Category Archives: Drama
Captive
Release 2015
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Jerry Jameson
Writers: Brian Bird, Reinhard Denke, Ashley Smith
Stars: Kate Mara, Mimi Rogers, Michael Kenneth Williams, David Oyelowo, Leonor Varela
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3268668/
A single mother struggling with drug addiction is taken hostage in her own apartment by a man on the run who has broken out of jail and murdered the judge assigned to his case.
Knight of Cups
Release 2015
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Director: Terrence Malick
Stars: Natalie Portman, Teresa Palmer, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Imogen Poots
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2101383/
A screenwriter living in LA tries to make sense of the strange events occurring around him.
Burnt
Release 2015
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Director: John Wells
Writers: Steven Knight, Michael Kalesniko
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Daniel Brühl, Riccardo Scamarcio, Omar Sy
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2503944/
Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) is a chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Release 2015
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Director: Marielle Heller
Writers: Phoebe Gloeckner, Marielle Heller
Stars: Bel Powley, Domino The Cat, Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgård, Christopher Meloni
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3172532/
A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.
Anomalisa
Release 2015
Genre Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Director: Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman
Writers: Charlie Kaufman
Stars: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2401878/
A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.
The Big Short
Release 2015
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Director: Adam McKay
Writers: Charles Randolph, Adam McKay, Michael Lewis
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Rudy Eisenzopf, Casey Groves, Charlie Talbert, Harold Gervais
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596363/
Four outsiders in the world of high-finance who predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s decide to take on the big banks for their lack of foresight and greed.
Chi-Raq
Release 2015
Genre Drama
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Director: Spike Lee
Writers: Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee, Aristophanes
Stars: Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4594834/
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
Irrational Man
Release 2015
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Director: Woody Allen
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Joe Stapleton, Nancy Carroll, Allison Gallerani
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3715320/
A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live when he commits an existential act.
The Danish Girl
Release 2015
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Director: Tom Hooper
Writers: David Ebershoff, Lucinda Coxon
Stars: Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, Tusse Silberg, Adrian Schiller, Amber Heard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810819/
A fictional love story inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Spotlight
Release 2015
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Tom McCarthy
Writers: Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy
Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1895587/
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.