2017 Movies : Drama

With Matthew McConaughey • Akiva Goldsman • Ron Howard • Idris Elba • Jeff Pinkner • Jackie Earle Haley • Brian Grazer • Nikolaj Arcel • Abbey Lee • Tom Taylor

Gunslinger Roland Deschain roams an Old West-like landscape in search of the dark tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world.

With John Krasinski • Will Poulter • Anthony Mackie • Mark Boal • Jacob Latimore • Jack Reynor • Kaitlyn Dever • John Boyega • Jeremy Strong • Jason Mitchell • Algee Smith • Nathan Davis Jr. • Chris Chalk • Matthew Budman • Gbenga Akinnabve • Kris Davis • Malcolm David Kelley • Kathryn Bigelow • Megan Ellison • Leon Thomas III • Hannah Murray • Austin Hebert • Ben O'Toole • Joseph David Jones • Ephraim Sykes • Peyton Alex Smith • Laz Alonzo • Miguel Pimentel

Set in Detroit, Michigan, a number of devastating riots take place over five summer days in 1967.

With Jon Bernthal • Elizabeth Olsen • Taylor Sheridan • Jeremy Renner • Basil Iwanyk • Peter Berg • Julia Jones • James Jordan • Gil Birmingham • Matthew George • Kelsey Asbille

Follows a rookie FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past (Jeremy Renner) to investigate the murder of a local girl on a remote Native American Reservation in the hopes of solving her mysterious death.

With Hwang Jeong-Min • So Ji-Sub • Song Joong-Ki • Lee Jung-Hyun. • Ryoo Seung-wan

The Battleship Island is based on a true story during WWII when Korea was under the colonial rule of Japan. In 1944, 400 conscripted Korean civilians head out to Hashima Island. Nicknamed “The Battleship Island” after its resemblance to a war vessel, many were lured by false promises of high wages. Upon arrival, they found that workers are forced into slave labor. As the U.S. launches a massive counterattack on Japan, the Japanese decide to blow up the island in order to bury the truth about their awful treatment of the Korean slave labors. A Korean independence activist discovers the plan and works with others on the island for a mass escape.

With John Cho • Rory Culkin • Parker Posey • Haley Lu Richardson • Kogonada • Michelle Forbes

When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin (John Cho) finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey (Haley Lu Richardson), a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library. As their intimacy develops, Jin and Casey explore both the town and their conflicted emotions: Jin's estranged relationship with his father, and Casey's reluctance to leave Columbus and her mother.

With Aisha de Haas • Jeremy Jordan • Harvey Fierstein • Jeff Calhoun • Kara Lindsay • Ben Fankhauser • Andrew Keenan-Bolger • Steve Blanchard • Ethan Steiner

Set in New York City at the turn of the century and based on a true story, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged ‘newsies,’ who dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city to strike and take a stand for what’s right.

With Aisha de Haas • Jeremy Jordan • Harvey Fierstein • Jeff Calhoun • Kara Lindsay • Ben Fankhauser • Andrew Keenan-Bolger • Steve Blanchard • Ethan Steiner

Set in New York City at the turn of the century and based on a true story, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged ‘newsies,’ who dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city to strike and take a stand for what’s right.

With Brie Larson • Max Greenfield • Woody Harrelson • Naomi Watts • Gil Netter • Marti Noxon • Destin Daniel Cretton • Erik Feig • Andrew Lanham

Tells the story of a successful young woman who was raised by dysfunctional and nonconformist parents. Her world gets turned upside down when they move to New York to be near her.

With Robert Pattinson • Josh Safdie • Benny Safdie • Jennifer Jason Leigh • Barkhad Abdi • Sebastian Bear-McClard • Buddy Duress

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Constantine Nikas (Robert Pattinson) embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in an increasingly desperate—and dangerous—attempt to get his brother out of jail. Over the course of one adrenalized night, Constantine finds himself on a mad descent into violence and mayhem as he races against the clock to save his brother and himself, knowing their lives hang in the balance.

With Elizabeth Olsen • Aubrey Plaza • O’Shea Jackson Jr. • Billy Magnussen • Matt Spicer • Jared Goldman • David Branson Smith • Wyatt Russell

Following the death of her mother and a series of self-inflicted setbacks, young Ingrid Thorburn (Aubrey Plaza) escapes a humdrum existence by moving out West to befriend her Instagram obsession and LA socialite Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen). After a quick bond is forged between these unlikeliest of friends, the façade begins to crack in both women's lives — with comically malicious results.

With Thomas Kretschmann • Song Kang-ho • Yoo Hai-Jin • Ryu Jun-Yeol • Jang Hoon

In this powerful true story set in 1980, a down-on-his-luck taxi driver from Seoul is hired by a foreign journalist who wants to go to the town of Gwangju for the day. They arrive to find a city under siege by the military government, with the citizens, led by a determined group of college students, rising up to demand freedom. What began as an easy fare becomes a life-or-death struggle in the midst of the Gwangju Uprising, a critical event in modern South Korea.

With Kate Beckinsale • Pierce Brosnan • Callum Turner • Jeff Bridges • Kiersey Clemons • Ron Yerxa • Marc Webb • Allan Loeb • Albert Berger • John Fogel

Thomas Webb (Callum Turner), the son of a publisher and his artistic wife, has just graduated from college and is trying to find his place in the world. Moving from his parents’ Upper West Side apartment to the Lower East Side, he befriends his neighbor W.F. (Jeff Bridges), a shambling alcoholic writer who dispenses worldly wisdom alongside healthy shots of whiskey. Thomas’ world begins to shift when he discovers that his long-married father (Pierce Brosnan) is having an affair with a seductive younger woman (Kate Beckinsale). Determined to break up the relationship, Thomas ends up sleeping with his father’s mistress, launching a chain of events that will change everything he thinks he knows about himself and his family.

With Yoshimasa Hosoya • Sunao Katabuchi • Natsuki Inaba • Minori Omi • Daisuke Ono

Follows a young lady named Suzu Urano, who in 1944 moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima to live with her husband’s family. Suzu’s life is thrown into chaos when her town is bombed during World War II. Her perseverance and courage underpin this heart-warming and inspirational tale of the everyday challenges faced by the Japanese in the midst of a violent, war-torn country.

With Natalie Portman • Robin Campillo • Lily Rose Depp • Rebecca Zlotowski

Planetarium is the story of two sisters set in Paris in the late 30’s, Laura Barlow (Natalie Portman) and Kate Barlow (Lily-Rose Depp), who are believed to possess the supernatural ability to connect with ghosts. They meet a visionary Jewish French producer, Andre Korben, (Emmanuel Salinger) who is fascinated by their supernatural gift and hires them to shoot an ambitious experimental film. What they perceive as a perfect opportunity to gain recognition, soon spirals into a game of hidden agendas that tests human limits, social value, and contains themes of anti-Semitism as Korben is ultimately scrutinized by his colleagues for his Jewish heritage.

With Steve Coogan • Rob Brydon • Michael Winterbottom • Marta Barrio • Claire Keelan

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on another culinary road trip in Spain. Over plates of pintxos and paella, the pair exchange barbs and celebrity impressions, as well as more serious reflections on what it means to settle into middle age.

With Zhao Xiaoding • Anthony LaMolinara

With Cathy Moriarty • Geremy Jasper • Wass Stevens • Danielle Macdonald • McCaul Lombardi • Bridget Everett • Siddharth Dhananjay • Mamoudou Athie • Sahr Ngaujah

PATTI CAKE$ introduces Australian native Danielle Macdonald in a breakout role, as aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$. Fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in Jersey where her life is falling apart, Patti tries to reach the big time in the hip hop scene with original and affecting music. Cheered on by her grandmother (Cathy Moriarty) and only friends, Jheri (Siddharth Dhananjay) and Basterd (Mamoudou Athie), Patti also shoulders her mother's (Bridget Everett) heartaches and misfortunes.

With Michael Cera • Nia Long • Gillian Jacobs • Judy Greer • David Paymer • Brett Gelman • Fred Melamed • Martin Starr • Rhea Perlman • Jon Daly • Marla Gibbs • Janicza Bravo

An actor faces his failing career, the ridicule of his family and the departure of his girlfriend of 10 years.

With Justin Chon • Ben Munoz • Simone Baker • David So • Curtiss Cook • Omono Okojie • Sang Cho • Cesar Garcia • Isaiah Jarel • Kirlew Vilbon • Guy L. Holmes • Trinecia Moore-Pernell • Darina Littleton

Eli (Chon) and Daniel (So) are two Korean American brothers that run their late father’s shoe store in a predominantly African American community of Los Angeles. These two brothers strike up a unique and unlikely friendship with an 11-year-old African American girl, Kamilla (Baker). As Daniel dreams of becoming a recording artist and Eli struggles to keep the store afloat, racial tensions build to a breaking point in L.A. as the “infamous” L.A. Riots break out.

With Elle Fanning • Dane DeHaan • Carly Rae Jepsen • Maggie Ziegler • Eric Summer • Eric Warin • Carole Noble • Laurent Zeitoun • Terrence Scammell • Julie Khaner • Nicolas Duval Adassovsky • Yann Zenou

11-year-old orphan, Félicie (Elle Fanning) has one dream – to go to Paris and become a dancer. Her best friend Victor (Nat Wolff) an imaginative, but exhausting boy with a passion for creating has a dream of his own, to become a famous inventor. In a leap of faith, Victor and Félicie leave their orphanage in pursuit of their passions. But – there’s a catch, Félicie must pretend to be the child of a wealthy family in order to gain admittance to the prestigious and competitive Opera Ballet School in Paris. And with no professional dance training, she quickly learns that talent alone is not enough to overcome the ruthless, conniving attitudes of her fellow classmates, led by the devious Camille Le Haut (Maddie Ziegler). Determined to succeed, Félicie finds her mentor in the tough and mysterious school custodian, Odette (Carly Rae Jepsen) who, along with Victor’s encouraging friendship, help her reach for the stars.

With Cara Buono • Chonda Pierce • John Corbett • Nelson Lee • David Keith • Barry Corbin • Steve Armour • Steve Gomer

Michael's first assignment as their new pastor is to actually close down All Saints, a dilapidated country church with a dozen devoted members … and a mortgage well beyond its means. But when the church hesitantly begins welcoming Karen refugees from Burma—former farmers scrabbling for a fresh start in America—Michael feels called to an improbable new mission.

Toiling alongside the Karen people, the congregation attempts to turn their fertile land into a working farm to pay the church's bills and feed its people. Jeopardizing his family's future by ignoring his superiors, Michael must choose between completing what he was assigned to do—close the church and sell the property—or listening to a still, small voice challenging the people of All Saints to risk it all and provide much-needed hope to their new community.

With Harris Dickinson • Eliza Hittman

A young Brooklyn man struggles with his sexual identity.

With Juliette Binoche • Anastasia Shevtsova • Niels Schneider • Jérémie Bélingard • Aleksei Guskov • Valérie Müller • Angelin Preljocaj

Trained from an early age by rigorous, perfectionist Professor Bojinski, Polina is a promising classic dancer. She is just about to join the prestigious Bolchoï Ballet when she discovers contemporary dance. That throws everything into question on a profound level.

Polina leaves it all behind and moves to France to work with famous choreographer Liria Elsaj. Despite her determination and hard work to the point of obsession, Polina just can't seem to break through. So she moves to Anvers in search of work - and a new life.

With Lakeith Stanfield • Nestor Carbonell • Bill Camp • Amari Cheatom • Nnamdi Asomugha • Matt Ruskin • Natalie Paul

Follows Colin Warner, a 18-year-old Brooklyn man wrongfully convicted of a 1980 murder and sentenced to life in prison. His only hope at freedom is his childhood friend Carl “KC” Kinged, who fights for more than 20 years to reverse the verdict, taking loans for lawyer fees and becoming a legal courier to learn the court system.

With Penelope Cruz • Cary Elwes • Santiago Segura • Mandy Patinkin • Javier Camara • Fernando Trueba • Clive Revill

In the film, Penelope Cruz stars as the famous movie star Macarena Granada, who flees the glitz and glamour of 1950s Hollywood to return to her roots in Spain where she has signed on to star in an epic film as Queen Isabella of Spain.

With Jan Hrebejk • Zuzana Mauréry • Zuzana Konecná • Csongor Kassai

Satire of Communist Czechoslovakia in the 1980s.