Drama Movies 2006 List

With Winona Ryder • Jeremy Renner • Cole Sprouse • Asia Argento • J.T. Leroy • Jimmy Bennett • Roberta Hanley • Michael Prupas • Brian Young • Alain De la Mata

This is a portrait of a child who is sexually abused by his mother's former lover.

With Emma Roberts • Sara Paxton • Jake McDorman • Tammin Sursok • Arielle Kebbel • Dichen Lachman • Claudia Karvan • Steven Rogers • Julia Blake • Roy Billing • Elizabeth Egloff • John Quaintance • JoJo • Bruce Spence • Shaun Micallef • Regis Broadway • Joey Massey • Elizabeth Allen • Jessica Bendinger • Susan Cartsonis • Steve R. McGlothen • Alice Hoffman

Based on the Alice Hoffman novel, the film revolves around two teenage girls (JoJo, Emma Roberts) who discover a mermaid (Sara Paxton) in their beach club's swimming pool.

With Stellan Skarsgard • Diego Luna • Brian Cox • James Nesbitt • Marcel Iures • Stephen Dilane • Kuno Becker • Michael Winterbottom • Matt Barrelle • Dick Clement • Piers Ashworth • Sean Pertwee • Anna Friel • David Beckham • Kieran O'Brien • Tony Plana • Danny Cannon • Mark Huffam • Mike Jefferies • Ian La Frenais • Adrian Butchart • Don MacPher

How far would you go to live your dream? When Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) is given the chance of a lifetime, he must leave his family, his life in Los Angeles and everything that he knows to travel halfway around the globe to England and into a completely foreign world -- the exciting, fast-paced and glamorous world of international soccer.

As an underprivileged Mexican-American immigrant growing up in the poor section of Los Angeles, Santiago seemed destined to follow his father's path in life: laboring at menial jobs to earn just enough money to support his family. Naturally gifted, his amazing talent on the soccer field was wasted in recreation league games while he could only dream of playing on the world stage of professional soccer. But when a British scout (Stephen Dillane) discovers his talent and gets him a tryout with one of England's premier soccer clubs, Newcastle United, Santiago must choose between his father's fate and his own destiny.

Now alone in a world where soccer is a religion and players are gods, this underdog must prove that he's got the talent and determination to make it amongst the best in the world.

With Diane Kruger • Gary Lewis • Christophe Rossignon • Guillaume Canet • Christian Carion • Benno Furmann • Dany Boon

Based on a true story, the film recreates one Christmas night during WWI when enemies were able to lay aside their differences, visit each others trenches and celebrate the holiday.

With Bruce Willis • Danny Dimbort • Avi Lerner • George Furla • John Thompson • Richard Wenk • Alfre Woodard • Arnold Rifkin • David Morse • Richard Donner • Mos Def • Trevor Short • Boaz Davidson • Jim Van Wyck

"16 Blocks" follows Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis), an aging cop assigned the mundane task of escorting a fast-talking, wise-cracking young witness (Mos Def) to the courthouse—sixteen city blocks away—and the action-packed thrill ride that takes place in those "sixteen blocks."

With Tom Cruise • Justin Kirk • Charlie Hunnam • Salma Hayek • Colin Farrell • Idina Menzel • Robert Towne • John Fante • William Mapother • Jonas McCord • Eileen Atkins • Tamara Craig Thomas • Paula Wagner • Chris Roberts • Redmond Morris • Mark Roemmich

Set in 1930s Los Angeles, the story follows Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), a first generation Italian hoping to become a writer, and Camilla (Eva Mendes), a Mexican woman who hopes to marry an American.

With Robert Downey Jr. • Tim Allen • David Hoberman • Danny Glover • Jane Curtin • Michael Begler • Tom Brady • Jack Amiel • Spencer Breslin • Zena Grey • Craig Kilborn • Shawn Pyfrom • Kristin Davis • Brian Robbins

The story of a lawyer who occasionally transforms into, well, a large, shaggy sheepdog. Needless to say, the spontaneous changes don't help his legal career, but they do help him learn how to be a better family man.

With Lana Wachowski • Natalie Portman • Andy Wachowski • James Purefoy • Stephen Fry • Joel Silver • Stephen Rea • John Hurt • Tim Pigott-Smith • Sinead Cusack • James McTeigue

Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (Hugo Weaving) known only as "V." Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, V ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about V's mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself—and emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plan to bring freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption.

With Vin Diesel • Peter Dinklage • Alex Rocco • Robert J. McCrea • Sidney Lumet • Annabella Sciorra • Ron Silver • Linus Roache • T.J. Mancini

"Find Me Guilty" is based on the true story of Giacomo "Jackie Dee" DiNorscio (Vin Diesel). After years of federal investigation, 20 members of the New Jersey Lucchese crime family are brought to court on 76 charges of various crimes. Already in the midst of serving a 30-year sentence, Jackie is offered an opportunity to shorten his time by testifying against many of his closest friends. But Jackie refuses to betray his "family," and goes so far as to defend himself in what will ultimately become the longest criminal trial of its time.

At first daunted by the complicated politics of the courtroom, Jackie comfortably takes over the spotlight, insisting "I'm no gangster... I'm a gagster." With his sheer determination and unconditional loyalty, Jackie never fails to surprise even those most skeptical of his intentions.

After 21 months, the Lucchese trial became the longest in U.S. criminal history, and has continued to stand out over the years as a unique moment in courtroom history, featuring 20 defendants, 20 defense attorneys, and unusually extensive summations; one defense lawyer's closing statement ran for 5 days alone. At times hilarious and at times deeply serious, the trial and Jackie's subsequent experiences at this crucial moment in the history of criminal prosecution culminated in one of the most shocking and remarkable verdicts in American judicial history.

With Jessica Lange • Jean Reno • Gabriel Mann • Clea DuVall • Sam Shepard • Wim Wenders • Ulrich Felsberg

During production on his latest movie, an aging cowboy star walks away from the set and heads out on a journey of self-discovery.

With Lugio Lo Cascio • Giovanna Mezzogiorno

"Don't Tell" is the story of Sabina (GiovannaMezzogiorno), a young woman whose peaceful existence is shattered by nightmares caused by memories of her childhood. Seeking answers, she flies to the U.S. to see her older brother, Daniele (Lugio Lo Cascio), but realizes that he, too, has been traumatized.

With Ben Whishaw • Paddy Considine • David Morrissey • Robert Wade • Neal Purvis • Monet Mazur • Leo Gregory • Stephen Woolley • Finola Dwyer • Gary Smith

Biopic of debauched 1960s rock icon, Brian Jones, the charismatic guitarist who founded the Rolling Stones but was fired in 1969 and found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool a few weeks later.

With Adam Brody • Jason Reitman • Sam Elliott • William H. Macy • Maria Bello • Rob Lowe • Katie Holmes • David Koechner • Aaron Eckhart • David O. Sacks • Cameron Bright • JK Simmons • Robert Duvall. • John Schmidt • Peter A. Thiel • Mark Woolway • Max Levchin

In a role Aaron Eckhart seems born to play, the hero of "Thank You for Smoking" is Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, who makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers in today's neo-puritanical culture. Confronted by health zealots out to ban tobacco and an opportunistic senator (Macy) who wants to put poison labels on cigarette packs, Nick goes on a PR offensive, spinning away the dangers of cigarettes on TV talk shows and enlisting a Hollywood super-agent (Rob Lowe) to promote smoking in movies. Nick's newfound notoriety attracts the attention of both tobacco's head honcho (Duvall) and an investigative reporter for an influential Washington daily (Holmes). Nick says he is just doing what it takes to pay the mortgage, but he begins to think about how his work makes him look in the eyes of his young son Joey (Bright).

With Denzel Washington • Jodie Foster • Willem Dafoe • Brian Grazer • Clive Owen • Christopher Plummer • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Spike Lee • Ashlie Atkinson • Peter Gerety • Peter Frechette • Jason Manuel Olazabal • Menno Meyjes • Russell Gewirtz

Denzel Washington stars as New York police detective Keith Miller, a tough, street-smart cop fighting for a promotion while trying to live down accusations of misconduct connected to his last case. When he and his partner are dispatched to the scene of an in-progress bank robbery and hostage crisis, Miller must face off against a well-educated criminal (Owen) masterminding a concisely plotted operation. As negotiations grow more strained, a powerful lawyer with mysterious ties (Foster) becomes involved in the crisis... and Miller slowly begins to realize that in this ultimate game of cat and mouse, rules are arbitrary, all roles are up for grabs and the black-and-white of right an wrong has blurred to a shadowy landscape of gray.

With Joshua Jackson • Leonor Varela • Ruthanna Hopper • Dennis Hopper • Phil Barantini • Timm Sharp • Clark McCutchen

"Americano" centers around Chris McKinley (Joshua Jackson), a recent college graduate backpacking through Europe who savors his last three days of freedom before boarding the career fast track back in the United States. In Pamplona with two friends (Timm Sharp and Ruthanna Hopper), Chris meets an Australian thrill-seeker (Phil Barantini), a quintessential Spanish beauty (Leonor Varela) and an enigmatic provocateur (Dennis Hopper), all of whom encourage him to rethink his life. As the minutes and seconds until his departure tick away, Chris struggles with an age-old question: Should he follow the beaten path or risk it all on the road less traveled?

With Joseph Gordon-Levitt • Noah Segan • Rian Johnson • Meagan Good • Lukas Haas • Noah Fleiss • Nora Zehetner • Emilie de Ravin • Ram Bergman • Richard Roundtree • Mark Mathis

"Brick" is a detective story set in a strange sort of high school world. Its primary inspiration are the novels of Dashiell Hammet. Its main character (Brendan Frye) is a loner at his high school, someone who knows all the angles but has chosen to stay on the outside. When the girl he loves turns up dead, he plunges into the school's social strata like a fist through a honeycomb to find the who and why, with the same single minded devotion to his self appointed task as Hammet's anti-heros.

With Denis Freyd • Jeremie Renier • Olivier Gourmet • Deborah François • Fabrizio Rongione • Jeremie Segard • Jean-Pierre Dardenne • Luc Dardenne

A dispossessed twenty-year old Bruno lives with his eighteen-year-old girlfriend Sonia in Seraing, an eastern Belgian steel town. They live off Sonia's unemployment benefits along with the panhandling and petty thefts committed by Bruno and his gang. Their lives change forever when Sonia gives birth to their child, Jimmy. She returns home after Jimmy's birth to find that Bruno has sublet their apartment to total strangers. After an initial and promising change of heart about becoming a father and changing his ways, Jimmy becomes little more to Bruno than a potential source of wealth. Desperate for money and unable to face his parental responsibilities, Bruno sells Jimmy to a black market connection, who promises to find the child an adoptive home. Realizing the error in his actions Bruno sets out to try and undo his callous deed, leading him to a powerful personal transformation.

With Morgan Freeman • Bruce Willis • Josh Hartnett • Lucy Liu • Stanley Tucci • Ben Kingsley • Paul McGuigan • Don Carmody • Anthony Rhulen • Dorian Missick • Chris Eberts • Robert S. Kravis • Jason Smilovic • Tyler Mitchell • Oliver Davis • Chris Koch • Kia Jam • A.J. Dix

"Lucky Number Slevin" is a drama set in a world where African-American and Jewish gangsters collide. Hartnett plays a man who has to kill the son of a rival crime boss. Kingsley will play Shlomo (aka the Rabbi), the head of the biggest crime syndicate in New York. Hartnett's character is caught in a case of mistaken identity and used by the mob boss as a patsy in a murder conspiracy.

With David Thewlis • Sharon Stone • Charlotte Rampling • David Morrissey • Moritz Borman • Leora Barish • Michael Caton-Jones • Mario Kassar • Andrew G. Vajna • Henry Bean

Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) relocates from San Francisco to London and quickly finds herself on the wrong side of the law. David Morrissey plays a criminal psychologist assigned the task of evaluating her by Scotland Yard. She may finally have met her match in the shrink.