Drama Movies 2004 List

With Ethan Hawke • Richard Linklater • Julie Delpy • Rodolphe Pauly • Isabelle Coulet • Vernon Dobtcheff • Louise Lemoine Torres • Mariane Plasteig • Diabolo • Albert Delpy • Anne Walker-McBay

Nine years ago, two strangers met by chance, spent a night together in Vienna, and parted before sunrise. Now, they're about to cross paths again—in Paris—where they will get the chance we all wish we had… to find out what might have been. The only problem is they have just a few hours to figure out if they belong together.

With Antoine Fuqua • Keira Knightley • Mads Mikkelsen • Joel Edgerton • Stellan Skarsgard • Jerry Bruckheimer • Clive Owen • Ray Stevenson • Hugh Dancy • Stephen Dillane • Ray Winstone • Valeria Cavalli • Til Schweiger • Ken Stott • Charlie Creed-Miles • Sean Gilder • Pat Kinevane • Ivano Marescotti • David H. Frazoni

The Jerry Bruckheimer project is described as a more realistic representation of King Arthur (Clive Owen) and the Knights of the Round Table. Unlike other movies based on the medieval legend, such as the fantastical "Excalibur", this story will look at the historical significance of King Arthur's powerful role as a politician following the collapse of the Roman Empire.

With Nikolaj Lie Kaas • Malene Schwartz • Peter Steen • Isabella Miehe-Renard • Mogens Rukov • Maria Bonnevie • Krister Henriksson • Nicolas Bro • Ida Dwinger • Helle Fagralid • Christoffer Boe

A young man who thought himself already in love with a nice girl is drawn into a literary drama when he is captured by a deep and stimulating love affair.

With Elle Fanning • Kim Basinger • Jeff Bridges • Mimi Rogers • Bijou Phillips • Stefanie Bari • Michael Corrente • Jon Foster • John Rothman • Donna Murphy • Claire Beckman • Rachel Style • Kristina Valada-Viars • Carter Williams • Tod Williams • Ted Hope • Anne Carey • John Irving

Set in the beach community of East Hampton, New York, the film chronicles one pivotal summer in the lives of famous children's books author Ted Cole (Jeff Bridges) and his beautiful wife Marion (Kim Basinger). Their once-great marriage has been strained by tragedy. The Coles lovingly parent their surviving child, bright 4-year-old Ruth (Elle Fanning), who takes everything in stride as perhaps only a child can. But Marion's equation of love with loss, coupled with Ted's infidelities, points towards a much-needed change in the relationship. That may come in the form of Eddie O'Hare (Jon Foster), the young man Ted hires to work as his summer assistant – and, Ted hopes, the catalyst to invigorate the Coles' bond of marriage. Eddie idolizes Ted, but Ted's erratic work habits soon leave Eddie to his own devices. Marion becomes an object of desire for Eddie, rekindling in her some surprising emotions as a mother and as a woman. To Eddie's surprise and delight, his yearning is potently reciprocated. As he becomes passionately entwined with the seemingly fragile yet increasingly bold Marion, Eddie comes to realize that, similarly, Ted's surface fecklessness hides something deeper within. As the summer draws to a close, Marion and Ted must make difficult decisions about the future of their family. Adapted from John Irving's best-selling novel "A Widow for One Year."

With Jonathan Pryce • Kevin Kline • Ashley Judd • Robbie Williams • Rob Cowan • Jay Cocks • Alanis Morissette • Elvis Costello • Natalie Cole • Mario Frangoulis • Mick Hucknall • Lara Fabian • Vivian Green • Diana Krall • Irwin Winkler • Charles Winkler

"De-lovely" is an original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter, filled with his unforgettable songs. In the film, Porter is looking back on his life as if it was one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and action onstage. Through elaborate production numbers and legendary hits like "Anything Goes," "It's De-lovely," and "Night and Day," Porter's elegant, excessive past comes to light - including his deeply complicated relationship with his wife and muse, Linda Lee Porter. Directed by Academy Award-winner Irwin Winkler from a script by Jay Cocks and starring Oscar-winner Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, and Jonathan Pryce in addition to some of today's biggest rock and pop music stars, "De-lovely" is a sparkling celebration of Porter's music as well as a stirring exploration of the artist's journey and the undying power of love.

With Patricia Rae • Guilied Lopez • John Álex Toro • Yenny Paola Vega • Joshua Marston • Paul Mezey

The film tells the story of one young woman's journey from a small Colombian town to the streets of New York. A bright, spirited 17-year old, Maria Alvarez (Catalina Sandino Moreno) lives with three generations of her family in a cramped house in rural Colombia and works stripping thorns from flowers in a rose plantation. The offer of a lucrative job involving travel – in fact, becoming a drug "mule" – changes the course of her life. Far from the uneventful trip she is promised, Maria is transported into the risky and ruthless world of international drug trafficking. Her mission becomes one of determination and survival and she finally emerges with the grace that will carry her forward into a new life.

With Jimi Mistry • Kyle MacLachlan • Kristen Holden-Ried • Suleka Mathew • Ian Iqbal Rashid • Jennifer Kawaja • Martin Pope • Julia Sereny

A comic clash of cultures, values and sexuality, Touch of Pink is a romantic comedy featuring Alim (Jimi Mistry), a young South Asian-Canadian, now living in London, who is so caught up in the romance, style and dreams of the old movies that he thinks he's living with the spirit of Cary Grant (Kyle MacLachlan). But Alim's ideal life in London with lover Giles (Kristen Holden-Ried) begins to unravel when his mother Nuru (Suleka Mathew) shows up. She's come to London to find Alim a proper Ismaili-Muslim girlfriend and to convince him to come home to Canada and join the family for his cousin's spectacular wedding. Once in Toronto, Alim's different worlds begin to collide and he has to choose between his fantasy life with Cary and the earthier pleasures of real life.

With Colin Farrell • Robin Wright • Sissy Spacek • Michael Mayer • Brian Rhodes • Keith Bunin • Ryan Donowho • Harris Allan • Michael Cunningham • Dallas Roberts • Joshua Close • Wendy Crewson • Matt Frewer • Erik Smith

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Hours" comes a story that chronicles a dozen years in the lives of two best friends who couldn't be more different. From suburban Cleveland in the 60s, to New York City in the 80s, where they meet an older woman, the film charts a journey of trials, triumphs, loves and losses. Now the question is: can they navigate the unusual triangle they've created and hold their friendship together?

With Joaquin Phoenix • Adrien Brody • Sigourney Weaver • Bryce Dallas Howard • Brendan Gleeson • Judy Greer • Celia Weston • Michael Pitt • M. Night Shyamalan • Scott Rudin • Cherry Jones • William Hurt • Jayne Atkinson • Sam Mercer

Set in 1897, the tale of an isolated village confronting an astonishing truth that lies just outside its borders. At first glance, this village seems picture perfect, but this close-knit community lives with the frightening knowledge that creatures reside in surrounding woods. The evil and foreboding force is so unnerving that none dare venture beyond the borders of the village and into the woods. But when curious, headstrong Lucius Hunt plans to step beyond the boundaries of the town and into the unknown, his bold move threatens to forever change the fate of the village.

With Anthony Mackie • Kerry Washington • Spike Lee • Ellen Barkin • Monica Bellucci • Brian Dennehy • Sarita Choudhury • Ossie Davis • Jim Brown

Harvard, MBA-educated biotech executive John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (Anthony Mackie) gets fired when he informs on his bosses and initiates an investigation into their business dealings by the Securities & Exchange Commission. Branded a whistle-blower and therefore unemployable, Jack desperately needs to make a living. When his former girlfriend Fatima (Kerry Washington), a high powered businesswoman and now a lesbian, offers him cash to impregnate her and her new girlfriend Alex (Dania Ramirez), Jack is persuaded by the chance to make "easy" money. Word spreads and soon Jack is in the baby-making business at $10,000 a tryst. Lesbians with a desire for motherhood and the cash to spare are lining up to seek his services. But, between the attempts by his former employers to frame him for securities fraud and his dubious fathering activities, Jack finds his life, all at once, becoming very complicated.