Category Archives: Drama
Wendy
Release 2020
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Director: Benh Zeitlin
Writers: Benh Zeitlin, Eliza Zeitlin
Stars: Yashua Mack, Devin France, Gage Naquin, Gavin Naquin, Ahmad Cage
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2420124/
Lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.
Sergio
Release 2020
Genre Drama
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Director: Greg Barker
Writers: Craig Borten
Stars: Wagner Moura, Ana de Armas, Brían F. O'Byrne, Garret Dillahunt, Clemens Schick
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8750570/
A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.
Misbehaviour
Release 2020
Genre Drama
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Director: Philippa Lowthorpe
Writers: Rebecca Frayn, Rebecca Frayn, Gaby Chiappe
Stars: Keira Knightley, Jessie Buckley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keeley Hawes, Lesley Manville
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9148706/
A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.
She Never Died
Release 2019
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Director: Audrey Cummings
Writers: Jason Krawczyk
Stars: Olunike Adeliyi, Peter MacNeill, Kiana Madeira, Michelle Nolden, Noah Dalton Danby
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8569578/
When a girl goes missing, a woman with a mysterious past tracks down the people responsible.
Blue Story
Release 2019
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Director: Rapman
Writers: Rapman, Rapman
Stars: Stephen Odubola, Micheal Ward, Khali Best, Karla-Simone Spence, Eric Kofi-Abrefa
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9285882/
Feature adaptation of Rapman's YouTube series about two young friends who become rivals in a street war.
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Release 2020
Genre Drama
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Director: Eliza Hittman
Writer: Eliza Hittman
Stars: Eliazar Jimenez, David Buneta, Christian Clements, Sam Dugger, Ryan Eggold
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7772582/
A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.
Proxima
Release 2019
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Director: Alice Winocour
Writers: Alice Winocour, Jean-Stéphane Bron
Stars: Eva Green, Zélie Boulant, Matt Dillon, Aleksey Fateev, Lars Eidinger
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7374926/
An astronaut prepares for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station.
The Rhythm Section
Release 2020
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Director: Reed Morano
Writers: Mark Burnell, Mark Burnell
Stars: Blake Lively, Richard Brake, Elly Curtis, David Duggan, Matilda Ziegler
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7134096/
A woman seeks revenge against those who orchestrated a plane crash that killed her family.
The Turning
Release 2020
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Director: Floria Sigismondi
Writers: Carey W. Hayes, Chad Hayes, Henry James
Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten, Joely Richardson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7510346/
A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after their parents' deaths. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw."
Ordinary Love
Release 2019
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Director: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn
Writers: Owen McCafferty
Stars: Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville, David Wilmot, Amit Shah, Melanie Clark Pullen
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6012380/
An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.