Category Archives: Drama
Adore
Release 2013
Genre Drama
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Director: Anne Fontaine
Writers: Anne Fontaine, Christopher Hampton, Doris Lessing
Stars: Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, James Frecheville, Ben Mendelsohn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2103267/
A pair of childhood friends and neighbors fall for each other's sons.
Gangster Squad
Release 2013
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Ruben Fleischer
Writers: Will Beall, Paul Lieberman
Stars: Sean Penn, Holt McCallany, Wade Williams, James Landry Hébert, Ambyr Childers
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321870/
Los Angeles, 1949: A secret crew of police officers led by two determined sergeants work together in an effort to take down the ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen who runs the city.
The Pretty One
Release 2013
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Director: Jenée LaMarque
Stars: Zoe Kazan, Ron Livingston, Jake Johnson, Sterling Beaumon, Frances Shaw
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140577/
A tragedy presents Laurel with the chance to reinvent herself as her idolized twin sister, Audrey. As she eases into the life she has always wanted, she must decide between continuing the lie or revealing herself as the perfect fraud.
Spring Breakers
Release 2012
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Director: Harmony Korine
Stars: James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2101441/
Four college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying/drinking/taking drugs they are arrested only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.
Stolen
Release 2012
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Simon West
Writers: David Guggenheim
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston, Malin Akerman, Sami Gayle
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1656186/
A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi.
Empire State
Release 2013
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Director: Dito Montiel
Writers: Adam Mazer
Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Michael Angarano, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Ben-Victor, Jerry Ferrara
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2171867/
Two childhood friends plan to rob an armored car depository. An NYPD officer stands in their way.
Dead Man Down
Release 2013
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Writers: J.H. Wyman
Stars: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard, Dominic Cooper, Isabelle Huppert
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2101341/
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
Dark Skies
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Scott Stewart
Stars: Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, Dakota Goyo, Kadan Rockett, J.K. Simmons
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2387433/
As the Barret family's peaceful suburban life is rocked by an escalating series of disturbing events, they come to learn that a terrifying and deadly force is after them.
42
Release 2013
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Director: Brian Helgeland
Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453562/
The story of Jackie Robinson from his signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization in 1945 to his historic 1947 rookie season when he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
Gimme Shelter
Release 2013
Genre Documentary, Drama
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Director: Ron Krauss
Stars: Vanessa Hudgens, Stephanie Szostak, Rosario Dawson, Brendan Fraser, Dascha Polanco
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1657510/
A pregnant teenager flees her abusive mother in search of her father, only to be rejected by her dad and forced to survive on the streets until a compassionate stranger offers a hopeful alternative.