Drama Movies 2008 List

With Michael Cera • Kat Dennings • Jay Baruchel • Aaron Yoo • Pete Sollett • Chris Weitz • Joe Drake • Alexis Dziena • Ari Graynor • Paul Weitz • Nathan Kahane • Kerry Kohansky • Andrew Miano • Rachel Cohn • Lorene Scafaria • Adam Brightman

"Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist" is a comedy about two people thrust together for one hilarious, sleepless night of adventure in a world of mix tapes, late-night living, and live, loud music. Nick (Michael Cera) frequents New York's indie rock scene nursing a broken heart and a vague ability to play the bass. Norah (Kat Dennings) is questioning pretty much all of her assumptions about the world. Though they have nothing in common except for their taste in music, their chance encounter leads to an all-night quest to find a legendary band's secret show and ends up becoming the first date in a romance that could change both their lives.

With Mark Ruffalo • Julianne Moore • Danny Glover • Alice Braga • Gael García Bernal • Don McKellar • Andrea Barata Ribeiro • José Saramago

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine. "Blindness", starring Julianne Moore, Gael Garcia Bernal, Mark Ruffalo, Sandra Oh and Danny Glover, is a harrowing tale about the fragility of mankind.

With Lauren Graham • Jake Abel • Eric Newman • Greg Kinnear • Aaron Abrams • Roger Birnbaum • J. Miles Dale • Thomas Bliss • Bill Smitrovich • Marc Abraham • Gary Barber • Jonathan Glickman • Michael Lieber • Philip Railsback

Based on the true story of college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns' long battle with the U.S. automobile industry, a tale of one man whose fight to receive recognition for his ingenuity would come at a heavy price. But this determined engineer refused to be silenced, and he took on the corporate titans in a battle that nobody thought he could win. The Kearns were a typical 1960s Detroit family, trying to live their version of the American Dream. Local university professor Bob married teacher Phyllis and, by their mid-thirties, had six kids who brought them a hectic but satisfying Midwestern existence. When Bob invents a device that would eventually be used by every car in the world, the Kearns think they have struck gold. But their aspirations are dashed after the auto giants who embraced Bob's creation unceremoniously shunned the man who invented it. Ignored, threatened and then buried in years of litigation, Bob is haunted by what was done to his family and their future. He becomes a man obsessed with justice and the conviction that his life's work -- or for that matter, anyone's work -- be acknowledged by those who stood to benefit. And while paying the toll for refusing to compromise his dignity, this everyday David will try the unthinkable: to bring Goliath to his knees.

With Anne Hathaway • Bill Irwin • Anna Deavere Smith • Debra Winger • Tunde Adebimpe • Jonathan Demme • Ilona Herzberg • Carol Cuddy

When Kym returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel, she brings a long history of personal crisis and family conflict along with her. The wedding Party's abundant cast of friends and relations have gathered for an idyllic weekend of feating, music and love, but Kym -- with her black-comic one-liners and knack for bombshell drama -- is a catalyst for long-simmering tensions in the family dynamic.

With Abhishek Bachchan • Goldie Behl • Jaydeep Sarkar • Jaya Bachchan

A young man learns he is the latest in line of a dynasty of ancestral warriors dedicated to guarding a mystic source of cosmic energy, and the time has come for him to take the role.

With Leonardo DiCaprio • Russell Crowe • Oscar Isaac • Golshifteh Farahani • Ridley Scott • Mark Strong • William Monahan • Simon McBurney • Donald De Line • Michael Costigan • Charles J.D. Schlissel

Based on Washington Post columnist David Ignatius' 2007 novel about a CIA operative, Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio), who uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan. When Ferris devises a plan to infiltrate his network, he must first win the backing of cunning CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) and the collegial, but perhaps suspect, head of Jordanian intelligence. Although ostensibly his allies, Ferris questions how far he can really trust these men without putting his entire operation – and his life – on the line.

With Dennis Quaid • Frank Grillo • John Davis • Rob Brown • Gary Fleder • Charles Leavitt • Robert Gallagher

True story of football great Ernie Davis, the man who broke college football records and racial barriers in the early 1960s, becoming the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy. The running back was drafted into the NFL, but his career was cut short when he was diagnosed with leukemia.

With Andrea Riseborough • Eddie Marsan • Sally Hawkins • Mike Leigh • James Clayton • Sinead Matthews • Sylvestra LeTouzel • Gail Egan • David Garrett

Poppy is a teacher from north London whose life, at first glance, seems to be full of complications. It is hard to figure if she is a little crazy and irresponsible or deeply sane and sensible. Either way, everybody falls in love with her for better or for worse.

With Mark Wahlberg • Beau Bridges • Mila Kunis • Olga Kurylenko • Julie Yorn • Tom Karnowski • John Moore • Scott Faye • Beau Thorne • Karen Lauder • Jonathan Sela

Maverick cop Max Payne (Wahlberg) is hell-bent on revenge against those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner. His obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmarish journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.

With Dakota Fanning • Will Smith • Queen Latifah • Paul Bettany • Alicia Keys • Lauren Shuler Donner • Jennifer Hudson • James Lassiter • Sophie Okonedo • Nate Parker • Joe Pichirallo • Tristan Wilds • Hilarie Burton • Gina Prince-Bythewood

"The Secret Life of Bees", based on the New York Times best selling novel and set in South Carolina in 1964, is the moving tale of Lily Owens (Fanning) a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother (Burton). To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father (Bettany), Lily flees with Rosaleen (Hudson), her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters (Latifah, Okonedo and Keys), Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.

With Elizabeth Banks • Josh Brolin • Ellen Burstyn • Richard Dreyfuss • Stanley Weiser • Jeffrey Wright • Scott Glenn • Ioan Gruffudd • Oliver Stone • Moritz Borman • James Cromwell • Jon Kilik

Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone is bringing the life of our 43rd President to the big screen as only he can. "W" takes viewers through Bush's eventful life -- his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to Bush's decision to invade Iraq.

"W" stars Josh Brolin as George W. Bush, Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush, James Cromwell as George Herbert Walker Bush, Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Bush, Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice, Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell, Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld, and Ioan Gruffud as Tony Blair.

With Robert De Niro • Kristen Stewart • Stanley Tucci • Robin Wright • Barry Levinson • John Turturro • Mark Cuban • Catherine Keener • Jane Rosenthal • Art Linson • Todd Wagner

Two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises in his day job. Ben is besieged by people who want him all to be sorts of things -- a money maker, an ego buster, a bad news breaker, an artistic champion, a loyal husband, an all-knowing father, not to mention sexy, youthful and tuned-in -- everything except for the one thing he and all the preposterously behaved people he's surrounded by really are: bumbling human beings just trying to survive by any means necessary.

With Ellen Burstyn • Tate Ellington • Jonno Roberts • Florence Faivre • Pawalit Mongkolpisit • Seth Grossman • Emanuel Michael • Tamar Sela • Tom Waller

"The Elephant King" is a provocative and stirring story of two American brothers, Oliver and Jake Hunt, adrift in an exotic world they don't fully understand. When a domineering mother dispatches her young, introverted son Oliver off to Thailand to do everything he can to lure his reckless, older brother back home to the United States to face pending fraud charges, Oliver finds the intoxication of Thailand hard to resist--especially when it has a face as alluring as Lek's. As Oliver falls deeply in love for the first time, Jake slips deeper into despair, and the seams of their relationship begin to come undone. When the true extent of Jake's decadence and self-destruction is revealed to Oliver, he is forced to decide whether he will save his brother's life or his own.

With Daniel Craig • Helen McCrory • Olivia Williams • Baillie Walsh • Emilia Fox

The story of a hedonistic British actor whose Hollywood career begins to nosedive in his 40s.

With Madonna • Vicky McClure • Eugene Hutz • Dan Cadan • Holly Weston

Madonna's directorial debut, "Filth and Wisdom," is a hilariously sexy tale of three roommates who must delve into mischievous and naughty behavior in pursuit of bigger and brighter futures. A Ukrainian immigrant, A.K. (Eugene Hutz), finances his dreams of 'trans-continental superstardom' with his band, Gogol Bordello, by turning tricks as a role-playing cross dresser. As A.K. literally whips the privileged of London into shape, he also secretly pines for the object of his affection, Holly (Holly Weston), an aspiring ballerina looking for her big break while moonlighting as a slippery stripper. Meanwhile, Juliette (Vicky Mclure) steals medicine from her pharmaceutical job in hopes of quenching her dreams of helping Africa's youth. "Filth and Wisdom" is every bit as erotic and playful as it is poignant and touching, revealing the universal struggles we all face in our pursuits of happiness.

With Edward Norton • Jon Voight • Colin Farrell • Gavin O'Connor • Joe Carnahan • John Ortiz • Jennifer Ehle • Noah Emmerich • Paula Weinstein

An authentic, gritty and emotional study of the New York City Police Department, "Pride & Glory" looks deeply into the professional and personal lives of the people who inhabit it. Told through the interwoven lives of a three-generation family of cops whose moral codes are tested when Ray Farrell, one of three sons on the job, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother. When Ray is falsely implicated in a brutal crime related to the scandal, he and his family must choose among their loyalties to each other, the department, and the revelation of the truth that will atone them.

With Philip Seymour Hoffman • Catherine Keener • Michelle Williams • Tilda Swinton • Spike Jonze • Samantha Morton • Charlie Kaufman • William Horberg

Philip Seymour Hoffman will play a theater director who ambitiously attempts to put on a play by creating a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse. Catherine Keener is set to play his first wife, Michelle Williams will play his second wife, Samantha Morton will appear as his sometime lover, and Tilda Swinton will portray Keener's best friend and the dubious mentor to the daughter of Hoffman and Keener's characters.

With Angelina Jolie • Brian Grazer • John Malkovich • Ron Howard • Clint Eastwood • Jeffrey Donovan • Amy Ryan • Robert Lorenz • Tim Moore • James 'Jim' Whitaker • Riki Lindhome • Colm Feore • J. Michael Straczynski

A mother prays for the return of her kidnapped son. When her prayers are answered, however, she begins to suspect the boy who comes back is not her child. Inspired by true events that took place in Los Angeles in the 1920s.

With Angelina Jolie • Brian Grazer • John Malkovich • Ron Howard • Clint Eastwood • Jeffrey Donovan • Amy Ryan • Robert Lorenz • Tim Moore • James 'Jim' Whitaker • Riki Lindhome • Colm Feore • J. Michael Straczynski

A mother prays for the return of her kidnapped son. When her prayers are answered, however, she begins to suspect the boy who comes back is not her child. Inspired by true events that took place in Los Angeles in the 1920s.