Category Archives: Drama
Belle
Release 2013
Genre Drama
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Director: Amma Asante
Writers: Misan Sagay
Stars: Matthew Goode, Lauren Julien-Box, Natasha Williams, Alan McKenna, Penelope Wilton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404181/
The mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral is raised by her aristocratic great-uncle in 18th century England.
P.S. I Love You
Release 2007
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Director: Richard LaGravenese
Writers: Richard LaGravenese, Steven Rogers, Cecelia Ahern
Stars: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, James Marsters
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431308/
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
A Walk to Remember
Release 2002
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Director: Adam Shankman
Writers: Nicholas Sparks, Karen Janszen
Stars: Shane West, Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah, Lauren German
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281358/
The story of two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, who are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is made to do community service.
The Notebook
Release 2004
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Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writers: Jeremy Leven, Jan Sardi, Nicholas Sparks
Stars: Tim Ivey, Gena Rowlands, Starletta DuPois, James Garner, Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332280/
A poor and passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman and gives her a sense of freedom. They soon are separated by their social differences.
Edward Scissorhands
Release 1990
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Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Tim Burton, Caroline Thompson
Stars: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099487/
An uncommonly gentle young man, who happens to have scissors for hands, falls in love with a beautiful adolescent girl.
Jarhead
Release 2005
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Director: Sam Mendes
Writers: William Broyles Jr., Anthony Swofford
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Ming Lo
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418763/
Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Release 2001
Genre Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Brian Aldiss, Ian Watson, Steven Spielberg
Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas, Jude Law
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212720/
A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Release 2013
Genre Drama
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Director: Tyler Perry
Stars: Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Lance Gross, Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Williams, Robbie Jones
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2070862/
An ambitious married woman's temptation by a handsome billionaire leads to betrayal, recklessness, and forever alters the course of her life.
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Release 2009
Genre Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
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Director: Peter Chelsom
Writers: Dan Berendsen, Michael Poryes, Richard Correll, Barry O'Brien
Stars: Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Mitchel Musso
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1114677/
As Hannah Montana's popularity begins to take over her life, Miley Stewart, on the urging from her father takes a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tennessee to get some perspective on what matters in life the most.
The Devil Wears Prada
Release 2006
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Director: David Frankel
Writers: Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger
Stars: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458352/
A naive young woman comes to New York and scores a job as the assistant to one of the city's biggest magazine editors, the ruthless and cynical Miranda Priestly.