Category Archives: Drama
The Dark Knight
Release 2008
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Bob Kane
Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/
When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box, the Joker, bent on turning Gotham on itself and bringing any heroes down to his level.
Goodfellas
Release 1990
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Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/
Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy.
Pulp Fiction
Release 1994
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Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writers: Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary
Stars: Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Laura Lovelace, John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Out of the Furnace
Release 2013
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Director: Scott Cooper
Writers: Brad Ingelsby, Scott Cooper
Stars: Woody Harrelson, Dendrie Taylor, Carl Ciarfalio, Nancy Mosser, Christian Bale
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1206543/
When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn't follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice.
Django Unchained
Release 2012
Genre Drama
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Director: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853728/
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Gravity
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Writers: Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón, George Clooney
Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen, Phaldut Sharma
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454468/
A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after a catastrophe destroys their shuttle and leaves them adrift in orbit.
Captain Phillips
Release 2013
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Paul Greengrass
Writers: Billy Ray, Richard Phillips, Stephan Talty
Stars: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Release 1987
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Director: Rod Daniel
Writers: Lorne Cameron, Steve Bloom, David Hoselton
Stars: Dudley Moore, Kirk Cameron, Margaret Colin, Catherine Hicks, Patrick O'Neal
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093418/
A mysterious potion switches the personalities of a buttoned up doctor and his laid back son.
The Butler
Release 2013
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Director: Lee Daniels
Writers: Danny Strong, Wil Haygood
Stars: Forest Whitaker, David Banner, Michael Rainey Jr., LaJessie Smith, Mariah Carey
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1327773/
As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
Fruitvale Station
Release 2013
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Director: Ryan Coogler
Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2334649/
The purportedly true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.