Category Archives: Drama

Southside with You

Release 2016

Genre Biography, Drama, Romance

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Director: Richard Tanne
Stars: Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Phillip Edward Van Lear, Taylar Fondren
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4258698/

The film chronicles the summer 1989 afternoon when the future President of the United States of America Barack Obama wooed his future First Lady Michelle Obama on a first date across Chicago's South Side.

Inferno

Release 2016

Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Ron Howard
Writers: Dan Brown, David Koepp
Stars: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy, Irrfan Khan, Sidse Babett Knudsen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3062096/

When Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Dr. Sienna Brooks, and together they must race across Europe against the clock to foil a deadly global plot.

Ben-Hur

Release 2016

Genre Action, Adventure, Drama

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Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Writers: Lew Wallace, Keith R. Clarke, John Ridley
Stars: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2638144/

Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at sea to seek revenge, but finds redemption.

Love Is All You Need?

Release 2016

Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance

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Director: Kim Rocco Shields
Writers: Kim Rocco Shields, David Tillman
Stars: Briana Evigan, Tyler Blackburn, Kyla Kenedy, Jacob Rodier, Ana Ortiz
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2259122/

Prejudice. Human rights. Bullying. "Romeo and Juliet" meets "Crash" meets "Requiem for a Dream"...with a twist. Based on the multi-award winning short film of the same name.

Almost Christmas

Release 2016

Genre Comedy, Drama

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Director: David E. Talbert
Stars: Kimberly Elise, Danny Glover, Omar Epps, Mo'Nique, Romany Malco
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4649416/

A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since their mom died.

Loving

Release 2016

Genre Biography, Drama

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Director: Jeff Nichols
Stars: Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Will Dalton, Dean Mumford, Terri Abney
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4669986/

Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, are sentenced to prison in Virginia in 1958 for getting married.

Don't Think Twice

Release 2016

Genre Comedy, Drama

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Director: Mike Birbiglia
Stars: Mike Birbiglia, Gillian Jacobs, Kate Micucci, Tami Sagher, Keegan-Michael Key
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4972062/

When a member of a popular New York City improv troupe gets a huge break, the rest of the group - all best friends - start to realize that not everyone is going to make it after all.

Snowden

Release 2016

Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller

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Director: Oliver Stone
Writers: Kieran Fitzgerald, Oliver Stone, Anatoly Kucherena, Luke Harding
Stars: Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jaymes Butler, Robert Firth
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3774114/

The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.

Sully

Release 2016

Genre Biography, Drama

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Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Todd Komarnicki, Chesley Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow
Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Valerie Mahaffey, Delphi Harrington, Mike O'Malley
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3263904/

The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew.

Dog Eat Dog

Release 2016

Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller

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Director: Paul Schrader
Writers: Edward Bunker, Matthew Wilder
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Matthew Cook, Omar J. Dorsey, Louisa Krause
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4054654/

A crew of ex-cons are hired by a Cleveland mafioso to kidnap the baby of a rival mobster.