Category Archives: Drama

Stranger Than Fiction

IMDB Rating: 7.90
37809 votes

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For twelve years, the methodic IRF agent Harold Crick has had a routine lonely life guided by his wristwatch. However, one day he hears the narration of his life in off, telling that he is going to die pretty soon. Meanwhile, he audits Ana Pascal, the owner of a bakery that is in debt with the IRF, and falls in love for her. Harold is advised by Professor Jules Hilbert to change his monotonous lifestyle while he tries to find Karen Eiffel, the author of the story of his life, who is researching means of killing the character, and convince her to change the ending of the story.
Actors
Harold CrickWill Ferrell
Penny EscherQueen Latifah
IRS Co-Worker #5Peter Grosz
Also posted in 2006, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Black Irish

IMDB Rating: 6.50
115 votes

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This tale chronicles the trials and tribulations of Cole McKay, 15, an obedient son who yearns for the attentions of his emotionally remote father. Cole is by turns nurtured and abandoned by the rest of his family; his sister Kathleen, older derelict brother Jack, and rigid mother Margaret. As the tale unfolds each family member undergoes a crisis of their own, their individual arcs interweaving until a heart-wrenching climax.
Actors
Cole McKayMichael Angarano
Desmond McKayBrendan Gleeson
Terry McKayTom Guiry
Also posted in 2007, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Cover

IMDB Rating: 3.80
41 votes

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"When RYAN CHAMBERS is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect is VALERIE MAAS, a church-going home-maker whose life unravels when she discovers that her husband of 15 years has been leading a double life. Her strength of character and faith keeps the family alive as a deadly disease threatens to destroy all that they have known"
Actors
CopCarol Commissiong
Dutch MaasRazaaq Adoti
Party GoerOmer Farooq Alvi
Also posted in 2007, Thriller | Comments (0)

Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot

IMDB Rating: 5.70
435 votes

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A dramatic comedy about a self-induced attention-deficit disordered, learning disabled, Tourette's syndrome suffering, balance impaired, ex-alcoholic young man from the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the gold-digging girl who inspires him to try to get it together.
Actors
Captain AlStephen Adly Guirgis
BrianJayce Bartok
Some GuyLars Engstrom
Also posted in 2007, Comedy | Comments (0)

An American Crime

IMDB Rating: 8.20
253 votes

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Based on a true story that shocked the nation in 1965, the film recounts one of the most shocking crimes ever committed against a single victim. Sylvia and Jennie Fae Likens, the two daughters of traveling carnival workers are left for an extended stay at the Indianapolis (3850 E. New York St. is hardly suburban, nor was it in 1965, by any stretch of the imagination.) home of single mother Gertrude Baniszewski and her seven children. Times are tough, and Gertrude's financial needs cause her to make this arrangement before realizing how the burden will push her unstable nature to a breaking point. What transpires in the next three months is both riveting and horrific, leaving one child dead and the rest scarred for life.
Actors
Sylvia LikensEllen Page
Gertrude BaniszewskiCatherine Keener
Jennie Fae LikensHayley McFarland
Also posted in 2007, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Little Voice

IMDB Rating: 6.90
6580 votes

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After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV (played by Jane Horrocks) becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father's collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and various other famous female singers. But at night time, LV sings, imitating these great singers with surprising accuracy. One night she is overheard by one of her mother's boyfriends, who happens to be a talent agent. He manages to convince her that her talent is special and arranges for her to perform at the local night club, but several problems arise.
Actors
Mari HoffBrenda Blethyn
LVJane Horrocks
BillyEwan McGregor
Also posted in 1998, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Music, Romance | Comments (0)

Identity Theft

IMDB Rating: 3.10
38 votes

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When a drug deal turns into a bloodbath, a junkie-gangster crosses paths with an illegal alien. The illegal alien ends up with the gangster's ID and uses it to create a new successful life as a US citizen. A near death experience causes the gangster to re-evaluate his life, and when he leaves prison three years later, he is clean, sober, and ready to put his life back together. But both men are haunted by their pasts and they are soon set on a collision course that may destroy them and the women they love.
Actors
Francisco/Diego de RobertisAntonio Chávez
AA SpeakerCristobal Tapia-Montt
Diego De RobertisRaul Villarreal
Also posted in 2007, Crime | Comments (0)

The Great Debaters

IMDB Rating: 7.70
6453 votes

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Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coached the debate team to a nearly-undefeated season that included the first debate between students from white and Negro colleges and ended with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which included a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience.
Actors
GarrettJackson Walker
Upscale TravelerRoger Dillingham Jr.
Hanging VictimRon Auguste
Also posted in 2007, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold

IMDB Rating: 6.10
857 votes

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Jackie Dorsey is the daughter of 1992 Winter Olympics Gold medalists Kate Moseley and Doug Doursey. She grows up with ambitions of winning her own Olympic gold but that ambition seems to come to an end when she has a career threatening injury. Enter Alex Harrison as her new pairs skate partner and a new chance at Olympic Gold. But can they set aside their stubbornness long enough to actually win the game?
Actors
Jackie DorseyChristy Carlson Romano
Alex HarrisonRoss Thomas
Doug DorseyScott Thompson Baker
Also posted in 2006, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

IMDB Rating: 6.10
288 votes

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Fact-based story about Ira Einhorn (Kevin Anderson), a 70's peace-nik who is generally credited as one of the founders of Earth Day. In the late 60's and early 70's, Ira lived with Holly Maddux (Naomi Watts). But when she tries to leave him in 1977, she suddenly disappears. Later her body is discovered in a trunk in Einhorn's apartment. Let out on bail, Einhorn flees from the country and manages to elude authorities for years. Meanwhile he is convicted in absentia and sentenced to prison. Holly's father (Tom Skerritt) is determined to see his daughter's murderer brought to justice and has him tracked and is eventually caught in France in 1997. Martin Donovan appears as the assistant D.A. who put the case together. Today, Einhorn is now appealing his conviction.
Actors
Ira EinhornKevin Anderson
Fred MadduxTom Skerritt
Holly MadduxNaomi Watts
Also posted in 1999, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)