Drama Movies 2011 List

With Michelle Monaghan • Jake Gyllenhaal • Vera Farmiga • Jeffrey Wright • Mark Gordon • Ben Ripley • Duncan Jones • Jordan Wynn • Gordon Kaywin • Philippe Rousselet

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he’s ever known, he learns he’s part of a government experiment called the “Source Code,” a program that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second, much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter re-lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack.

With Colin Firth • David Seidler • Guy Pearce • Jennifer Ehle • Tom Hooper • Michael Gambon • Geoffrey Rush • Derek Jacobi • Emile Sherman • Simon Egan • Helena Bonham-Carter • Iain Canning • Gareth Unwin

"The King's Speech" tells the story of the man who would become King George VI, the father of the current Queen, Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George 'Bertie' VI (Firth) reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded nervous stammer and considered unfit to be King, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue (Rush). Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

With Viola Davis • Avi Lerner • David Schwimmer • Clive Owen • Catherine Keener • Boaz Davidson • Noah Emmerich • Danny Dimbort • Trevor Short • Heidi Jo Markel • Bob Greenhut • Brandon Molale • Liana Liberato

A dark drama about the damaging effects an online sexual predator has on a family. Clive Owen and Catherine Keener will play the parents of a 14-year-old girl who are stunned to discover she has been victimized by an adult who gained her trust posing as a teenager on a chat room.

With Susanne Bier • Anders Thomas Jensen

Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness. Anton and his wife Marianne, who have two young sons, are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Christian's mother recently lost her battle with cancer, and Christian is greatly troubled by her death. Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger. Ultimately, it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy.

With Kevin Kline • Jennifer Beals • Caroline Bottaro

A hotel maid's growing interest in chess is nurtured by her American employer.

With Helen Hunt • Dennis Quaid • AnnaSophia Robb • Lorraine Nicholson • Anthony Romano • Jeremy Sumpter • Sean McNamara • Kevin Sorbo • David Brookwell • Michel Shane • Michael Berk • Roy Hofstetter • Brian Hurwitz • Seth Goldberg • Carrie Underwood • Deborah Schwartz • Douglas Schwartz

Soul Surfer is the true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.

With Cate Blanchett • Eric Bana • Saoirse Ronan • Tom Hollander • Niels Arestrup • Joe Wright • Marty Adelstein • Olivia Williams • Jason Flemyng • Scott Nemes • David Farr

A 14-year-old raised by her father to be a cold-hearted killing machine must learn how to be a girl.

With Ankush Kohli • Chad Waterhouse

Set in 1974 Texas, three teen siblings struggle with the death of their father and try to live with their abusive mother. When one of the teens is sent away because the mother can't cope with his autism, the oldest of the siblings devises a plan to get their brother back and embark on a life changing adventure across the Southwest in their deceased father's station wagon.

With Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Adam, a former swimming champion in his sixties, is a pool attendant at a hotel in Chad. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son, Abdel, leaving Adam humiliated and resentful. Meanwhile the country is in the throes of a civil war. Rebel forces are attacking the government and the authorities demand the people contribute to the "war effort" with money or volunteers old enough to fight. Adam is constantly harassed for his contribution, but he is penniless. In a moment of weakness, Adam makes a decision that he will forever regret.

With Justin Long • James McAvoy • Evan Rachel Wood • Kevin Kline • Robert Redford • Greg Shapiro • Stephen Root • James Solomon • Alexis Bledel • Toby Kebbell • Bill Holderman • Robin Wright • Tom Wilkinson • Web Stone

In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are then arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt, 42, owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and others met and planned the simultaneous attacks.

Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer, Frederick Aiken, a 28-year-old Union war-hero, reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. As the trial unfolds, Aiken realizes his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait and hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt, her own son.

With Zeina Durra

A variety of young emigres working in upper-class New York City while dealing with issues of assimilation and xenophobia.

With Greg Germann • JR Bourne • Janet Grillo • Beth Broderick • Elaine Hall

Based on the award-winning short Flying Lessons, Fly Away tells the moving story of a single mother, Jeanne, grappling with the challenge of raising her autistic teenage daughter, Mandy. As Mandy becomes more and more unmanageable, so too does Jeanne's life. Over the period of two weeks, Jeanne is confronted with the most difficult decision a parent can make: to let go, allowing her child to grow, but also grow apart, or to hold on tight and fall together.

With Nick Cassavetes • Patrick Fischler • Edi Gathegi • Matthew Marsden • Graham Beckel • Harmon Kaslow • Michael Lerner • Grant Bowler • John Aglialoro • Paul Johansson • Brian Patrick O'Toole

After an economic collapse in the near-future United States, its top innovators and industrialists mysteriously disappear amid the growing power of politicians.

With Bertrand Tavernier

To increase his family’s prestige, the Marquis de Mézières forces Marie to marry the Prince de Montpensier, whom she has never met.

With Tyler Perry • Loretta Devine • Bow Wow • Isaiah Mustafa

Based on Tyler Perry's play of the same name. Shirley learns that she has terminal cancer and only a few weeks to live so she decides to get her family together to tell them the news.

With Reese Witherspoon • Robert Pattinson • Francis Lawrence • Elizabeth Gabler • Leonard Hartman • Rodney Ferrell • Paul Schneider • Richard LaGravenese • Hal Holbrook • Tim Guinee • Gil Netter • Andrew Tennenbaum • Art's Erwin Stoff

A 90-year-old man reminisces about his life during the Depression, when he found work at a B-level circus taking care of the animals. He sees the brutality of circus life while falling for the wife of an abusive animal trainer.

With Greg Germann • JR Bourne • Janet Grillo • Beth Broderick • Elaine Hall

Based on the award-winning short Flying Lessons, Fly Away tells the moving story of a single mother, Jeanne, grappling with the challenge of raising her autistic teenage daughter, Mandy. As Mandy becomes more and more unmanageable, so too does Jeanne's life. Over the period of two weeks, Jeanne is confronted with the most difficult decision a parent can make: to let go, allowing her child to grow, but also grow apart, or to hold on tight and fall together.

With Taylor Kitsch • Malin Akerman • Ryan Phillippe • Patrick Lyster • Steven Silver

Four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.

With Donnie Yen • Shu Qi • Andrew Lau

Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, a mysterious stranger arrives from overseas and befriends a local mafia boss. That man is a disguised Chen Zhen, who intends to infiltrate the mob when they form an alliance with the Japanese. Disguising himself as a caped fighter by night, Chen intends to take out everyone involved as well as get his hands on an assassination list prepared by the Japanese.

With Denis Villeneuve • Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin • Maxim Gaudette • Lubna Azabal • Remy Girard

Twins journey to the Middle East to unearth their family tree.

With Martin Zandvliet • Sara-Marie Maltha • Paprika Steen • Michael Falch • Shanti Roney

Recovering alcoholic stage actress, Thea Barfoed (Paprika Steen) has gone through turmoil. Having divorced her husband, Christian (Michael Falch), and relinquished custody of their two boys during her heavy drinking days, Thea wants to start over. As her past alcohol use and indiscretions still haunt her, the reality of a new beginning seems bleak. Thea uses her inner actress's charm and manipulation to convince her ex-husband that she is fully recovered and capable of being a good mother to their children; however, she hasn't completely convinced herself. On stage, Thea plays the binge drinking, ostentatious Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Ironically, her stage character bears an uncanny resemblance to her personal life. As her alcoholism and past regrets hang in the balance, Thea must decide whether to confront her inner demons or to let the show go on.

With Jin Chen

A historical epic about rival military strategists, Sun Bin and Pang Juan, two students of military strategy who fought for supremacy during China’s Warring States Period.

With Amy Madigan • Ed Harris • Daniel Roebuck • Molly Parker • Mike Pavone • Randy Orton • Chase Ellison • Mia Rose Frampton

Andy Nichol, a happy 12-year-old with friends, a paper route, and a crush, idolizes his favorite teacher, Mr. Simon. However, when Mr. Simon pairs Andy with Big Red, the frequently bullied school outcast, for a lengthy English assignment, Andy fears being relegated to geek status. While navigating the ups and down of 8th grade, Andy learns to appreciate Big Red’s quiet dignity and compassion, stands up to a bully, and helps Big Red repair a fractured friendship.

With Mark Ruffalo • Orlando Bloom • Juliette Lewis • Laura Linney • Matthew Weaver • Joanne Jacobson • Chris Thornton • Noah Emmerich • Andrea Sperling • Robert Stein

A paralyzed DJ, "Delicious" Dean O'Dwyer, struggling to survive in his wheelchair on the streets of Los Angeles, turns to faith-healing and mysteriously acquires the ability to cure the sick -- although not himself. A Jesuit priest tries to help him come to terms with the limits of his gift, while a rock singer in a band tries to exploit the suddenly famous healer.

With Samantha Mathis • Ben Hickernell

Will, a charming 35-year-old Philadelphia ad man, heads to Lebanon, Pa. to bury his recently deceased father. He forms an unexpected friendship with CJ, his bright, newly pregnant 17-year-old cousin. As Will becomes interested in CJ's married teacher and CJ confronts her conflicted father, both struggle with formidable decisions about the path their lives will take.

With John Hawkes • Chris Ordal

The story of real-life crop artist Stan Herd. In 1994, Stan traveled from Kansas to New York City and risked everything to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned by Donald Trump. The multi-acre piece was made from soil, rock, plants and vegetation near an underground railway tunnel.