Drama Movies 2011 List

With Ron Howard • Harrison Ford • Steven Spielberg • Jon Favreau • Sam Rockwell • Daniel Craig • Clancy Brown • Paul Dano • Olivia Wilde • Brian Grazer • Mark Fergus • Adam Beach • Alex Kurtzman • Roberto Orci • Damon Lindelof • Abigail Spencer • Keith Carradine • Scott Mitchell Rosenberg • Hawk Ostby • Ervin Rustemagic • Noah Ringer

1875. New Mexico Territory. A stranger (Daniel Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford). It's a town that lives in fear.

But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known.

Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he's been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents—townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors—all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.

With Gilles Paquet-Brenner • Kristin Scott Thomas • Niels Arestrup

Sarah's Key is the story of an American journalist living in Paris, Julia Jarmond (Kristen Scott Thomas), whose research for an article about the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942 in France ends up turning her own world upside down. In July 1942, Sarah, a ten-year old girl, is taken with her parents by the French police as they go door-to-door in the middle of the night arresting Jewish families. Desperate to protect her younger brother, Sarah locks him in a bedroom cupboard – their secret hiding place – and promises to come back for him as soon as they are released. Nearly seventy years later, Julia stumbles on the terrible secret that the home Sarah's family was forced to leave is about to become her own. As Julia's life becomes entwined with Sarah's heart-breaking story she must tackle the complex issue of how to live with the past and keep moving forward.

With Hamish Linklater • Miranda July • Gerhard Meixner • Roman Paul • Gina Kwon

A story about a thirtysomething couple grappling with their personal and professional malaise, which is narrated by a talking shelter cat named Paw Paw.

With Amy Wendel • Julio Cedillo • Daniel Meisel

In a small Texas town, a high school student enters a powerlifting competition in order to earn a college scholarship.