Category Archives: Drama

Confessions of a Christmas Letter

Release 2024

Genre Drama

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Director: Heather Hawthorn Doyle
Writers: Jennifer Smith, Kate Smith
Stars: Angela Kinsey, Alec Santos, Lillian Doucet-Roche, Fred Ewanuick, Barbara Pollard
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33401152/

Settie Rose, an eccentric matriarch, hires struggling novelist Juan to write her holiday contest entry. A mixup sparks gossip of Juan's engagement to Settie's daughter Lily, leading the family to play along humorously.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Release 2024

Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

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Director: Dallas Jenkins
Writers: Platte F. Clark, Darin McDaniel, Ryan Swanson
Stars: Kynlee Heiman, Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez, Judy Greer, Pete Holmes, Stanlee Arches
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2347285/

Nobody is ready for the mayhem and surprises that ensue when six of the worst youngsters disrupt the town's yearly Christmas performance.

The Children's Train

Release 2024

Genre Drama

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Director: Cristina Comencini
Writers: Furio Andreotti, Viola Ardone, Giulia Calenda
Stars: Christian Cervone, Barbara Ronchi, Serena Rossi, Stefano Accorsi, Francesco Di Leva
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29242846/

A seven-year-old boy named Amerigo who in 1946 leaves his impoverished family in Naples and gets on a train to go live with a wealthier family in the north as part of a postwar initiative to rescue children from poverty.

Nutcrackers

Release 2024

Genre Comedy, Drama

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Director: David Gordon Green
Writers: Leland Douglas
Stars: Linda Cardellini, Ben Stiller, Ari Graynor, Tim Heidecker, Edi Patterson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30144381/

In the most unlikely of places, four siblings find a loving shelter in an unexpected turn of circumstances. This endearing comedy-drama draws inspiration from actual events and deftly crafts a gripping story that unites everyone.

Conclave

Release 2024

Genre Drama, Thriller

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Director: Edward Berger
Writers: Peter Straughan, Robert Harris
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Jacek Koman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20215234/

When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.

Watchmen: Chapter II

Release 2024

Genre Action, Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

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Director: Brandon Vietti
Writers: Dave Gibbons, Alan Moore, J. Michael Straczynski
Stars: Troy Baker, Adrienne Barbeau, Michael Cerveris, Zehra Fazal, Phil Fondacaro
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32627545/

In an alternate 1985 America, a group of retired superheroes investigate a conspiracy after one of their own is murdered.

Here

Release 2024

Genre Drama

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Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Eric Roth, Robert Zemeckis, Richard McGuire
Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, Ellis Grunsell
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18272208/

A generational story about families and the special place they inhabit, sharing in love, loss, laughter, and life.

The Shade

Release 2023

Genre Drama, Horror

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Director: Tyler Chipman
Writers: Tyler Chipman, David Purdy
Stars: Mariel Molino, Laura Benanti, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Boatman, Caroline Neff
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17059618/

Following the loss of his father, a grieving twenty-year-old struggles to hold his family together as an unspeakable darkness plagues his older brother.

The Piano Lesson

Release 2024

Genre Drama

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Director: Malcolm Washington
Writers: Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington, August Wilson
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15507512/

Follows the lives of the Charles family as they deal with themes of family legacy and more, in deciding what to do with an heirloom, the family piano.

Joy(2024)

Release 2024

Genre Biography, Drama

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Director: Ben Taylor
Writers: Rachel Mason, Jack Thorne, Emma Gordon
Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, Rish Shah, James Norton, Nikolay Shulik, Adrian Lukis
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10243672/

3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist, and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media, and medical establishment in their pursuit of the world's first 'test tube baby,' Louise Joy Brown.