Drama Movies 2005 List

With Charlize Theron • Sophie Okonedo • Marton Csokas • Frances McDormand • Gary Lucchesi • Matt Manfredi • Amelia Warner • Jonny Lee Miller • Karyn Kusama • Gale Anne Hurd • Phil Hay • Gregory Goodman • Caroline Chikezie • Jonathan Hensleigh • Michael Finch • Peter Chung

Based on the MTV animated series by Peter Chung, "Aeon Flux" is set 400 years in the future, when disease has wiped out the majority of the earth's population except for one walled, protected city-state, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. The story centers on Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron), the top operative in the underground ‘Monican' rebellion – led by The Handler (Frances McDormand). When Aeon is sent on a mission to kill a government leader, she uncovers a world of secrets.

With Felicity Huffman • Graham Greene • Burt Young • Fionnula Flanagan • Elizabeth Pena • Sebastian Dungan • Kevin Zegers • Duncan Tucker • Stephen Kazmierski • Linda Moran • Rene Bastian

Bree is a perfectly adjusted conservative transsexual woman. Born Stanely, a genetic male, she's about to take the final step to becoming the woman Stanley always wanted to be - until she finds out that she is the parent of a long-lost 17 year-old son. Afraid to tell the rebellious teenager the truth, Bree embarks on a journey with him that will challenge and change both their lives and bring them closer to the truth of their connection.

With Anne Hathaway • Jake Gyllenhaal • David Harbour • Anna Faris • Heath Ledger • Michelle Williams • Ang Lee • Larry McMurtry • Scott Michael Campbell • James Schamus • Diana Ossana • E. Annie Proulx • Scott Ferguson • Michael Hausman • William Pohlad

Set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas, the film tells the story of two young men—a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy—who meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys, and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. Early one morning in Signal, Wyoming, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) meet while lining up for employment with local rancher Joe Aguirre (Randy Quaid). The world which Ennis and Jack have been born into is at once changing rapidly and yet scarcely evolving. Both young men seem certain of their set places in the heartland—obtaining steady work, marrying, and raising a family—and yet hunger for something beyond what they can articulate. When Aguirre dispatches them to work as sheepherders up on the majestic Brokeback Mountain, they gravitate towards camaraderie and then a deeper intimacy.

At summer's end, the two must come down from Brokeback and part ways. Remaining in Wyoming, Ennis weds his sweetheart Alma (Michelle Williams), with whom he will have two daughters as he ekes out a living. Jack, in Texas, catches the eye of rodeo queen Lureen Newsome (Anne Hathaway). Their courtship and marriage result in a son, as well as jobs in her father's business. Four years pass. One day, Alma brings Ennis a postcard from Jack, who is en route to visit Wyoming. Ennis waits expectantly for his friend, and when Jack at last arrives, in just one moment it is clear that the passage of time has only strengthened the men's attachment. In the years that follow, Ennis and Jack struggle to keep their secret bond alive. They meet up several times annually. Even when they are apart, they face the eternal questions of fidelity, commitment, and trust. Ultimately, the one constant in their lives is a force of nature—love.

With Ken Watanabe • Zhang Ziyi • Michelle Yeoh • Lucy Fisher • Koji Yakusho • Ted Levine • Douglas Wick • Karl Yune • Youki Kudoh • Rob Marshall • Robin Swicord • Akiva Goldsman • Bonnie Curtis • Ian Bryce • Ron Bass

Based on the best-selling novel by Arthur Golden, "Memoirs of a Geisha" is the epic drama of a young girl sold into the slavery of a geisha house and her rise through the ranks as she becomes one of Japan's most famous geishas.

With Liam Neeson • Cillian Murphy • Brendan Gleeson • Neil Jordan • Ruth Negga • Stephen Rea • Laurence Kinlan • Stephen Woolley • Alan Moloney

Set in the 1960s and 1970s, "Breakfast on Pluto" follows Patrick "Kitten" Brady (Cillian Murphy), a kid who escapes from his foster home in Ireland and becomes a transvestite and performer in London.

With Will Ferrell • Uma Thurman • Matthew Broderick • Roger Bart • Nathan Lane • Riley G. Matthews Jr • Andrea Martin • Jon Lovitz • Debra Monk • Gary Beach • John Barrowman • Gary Franco • Mark Ledbetter • Dolores McDougal • Jimmy Smagula • Jennifer Lee Crowl • Stewart Summers • Mel Brooks • Susan Stroman • Thomas Meehan

Two-time Tony Award winners Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick return to their celebrated roles as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, a scheming theatrical producer and his mousy CPA who hit upon the perfect plan to embezzle a fortune: raise far more money than you need to produce a sure-fire Broadway flop and then (since no one will expect anything back), Max and Leo can pocket the difference. To do this, they need the ultimate bad play, which they find in the musical "Springtime for Hitler". Their plans come to naught and the duo are taken completely by surprise when their new production is hailed as a toast-of-the-town hit. Uma Thurman stars as Ulla, the Swedish secretary/slash/receptionist and would-be showgirl, and Will Ferrell brings his spot-on comic talents to the role of Franz Liebkind, the neo-Nazi playwright (and pigeon fancier) responsible for penning the "worst play ever written."

With Eric Bana • Daniel Craig • Ciaran Hinds • Geoffrey Rush • Steven Spielberg • Kathleen Kennedy • Barry Mendel • Tony Kushner • Eric Roth • Mathieu Kassovitz • Hanns Zischler

The film recounts the dramatic story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate 11 Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich massacre—and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who led it. Eric Bana stars as the Mossad agent charged with leading the band of specialists brought together for this operation.

Inspired by actual events, the narrative is based on a number of sources, including the recollections of some who participated in the events themselves.

With Juliette Binoche • Maurice Bénichou • Daniel Auteuil • Annie Girardot • Lester Makedonsky • Michael Haneke • Veit Heiduschka

Georges, a television talk show host, and his wife Anne, are living the perfect life of modern comfort and security. One day, their idyll is disrupted in the form of a mysterious videotape that appears on their doorstep. On it they are being filmed by a hidden camera from across the street with no clues as to who shot it, or why. As more tapes arrive containing images that are disturbingly intimate and increasingly personal, Georges launches into an investigation of his own as to who is behind this. As he does so, secrets from his past are revealed, and the walls of security he and Anne have built around themselves begin to crumble.

With Akshay Kumar • Bobby Deol • Suneel Darshan • Robin Bhatt

They had nothing in common. Karan was wealthy and a mansion was his habitat. Raj had empty pockets and the sky was his roof. Karan's jet ensured that he could fly if he wanted. Raj could only depend on his two feet. Karan had a family and yet craved love. Raj had loved to share, but craved a family. Karan was the eternal Casanova. Raj was the proverbial one-woman man. Karan had it all and yet felt empty. Raj had nothing but his heart was full. They were two people as different as can be. Yet they found a common ground. One that led to the glorious road of friendship! Their bond was unshakable. If Karan gave Raj a home and all the material comforts, Raj gave Karan a shoulder and all the emotional security. If Karan supported Raj at every step, Raj covered up for all of Karan's misdoings. They laughed together, lied together, loved together and fought the odds together all in the name of friendship. Their blind faith in each other attracted the envy of the world. But it was this very world that never let them forget that theirs was not a relationship of equals. And how long could an unequal relationship sustain? Karan and Raj defied conventions proving that true friendship was above all such trivialities… But like a bolt out of the blue came a raging storm that threatened to sink the ship that housed the sentiments of the two friends.

With Scarlett Johansson • Emily Mortimer • Brian Cox • James Nesbitt • Woody Allen • Eddie Marsan • Matthew Goode • Jonathan Rhys-Meyers • Lucy Darwin • Colin Salmon • Steve Pemberton • Morne Botes • Rose Keegan • Zoe Telford • Letty Aronson • Gareth Wiley

"Match Point" represents a departure for native New Yorker Woody Allen, the majority of whose films lovingly depict New York and—not always so lovingly—New Yorkers. Crossing the Atlantic for the first time in his film career, Allen set "Match Point" in London, where it was also filmed. The film is described as a melodrama about many things -- ambition, the seduction of wealth, love, sexual passion and, most importantly, the huge part luck plays in events as opposed to the comforting misconception that more of life is under our control than it really is.

With Christian Bale • Colin Farrell • David Thewlis • Ben Mendelsohn • Christopher Plummer • Eddie Marsan • Noah Taylor • Terrence Malick • Trish Hofmann • Mark Ordesky • Wes Studi • Will Wallace • Bill Mechanic • Sarah Green • Q'Orianka Kilcher • Raoul Trujillo • Jeremy Wade • Jason Aaron Baca • Jamie Harris • Yorick van Wageningen • Roger Rees • Joe Inscoe • Rolf Mittweg

"The New World" is an epic adventure set amid the encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Settlement in 1607. Inspired by the legend of John Smith (Colin Farrell) and Pocahontas, acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick transforms this classic story into a sweeping exploration of love, loss and discovery, both a celebration and an elegy of the America that was…and the America that was yet to come. Against a historically accurate Virginia backdrop, Malick has set a dramatized tale of two strong-willed characters-a passionate and noble young native woman and an ambitious soldier of fortune-torn between the undeniable requirements of their civic duty and the inescapable demands of the human heart.

With Natalie Dormer • Jeremy Irons • Sienna Miller • Charlie Cox • Heath Ledger • Mark Gordon • Lauren Cohan • Lena Olin • Gary Levinsohn • Christopher Egan • Ben Moor • Andrea Osvart • Michael Cristofer • Oliver Platt • Tommy Korberg • Stephen Greif • Paola Pessot • Adelmo Togliani • Lasse Hallstrom • Betsy Beers • Leslie Holleran • Jeffrey Hatcher

Heath Ledger plays the fabled romantic as a man who, after failing to win the affection of a particular Venetian woman, strives to discover the real meaning of love.