Drama movies

Miracle

Miracle
Genres: Drama | Family | History | Sport
Year: 2004
Actors: Kurt Russell | Patricia Clarkson | Noah Emmerich | Sean McCann | Kenneth Welsh | Eddie Cahill | Patrick O'Brien Demsey | Michael Mantenuto | Nathan West | Kenneth Mitchell | Eric Peter-Kaiser | Bobby Hanson | Joseph Cure | Billy Schneider | Nate Miller
Directors: Gavin O'Connor
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The inspiring story of the team that transcended its sport and united a nation with a new feeling of hope. Based on the true story of one of the greatest moments in sports history, the tale captures a time and place where differences could be settled by games and a cold war could be put on ice. In 1980, the United States Ice Hockey team’s coach, Herb Brooks, took a ragtag squad of college kids up against the legendary juggernaut from the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. Despite the long odds, Team USA carried the pride of a nation yearning from a distraction from world events. With the world watching the team rose to the occasion, prompting broadcaster Al Michaels’ now famous question, to the millions viewing at home: Do you believe in miracles? Yes!

Becket

Becket
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Year: 1964
Actors: Richard Burton | Peter O'Toole | John Gielgud | Gino Cervi | Paolo Stoppa | Donald Wolfit | David Weston | Martita Hunt | Pamela Brown | Siân Phillips | Felix Aylmer | Percy Herbert | Inigo Jackson | Niall MacGinnis | Christopher Rhodes
Directors: Peter Glenville
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As the story opens, King Henry II, who ruled England from 1154 to 1189 has entered Canterbury Cathedral to do penance at the tomb of his former friend, Thomas Becket. Bare to the waist, the king kneels to receive a flogging from Saxon monks. He begins to reminisce, recalling at first the carefree, promiscuous adventures with Becket, then his favorite drinking and wenching companion. A violently emotional drama that probes the changing relationship between two young men - between two close friends bound together by similar pride of flesh and spirit who become deadly enemies as they pursue their separate destinies . . . that of king . . . and saint.

The Hessen Affair

The Hessen Affair
Genres: Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
Year: 2009
Actors: Michael Bowen | John B. Lowe | Mike O'Brien | Noah Segan | Rudolph Segers | Will Woytowich | Billy Zane | Lyne Renee
Directors: Paul Breuls
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1945 - Castle Kronberg, outside Frankfurt, is turned into a ‘country club’ for victorious American officers. The cynical Colonel Jack Durant and the dazzling beautiful Lieutenant Kathleen Nash uncover the crown jewels of Germany - more diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and pearls than are gathered in any one place outside the Tower of London. Nash and Durant manage to get the gems to New York, where they must deal with gangsters to fence the loot. To make matters worse for the two renegade officers, Princess Sophie discovers the theft of her jewels and complains to American army headquarters. It now turns out that her brother fought for the Allies and is about to marry the future Queen of England. With double-crossing gangland figures trying to control the gems and the army closing in on them, will Kathy Nash and Jack Durant stay true to one other and their plan? Or will one sell the other out?

Ciao

Ciao
Genres: Drama | Romance
Year: 2008
Actors: Adam Neal Smith | Alessandro Calza | Ethel Lung | Chuck Blaum | John S. Boles | Margaret Lake | Tiffany Vollmer | Frederick Anthony | Brian Cannon | Steve M. Clark | Cole D. Croghan | Robert A. Davis | Douglas Demaio | Larry Jack Dotson
Directors: Yen Tan
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A man dies very unexpectedly and leaves behind two men: Jeff, his best friend and Andrea, an Italian he’s been corresponding with online. Jeff informs Andrea of Mark’s passing; Andrea writes back to express his shock and sympathies. On a whim, they continue their correspondence and a rapport grows between them. They eventually meet, where they extend their e-mail exchanges into more personal and intimate conversations. They talk about their respective countries, their jobs, their families, their lives. Mostly, they talk about Mark. What began as a tragedy that linked two strangers from different ends of the world becomes a deeply realized friendship that may change their lives forever.

The Lion in Winter

The Lion in Winter
Genres: Drama | Romance
Year: 2003
Actors: Glenn Close | Andrew Howard | Patrick Stewart | Antal Konrád | John Light | Soma Marko | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Rafe Spall | Yuliya Vysotskaya | Clive Wood
Directors: Andrei Konchalovsky
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King Henry II (’Patrick Stewart (I)’ (qv)) keeps his wife, Eleanor (’Glenn Close’ (qv)) locked away in the towers because of her frequent attempts to overthrow him. With Eleanor out of the way he can have his dalliances with his young mistress (’Yuliya Vysotskaya’ (qv)). Needless to say the queen is not pleased, although she still has affection for the king. Working through her sons, she plots the king’s demise and the rise of her second and preferred son, Richard (’Andrew Howard (I)’ (qv)), to the throne. The youngest son, John (’Rafe Spall’ (qv)), an overweight buffoon and the only son holding his father’s affection is the king’s choice after the death of his first son, young Henry. But John is also overly eager for power and is willing to plot his father’s demise with middle brother, Geoffrey (’John Light (I)’ (qv)) and the young king of France, Phillip (’Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ (qv)). Geoffrey, of course sees his younger brother’s weakness and sees that route as his path to power. Obviously political and court intrigue ensues.

The Steam Experiment

The Steam Experiment
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Year: 2009
Actors: Val Kilmer | Armand Assante | Eric Roberts | Megan Brown | Patrick Muldoon | Cordelia Reynolds | Eve Mauro | Quinn Duffy | Doug Alchin | Rick Robinson Jr. | Shelby Stehlin | Michael Travis | Carrie Drazek | Julianne Howe-Bouwens | Sarah Martinez
Directors: Philippe Martinez
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A former professor (Kilmer) concocts a brutal experiment in order to get the word out on the effects of global warming. By trapping six people in an urban Turkish bathhouse, he vows to overheat his hostages unless his global-warming hypothesis is published on the front page of his local paper.

The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport
Year: 1982
Actors: Robin Williams | Mary Beth Hurt | Glenn Close | John Lithgow | Hume Cronyn | Jessica Tandy | Swoosie Kurtz | James McCall | Peter Michael Goetz | George Ede | Mark Soper | Nathan Babcock | Ian MacGregor | Warren Berlinger | Susan Browning
Directors: George Roy Hill
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Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. Whilst Garp sees himself as a “serious” writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women.

Crucible, The

Crucible, The
Genres: Drama | History
Year: 1996
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis | Winona Ryder | Paul Scofield | Joan Allen | Bruce Davison | Rob Campbell | Jeffrey Jones | Peter Vaughan | Karron Graves | Charlayne Woodard | Frances Conroy | Elizabeth Lawrence | George Gaynes | Mary Pat Gleason | Robert Breuler
Directors: Nicholas Hytner
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A small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts caught in an innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men are forced to tell lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix are greedy preachers and other major landowners trying to steal others’ land and one young woman (Ryder) infatuated with a married man (Day-Lewis) and determined to get rid of his innocent wife (Allen). Arthur Miller wrote the events and the subsequent trials where those who demanded thier innocence were executed, those who would not name names were incarcerated and tortured, and those who admitted their guilt were immediately freed as a parable of the Congressional Communist witch hunts led by Senator Joe McCarthy in 1950’s America.

Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Year: 1989
Actors: Dale Midkiff | Fred Gwynne | Denise Crosby | Brad Greenquist | Michael Lombard | Miko Hughes | Blaze Berdahl | Susan Blommaert | Mara Clark | Kavi Raz | Mary Louise Wilson | Andrew Hubatsek | Liz Davies | Kara Dalke | Matthew August Ferrell
Directors: Mary Lambert
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Pet Sematary (PS) is a 1989 horror flick based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name. After moving into their new home the Creed family’s cat is killed after wondering onto the highway. Jud an elderly neighbor shows Louis, the father, to an isolated hill behind the local Pet Cemetery and instructs him to bury the deceased feline there. Not long after the cat reappears at the Creed home, only he is not the same. The docile cat is now vicious and destructive. When their youngest son meets with a fatal accident, the distraught Louis buries him in the same location hoping to revive him. Unfortunately he unleashes far more than he had bargained for.

Going in Style

Going in Style
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Year: 1979
Actors: George Burns | Art Carney | Lee Strasberg | Charles Hallahan | Pamela Payton-Wright | Siobhan Keegan | Brian Neville | Constantine Hartofolis | Mary Testa | Jean Shevlin | James Manis | Tito Goya | William Pabst | Christopher Wynkoop | John McComb
Directors: Martin Brest
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Joe, Al, and Willie are three old men who have resigned themselves to dying. One night, Joe hatches a scheme to put a bit of excitement back into their lives: robbing a bank….

Tell No One

Tell No One
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Year: 2006
Actors: François Cluzet | Marie-Josée Croze | André Dussollier | Kristin Scott Thomas | François Berléand | Nathalie Baye | Jean Rochefort | Marina Hands | Gilles Lellouche | Philippe Lefebvre | Florence Thomassin | Olivier Marchal | Brigitte Catillon | Samir Guesmi
Directors: Guillaume Canet
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Eight years after his wife was brutally murdered, Alexandre Beck receives an e-mail with images of a woman who, although older, is obviously his wife. At the time of her murder, Beck was with her but he too was severely beaten and remained unconscious for several days after the incident. He approaches his father-in-law, a former senior police officer now retired, for more details about his wife’s murder but can get little additional information. It soon becomes apparent to him that he is being followed and when he is framed for murdering a friend, he goes on the run now fighting to save his own life.

Ridicule

Ridicule
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Year: 1996
Actors: Charles Berling | Jean Rochefort | Fanny Ardant | Judith Godrèche | Bernard Giraudeau | Bernard Dhéran | Carlo Brandt | Jacques Mathou | Urbain Cancelier | Albert Delpy | Bruno Zanardi | Marie Pillet | Jacques Roman | Philippe Magnan | Maurice Chevit
Directors: Patrice Leconte
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In the periwigged and opulent France of Louis XVI, an unwitting nobleman soon discovers that survival at court demands both a razor wit and an acid tongue.

The Greatest Game Ever Played

The Greatest Game Ever Played
Genres: Drama | History | Sport
Year: 2005
Actors: James Paxton | Tom Rack | Armand Laroche | Peter Hurley | Gregory Terlecki | Jonathan Higgins | Matthew Knight | Luke Askew | Amanda Tilson | Elias Koteas | Jamie Merling | Eugenio Esposito | Marnie McPhail | Stephen Dillane | Robin Wilcock
Directors: Bill Paxton
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Near the turn of the twentieth century, young Harry Vardon becomes a champion golfer but learns that his amazing skill is no match for the class boundaries that exclude him from “gentlemanly” English society. A dozen years later, a young American, Francis Ouimet, fights against the same prejudice, as well as his own father’s disdain, for a chance to participate in the U.S. Open against his idol — Harry Vardon. The struggles of both men for acceptance provides the background for an amazing contest of skills.