tyler Chipman, David Purdy
Stars: Mariel Molino, Laura Benanti, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Boatman, Caroline Neff
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17059618/
Following the loss of his father, a grieving twenty-year-old struggles to hold his family together as an unspeakable darkness plagues his older brother.
The Piano Lesson
Release 2024
Genre Drama
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Director: Malcolm Washington
Writers: Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington, August Wilson
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15507512/
Follows the lives of the Charles family as they deal with themes of family legacy and more, in deciding what to do with an heirloom, the family piano.