Drama Movies 2004 List

With Andrew Eaton • Samantha Morton • Tim Robbins • Jeanne Balibar • Om Puri • Essie Davis • Bruno Lastra • Emil Marwa • Michael Winterbottom • Nina Fogg • Togo Igawa • Nabil Massad • Taro Sherabayani • Frank Cottrell Boyce

A love story set in an eerily possible near-future, where cities are heavily controlled and only accessible through checkpoints. People cannot travel unless they have papelles, a special travel insurance. Outside of the cities, the desert has taken over and shanty towns are jammed with non-citizens—people without papelles whose lives are severely restricted. William is a family man who works as an insurance investigator. When his company sends him to another city to solve a case of fake papelles, he meets a woman named Maria. Although he knows she's been creating the forgeries, he falls completely in love with her. He hides her crime and they have a wild, passionate affair that can only last as long as his papelles: twenty-four hours. Back home, William is obsessed by the memory of Maria. He tries to see her, but is refused the necessary papers to travel. Desperate, he uses one of the fake papelles he kept from his investigation. He eventually tracks her down, only to discover she has been accused of Code 46 violation.

With Thomas Jane • Dexter Fletcher • Deborah Kara Unger • David O'Hara • Ashley Taylor • Bronwen Hughes • Ken Friedman • Bima Stagg

Andre Stander was a smooth-talking jailbreaker, thrill addict and master of disguise. He was also a high-ranking officer in South Africa's Apartheid-era police force who became an outlaw hero when he launched a second career as a bank robber. Stander's sensationalized activities won him celebrity status by the time of his first arrest for twenty-six robberies. After he daringly escapes from prison and forms the Stander gang with fellow escapees Allan Heyl and Patrick Lee McCall, the three men set off to crumble the status quo and capitalize on the chaos.

With Naomi Watts • Mark Ruffalo • Laura Dern • Larry Gross • Harvey Kahn • John Curran • Peter Krause • Sam Charles • Jonas Goodman

In their small New England college town, Jack Linden and Hank Evans are the best of friends. Fellow instructors at the university where Jack teaches literature and Hank, writing, the two enjoy the camaraderie of men who have shared similiar circumstances. Their bond however is put to the test and their lives are upended when the love-lives of the two men and their wives, Edith and Terry, become tangled.

With Blanchard Ryan • Daniel Travis • Saul Stein • Estelle Lau • Michael Williamson • Chris Kentis • Laura Lau

Based on a true story, a thriller about an American couple, Daniel and Susan, who are on an island holiday. Upon arrival at their hotel, it becomes clear that Daniel and Susan's relationship is under strain from their workaholic lifestyles, and they need a vacation even more than they realized. The next morning, the loving and rested couple, certified scuba divers, board a local dive boat for an underwater tour of the reef. The boat is crowded with other vacationers, and due to a series of innocent miscommunications and a distracted crew, the couple is, after only 40 minutes or so underwater, accidentally left behind. What follows is the story of their ordeal: cold, alone and miles from land, the couple is adrift in shark-infested waters. What follows is a reminder to us about how much 'fun' it is to be frightened by our most primal fears—namely what we think may linger just below the surface.

With Chris Kendrick • Duane Stephens • Benji • Nick Whitaker • Christy Summerhays • Neil Barth • Carlton W. Bluford • Nate Bynum • Melinda Clarkson-Haynes • Lincoln Hoppe • Joe Camp • Margaret Loesch

Set in Gulfport, Mississippi (where the new Benji was found), this movie follows the adventures of a loveable mutt named Benji, who enters into an unwanted partnership with a shaggy dog (named "Shaggy"), as the pair struggles to save Benji's mother from a greedy backyard breeder.

With Jim Parsons • Natalie Portman • Danny DeVito • Zach Braff • Gary Gilbert • Jordan Horowitz • Peter Sarsgaard • Michael Shamberg • Ian Holm • Geoffrey Arend • Aunjanue Ellis • Stacey Sher • Dan Halsted • Pamela Abdy • Jayne Houdyshell • Richard Klubeck

When Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) returns to his hometown in New Jersey for the first time in 10 years to attend his mother's funeral, he is reconnected with the world he left behind, and meets a girl, Samantha (Natalie Portman), who may change his life forever. Having recently stopped taking the powerful antidepressants he had been prescribed for years, Largeman's journey of self-discovery prompted by his return causes him to have a more healthy rediscovery of himself, which includes confronting his psychologist father (Ian Holm) and helping Samantha through her own psychological issues.

With Rory Culkin • Josh Peck • Susan Johnson • Scott Mechlowicz • Trevor Morgan • Ryan Kelly • Jacob Estes • Richard L Rosenthal • Hagai Shaham

When the shy Sam confides in his protective older sibling, Rocky about the overweight bully in school named George, Rocky hatches a plot to exact their revenge on his brother's tormentor.

With Donnie Yen • Jet Li • Zhang Ziyi • Tony Leung Chiu-Wai • Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk • Chen Dao Minga • Zhang Yimou • Yimou Zhang • William Kong

A tale about the soon-to-be First Emperor of China who is on the brink of conquering a war-torn land during the violent dawn of the Qin dynasty over two thousand years ago. Three opponents are determined to assassinate the King, and one loyal subject stands in their way.