Category Archives: Drama
La La Land
Release 2016
Genre Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
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Director: Damien Chazelle
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Amiée Conn, Terry Walters, Thom Shelton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3783958/
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.
Moonlight
Release 2016
Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
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Director: Barry Jenkins
Writers: Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney
Stars: Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson, Alex R. Hibbert, Janelle Monáe
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4975722/
A timeless story of human self-discovery and connection, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
Arrival
Release 2016
Genre Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Eric Heisserer, Ted Chiang
Stars: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Michael Stuhlbarg, Forest Whitaker, Sangita Patel
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/
A linguist is recruited by the military to assist in translating alien communications.
Claire in Motion
Release 2016
Genre Drama
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Director: Annie J. Howell, Lisa Robinson
Stars: Betsy Brandt, Chris Beetem, Zev Haworth, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Sakina Jaffrey
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5432114/
Claire is sure of herself, her work and family, until - like a bad dream - her husband disappears, leaving a trail of puzzling secrets that shatter her certainty.
The Crash
Release 2017
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Director: Aram Rappaport
Stars: Frank Grillo, Minnie Driver, AnnaSophia Robb, Dianna Agron, Mary McCormack
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3297382/
In the not so distant future, a team of white collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America.
Alone in Berlin
Release 2016
Genre Drama
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Director: Vincent Perez
Writers: Achim von Borries, Vincent Perez, Bettine von Borries, Hans Fallada
Stars: Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Brühl, Mikael Persbrandt, Katharina Schüttler
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3026488/
Berlin, 1940. Working class couple Otto and Anna Quangel receive the news that their only son has lost his life in the battlefield and decide to resist the Nazi regime in their very own way. Soon the Gestapo is hunting "the threat".
100 Streets
Release 2016
Genre Drama
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Director: Jim O'Hanlon
Writers: Leon Butler
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Idris Elba, Ryan Gage, Ken Stott, Tom Cullen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2990126/
Three people, three extraordinary stories. All lived out within a hundred London streets.
The Book of Love
Release 2016
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Director: Bill Purple
Writers: Robbie Pickering, Bill Purple
Stars: Jessica Biel, Mary Steenburgen, Maisie Williams, Jason Sudeikis, Paul Reiser
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1330018/
Henry is an introverted architect. After the death of his wife in a car accident, he sets out to help Millie, a homeless teen, to build a raft to sail across the Atlantic.
A Street Cat Named Bob
Release 2016
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family
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Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Writers: James Bowen, Garry Jenkins, Tim John, Maria Nation
Stars: Luke Treadaway, Bob the Cat, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt, Anthony Head
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3606888/
Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.
Hidden Figures
Release 2016
Genre Drama
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Director: Theodore Melfi
Writers: Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi, Margot Lee Shetterly
Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/
Based on a true story. A team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program's first successful space missions.