Category Archives: Drama
Big Eyes
Release 2014
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Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman, Danny Huston
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1126590/
A drama about the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Birdman
Release 2014
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Writers: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Stars: Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Kenny Chin, Jamahl Garrison-Lowe, Zach Galifianakis
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2562232/
A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.
Unbroken
Release 2014
Genre Biography, Drama, Sport, War
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Director: Angelina Jolie
Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson, Laura Hillenbrand
Stars: Matthew Crocker, Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund, Takamasa Ishihara
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1809398/
After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
The Imitation Game
Release 2014
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
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Director: Morten Tyldum
Writers: Andrew Hodges, Graham Moore
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084970/
During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.
American Sniper
Release 2014
Genre Action, Biography, Drama, War
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Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Jason Hall, Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, James Defelice
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Kyle Gallner, Cole Konis, Ben Reed, Elise Robertson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/
Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
Revenge of the Green Dragons
Release 2014
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Director: Wai-Keung Lau, Andrew Loo
Writers: Michael Di Jiacomo, Andrew Loo
Stars: Justin Chon, Kevin Wu, Harry Shum Jr., Ray Liotta, Jin Auyeung
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396523/
Two best friends rise through the ranks of New York's Chinese underworld in the 1980s.
The Judge
Release 2014
Genre Drama
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Director: David Dobkin
Writers: Nick Schenk, Bill Dubuque, David Dobkin
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton, Vincent D'Onofrio
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1872194/
Big city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. Hank sets out to discover the truth and, along the way, reconnects with his estranged family.
Foxcatcher
Release 2014
Genre Biography, Drama, Sport, Thriller
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Director: Bennett Miller
Writers: E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman
Stars: Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Vanessa Redgrave
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1100089/
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher lead by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
The Drop
Release 2014
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Director: Michaël R. Roskam
Writers: Dennis Lehane
Stars: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1600196/
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Get on Up
Release 2014
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Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Steven Baigelman
Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Lennie James
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2473602/
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.