Category Archives: Drama
A Man Called Otto
Release 2022
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Director: Marc Forster
Writers: David Magee, Fredrik Backman, Hannes Holm
Stars: Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, John Higgins
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/
Otto is a grump who's given up on life following the loss of his wife and wants to end it all. When a young family moves in nearby, he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol, leading to a friendship that will turn his world around.
Women Talking
Release 2022
Genre Drama
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Director: Sarah Polley
Writers: Sarah Polley, Miriam Toews
Stars: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13669038/
Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
The Whale
Release 2022
Genre Drama
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Director: Darren Aronofsky
Writers: Samuel D. Hunter
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13833688/
A reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.
Sharper
Release 2023
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Director: Benjamin Caron
Writers: Brian Gatewood, Alessandro Tanaka
Stars: Justice Smith, Briana Middleton, Sebastian Stan, Hannah Dunne, Giullian Yao Gioiello
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12573454/
A con artist takes on Manhattan's billionaires.
The Son
Release 2022
Genre Drama
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Director: Florian Zeller
Writers: Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby, Felix Goddard, Max Goddard, Shin-Fei Chen
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14458442/
Peter has his busy life with new partner Beth and their baby thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate turns up with their teenage son, Nicholas.
Empire of Light
Release 2022
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Director: Sam Mendes
Writers: Sam Mendes
Stars: Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Tom Brooke
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14402146/
A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Release 2022
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Director: Kasi Lemmons
Writers: Anthony McCarten
Stars: Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders, Tamara Tunie, Nafessa Williams
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12193804/
A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
Baby Ruby
Release 2022
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Director: Bess Wohl
Writers: Bess Wohl
Stars: Noémie Merlant, Kit Harington, Meredith Hagner, Reed Birney, Jayne Atkinson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21448540/
The tightly scripted world of a vlogger and influencer unravels after she becomes a mother, in noted playwright Bess Wohl's feature debut.
Alice, Darling
Release 2022
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Director: Mary Nighy
Writers: Alanna Francis, Mark Van de Ven
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick, Wunmi Mosaku, Mark Winnick
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11687104/
A young woman trapped in an abusive relationship becomes the unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends.
Babylon
Release 2022
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Director: Damien Chazelle
Writers: Damien Chazelle
Stars: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Jean Smart, Olivia Wilde,J.C. Currais, Diego Calva
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10640346/
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.