Drama Movies 2010 List

With George Clooney • Anton Corbijn • Bruce Altman • Thekla Reuten • Grant Heslov • Anne Carey • Rowan Joffe • Violante Placido • Paolo Bonacelli

Academy Award winner George Clooney stars in the title role of this suspense thriller, filmed on location in Italy. Alone among assassins, Jack (Clooney) is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Larry (Bruce Altman) that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde (Thekla Reuten of "In Bruges"), is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself, Jack seeks out the friendship of local priest Father Benedetto (Italian stage and screen veteran Paolo Bonacelli) and pursues romance with local woman Clara (Italian leading lady Violante Placido). But by stepping out of the shadows, Jack may be tempting fate.

With Sidharth Malhotra

Maya's life revolves around her three children, who think nothing less than the world of her. Despite being divorced from her husband, Maya has ensured that everything runs smoothly in her house, under her watch, and that they continue to remain a happy family unit. However, when Aman introduces his girlfriend, Shreya, a career oriented woman, who has a lot to learn about children, to the family, the situation immediately takes an unexpected turn.

With Yimou Zhang

Wang is a gloomy and cunning noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. Feeling neglected, Wang's wife secretly goes out with Li, one of Wang's employees.

In the course of seven Tuesdays over seven tumultuous years, eleven New Yorkers are transformed by love, desire, art, ambition, fury, grief, faith, fear, hope and, ultimately, connection with each other in the rousing indie rock musical drama.

With Rob Reiner • Rebecca De Mornay • Aidan Quinn • Penelope Ann Miller • John Mahoney • Madeline Carroll • Anthony Edwards • Kevin Weisman • David Siegel • Kelly Gonda • Tracy Trench • Martin Shafer • Liz Glotzer • Andrew Scheinman • Cody Horn

When second-graders Bryce and Juli first meet, Juli knows it's love. But Bryce isn't so sure. Girl-phobic and easily embarrassed, young Bryce does everything he can to keep his outspoken wannabe girlfriend at arm's length... for the next six years, which isn't easy since they go to the same school and live across the street from each other. But if Juli finally looks away, will it be Bryce's turn to be dazzled? "Flipped" takes Bryce and Juli from grade school to junior high, through triumph and disaster, family drama and first love, as they make the discoveries that will define who they are - and who they are to each other.

With Elizabeth Banks • Ellen Burstyn • Adam Scott • Martin Landau • Nicholas Fackler

Robert Malone, 78, has been alone his whole life. A week before Christmas a new mysterious woman moves in across the street and teaches him that love conquers all.

With John Cena • Danny Glover • John Posey • Patricia Clarkson • David Calloway • Devon Graye • Madeleine Martin • Mel Damski • Michael Pavone

"Legendary" explores one teenage boy’s journey (Devon Graye) to reunite his mother (Patricia Clarkson) with his older, estranged brother (John Cena) ten years after the death of their beloved father, a state collegiate wrestling legend.

With Francois Ozon

Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love, but drugs have invaded their lives. After Louis fatal overdose, Mousse soon learns she is pregnant. Feeling lost, Mousse escapes to a beautiful beach house far from Paris and is soon joined in her refuge by Louis gay brother, Paul.

With Josh Duhamel • Anna Paquin • Adam Brody • Malin Akerman • Elijah Wood • Katie Holmes • Dianna Agron • Jennifer Todd • Galt Niederhoffer • Suzanne Todd • Daniela Taplin Lundberg • Candice Bergen

Set on the eve of a wedding celebration, seven close friends gather to watch two of their friends get married, but the maid of honor and the bride have had a long rivalry over the groom.

With Andrew Garfield • Keira Knightley • Alex Garland • Carey Mulligan • Mark Romanek • Sally Hawkins • Charlotte Rampling • Andrew Macdonald • Kazuo Ishiguro • Allon Reich • Tessa Ross

Kathy (Carey Mulligan), Tommy (Andrew Garfield) and Ruth (Keira Knightley) spent their childhood at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. When the they leave the school and the terrible truth of their fate is revealed to them, they must also confront the deep feelings of love, jealousy and betrayal that threaten to pull them apart.

With Ben Affleck • Peter Craig • Blake Lively • Jeremy Renner • Jon Hamm • Basil Iwanyk • Rebecca Hall • Jon Jashni • William Fay • Graham King • David Crockett • Chris Cooper • Thomas Tull • Chuck Hogan

Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in stealing what they want and getting out clean. With no real attachments, Doug never has to fear losing anyone close to him. But that all changed on the gang's latest job, when they briefly took a hostage--bank manager, Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall). Though they let her go unharmed, Claire is nervously aware that the robbers know her name...and where she lives. But she lets her guard down when she meets an unassuming and rather charming man named Doug...not realizing that he is the same man who only days earlier had terrorized her. The instant attraction between them gradually turns into a passionate romance that threatens to take them both down a dangerous, and potentially deadly, path.

With Philip Seymour Hoffman • John Ortiz • Amy Ryan • Marc Turtletaub • Daphne Rubin-Vega

A stoner limo driver embarks on such missions as cooking and swimming lessons, and developls an unlikely relationship with another lovable loser.

With Freida Pinto • Anthony Hopkins • Josh Brolin • Naomi Watts • Gemma Jones • Steve Tenenbaum • Woody Allen • Antonio Banderas • Jaume Roures • Lucy Punch • Letty Aronson

The movie centers around different members of a family, their tangled love lives and their attempts to try to solve their problems.

With Dana Goldberg • Zack Snyder • Jim Sturgess • Ryan Kwanten • John Collee • John Orloff • Hugo Weaving • Emilie de Ravin • Abbie Cornish • David Wenham • Donald De Line • Deborah Snyder • Bruce Berman • Rachael Taylor • Geoffrey Rush • Emily Barclay • Lionel Wigram • Kathryn Lasky • Zareh Nalbandian

Acclaimed filmmaker Zack Snyder makes his animation debut with the fantasy family adventure "Guardians of Ga'Hoole," based on the beloved books by Kathryn Lasky. The film follows Soren, a young owl enthralled by his father's epic stories of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones. While Soren dreams of someday joining his heroes, his older brother, Kludd, scoffs at the notion, and yearns to hunt, fly and steal his father's favor from his younger sibling. But Kludd's jealousy has terrible consequences--causing both owlets to fall from their treetop home and right into the talons of the Pure Ones. Now it is up to Soren to make a daring escape with the help of other brave young owls. Together they soar across the sea and through the mist to find the Great Tree, home of the legendary Guardians of Ga'Hoole--Soren's only hope of defeating the Pure Ones and saving the owl kingdoms.

With Shia LaBeouf • Michael Douglas • Josh Brolin • Charlie Sheen • Oliver Stone • Carey Mulligan • Frank Langella • Susan Sarandon • Edward R. Pressman • Allan Loeb • Stephen Schiff • John Buffalo Mailer

Two decades after being imprisoned for insider trading, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) is set free, profiting on his infamy as an author and public speaker. At a time when the market is crumbling and those working on Wall Street are scrambling to catch a break, Gekko is approached by Jacob (Shia LaBeouf), a young trader looking for Gekko’s guidance.

With Philip Seymour Hoffman • John Ortiz • Amy Ryan • Marc Turtletaub • Daphne Rubin-Vega

A stoner limo driver embarks on such missions as cooking and swimming lessons, and developls an unlikely relationship with another lovable loser.

With Ryan Reynolds • Samantha Mathis • Chris Sparling • Robert Paterson • Warner Loughlin • Rodrigo Cortés

Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds), truck driver and family man, wakes up buried alive in an old wooden coffin. Not knowing who might have put him there or why, his only chance to escape from this nightmare is a mysterious cell phone. Poor reception, low battery and lack of oxygen are his worst enemies in a race against time: Paul has only 90 minutes to be rescued.

With Gaspar Noe • Nathaniel Brown

Nathaniel Brown and Paz de la Huerta star in a visceral journey set against the thumping, neon club scene of Tokyo, which hurls the viewer into an astonishing trip through life, death, and the universally wonderful and horrible moments between.

With James Franco • Paul Rudd • Gus Van Sant • Jon Hamm • Bob Balaban • Mary-Louise Parker • David Strathairn • Alan Alda • Jeff Daniels • Rob Epstein • Jeffrey Friedman

A 1950s-era tale, focusing on the obscenity trial launched to censor Allen Ginsberg's groundbreaking book-length poem.