Drama Movies 2011 List

With Apichatpong Weerasethakul

A dying old man choses to spend his last days with his loved ones in the countryside. The ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him and his long-lost son returns home in a non-human form.

With Anna Faris • Teresa Palmer • Michael Ian Black • Michael Dowse • Topher Grace • Michael Biehn • Brian Grazer • Jeff Filgo • Michelle Trachtenberg • Dan Fogler • Gordon Kaywin • Wade Allain-Marcus • Jackie Filgo

As the summer of 1988 winds down, three friends on the verge of adulthood attend an out-of-control party in celebration of their last night of unbridled youth

With Eran Riklis • Mark Ivanir

The human resources manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery attempts to block the publication of a defamatory article and save the reputation of his business.

With Catalina Saavedra • Sebastián Silva • Pedro Peirano • Claudia Celadon • Belgica Castro • Alejandro Sieveking

Isidora, an old woman, discovers that her mind is quickly deteriorating. At an apparently relaxed dinner table, she will desperately try to hide her state from her daughter, a demanding woman who awaits any sign of senility in order to take away everything she has.

With Josh Hutcherson • Hayden Panettiere • Alfred Molina • Alexandra Carl • Carlos de los Rios • Craig Comstock • Lauren Bacall • Billy Boyd • Lawrence Roeck • Michael-Ryan Fletchall • Dina Eastwood

The story focuses on a troubled 16-year-old boy, who wanders into Carmel, falls into the wrong crowd and becomes involved in art forgery. He's befriended by a retired local artist who traces her career back to the early days of Carmel artists, writers and other creative types, all with skeletons in their closets.

With Aaron Eckhart • Michael Peña • Michelle Rodriguez • Neal H. Moritz • Bridget Moynahan • Ori Marmur • Ne-Yo • Jonathan Liebesman • Chris Bertolini • Scott Silver • Gabourey Sidibe

Meteors shoot into the ocean a couple of miles off the coast of Los Angeles. Minutes later, beachgoers witness a strange alien like army oozing out of the water. These aliens are nasty, they're fast, and they kill on site. Within seconds they're shredding the suntanning populace to pieces and moving into the city of Santa Monica. Marine Sgt. Nantz leads his new platoon against a surprise attack on Los Angeles, attempting to rescue civilians in Santa Monica and destroy the hub of the enemy's mysterious power grid, while similar epic battles are waged across the world in other cities.

With Imogen Poots • Michael Fassbender • Harry Lloyd • Jamie Bell • Judi Dench • Cary Joji Fukunaga • Alison Owen • Sally Hawkins • Moira Buffini • Paul Trijbits

In the story, Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska) flees Thornfield House, where she works as a governess for wealthy Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbender). As she reflects upon the people and emotions that have defined her, it is clear that the isolated and imposing residence – and Mr. Rochester’s coldness – have sorely tested the young woman’s resilience, forged years earlier when she was orphaned. She must now act decisively to secure her own future and come to terms with the past that haunts her – and the terrible secret that Mr. Rochester is hiding and that she has uncovered.

With Juliette Binoche • Abbas Kiarostami • William Shimell

A gallery owner living in a Tuscan village attends a lecture by a British author on authenticity and fakery in art. Afterwards she invites him on a tour of the countryside during which he is mistaken for her husband.

With Sean Bean • Carice van Houten • Eddie Redmayne • Christopher Smith

The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the shadow of the Black Death. As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife. In this apocalyptic environment, the church is losing its grip on the people. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot reach. There is even talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to bring the dead back to life. Ulric (Sean Bean), a fearsome knight, is charged by the church to investigate these rumors.

With Eran Riklis • Mark Ivanir

The human resources manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery attempts to block the publication of a defamatory article and save the reputation of his business.

With Bradley Cooper • Robert De Niro • Neil Burger • Abbie Cornish • Tucker Tooley • Scott Kroopf • Ryan Kavanaugh • Leslie Dixon • Johnny Whitworth • Anna Friel • Andrew Howard

The story centers on a down-and-out writer who gets his hands on a top-secret pharmaceutical drug that makes one smarter. He experiences sudden financial and social success but soon discovers that the drug has lethal and lasting side effects, including "trip-switching," a phenomenon in which time moves with a stop-motion quality. Before long, mysterious antagonists are pursuing him.

With Matthew McConaughey • William H. Macy • Bryan Cranston • Michael Peña • Ryan Phillippe • Trace Adkins • John Leguizamo • Tom Rosenberg • Marisa Tomei • Brad Furman • Katherine Moennig • Scott Steindorff • Gary Lucchesi • Bob Gunton • John Romano • Erin Carufel

Mickey Haller (Matthew McConaughey) is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy accused of murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops into a deadly game of survival for Haller.

With J.K. Simmons • Lou Taylor Pucci • Julia Ormond • Cara Seymour • Jim Kohlberg

Chronicles the journey of a father and son adjusting to cerebral trauma and a lifetime of missed opportunities.

With Ken Loach • Paul Laverty

A tense love triangle between two men and a woman working in Iraq. When Frankie is killed on "Route Irish" -- the road linking Baghdad airport with the Green Zone -- Fergus, wracked with grief and guilt, rejects the official explanation and determines to investigate the truth of his friend's death.

With Martin Koolhoven

Near the end of World War II, 14-year-old Michiel becomes involved with the Resistance after helping a wounded British soldier.

With Eva Green • Imogen Poots • Juno Temple • Maria Valverde • Jordan Scott • Ben Court

"Cracks" follows an elite group of boarding school girls who compete for the attention of their free-thinking and glamorous young teacher Miss G (Green). She encourages them to indulge their desires, flout the establishment and - suggesting a world of adventures in her own past - pursue a life of independence and travel. The girls are thrilled to have such an inspiring teacher, but the status quo is threatened when the arrival of an exotic and beautiful Spanish student (Maria Valverde) disturbs the girl's rigid and remorseless power structure. Favored girl Di Radfield (Juno Temple) feels especially threatened and, as Ms G's hold over the girls progresses from emancipation to obsession, there are tragic consequences for everyone.

With Sherry Horman

The autobiography of Waris Dirie, who fled from an arranged marriage in Somalia when she was 13-years-old and then lived in the streets of London before she became a supermodel and UN spokeswoman.

With Vanessa Hudgens • Jon Hamm • Zack Snyder • Emily Browning • Oscar Isaac • Jena Malone • Thomas Tull • Carla Gugino • Jon Jashni • Steve Shibuya • Abbie Cornish • Chris deFaria • Wesley Coller • Jamie Chung • Deborah Snyder • Greg Silverman • William Fay • Jim Rowe

"Sucker Punch" is that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary. She has been locked away against her will, but Babydoll (Emily Browning) has not lost her will to survive. Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four other young girls—the outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), the street-smart Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), the fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung) and the reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish)—to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors, Blue (Oscar Isaac), Madam Gorski (Carla Gugino) and the High Roller (Jon Hamm). Led by Babydoll, the girls engage in fantastical warfare against everything from samurais to serpents, with a virtual arsenal at their disposal. Together, they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in order to stay alive. But with the help of a Wise Man (Scott Glenn), their unbelievable journey—if they succeed—will set them free.

With Matt McCormick

A film that asks why the good times slip by so fast while the difficult times seem so sticky. It explores ideas of abundance, emptiness, human connection and abandonment while observing an interweaving web of awkward characters who maintain hope by inventing their own forms of communication and self-fulfillment.

With Stephen Lang • Karen Allen • Nick Thurston • John Gray • Geoff Wigdor

In the autumn of 1975 in Brooklyn, Danny tries to enlist his brother Brian in one last scheme - to rob the Lafayette on the night of the Rolling Stones concert. Danny sees this as their only chance to get enough money to skip town and start them both off in a new life, somewhere far away from Brooklyn.

With Andie MacDowell • Aidan Quinn • Ryan Merriman • Alan Cohen • Rick Bieber • Stacy Earl • Michael Harding

After Luke Abbate is killed in a car crash, his family donates his organs to five people. His brother, Wake Forest Junior Jon Abbate, begins to honor his brother by holding up five fingers just before the fourth quarter while his parents do the same while sitting in the 5th section of the stadium. News spreads, opposing players and fans begin to do the same and the team goes on to win a record of 11 games and a trip to the Orange Bowl.

With Taraji P. Henson • Rainn Wilson • Ben Schwartz • Kate Mara • Michael C. Hall • Judy Greer • Barry Blaustein • Felipe Marino • Sarah Silverman • Keith Calder • Joe Neurauter • Peter Himmelstein • Jason Hefter • Ron Rifkin

The story charts the mayhem caused by a family member's kiss-and-tell novel that comes to light during a family celebration.

With Freida Pinto • Willem Dafoe • Hiam Abbass • Vanessa Redgrave • Julian Schnabel • Jon Kilik • Rula Jebreal

The story of Hind Husseini, who founded an orphanage in Jerusalem in the wake of the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.

With Marie-Josee Croze • Tony Gatlif

In a small French town, a mayor and a schoolteacher try to help a tribe of Gypsies who are persecuted by both the Nazis and the French.