Category Archives: Drama
Fresh Kills
Release 2023
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Director: Jennifer Esposito
Writer: Jennifer Esposito
Stars: Emily Bader, Jennifer Esposito, Annabella Sciorra, Odessa A'zion, Callie Thorne
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15782954/
Follows the story of the loyal women of an organized crime family that dominated some of the boroughs of New York City in the late 20th century.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Release 2024
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Wes Ball
Writers: Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
Stars: Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, William H. Macy
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11389872/
Several generations in the future following Caesar's reign, apes are now the dominant species and live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
The Bikeriders
Release 2023
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Director: Jeff Nichols
Writers: Jeff Nichols, Danny Lyon
Stars: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21454134/
After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.
Hard Miles
Release 2023
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Director: R.J. Daniel Hanna
Writers: R.J. Daniel Hanna, Christian Sander
Stars: Sean Astin, Matthew Modine, Leslie David Baker, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Jackson Kelly
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15353574/
A prison social worker assembles a cycling team of teenage convicts and takes them on a transformative 1,000-mile ride. Inspired by the life of Greg Townsend and the Ridgeview Academy cycling team.
Firebrand
Release 2023
Genre Drama
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Director: Karim Aïnouz
Writers: Henrietta Ashworth, Jessica Ashworth, Elizabeth Fremantle
Stars: Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Eddie Marsan, Simon Russell Beale, Ruby Bentall
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15000156/
Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.
Boneyard
Release 2024
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Director: Asif Akbar
Writers: Asif Akbar, Hank Byrd, Vincent E. McDaniel
Stars: Mel Gibson, Nora Zehetner, Gabrielle Haugh, 50 Cent, Brian Van Holt
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10993078/
Inspired by the true events of a serial killer that may still be out there today.
A Family Affair
Release 2024
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Director: Richard LaGravenese
Writers: Carrie Solomon
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Joey King, Kathy Bates, Liza Koshy
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21051906/
An unexpected romance triggers comic consequences for a young woman, her mother, and her boss, grappling with the complications of love, sex, and identity.
Fancy Dance
Release 2023
Genre Drama
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Director: Erica Tremblay
Writers: Erica Tremblay, Miciana Alise
Stars: Michael Rowe, Blayne Allen, Isabel Deroy-Olson, Lily Gladstone
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21813994/
Following her sister's disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child's white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact.
Ezra
Release 2023
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Director: Tony Goldwyn
Writers: Tony Spiridakis
Stars: Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20315818/
Comedian Max co-parents autistic son Ezra with ex-wife Jenna. Faced with crucial decisions about Ezra's future, Max and Ezra go on a life-changing cross-country road trip.
The Boy and the Heron
Release 2023
Genre Adventure, Animation, Drama
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Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writers: Hayao Miyazaki
Stars: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6587046/
In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.