Category Archives: Drama
Dog Eat Dog
Release 2016
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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.
Come and Find Me
Release 2016
Genre Drama
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Director: Zack Whedon
Stars: Aaron Paul, Annabelle Wallis, Garret Dillahunt, Zachary Knighton, Terry Chen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2597768/
When his girlfriend goes missing, David must track down her whereabouts after he realizes she's not who she was pretending to be.
Hell or High Water
Release 2016
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Director: David Mackenzie
Writers: Taylor Sheridan
Stars: Dale Dickey, Ben Foster, Chris Pine, William Sterchi, Buck Taylor
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582782/
A divorced father and his ex-con older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's ranch in West Texas.
War Dogs
Release 2016
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Director: Todd Phillips
Writers: Stephen Chin, Todd Phillips, Jason Smilovic, Guy Lawson
Stars: Miles Teller, Steve Lantz, Gregg Weiner, David Packouz, Eddie Jemison
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2005151/
Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Release 2016
Genre Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Ransom Riggs, Jane Goldman
Stars: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1935859/
When Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers.
Hands of Stone
Release 2016
Genre Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
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Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz
Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Robert De Niro, Usher Raymond, Rubén Blades, Ana de Armas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1781827/
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Army of One(2016)
Release 2016
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Larry Charles
Writers: Rajiv Joseph, Scott Rothman
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Denis O'Hare, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Rainn Wilson, Russell Brand
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4382824/
An American civilian sets out on his own to find Osama Bin Laden.
Indignation
Release 2016
Genre Drama
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Director: James Schamus
Writers: Philip Roth, James Schamus
Stars: Sarah Gadon, Logan Lerman, Tracy Letts, Tijuana Ricks, Ben Rosenfield
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4193394/
In 1951, Marcus, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with sexual repression and cultural disaffection, amid the ongoing Korean War.
Girl, Interrupted
Release 1999
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Director: James Mangold
Writers: Susanna Kaysen, James Mangold, Lisa Loomer, Anna Hamilton Phelan
Stars: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, Elisabeth Moss
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172493/
Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s.
Slumdog Millionaire
Release 2008
Genre Drama
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Director: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
Writers: Simon Beaufoy, Vikas Swarup
Stars: Dev Patel, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor, Rajendranath Zutshi, Jeneva Talwar
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010048/
A Mumbai teen reflects on his upbringing in the slums when he is accused of cheating on the Indian Version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"