Drama Movies 2007 List

With Russell Crowe • Christian Bale • Ben Foster • James Mangold • Peter Fonda • Stuart Beattie • Derek Haas • Stuart M. Besser

In Arizona in the late 1800's, infamous outlaw Ben Wade (Crowe) and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans (Christian Bale), struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial. On the trail, Evans and Wade, each from very different worlds, begin to earn each other's respect. But with Wade's outfit on their trail – and dangers at every turn – the mission soon becomes a violent, impossible journey toward each man's destiny.

With Paul Giamatti • Monica Bellucci • Don Murphy • Clive Owen • Greg Bryk • Chris Jericho • Rick Bennatar • Stephen McHattie • Jane McLean • Daniel Pilon • Michael Davis • Susan Montford

A gritty, fast-paced action thriller, "Shoot 'Em Up" kicks into high gear with a memorable opening scene and never relents. Clive Owen stars as Mr. Smith, a mysterious loner who teams up with an unlikely ally (Monica Belluci) to protect a newborn baby from a determined criminal (Paul Giamatti) who hunts them throughout the bowels of the city.

With Jesse Eisenberg • Terrence Howard • Richard Gere • Richard Shepard • Goran Kostic • Mark Johnson • Mark Ivanir

A young journalist (Eisenberg), a seasoned cameraman (Howard) and a discredited journalist (Gere) embark on an unauthorized mission to find the no. 1 war criminal in Bosnia. They find themselves in serious jeopardy when they are mistaken as a CIA hit squad and their target decides to come after them.

With Morgan Freeman • Radha Mitchell • Toby Hemingway • Selma Blair • Stana Katic • Robert Benton • Greg Kinnear • Alexa Davalos • Billy Burke • Erika Marozsan • Lori McCreary • Allison Burnett • Charles Baxter

The story revolves around a community of friends in Oregon, exploring the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.

With Jodie Foster • Terrence Howard • Mary Steenburgen • Joel Silver • Neil Jordan • Naveen Andrews • Michael Seitzman • Cynthia Mort • Rod Taylor • Bruce Taylor

New York radio host Erica Bain has a life that she loves and a fiancé she adores. All of it is taken from her when a brutal attack leaves Erica badly wounded and her fiancé dead. Unable to move past the tragedy, Erica begins prowling the city streets at night to track down the men she holds responsible. Her dark pursuit of justice catches the public's attention, and the city is riveted by her anonymous exploits. But with the NYPD desperate to find the culprit and a dogged police detective hot on her trail, she must decide whether her quest for revenge is truly the right path, or if she is becoming the very thing she is trying to stop.

With Viggo Mortensen • Naomi Watts • Vincent Cassel • David Cronenberg • Jeff Abberley • Steve Knight • Armin Mueller-Stahl • Stephen Garrett • David Thompson

The mysterious and ruthless Nikolai is tied to one of London's most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is jarred when he crosses paths with Anna, an innocent midwife trying to right a wrong, who accidentally uncovers potential evidence against the family. Now Nikolai must put into motion a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution.

With James Franco • Charlize Theron • Tommy Lee Jones • Jason Patric • Tim McGraw • Frances Fisher • Mehcad Brooks • Wes Chatham • Paul Haggis • Larry Becsey

Tommy Lee Jones will play a career soldier whose son mysteriously goes AWOL, shortly after returning to the U.S. from the front lines in Iraq. Charlize Theron will play a local police detective who helps him get to the bottom of the soldier's disappearance.

With Brad Pitt • Casey Affleck • Jeremy Renner • Sam Rockwell • Ridley Scott • Tony Scott • Kevin McCormick • Mary-Louise Parker • Andrew Dominik • Garret Dillahunt • Sam Shepard • Barbara Kozicki

An action western surrounding the private life and public exploits of America's most notorious outlaw, Jesse James. As the charismatic and unpredictable outlaw plans his next great robbery, he wages war on his enemies, who are trying to collect the reward money--and the glory--that is riding on his capture. However, the greatest threat to Jesse's life may ultimately come from those he trusts the most.

With Vince Vaughn • Sean Penn • Bill Pohlad • Marcia Gay Harden • Catherine Keener • Art Linson • Emile Hirsch • William Hurt • David Blocker • Jon Krakauer

"Into the Wild" is based on a true story and the bestselling book by Jon Krakauer. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless (Hirsch) abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

With Emily Blunt • Josh Lucas • Kathy Baker • Maggie Grace • Ellen Burstyn • Maria Bello • Kevin Zegers • Jimmy Smits • Lynn Redgrave • Marc Blucas • Robin Swicord • John Calley • Diana Napper • Julie Lynn

The story centers on six Californians who join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens.

With Sam Riley • Samantha Morton • Anton Corbijn • Orian Williams • Todd Eckert • Matt Greenhalgh

Ian Curtis has aspirations beyond the trappings of small town life in 1970's England. Wanting to emulate his musical heroes, such as David Bowie and Iggy Pop, he joins a band, and his musical ambition begins to thrive. Soon though, the everyday fears and emotions, that fuel his music, slowly begin to eat away at him. Married young, with a daughter, he is distracted from his family commitments by a new love and the growing expectations of his band, Joy Division. The strain manifests itself in his health. With epilepsy adding to his guilt and depression, desperation takes hold. Surrendering to the weight on his shoulders, Ian's tortured soul consumes him.

With Jason Bateman • Jamie Foxx • Jennifer Garner • Jeremy Piven • Peter Berg • Chris Cooper • Michael Mann • Michael Carnahan

A team of U.S. counter-terrorism investigators set out to find the perpetrators behind a deadly attack on Americans in a Middle Eastern country. In order to work through the bureaucracy and cultural hostility, the team enlists a local police officer, but still finds itself target for the terrorists.

With Daniel Radcliffe • Sullivan Stapleton • Teresa Palmer • Christian Byers • Kris McQuade • Jack Thompson • Rod Hardy • Lee Cormie • James Fraser • Victoria Hill • Suzie Wilks • Marc Rosenberg

A story of four orphan teenagers growing up behind the closed doors of a catholic convent in outback Australia. For years the boys watch the younger orphaned kids leave with their newly adopted parents, and have finally come to the realization their time may never come. The Reverend Mother gives the boys something to look forward to by sending them to visit the seaside for the first time. Their long awaited vacation doesn't turn out the way they planned until they meet Teresa and Fearless, a young autocratic couple who would make the perfect parents. Now as grown men, they reflect back on the '60s when, as boys, they spent their first tumultuous summer by the sea, as they sabotaged each other's efforts to be the 'chosen one'--only to discover that the real meaning behind what it is to be a family.

With Tony Leung • Tang Wei • Bill Kong • James Schamus • Wang Hui-Lang • Wang Lee Hom • Eileen Chang

Shanghai, 1942. The World War II Japanese occupation of this Chinese city continues in force. Mrs. Mak, a woman of sophistication and means, walks into a cafe, places a call, and then sits and waits. She remembers how her story began several years earlier, in 1938 China. She is not in fact Mrs. Mak, but shy Wong Chia Chi. With WWII underway, Wong has been left behind by her father, who has escaped to England. As a freshman at university, she meets fellow student Kuang Yu Min. Kuang has started a drama society to shore up patriotism. As the theater troupe's new leading lady, Wong realizes that she has found her calling, able to move and inspire audiences--and Kuang. He convenes a core group of students to carry out a radical and ambitious plan to assassinate a top Japanese collaborator, Mr. Yee. Each student has a part to play; Wong will be Mrs. Mak, who will gain Yee's trust by befriending his wife and then draw the man into an affair. Wong transforms herself utterly inside and out, and the scenario proceeds as scripted--until an unexpectedly fatal twist spurs her to flee. Shanghai, 1941. With no end in sight for the occupation, Wong--having emigrated from Hong Kong--goes through the motions of her existence. Much to her surprise, Kuang re-enters her life. Now part of the organized resistance, he enlists her to again become Mrs. Mak in a revival of the plot to kill Yee, who as head of the collaborationist secret service has become even more a key part of the puppet government. As Wong reprises her earlier role, and is drawn ever closer to her dangerous prey, she finds her very identity being pushed to the limit...