Drama Movies 2006 List

With Jenna Dewan • John Ortiz • Dante Basco • Alfre Woodard • Rob Brown • Yaya DaCosta • Jonathan Malen • Laura Benanti • Elijah Kelley • Marcus T. Paulk • Laura Collins • Diane Nabatoff • Christopher Godsick • Michele Grace

Pierre Dulaine is a Manhattan ballroom teacher and competitor who volunteers his time to teach ballroom dancing to a group of New York inner city high school kids. Initially forced to participate as a form of detention, the kids reject Mr. Dulaine's efforts until his unwavering commitment and dedication finally inspires them to embrace the program, infusing it with their own unique hip-hop style while subconsciously learning valuable life lessons about pride, respect, self-esteem and honor.

With Brenda Blethyn • Jamie Sives • Peter Mullan • Billy Boyd • Sean McGinley • Gaby Dellal • Alex Rose

Frank is a 55-year-old hard-working man, established and respected in his community, who suddenly finds himself without a job. Several other colleagues suffer the same fate and, whilst a shock to everyone, it is above all a crushing blow to Frank's pride. For the first time in his life, Frank is without direction. Agonised by the memory of his young son's drowning, Frank's dreams are haunted with images of water, yet it is only when he swims that he feels truly in control of his destiny. When his friend Danny jokes that on a clear day he could swim to France, a seed of hope is planted in his mind. Frank determines to salvage his self-esteem and to tackle his demons by attempting the ultimate test of endurance--to swim the English Channel--the 22-mile stretch of water dividing England and France. Initially concealing his master plan from his loving wife Joan and estranged son Rob, Frank and his friends unite to support his audacious plan. In the process this motley band of brothers restore their lost hope and confidence in the future.

With Jennifer Aniston • Greg Germann • Catherine Keener • Jason Isaacs • Scott Caan • Joan Cusack • Bobby Coleman • Anthony Bregman • K.C. Clyde • Nicole Holofcener • Ted Hope • Anne Carey • Terry Stacey

A tale which centers around four best friends and their relationships with one another, the men in their lives, and their checkbooks. However one of them, who is unsettled and unattached, decides to clean houses to make ends meet.

With Patrick Wilson • Ellen Page • David Slade • Jennifer Holmes • Michael Caldwell • Richard Hutton • David W. Higgins • Brian Nelson

Geoff is a 30ish, successful, high-fashion photographer who meets 14-year-old Haley on the Internet. They arrange a date at a coffee shop and then head back to his house. What follows is a spine-chilling nightmare. And, Geoff has no one to blame but himself.

With Barbara Mori • Manolo Cardona • Ricardo de Montreuil • Beto Cuevas • Christian Meier • Gaby Espino • Bruno Bichir • Angélica Aragón • Jaime Bayly

After almost ten years of marriage, the stunningly attractive Zoë realizes that her marriage to Ignacio no longer carries the passion and spark it once had. Emotionally adrift, she is left to search for those sensations once again, and soon finds herself seduced into the arms of Gonzalo, her husband's brother. At first, Zoe becomes reinvigorated by the romance. But her decision soon launches a series of events that drives these three people through a gauntlet of revenge, secret and despair that will unravel them all.

With Elizabeth Banks • Mary Stuart Masterson • Maria Bello • Tony Goldwyn • Erika Christensen • Steven Culp • Eric McCormack • Chris O'Donnell • Rip Tor • Richard Alfieri

Four siblings struggle to banish the ghost of their dead father and create some semblance of harmony using a college on New York's Upper East Side as their surrogate home. Flashing between the chaos of Manhattan and the seemingly perfect sanctuary of Charleston, this unflinchingly honest drama with comedy explores and explodes the myths of family and friendship. As three sisters and a brother recall the simpler life the family left in their childhood home, they peel back the layers of their pretensions and self-deceptions with wit and candor escalating to moments of shocking power. Their final realization is that chaos and violence lie within the heart, and the only defenses are love and honesty.

With David Strathairn • Guinevere Turner • Christine Vachon • Lili Taylor • Gretchen Mol • Cara Seymour • Jonathan M. Woodward • Mary Harron • Katie Roumel • Pamela Koffler

The story of Bettie Page, uber-successful 1950's pin-up model, one of the first sex icons in America, and the target of a Senate investigation (based on her bondage photos).

With Eva Longoria • Michael Douglas • Kim Basinger • George Nolfi • Conrad Coates • Clark Johnson • Marcy Drogin • Gerald Petievich • Adam Krentzman • Francois Lestelin

When a colleague is murdered, Secret Service agent Pete Garrison is put in charge of the investigation. But Garrison himself becomes a suspect after he is blackmailed by someone who knows of his affair with the first lady. Stripped of his duties and now a fugitive, Garrison races to prove his innocence and save the president's life.

With Josh Hartnett • Radha Mitchell • Wonder Russell • John Carroll Lynch • Christa Campbell • Robert Wisdom • Frank DeMartini • Ronald Bass • Gary Cole • Erica Leerhsen • Rusty Schwimmer • Allen Evangelista • Sheila Kelley • Nate Mooney • Petter Naess • James Acheson • Robert Lawrence • Ron Bass

A young couple who have Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, fall in love, but their talents are offset by an inability to relate to one another, which threatens to undermine their relationship.

With Ted Field • Tyrese Gibson • Meagan Good • Vondie Curtis-Hall • Stan Lathan • Larenz Tate • Preston Holmes • The Game • Michael Mahern • Darin Scott • Russell Simmons

An urban action thriller with a sexy 21st-century Bonnie and Clyde. Ex-con O2 (Tyrese Gibson) is suddenly plunged into a life-or-death situation; trying to go straight for the sake of his young son Junior, O2 is forced to go back outside the law when Junior is kidnapped in a carjacking. His son is now in the hands of a vicious criminal leader, Meat (hip-hop superstar The Game). O2's shady cousin Wanna Be (Larenz Tate) is caught between loyalties, and so the only person who can or will help O2 now is wily street-smart hustler Coco (Meagan Good). With the clock ticking down, the heat between them rises as they become a lawbreaking couple, on an action-packed tear through town to save Junior and outwit the underworld.

With Olivia Thirlby • Tim Bevan • Eric Fellner • Khalid Abdalla • Paul Greengrass • Chip Zien • David Alan Basche • Susan Blommaert • Lloyd Levin • Opal Alladin • Louis Alsamari • Richard Bekins • Starla Benford • Omar Berdouni • Christian Clemenson • Liza Colón-Zayas • Denny Dillon • Trieste Kelly Dunn • Kate Jennings Grant • Jamie Harding • Peter Herman • Tara Hugo • Marceline Hugot • Corey Johnson • Masato Kamo • Becky London • Peter Marinker • Jodie Lynne McClintock • Nancy McDoniel • Libby Morris • David Rasche • Erich Redman • Michael J. Reynolds • John Rothman • Daniel Sauli • Rebecca Schull • Chloe Sirene • Leigh Zimmerman

An unflinching drama that tells the story of the passengers and crew, their families on the ground and the flight controllers who watched in dawning horror as United Airlines Flight 93 became the fourth hijacked plane on the day of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil: September 11, 2001.

With Laurence Fishburne • Angela Bassett • Keke Palmer • Mark Cuban • Marc Butan • Sid Ganis • Nancy Hult Ganis • Doug Atchison • Danny Llewelyn • Todd Wagner • Michael Romersa

A heart-warming, triumph-over adversity drama, "Akeelah and the Bee" centers on a precocious eleven-year-old girl, Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), from south Los Angeles, who is discovered to have a talent for words. In spite of the objections of her mother Wanda (Angela Bassett), Akeelah enters a spelling contest. Her gift takes her to compete in the National Spelling Bee, the most famous competition of its kind in the world. On the way, she is helped by a forthright, mysterious teacher, Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne) and a cast of colorful characters from the community. Her journey evokes pride in the neighborhood, bringing them together and, in the end, all witness the courage and inspiration of one amazing little girl.

With Lisa Ray • Seema Biswas • John Abraham • Deepa Mehta • David Hamilton

Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi's rise to power, "Water" begins when 8-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents, including a young widow, who falls for a Gandhian idealist.

With Nick Nolte • Laura Smet • Don McKellar • Jeanne Balibar • Sarah Perry • Maggie Cheung • Beatrice Dalle • Ian Brown • Tricky • Paolo Cascardo • Patrick Fabian • Tamara Mello • George Loros • Matthew James • Olivier Assayas • Malachy Martin

Emily Wang (Maggie Cheung) is a woman who wrestles with her dream of becoming a singer, her fitness as a mother, and daily life without her partner Lee (James Johnston). Her past is riddled with drugs and regrets, the result of which left Lee dead in a desolate motel room in Hamilton, Ontario, and landed Emily with a six-month jail sentence. The only thing that she desires for the future is a loving relationship with her son Jay, who is being cared for by Lee's parents, Albrecht (Nick Nolte) and Rosemary (Martha Henry). While Rosemary blames Emily for the death of Lee, Albrecht recognizes the importance of the bond between a mother and her son, and his faith sets the standard for the faith Emily must find in herself. Clean follows Emily to Hamilton, Paris, London and San Francisco and in three languages (English, French and Cantonese), as she battles for a place in a world reluctant to forget the woman she has been and unwilling to accept her as the woman she longs to be.

With Dustin Hoffman • Andy Garcia • Bill Murray • Frank Mancuso • G. Cabrera Infante

During the Cuban Revolution of 1958-59, the three brothers of the Fellove family are ruined: brother Luis supports Castro as a clandestine terrorist and is killed by the forces of Batista; brother Ricardo joins Castro's forces as a freedom fighter and kills himself when he realizes that Castro is just another power-hungry dictator; and wary brother Fico, a nightclub entrepreneur, stays apolitical during the Revolution and sees his life's work confiscated by Castro's puritanical and acquisitive goons.