Category Archives: Drama

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Release 2011

Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: David Fincher
Writers: Steven Zaillian, Stieg Larsson
Stars: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan SkarsgÄrd, Steven Berkoff
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568346/

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.

The Bling Ring

Release 2013

Genre Biography, Crime, Drama

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Director: Sofia Coppola
Writers: Sofia Coppola, Nancy Jo Sales
Stars: Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Claire Julien, Taissa Farmiga
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2132285/

Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

Warrior

Release 2011

Genre Drama, Sport

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Director: Gavin O'Connor
Writers: Gavin O'Connor, Anthony Tambakis, Cliff Dorfman
Stars: Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison, Frank Grillo
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1291584/

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision corner with his older brother.

Shame

Release 2011

Genre Drama

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Director: Steve McQueen
Writers: Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan
Stars: Michael Fassbender, Lucy Walters, Mari-Ange Ramirez, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1723811/

In New York City, Brandon's carefully cultivated private life -- which allows him to indulge his sexual addiction -- is disrupted when his sister arrives unannounced for an indefinite stay.

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Release 2011

Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance

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Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Writers: Dan Fogelman
Stars: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Analeigh Tipton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1570728/

A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars.

We Bought a Zoo

Release 2011

Genre Drama, Family

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Director: Cameron Crowe
Writers: Aline Brosh McKenna, Cameron Crowe, Benjamin Mee
Stars: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Colin Ford, Maggie Elizabeth Jones
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1389137/

Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.

The Lincoln Lawyer

Release 2011

Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller

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Director: Brad Furman
Writers: John Romano, Michael Connelly
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, Josh Lucas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1189340/

A defense attorney has a crisis of conscience when he represents a wealthy client who has a foolproof plan to beat the system.

Decoding Annie Parker

Release 2013

Genre Drama

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Director: Steven Bernstein
Writers: Adam Bernstein, Steven Bernstein, Michael Moss
Stars: Aaron Paul, Alice Eve, Maggie Grace, Rashida Jones, Corey Stoll
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1464191/

Love, science, sex, infidelity, disease and comedy, the wild, mostly true story of the irrepressible Annie Parker and the almost discovery of a cure for cancer.

Snitch

Release 2013

Genre Action, Drama, Thriller

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Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Writers: Justin Haythe, Ric Roman Waugh
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Barry Pepper, Jon Bernthal, Susan Sarandon, Michael K. Williams
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0882977/

A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son who was imprisoned after being set up in drug deal.

The Best Man Holiday

Release 2013

Genre Comedy, Drama

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Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Stars: Monica Calhoun, Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2083355/

When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.