Drama - Movies

Clay Farmers

Drama

On a small California farm, an unspoken attraction develops between two hired hands, Mike and Dan. Mike comes from a mid-western farming family, and he's content working on the farm for an absentee landlord. Mike, on the other hand, is more of a city boy, a drifter; and he only sees this farm work as temporary, a way of making some money in order to get him to the big city. Away from civilization, their life is idyllic; and it's clear that the affection between the two handsome young men is growing. Recently restored in partnership with UCLA and Outfest's Legacy Project for its 30th anniversary, this moving rural drama is cited by many LGBTQ film experts as an influential antecedent to Brokeback Mountain.

Finding You

Drama

While studying abroad in Ireland, accomplished young musician Finley (Rose Reid) meets heartthrob movie star Beckett (Jedidiah Goodacre) shooting his latest medieval fantasy blockbuster. Sparks fly between the unlikely couple who inspire each other to find the strength to be true to oneself. But when forces surrounding Beckett's stardom threaten to crush their dreams, Finley must decide what she is willing to risk for love.

Devil's Knot

Drama

Three young boys playing in the nearby woods never come home for dinner. In the rush to find and convict the killers, police focus on a trio of teenagers suspected of devil worship. Starring Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth, Devil’s Knot is based on the true story of the West Memphis 3.

The Morning After

Drama

Academy Award-winner Jane Fonda ("On Golden Pond," "9 to 5"), Academy Award-nominee Jeff Bridges ("Fearless," "The Fabulous Baker Boys") and Golden Globe-winner Raul Julia ("Addams Family Values," "The Burning Season") star in this edge-of-your seat thriller about an alcoholic actress who wakes up in bed with a dead man and doesn't have a clue as to how it happened. Featuring Oscar and Golden Globe-winner Kathy Bates ("Primary Colors," "Fried Green Tomatoes") and Kathleen Wilhoite ("ER"), and directed by Oscar-nominee Sidney Lumet ("The Verdict," "Dog Day Afternoon").

An Enemy of the People

Drama

Steve McQueen ("The Getaway", "Bullitt") stars as an idealistic, small-town doctor who discovers that the local hot springs, which the townsfolk market for their "medicinal" effects to drive up tourism, are polluted by runoff from the local tanning mill. The town leaders fear that the cost of cleaning up the toxic waste, and the resultant drop in tourism if the news got out, would hurt the town, so it becomes up to the doctor to spearhead the battle and protect the town's land and residents. Co-starring Academy Award-nominee Charles Durning (TV's "Evening Shade", "Tootsie"), Bibi Andersson ("Persona", "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden") and Richard Dysart (TV's "L.A. Law", "War and Rememberance"). From the Henrik Ibsen play, and adapted by Pulitzer Prize-winner Arthur Miller ("Death of a Salesman", "The Crucible").

Mirror

Drama

A subtly ravishing passage through the halls of time and memory, this sublime reflection on twentieth-century Russian history by Andrei Tarkovsky (STALKER) is as much a poem composed in images, or a hypnagogic hallucination, as it is a work of cinema. In a richly textured collage of varying film stocks and newsreel footage, the recollections of a dying poet flash before our eyes, his dreams mingling with scenes of childhood, wartime, and marriage, all imbued with the mystical power of a trance. Largely dismissed by Soviet critics on its release because of its elusive narrative structure, MIRROR has since taken its place as one of the director’s most renowned and influential works, a stunning personal statement from an artist transmitting his innermost thoughts and feelings directly from psyche to screen.

The World, The Flesh and the Devil (1959)

Drama

"Millions Flee from Cities! End of the World!" From a Manhattan skyscraper, Ralph Burton (Harry Belafonte) surveys the emptiness announced by that chilling newspaper headline. Nuclear doomsday has come. Ralph is sure he is the last person alive. Then a woman (Inger Stevens) appears and the two form a cautious friendship that's threatened when a third survivor (Mel Ferrer) arrives. Unlike other post-apocalyptic thrillers from The Time Machine to I Am Legend, there are no external monsters to battle here. Instead, the monsters fear, intolerance, jealousy lurk inside the all-too-human human beings. And heightening the intensity of writer/director Ranald MacDougall's suspenseful and unsettling movie are stunning vistas of an unpopulated New York: vast, empty and soulless.

The Deadly Affair

Drama

British intelligence officer is sent to investigate an anonymous letter sent to the foreign secretary accusing a key officer of communist affiliation. When the officer commits suicide, the investigator suspects murder and presses his inquiry. The culprit is finally exposed in a surprise climax.

Open by Christmas

Drama

A Hallmark Channel original movie. When Nicky (Alison Sweeney) finds an unopened Christmas card from a high school secret admirer, she and her best friend Simone (Erica Durance) search to find and thank the anonymous author.

Fury

Drama

Oscar-winner Spencer Tracy ("Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde," "Adam's Rib") stars in this provocative drama by acclaimed director Fritz Lang ("Metropolis," "M") about an innocent man who barely escapes a violent lynch mob. Believed dead, he secretly returns to seek revenge. Co-starring multiple Oscar-winner Walter Brennan ("Sergant York," "Meet John Doe") and Oscar-nominee Sylvia Sidney ("Summer Wishes Winter Dreams," TV's "An Early Frost"). Selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 400 best American films of all time and inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry.

M. Butterfly

Drama

Love's mysteries and betrayal's cruelties are boldly portrayed in this fictional tale of French diplomat Rene Gallimard (AcademyAward winner Jeremy Irons) and Beijing Opera star Song Liling (John Lone). Rene believes he's found the perfect woman. But after alove affair of nearly 20 years, he finds he cannot believe anything about the beguiling, secretive singer. Rene learns Song Lilingis a spy. And it's not the only shocking secret his beloved "butterfly" hides.

Samson

Drama

Samson is based on the powerful, biblical epic of a champion chosen by God to deliver Israel. His supernatural strength and impulsive decisions quickly pit him against the oppressive Philistine empire. After being betrayed by a wicked prince and a beautiful temptress, Samson is captured and blinded by his enemies. Samson calls upon his God once more for supernatural strength and turns imprisonment and blindness into final victory.

P.S. I Love You

Drama

Buy a new outfit. Be a disco diva. Learn to fish. Take a chance. Travel. Laugh. Love. Sometimes all you need to start really living is a little shove in the right direction – and that’s just what Holly Kennedy gets… From the handsome, big-hearted love of her life. From a series of mysterious letters. And from gal pals who know that a friend in need is a friend in need of some laughs! Based on Cecelia Ahern’s joyful bestseller and boasting a top cast led by two-time Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler (300), P.S. I Love You is your very own message full of fun, love, triumph and romance. (P.S. You’ll love it!)

Return to Zero (LLC)

Drama

Based on a true story, Return to Zero follows a successful couple, MINNIE DRIVER and PAUL ADELSTEIN, preparing for the arrival of their first child. Just weeks before their due date, they discover their son has died in the womb and will be stillborn. Lives and relationships forever altered by the loss, they try to cope, but nothing can save their marriage. That’s when they discover that they’re again pregnant and must come together to face a turbulent and terrifying pregnancy.

The Champ (1979)

Drama

Jon Voight plays Billy Flynn, an ex-champion boxer who was KO'd by booze and gambling. When the wealthy, estranged mother of Flynn's young son begins trying to lure the boy away from him, Flynn must return to the ring to provide for his child.

The Immigrant

Drama

Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, and Jeremy Renner star in the story of Ewa, a recent immigrant to America who falls prey to a charming but wicked man who forces her into prostitution.

Selena

Drama

Jennifer Lopez and Edward James Olmos star in this celebration of Selena Quintanilla Perez, a girl from South Texas with global talent, incredible will and magnetic charm. Young. Beautiful. Enormously gifted. At 23, Selena shone as a fresh star in a vibrantly new musical field. But just as she was poised to be the next pop-music sensation, her life was tragically cut short.

Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her

Drama

A story comprised of five interweaving vignettes that focus on a particular group of women whose lives - over the course of a few days - become entangled, eroded, enriched and ultimately changed forever.

The Sessions

Drama

Academy Award® Winner Helen Hunt (Actress, “As Good as It Gets,” 1997) joins Academy Award® Nominees John Hawkes (Supporting Actor, “Winter’s Bone,” 2010) and William H. Macy (Supporting Actor, “Fargo,” 1996) in this triumphant true story about love, sex, desire...and making every breath count. Paralyzed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O’Brien (Hawkes) has overcome adversity time and time again. But now, at age 38, he faces his toughest challenge yet: losing his virginity. With the help of a beautiful therapist (Hunt), a sympathetic priest (Macy), and his own unbridled sense of optimism and humor, Mark embarks on an extraordinary personal journey to discover the wondrous pleasures that make life worth living.

Nine Days

Drama

Will (Winston Duke) spends his days in a remote outpost watching the live Point of View (POV) on TV's of people going about their lives, until one subject perishes, leaving a vacancy for a new life on earth. Soon, several candidates -- unborn souls -- arrive at Will's to undergo tests determining their fitness, facing oblivion when they are deemed unsuitable. But Will soon faces his own existential challenge in the form of free-spirited Emma (Zazie Beetz), a candidate who is not like the others, forcing him to turn within and reckon with his own tumultuous past. Fueled by unexpected power, he discovers a bold new path forward in his own life. Making his feature-film debut after a series of highly acclaimed and award-winning short films and music videos, Japanese Brazilian director Edson Oda delivers a heartfelt and meditative vision of human souls in limbo, aching to be born against unimaginable odds, yet hindered by forces beyond their will.

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