Category Archives: Drama
Leave the World Behind
Release 2023
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Director: Sam Esmail
Writers: Rumaan Alam, Sam Esmail
Stars: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12747748/
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices, and two strangers appear at their door.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Release 2023
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Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese, David Grann
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5537002/
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Scrapper
Release 2023
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Director: Charlotte Regan
Writer: Charlotte Regan
Stars: Lola Campbell, Alin Uzun, Cary Crankson, Carys Bowkett, Ambreen Razia
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8649252/
Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.
The Good Shepherd
Release 2006
Genre Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
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Director: Robert De Niro
Writers: Eric Roth
Stars: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Tammy Blanchard, Billy Crudup
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343737/
The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.
May December
Release 2023
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Director: Todd Haynes
Writers: Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik
Stars: Natalie Portman, Chris Tenzis, Charles Melton, Julianne Moore, Andrea Frankle
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13651794/
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
The Holdovers
Release 2023
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Director: Alexander Payne
Writers: David Hemingson
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Carrie Preston, Brady Hepner
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14849194/
A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go.
The Marsh King's Daughter
Release 2023
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Director: Neil Burger
Writers: Elle Smith, Mark L. Smith, Karen Dionne
Stars: Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Brooklynn Prince, Gil Birmingham, Caren Pistorius
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8002382/
A woman seeks revenge against the man who kidnapped her mother.
Sick Girl
Release 2023
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Director: Jennifer Cram
Writer: Jennifer Cram
Stars: Nina Dobrev, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ray McKinnon, Stephanie Koenig, Sherry Cola
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3701150/
A female driven comedy about a woman who feels that she & her friends have grown apart. This is a "be careful what you wish for film" where a simple little lie begins to tear a whole community apart.
Manodrome
Release 2023
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Director: John Trengove
Writer: John Trengove
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Adrien Brody, Odessa Young, Sallieu Sesay, Philip Ettinger
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14813150/
Conflicted about his girlfriend's pregnancy, Ralphie's life spirals out of control when he meets a mysterious family of men.
Miranda's Victim
Release 2023
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Director: Michelle Danner
Writers: George Kolber, Richard Lasser, J. Craig Stiles
Stars: Abigail Breslin, Taryn Manning, Donald Sutherland, Andy Garcia, Kyle MacLachlan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14866108/
In 1963, eighteen-year-old Patricia Weir is kidnapped and brutally raped. Committed to putting her attacker, Ernesto Miranda, in prison, Trish's life is destroyed by America's legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation.