Category Archives: Drama
One Day
Release 2011
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Director: Lone Scherfig
Writers: David Nicholls
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Tom Mison, Jodie Whittaker, Tim Key
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1563738/
After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.
The Grey
Release 2011
Genre Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Joe Carnahan
Writers: Joe Carnahan, Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
Stars: Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1601913/
After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.
50/50
Release 2011
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Director: Jonathan Levine
Writers: Will Reiser
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1306980/
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Real Steel
Release 2011
Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport
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Director: Shawn Levy
Writers: John Gatins, Dan Gilroy, Jeremy Leven, Richard Matheson
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433035/
Set in the near future, where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling promoter feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants to know his father.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Release 2011
Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Rupert Wyatt
Writers: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Pierre Boulle
Stars: Andy Serkis, Karin Konoval, Terry Notary, Richard Ridings, Christopher Gordon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1318514/
A substance, designed to help the brain repair itself, gives rise to a super-intelligent chimp who leads an ape uprising.
X2 - Wolverine's Revenge
Release 2003
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Director: Brigitte Burdine
Writers: Larry Hama
Stars: Mark Hamill, Patrick Stewart, Fred Tatasciore, Jennifer Hale, Don Morrow
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354226/
Logan goes in search of clues to his past and involvement with the Weapon X program in Canada with the...
Something Borrowed
Release 2011
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Director: Luke Greenfield
Writers: Jennie Snyder, Emily Giffin
Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, Colin Egglesfield, John Krasinski, Steve Howey
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491152/
Friendships are tested and secrets come to the surface when terminally single Rachel falls for Dex, her best friend Darcy's fiancé.
In Time
Release 2011
Genre Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Andrew Niccol
Stars: Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde, Shyloh Oostwald, Johnny Galecki, Colin McGurk
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637688/
In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, Will Salas finds himself accused of murder and on the run with a hostage - a connection that becomes an important part of the way against the system.
Immortals
Release 2011
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Director: Tarsem Singh
Writers: Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides
Stars: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Stephen Dorff, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1253864/
Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.
Drive
Release 2011
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Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Writers: Hossein Amini, James Sallis
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780504/
A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor.