Drama Movies 2005 List

With Eva Green • Liam Neeson • Ridley Scott • Jeremy Irons • William Monahan • Brendan Gleeson • Marton Csokas

Set during the 12th century in the holy city of Jerusalem, a young Muslim peasant and blacksmith, Salaq Ul-Hul (Orlando Bloom), becomes a knight so that he may help repel the Crusaders who took control of the city in 1099. Meanwhile, the young knight also falls in love with the city's beautiful princess...

With Ryan Phillippe • William Fichtner • Don Cheadle • Brendan Fraser • Ludacris • Matt Dillon • Larenz Tate • Paul Haggis • Jennifer Esposito • Terrence Dashon Howard • Nona Gaye • Bobby Moresco • Paul Hagis

A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband. A Persian store owner. Two police detectives who are also lovers. A black television director and his wife. A Mexican locksmith. Two car-jackers. A rookie cop. A middle-aged Korean couple... They all live in Los Angeles. And in the next 36 hours, they will all collide... A provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial conflict in America, "Crash" is that rare cinematic event—film that challenges audiences to question their own prejudices. Diving headlong into the diverse melting pot of post-9/11 Los Angeles, this compelling urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of a multi-ethnic cast, examining fear and bigotry from multiple perspectives as characters careen in and out of one another's lives. No one is safe in the battle zones of intolerance. And no one is immune to the simmering rage that sparks violence—and changes lives...

With Tom Hardy • Daniel Craig • Sienna Miller • Michael Gambon • Dexter Fletcher • Colm Meaney • Tamer Hassan • Matthew Vaughn • Sally Hawkins • Burn Gorman • Darren Healy • Kenneth Cranham • Jamie Foreman • Nathalie Lunghi • James O'Donnell • Peter Rnic • Garry Tubbs • J.J. Connolly

Based upon JJ Connelly's London crime novel, "Layer Cake" is about a successful cocaine dealer (Daniel Craig) who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite and plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings. The title "Layer Cake" refers to the layers or levels the dealer has to go through as he painstakingly plots his own escape. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families' and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his 'savvy', 'telling' and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy and an international drugs ring, threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime.

With Andy Garcia • Omid Djalili • Udo Kier • Mick Davis • Elsa Zylberstein • Philippe Martinez • Hippolyte Girardot • Eva Herzigova

This biopic focuses on the life of 20th-century Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani during the period after the first World War.

With Hayden Christensen • Samuel L. Jackson • Natalie Portman • Ewan McGregor • George Lucas • James Earl Jones • Graeme Blundell • Keisha Castle-Hughes • John Rhys-Davies • Frank Oz • Anthony Daniels • Mimi Daraphet • Jimmy Smits • Ian McDiarmid • Kenny Baker • Ahmed Best • Jay Laga'aia • Peter Mayhew • Tux Akindoyeni • Dave Bowers • Paul Davies • Nalini Krishan • Kenji Oates • Mary Oyaya • Matt Rowan • Orli Shoshan • Marty Wetherill • Rick McCallum

In "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith"—the final installment of the "Star Wars" saga—the Clone Wars rage as the rift widens between Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) and the Jedi Council. Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen), the young Jedi Knight with an allegiance to Chancellor Palpatine, struggles to keep his marriage to Padme' Amidala (Natalie Portman) a secret amid the turmoil. Seduced by promises of power and temptations of the dark side, he pledges himself to the evil Darth Sidious and becomes Darth Vader. Together, Sidious and Vader set in motion a plot of revenge against the Jedi, leading to a climatic lightsaber battle between Vader and his former master, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), that will decide the fate of the galaxy.

With Marisa Petroro • Paul Lekakis • Seth Macari • Don Max

Unable to tie the knot with his Prozac captivated girlfriend, young Cuban filmmaker Sebastian finds himself thirty years-old and never in love. On his quest to finding the one, Sebastian turns to his friend/tour guide Daria. She introduces him to her sandbox of gay, thirsty, thirty-something cohorts and the adventure of his life as he tries to navigate through the unchartered waters of Hollywood and sexual politics.

With Alfonso Cuarón • Guillermo del Toro • Alfred Molina • John Leguizamo • Jose Maria Yazpik • Damian Alcazar • Leonor Watling • Jorge Vergara

A Miami reporter travels to a small Ecuadorian village to cover a series of brutal murders and get the biggest story of his career, tracking a possible serial killer dubbed the Monster of Babahoyo.

With Jade Yorker • Joey Dedio • Ben Rekhi • Jaclyn DeSantis • Mark Webber • Gano Grills • Adam Bhala Lough • Sol Tryon

Anthony "Blest" Campo and his crew are the best street artists in town, which makes them a prime target for Bobby Cox and the infamous NYPD Vandal Squad. After a fatal accident threatens to break up the crew and convinces Blest he needs to leave town for good, a violent clash is inevitable.

With Amitabh Bachchan • Raj Babbar • Abhishek Bachchan • Rani Mukherjee • Tania Zaetta • Aditya Chopra • Yash Chopra

Bunty and Babi are two avid dreamers -- two free souls born into caged small town realities. They grow weary of being two specks on the horizon. They desire the horizon itself. And, so they pack their aspirations in worn out bags, whip a scarf of confidence around their proud necks and set forth on a journey across the length and breath of the country, spinning circles around the people they meet.

With Will Smith • Lynn Chen • Alice Wu • James Lassiter • Jessica Hecht • Richard Chang • Joan Chen • Michelle Krusiec • Brittany Perrineau • Brian Yang • Teddy Zee

A romantic comedy-of-manners where the single mother of a young Chinese-American woman arrives on her doorstep unannounced... and pregnant.