Drama Movies 2005 List

With Matthew McConaughey • Al Pacino • Jeremy Piven • Guy McElwaine • Rene Russo • James G. Robinson • Jay Cohen • Dan Gilroy • Arm • D.J. Caruso • David Robinson

"Two For the Money" is a drama of high stakes set in the adrenalized world of wheeler-dealers whose fortunes are won and lost betting on sports. Matthew McConaughey stars as Brandon Lane, a former college football star whose uncanny ability to predict the outcome of a game introduces him to an unexpected new career when his gridiron glory is sidelined by a crushing injury.

Brandon's talent makes him a prime candidate for recruitment by Walter Abraham (Oscar®-winner Al Pacino), the head of one of the biggest sports consulting operations in the country. Walter hires the small town ex-athlete and grooms him into a shrewd front man. Brandon soon begins to enjoy his status as a Manhattan golden boy and finds himself growing comfortable with Walter's high-rolling lifestyle. The surrogate father/surrogate son relationship fattens Walter's business and personal accounts...until Brandon's golden touch begins to falter at the same time that Walter's manipulation of his protégé crosses the line.

With millions of dollars on the line, Brandon and Walter engage in a deadly game of con versus con, each one trying to maintain the upper hand while everyone in their world, including Walter's wife, Toni (Rene Russo), are drawn into the escalating duel-where ultimately everything isn't what it appears to be.

With Cameron Diaz • Ridley Scott • Eric Balfour • Toni Collette • Shirley MacLaine • Tony Scott • Brooke Smith • Curtis Hanson • Carol Fenelon • Anson Mount • Richard Burgi • Mark Feuerstein • Francine Beers • Norman Lloyd • Andy Powers • Marcia Jean Kurtz • Kateri DeMartino • Susannah Grant • Lisa Ellzey

Two sisters give up on their relationship after one sleeps with the other's boyfriend. When all seems to be lost, a grandmother they never new existed enters their lives to bring them back together and reconcile their differences.

With Robert Downey Jr. • George Clooney • Patricia Clarkson • Tate Donovan • David Strathairn • Frank Langella • Ray Wise • Jeff Daniels • Grant Heslov

"Good Night, and Good Luck." takes place during the early days of broadcast journalism in 1950's America. It chronicles the real-life conflict between television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. With a desire to report the facts and enlighten the public, Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer Fred Friendly and Joe Wershba in the CBS newsroom - defy corporate and sponsorship pressures to examine the lies and scaremongering tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his communist 'witch-hunts'. A very public feud develops when the Senator responds by accusing the anchor of being a communist. In this climate of fear and reprisal, the CBS crew carries on and their tenacity will prove historic and monumental.

With Kevin Bacon • Colin Firth • Rachel Blanchard • Alison Lohman • Atom Egoyan • Sonja Bennett • Robert Lantos

In "Where the Truth Lies", based on Rupert Holmes' acclaimed novel of the same name, Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth star as Lanny Morris and Vince Collins, the country's hottest entertainment duo. Lanny and Vince are knee deep in all the wealth and power that comes with such fame. That is, until a beautiful girl (Rachel Blanchard) turns up naked and dead in the pair's hotel suite after a night of wild partying. Years later, an intrepid reporter (Alison Lohman) sets out to discover what happened that night, only to be lured into the seductive games of these men.

With Tom Cruise • Alec Baldwin • Kirsten Dunst • Judy Greer • Jessica Biel • Cameron Crowe • Bruce McGill • Paul Schneider • Gaillard Sartain • Loudon Wainwright III • Paula Wagner • Andy Fischer

After his invention causes the Oregon shoe corporation he works for to lose millions of dollars, Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) is fired for his mistake, and then dumped by his girlfriend, Ellen. Hopelessly depressed, Drew decides to end his life when he gets a phone call. His father has died, and Drew has to go back to his family's small Kentucky hometown of Elizabethtown to make sure his father's dying wishes are fulfilled. On his trip home, Drew meets a flight attendant, Claire Colburn (Kirsten Dunst), with whom he falls in love, and it seems as if Drew's life may be back on track.

With Kais Nashef • Ali Suliman • Lubna Azabal • Amer Hlehel • Hany Abu-Assad • Bero Beyer

"Paradise Now" is the story of what may be the last 48 hours in the lives of two Palestinian men—friends since childhood - who have been recruited as suicide bombers. When they are intercepted at the Israeli border and separated from their handlers, a young woman who discovers their plan causes them to reconsider their actions. But with pressure mounting, time running out, and passions running high...there's no way to know which way they will go.

With Dakota Fanning • Glenn Close • William Fichtner • Jason Isaacs • Molly Parker • Aidan Quinn • Joe Mantegna • Sissy Spacek • Ian McShane • Sydney Tamiia Poitier • Amy Brenneman • Mary Kay Place • Stephen Dillane • Kathy Baker • Holly Hunter • Robin Wright • Lisa Gay Hamilton • Elpidia Carrillo • Rodrigo Garcia

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.

With Dwayne Johnson • Karl Urban • Richard Brake • Rosamund Pike • Dexter Fletcher • Vladislav Dyntera • Andrzej Bartkowiak • Doug Jones • Brian Steele • Dhobi Oparei • Ben Daniels • Razaaq Adoti • Al Weaver • Yao Chin • Robert Russel • Daniel York • Ian Hughes • Sara Houghton • Blanka Jarosova • Petr Hnetkovsky • Lorenzo di Bonaventura • John Wells • Dave Callaham

Millions of devoted fans worldwide have been spellbound by the dark invention of its adventures . . . have awaited its every incarnation with urgent anticipation . . . and have devoted countless hours, days and weeks to conquering its hidden mysteries: Doom. When the home-computer game "Doom" was first launched in 1993, no one could have foreseen the legion of fans it would create and the mania surrounding its every new permutation. "Doom" and its successive installments have transfixed gamers worldwide for over a decade and have sold millions of copies (while chalking up an unprecedented tens of millions of downloads as shareware). It is, simply, the most explosive home-computer game franchise phenomenon in history. Now, the game that made history is jumping from computer screens to the motion picture screen: get ready for "Doom". Set countless years in the future and told in the hyper- kinetic, kamikaze style that made its gaming predecessor a global phenomenon, the science fiction action adventure "Doom" takes the viewer to the far corners of the galaxy with a fully-realized vision of a dark and disturbing future.

With Jeremy Renner • Sean Bean • Woody Harrelson • Charlize Theron • Michelle Monaghan • Niki Caro • Sissy Spacek • Nana Greenwald • Richard Jenkins • Nick Wechsler • Helen Bartlett • Jeff Skoll • Doug Claybourne • Michael Seitzman • Clara Bingham • Laura Leedy

Charlize Theron plays single mom Josey Aimes, who rallies her female coworkers to rise above unfair treatment they face at a local mining company. Frances McDormand plays Glory, Josey's closest friend; Sissy Spacek and Richard Jenkins are Josey's parents, Alice and Hank; Sean Bean plays Glory's boyfriend Kyle; Woody Harrelson is Josey's lawyer, Bill White; Jeremy Renner is Bobby, a mineworker and Josey's former classmate; and Michelle Monaghan plays Sherry, Josey's fellow mineworker.

With Dakota Fanning • Kurt Russell • Elisabeth Shue • Kris Kristofferson • John Gatins • Jon Jashni • Oded Fehr • Caitlin Scanlon • Freddy Rodriguez • Brian Robbins • Ashok Amritraj • Bill Johnson • Mike Tollin • Stacy Cohen

Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) was once a great horseman, whose gifts as a trainer were now being wasted on making other men's fortunes. Sonya was a great horse whose promising future on the racetrack was suddenly cut short by a career-ending broken leg. Considered as good as dead to her owner, who also happens to be Ben's boss, Sonya is given to Ben as severance pay, along with his walking papers. Now, it will take the unwavering faith and determination of Ben's young daughter, Cale (Dakota Fanning), to bring these two damaged souls together in a quest for a seemingly impossible goal: to win the Breeders' Cup Classic.

With Julie Bowen • Alex Anfanger • Nicole Richie • George Wendt • Malik Yoba • Gregory Smith • Jeff Chase • Stephanie Sherrin • Chris Morris • Caitlin Wachs • Emy Coligado • Crystal Celeste Grant • Andrew Shaifer • Genevieve Cortese • Adam Arkin • Josh Stolberg • Jennifer Klein

"Kids in America" is a reality-based dramedy about the experiences of young people in modern-day America. Set in the fictional Booker High School a diverse group of students are tired of seeing their freedoms taken away. They band together and change their world by empowering themselves and their community to protect freedoms of expression and speech.

Holden Donovan (Gregory Smith) is fed up with Principal Weller (Julie Bowen) who goes to great lengths to stop the students from exercising their right to free expression. She expels a young woman for passing out condoms and advocating safe sex on national "safe sex" day and suspends two boys who were kissing in the hallway. Meanwhile, she is running for the Superintendent of their school district, which will give her a chance to practice her brand of administration beyond Booker High School.

The students have an ally in Mr. Drucker (Malik Yoba) one of their teachers who encourages them to fight for their rights. He pays a price for his leadership and is fired by Principal Weller. He decides to use his dismissal to make a change of his own, by producing a documentary chronicling the experiences of students who are faced with similar issues.

With Shaul Mizrahi • Avraham Abutboul • Daniel Dayan • Ilan Ganani • Giddi Dar • Rafi Bukai

In the customarily closed world of ultra-Orthodox Jews, Moshe and Malli, a married couple, are suffering through a financial crisis. They pray for help, but instead of a miracle two suspect strangers with criminal pasts appear on their doorstep.

With Nicolas Cage • Nicholas Hoult • Michael Caine • Steve Tisch • Hope Davis • Michael Rispoli • Gemmenne de la Peña • Judith McConnell • David Darlow • Gore Verbinski • Steve Conrad • Jason Blumenthal • Todd Black • David Alper

Described as being in the vein of "About Schmidt" and "American Beauty". The story follows a divorced Chicago weatherman who is up for a new job on a network morning show in New York. As he is preparing to leave for the Big Apple, he must make peace with his ex-wife and kids.

With Sam Worthington • Abbie Cornish • Erik Thompson • Lynette Curran • Nathaniel Dean

Heidi is a beautiful teen. After a "misunderstanding" with her mother, she runs away from home and ends up at a ski-resort, where everyone comes on to her. With her innocence at stake, she learns about the true meaning of life, love and happiness.

With Brian Presley • Kiko Ellsworth • John Homa • Anna Maria Horsford • Dominic Scott Kay • Lee Garlington • Paul Davidson • Scott McKinsey

A developmentally handicapped young man comes to L.A. to pursue his dream of playing professional basketball for the Clippers.

With Ebon Moss-Bachrach • Robin Bartlett • Peter Sarsgaard • Patricia Clarkson • Campbell Scott • Ryan Miller • Craig Lucas • Lisa Zimble • Jason-Shane Scott • David Newman • Kimberly Reiss • George VanBuskirk

A grief-stricken screenwriter unknowingly enters a three-way relationship with a woman and her film executive husband - to chilling results.