Category Archives: Drama
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.
Bridge of Spies
Release 2015
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Stars: Mark Rylance, Domenick Lombardozzi, Victor Verhaeghe, Mark Fichera, Brian Hutchison
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3682448/
During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
Concussion
Release 2015
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Director: Peter Landesman
Writers: Peter Landesman, Jeanne Marie Laskas
Stars: Will Smith, Luke Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Bitsie Tulloch
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322364/
In Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play.