Category Archives: Drama
If Beale Street Could Talk
Release 2018
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Director: Barry Jenkins
Writers: Barry Jenkins, James Baldwin
Stars: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7125860/
A woman in Harlem embraces her pregnancy while she and her family struggle to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime.
Widows
Release 2018
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Director: Steve McQueen
Writers: Gillian Flynn, Steve McQueen, Lynda La Plante
Stars: Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Jon Bernthal
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4218572/
Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
IO
Release 2019
Genre Adventure, Drama, Romance
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Director: Jonathan Helpert
Writers: Clay Jeter, Charles Spano, Will Basanta
Stars: Margaret Qualley, Anthony Mackie, Danny Huston
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3256226/
As a young scientist searches for a way to save a dying Earth, she finds a connection with a man who's racing to catch the last shuttle off the planet.
The Girl in the Spider's Web
Release 2018
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Director: Fede Alvarez
Writers: David Lagercrantz, Stieg Larsson, Jay Basu, Fede Alvarez, Steven Knight
Stars: Claire Foy, Beau Gadsdon, Sverrir Gudnason
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5177088/
Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.
Boy Erased
Release 2018
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Director: Joel Edgerton
Writers: Garrard Conley, Joel Edgerton
Stars: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7008872/
The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.
King of Thieves
Release 2018
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Director: James Marsh
Writers: Joe Penhall, Mark Seal
Stars: Michael Caine, Michael Gambon, Charlie Cox
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5789976/
A true crime film about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed. Based on infamous true events.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Release 2018
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Director: Bryan Singer
Writers: Anthony McCarten, Peter Morgan
Stars: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727824/
The story of the legendary rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Release 2018
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Terry Gilliam
Writers: Terry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni
Stars: Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1318517/
Toby, a disillusioned advertising executive, becomes pulled into a world of time jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes him to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from reality.
Ashes in the Snow
Release 2018
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Director: Marius A. Markevicius
Writers: Ben York Jones, Ruta Sepetys
Stars: Bel Powley, Peter Franzén, Sophie Cookson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3759298/
In 1941, a 16 year-old aspiring artist and her family are deported to Siberia amidst Stalin's brutal dismantling of the Baltic region. One girl's passion for art and her never-ending hope will break the silence of history.
The Hate U Give
Release 2018
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Director: George Tillman Jr.
Writers: Audrey Wells, Angie Thomas
Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580266/
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.