Drama - Movies

No Way Out

Drama

Nominated for the 1950 Oscar® for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, this intense drama about racial hatred pulls no punches. When a white patient in a hospital dies under the care of a black intern (Sidney Poitier), the victim’s racist brother (Richard Widmark) seeks to destroy the doctor’s career. Although the hospital’s idealistic Chief Resident (Stephen McNally) tries to diffuse the escalating tension, the victim’s ex-wife (Linda Darnell) seems to go along with the vengeance-seeker—until she realizes she’s on the wrong side.

Annie Oakley (1935)

Drama

Legendary Academy Award-honoree and Emmy-winner Barbara Stanwyck ("Double Indemnity," "Meet John Doe," TV's "The Thorn Birds") stars as the pistol packin' sharpshooter who learns that she needs more than a gun to get a man when she falls for a rival marksman. Biographical romp co-stars Oscar-winner Melvyn Douglas ("Hud," "Ninotchka") and Preston Foster ("The Informer").

Windtalkers

Drama

A powerful, true story about members of the Navajo tribe who proudly served the U.S. in WWII as code talkers by using their native language as a code to relay information to military leaders. Unbeknownst to the Navajo is the dark secret that they're to be killed by American soldiers if one of them is in danger of being captured.

Dear John (2010)

Drama

A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave.

Tyler Perry: Meet the Browns - The Play

Drama

A funeral can be a time for laughter (and lessons) when the kooky Brown family gathers to bury Brown's (David Mann) 107-year-old father. It's a foot-stomping sound-stirring send-off and a great reminder—"Ain't nothin' like family, ain't nothin' like love!"

Casualties of War

Drama

Hailed by critics as a masterpiece, Casualties of War is based on the true story of a squad of soldiers caught in the moral quagmire of wartime Vietnam. Witness to a vile crime, Private Eriksson (Michael J. Fox, TV's, Spin City) is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and commanding officer Sergeant Meserve (Sean Penn, Dead Man Walking), a powerful and charismatic man pushed over the edge of barbarism by the terror and brutality of combat. With sweeping scope, action and raw power, master filmmaker Brian DePalma (The Untouchables) creates a devastating and unforgettable tale of one man's quest for sanity and justice amidst the chaos of war.

The Great Waldo Pepper

Drama

Robert Redford takes to the skies in this rousing adventure! Waldo Pepper (Redford) is a former WWI biplane pilot who feels he missed out on his chance to earn glory during the war and dreams of being the first man to perform the risky outside loop. Desperate for cash, he resorts to “barnstorming” with his unique style of aerial showmanship, but soon lands in Hollywood as a stunt pilot. When ace fighter pilot Ernst Kessler (Bo Brundin) is cast to recreate his famous dogfight in a Hollywood blockbuster, Waldo sees an opportunity to redeem his war record in a dramatic and death-defying airborne fight that proves to be a little too real. Directed by George Roy Hill (The Sting) and co-starring Susan Sarandon, Margot Kidder, Bo Svenson and Edward Herrmann, it’s a thrilling, pulse-pounding story about the dreamers and risk-takers of early aviation.

Red Riding: 1980

Drama

1980 Leeds - and the Yorkshire Ripper has tyrannized the region for six long years. It's got personal for the West Yorkshire Police force - but the Home Office, desperate to deliver some results, want to set up an undercover enquiry into their Ripper investigation. Peter Hunter, Assistant Chief Constable from the Greater Manchester force, is given the job. Made to feel the very opposite of welcome in Leeds, Hunter and his team begin to uncover inconsistencies in West Yorkshire's investigation. Are there 2 Rippers? Unimaginable surely - but has the Ripper been a convenient cover? As a lucky cop unwittingly picks up Peter Sutcliffe on a traffic offense and finds him in confessional mode, Hunter gets a tip off about the identity of the other Ripper. And if Hunter isn't going to bring him to justice, who will?

Proof

Drama

The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settle his affairs.

The Fountain (2006)

Drama

Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Past, present, future. Through time and space, one man embarks on a bold 1000-year odyssey to defeat humankind's most indomitable foe: Death. Hugh Jackman plays that man, devoted to one woman (Rachel Weisz) and determined to protect her from forces that threaten her existence. His quest leads him to a Tree of Life...and to an adventure into eternity. Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) directs, continuing his string of imaginative, involving filmmaking with a tale alive with ideas and filled with astonishing vistas. "Not many films can blow your mind and break your heart at the same time, but this one will" (Drew McWeeny, Ain't It Cool News).

Darkest Hour

Drama

Academy Award® winner Gary Oldman gives a “towering performance” (Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair) in acclaimed director Joe Wright’s soaring drama DARKEST HOUR. As Hitler’s forces storm across the European landscape and close in on the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill (Oldman) is elected the new Prime Minister. With his party questioning his every move, and King George VI (Ben Mendelsohn) skeptical of his new political leader, it is up to Churchill to lead his nation and protect them from the most dangerous threat ever seen. Also starring Academy Award® nominee Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James, DARKEST HOUR is a powerful, inspirational drama.

Amazing Grace (2006)

Drama

Based on the true life story of William Wilberforce, a leader of the British abolition movement, Amazing Grace chronicles his epic struggle to pass a law to end the slave trade in the late 18th century. Along the way, Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) meets intense opposition from members of Parliament who feel the slave trade is tied to the stability of the British Empire. Several friends, including Wilberforce’s minister, John Newton (Albert Finney), a reformed slave ship captain who penned the beloved hymn "Amazing Grace," urge him to see the cause through.

Heaven

Drama

The star power of Cate Blanchett (Robin Hood) and Giovanni Ribisi (Avatar) propels this luminous and intensely haunting motion picture from the acclaimed director of Run Lola Run. Philippa (Blanchett), a British teacher living in Turin, Italy, has watched helplessly as her husband and friends have fallen victim to drug overdoses. To compound her desperation, the police - who are complicit in the actions of Turin's biggest drug dealer - have completely ignored Philippa's repeated offers of information. So, with the unexpected help of a sympathetic police officer (Ribisi), Philippa feels she has nothing to lose by taking divine justice into her own hands. A probing exploration of the modern world and its moral choices, you'll be mesmerized by Philippa's transformation from grieving widow to wanted fugitive.

Pride and Glory

Drama

Academy Award-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Edward Norton (The Incredible Hulk, American History) and Colin Farrell (Miami Vice, Alexander) star in this crime thriller that blurs the line between morality and duty as it asks the question: What does it mean to be loyal? In New York City, a homicide detective is assigned to investigate the precinct run by his own brother, Francis (Noah Emmerich - Little Children, Cellular). Meanwhile, the investigator's best friend is a cop in that precinct who may be corrupt as well. The truth opens up a Pandora's Box that threatens not only the family legacy but the entire precinct. Also starring Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Jon Voight (Ali, Transformers) and directed by Gavin OConnor (Miracle, Tumbleweeds).

The Wicker Man (2006)

Drama

Out patrolling a California highway, police officer Edward Malus (Nicolas Cage) stops a station wagon to return a little girl's lost doll. Moments later, a runaway truck slams into the station wagon, igniting it into a fiery wreck with the mother and child trapped inside. Edward fails to save them before the car explodes...and then spends months of his life choking down pills to get the image of their faces out of his head. But Edward is about to get a second chance. A desperate letter from his former girlfriend, Willow (Kate Beahan), arrives at his home with no postmark. Willow came into his life and left just as unexpectedly years before. But now, her daughter Rowan has gone missing, and Edward is the only person she trusts to help locate her. She asks him to come to her home on a private island - Summersisle - a place with its own traditions where people observe a forgotten way of life.

A Star Is Born (1976)

Drama

The fire of Barbra Streisand. The magnetism of Kris Kristofferson. The reckless world of big-time rock 'n' roll.

The Pianist

Drama

The Pianist stars Adrien Brody in the true-life story of brilliant pianist and composer, Wladyslaw Szpilman, the most acclaimed young musician of his time and his promising career was interrupted by the onset of World War II. This powerful, triumphant film follows Szpilman's heroic and inspiration journey of survival with the unlikely help of a sympathetic German officer. A truly unforgettable epic, testifying to both the power of hope and the resiliency of the human spirit, The Pianist is a miraculous tale of survival masterfully brought to life by visionary filmmaker, Roman Polanski, in his most personal movie ever.

True Story

Drama

James Franco and Jonah Hill star in this taut thriller from writer-director Rupert Goold, based on Michael Finkel’s chilling, real-life story. After a disgraced New York Times journalist (Hill) learns that Christian Longo, a man accused of murdering his family, claims to be him, he is intrigued and begins meeting with Longo. But as time goes on, Finkel realizes how dangerous Longo really is.

The Violent Heart

Drama

Fifteen years after the murder of his older sister, 24-year-old Daniel (2020 Emmy nominee Jovan Adepo) finds himself falling for Cassie (Grace Van Patten), an outgoing high school senior, in this Romeo & Juliet-style thriller set in the American heartland. Also starring Academy Award-nominated actress Mary J. Blige, Lukas Haas, and Jahi Di’Allo Winston.

Clean and Sober

Drama

A successful young real estate executive, whose life has taken a downward spiral, seeks a temporary haven from his problems and discovers a dramatic self-realization and life-changing resolutions.

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