Category Archives: Drama
American Underdog
Release 2021
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Director: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin
Writers: Kurt Warner, Michael Silver, David Aaron Cohen
Stars: Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin, Hayden Zaller, Ser'Darius Blain, Dennis Quaid
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11729298/
The story of NFL MVP and Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, who went from stocking shelves at a supermarket to becoming an American Football star.
Nightmare Alley
Release 2021
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Director: Guillermo del Toro
Writers: Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan, William Lindsay Gresham
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740496/
An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
House of Gucci
Release 2021
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Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Becky Johnston, Roberto Bentivegna, Sara Gay Forden
Stars: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11214590/
When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel their legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately...murder.
Clean
Release 2020
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Director: Paul Solet
Writers: Adrien Brody, Paul Solet
Stars: Adrien Brody, Glenn Fleshler, Richie Merritt, Chandler DuPont, Michelle Wilson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10023022/
Tormented by his past, a garbage man named Clean attempts a quiet life of redemption. But, soon finds himself forced to reconcile with the violence of his past.
The Fallout
Release 2021
Genre Drama
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Director: Megan Park
Writer: Megan Park
Stars: Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Niles Fitch, Will Ropp, Lumi Pollack
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11847410/
High schooler Vada navigates the emotional fallout she experiences in the wake of a school tragedy. Relationships with her family, friends and view of the world are forever altered.
Memoria
Release 2021
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Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Writer: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Stars: Tilda Swinton, Elkin Díaz, Jeanne Balibar, Juan Pablo Urrego, Daniel Giménez Cacho
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8399288/
A woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance.
Munich: The Edge of War
Release 2021
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Christian Schwochow
Writers: Robert Harris, Ben Power
Stars: George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner, Jeremy Irons, Liv Lisa Fries
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7475578/
A British diplomat travels to Munich in the run-up to World War II, where a former classmate of his from Oxford is also en route, but is working for the German government.
A Shot Through the Wall
Release 2021
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Director: Aimee Long
Writer: Aimee Long
Stars: Kenny Leu, Ciara Renée, Fiona Fu, Tzi Ma, Lynn Chen
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8588414/
A Chinese-American police officer's life unravels after he accidentally shoots an innocent Black man. Facing trial, he wades through his guilt as he navigates the complicated worlds of media, justice, racial politics and his own morality.
The Laureate
Release 2021
Genre Drama
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Director: William Nunez
Writer: William Nunez
Stars: Laura Haddock, Dianna Agron, Tom Hughes, Fra Fee, Julian Glover
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1677615/
A married couple on the brink of disillusion allows a stranger to live with them in their idyllic cottage. Will this stranger push their fragile state over the edge?
Cyrano
Release 2021
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Director: Joe Wright
Writers: Edmond Rostand, Erica Schmidt
Stars: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn, Monica Dolan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12889404/
Too self-conscious to woo Roxanne himself, wordsmith Cyrano de Bergerac helps young Christian nab her heart through love letters.