Movie List for "drama 2"

The Show (2017)

An unsettling look at reality T.V. where a disturbing hit game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public’s enjoyment. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, Game-Show, Thriller
Director: Giancarlo Esposito
Writer: Noah Pink (screenplay), Kenny Yakkel (screenplay)
Actors: Josh Duhamel, Giancarlo Esposito, Famke Janssen, Caitlin FitzGerald

12 Years a Slave (2013)

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Year 2013.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Steve McQueen
Writer: John Ridley (screenplay by), Solomon Northup (based on “Twelve Years a Slave” by)
Actors: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dwight Henry, Dickie Gravois, Bryan Batt

Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016)

As their surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, the crew at Calvin’s Barbershop come together to bring some much needed change to their neighborhood. Year 2016.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Writer: Kenya Barris, Tracy Oliver, Mark Brown (characters)
Actors: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Regina Hall, Sean Patrick Thomas

The Nightingale (2018)

Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past. Year 2018.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Director: Jennifer Kent
Writer: Jennifer Kent
Actors: Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Michael Sheasby, Claire Jones

The Upside (2017)

A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who’s hired to help him. Year 2017.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Neil Burger
Writer: Jon Hartmere (screenplay by), Éric Toledano (based on the motion picture “Intouchables” by), Olivier Nakache (based on the motion picture “Intouchables” by)
Actors: Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Aja Naomi King

Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola (2013)

Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry’s man friday, Matru. Bijlee’s plan to wed the son of a politician, however, brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola. Year 2013.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Writer: Vishal Bhardwaj (dialogue), Vishal Bhardwaj (screenplay), Abhishek Chaubey (screenplay)
Actors: Imran Khan, Anushka Sharma, Pankaj Kapur, Lekha Washington

Sold (2016)

A girl risks everything for freedom after being trafficked from her mountain village in Nepal to a brothel in India. Year 2016.

Generes: Drama
Director: Jeffrey D. Brown
Writer: Jeffrey D. Brown, Joseph Kwong (adaptation)
Actors: Gillian Anderson, David Arquette, Priyanka Bose, Parambrata Chattopadhyay

Amnesiac (2014)

The story of a man who wakes up in bed suffering from memory loss after being in an accident, only to begin to suspect that his wife may not be his real wife and that a web of lies and … Year 2014.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Michael Polish
Writer: Mike Le, Amy Kolquist
Actors: Kate Bosworth, Wes Bentley, Olivia Rose Keegan, Shashawnee Hall

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker. Year 2011.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: David Fincher
Writer: Steven Zaillian (screenplay by), Stieg Larsson (novel)
Actors: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

Early 1970s. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests’ reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be. Year 2018.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Drew Goddard
Writer: Drew Goddard
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm

Walking Out (2017)

An urban teenager journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father. Father and son struggle to connect, until a brutal encounter in the heart of the wilderness changes everything. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Alex Smith, Andrew J. Smith
Writer: Alex Smith (written for the screen by), Andrew J. Smith (adaptation), David Quammen (based on the short story by)
Actors: Matt Bomer, Josh Wiggins, Bill Pullman, Alex Neustaedter

Colossal (2016)

Gloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in New York City and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this phenomenon. Year 2016.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Writer: Nacho Vigalondo
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson

Cinderella (2015)

When her father unexpectedly dies, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her scheming stepsisters. Never one to give up hope, Ella’s fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger. Year 2015.

Generes: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writer: Chris Weitz (screenplay by), Charles Perrault (story)
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden, Helena Bonham Carter

You’re Not You (2014)

A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver. Year 2014.

Generes: Drama
Director: George C. Wolfe
Writer: Shana Feste (screenplay by), Jordan Roberts (screenplay by), Michelle Wildgen (based on the book by), Jordan Roberts
Actors: Hilary Swank, Emmy Rossum, Josh Duhamel, Stephanie Beatriz

Colette (2018)

Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Wash Westmoreland
Writer: Richard Glatzer (screenplay by), Wash Westmoreland (screenplay by), Rebecca Lenkiewicz (screenplay by), Richard Glatzer (story by)
Actors: Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw, Dominic West, Robert Pugh

The Titan (2018)

A military family takes part in a ground-breaking experiment of genetic evolution and space exploration. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Lennart Ruff
Writer: Max Hurwitz (screenplay by), Arash Amel (story by)
Actors: Sam Worthington, Taylor Schilling, Tom Wilkinson, Agyness Deyn