Drama Movies 2012 List

With Denzel Washington • John Goodman • Melissa Leo • Don Cheadle • Robert Zemeckis • Kelly Reilly • John Gatins • Laurie MacDonald • Walter F. Parkes

Denzel Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot who miraculously crash-lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault, and what really happened on that plane?

With Russell Crowe • Dave Bautista • Lucy Liu • Rick Yune • Eli Roth • Eric Newman • RZA • Jamie Chung • Cung Le • Pam Grier • Marc Abraham

Since his arrival in China's Jungle Village, the town's blacksmith has been forced by radical tribal factions to create elaborate tools of destruction. When the clans' brewing war boils over, the stranger channels an ancient energy to transform himself into a human weapon. As he fights alongside iconic heroes and against soulless villains, one man must harness this power to become savior of his adopted people.

With Riley Keough • Dane DeHaan • Jena Malone • Juno Temple • Kylie Minogue • Leo Fitzpatrick • Cara Seymour • Jen Gatien • Karin Chien • So Yong Kim • Bradley Rust Gray

Jack and Diane, two teenage girls, meet in New York City and spend the night kissing ferociously. Diane's charming innocence quickly begins to open Jack's tough skinned heart. But, when Jack discovers that Diane is leaving the country in a week she tries to push her away. Diane must struggle to keep their love alive while hiding the secret that her newly awakened sexual desire is giving her werewolf-like visions.

With Christopher Walken • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Imogen Poots • Catherine Keener • Jeremy Northam • Seth Grossman • Tamar Sela • Yaron Zilberman

The film tells the story of a beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet who receives a life changing diagnosis, the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance: suppressed emotions, competing egos, and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert, quite possibly their last, only their intimate bond and the power of music canpreserve their legacy.

With Sean Penn • Paolo Sorrentino • Shea Whigham • Frances McDormand • Harry Dean Stanton • Joyce Van Patten • Judd Hirsch • David Byrne • Nicola Giuliano • Francesca Cima • Andrea Occhipinti

Cheyenne (Sean Penn) is a former rock star. At 50, he still dresses "goth" and lives in Dublin off his royalties. The death of his father, with whom he wasn't on speaking terms, brings him back to New York. He discovers his father had an obsession: to seek revenge for a humiliation he had suffered. Cheyenne decides to pick up where his father left off, and starts a journey, at his own pace, across America.

With Bavo Defurne • Jelle Florizoone • Nina Marie Kortekaas

Pim, an introverted child, occupies his time drawing and fantasizing while keeping his emerging desires a secret. As a teenager, he grows infatuated with Gino, the handsome boy next door. When a hunky young man from the local fair starts living with Pim and his mother, he seizes the opportunity to leave home and move in with Gino's family. His plan backfires as Gino departs, romancing and living with a girl from across the border. It seems like Pim's dreams will never come true, but then one rainy day Gino returns home...

With Ralph Fiennes • Javier Bardem • Daniel Craig • Ben Whishaw • Judi Dench • Sam Mendes • Barbara Broccoli • John Logan • Neal Purvis • Naomie Harris • Albert Finney • Michael Wilson • Robert Wade • Berenice Marlohe

In Skyfall, James Bond (Daniel Craig)’s loyalty to M (Judi Dench) is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

With Tommy Lee Jones • Kathleen Kennedy • Walton Goggins • Steven Spielberg • Joseph Gordon-Levitt • David Oyelowo • Tim Blake Nelson • Jackie Earle Haley • Sally Field • David Warshofsky • Jared Harris • Walter Parkes • Tony Kushner • David Strathairn • James Spader • Daniel Day-Lewis • Laurie MacDonald • Hal Holbrook • Joseph Cross • Bruce McGill • John Hawkes • Boris McGiver • Frank Marshall • Paul Webb • Doris Kearns Goodwin

Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President’s tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

With Mads Mikkelsen • Alicia Vikander • Nikaolaj Arcel • Trine Dyrholm • William Jøhnk Nielsen • Nikolaj Arcel • Lars Von Trier • Maria Kopf • Rasmus Heisterberg • David Dencik

Based on the true story of Caroline Mathilda, the English princess who married King Christian VII of Denmark in the early 1770s, A Royal Affair is a bold, sumptuous tale of illicit love and political passion on a sweeping, epic scale. Keen to be a dutiful wife and Queen, Caroline’s hopes are soon dashed when she discovers the King’s true madness. Turning away from the King she finds herself in the arms of the King’s physician – a radical libertarian – with whom she embarks upon a passionate affair that would bring the kingdom to the brink of revolution.

With Tim Heidecker • Neil Hamburger • Eric Wareheim • Rick Alverson

On the cusp of inheriting his father's estate, Swanson (Tim Heidecker, "Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!") is a man with unlimited options. An aging hipster in Brooklyn, he spends his days in aimless recreation with like-minded friends (“Tim & Eric” co-star Eric Wareheim, LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy and comedian Gregg Turkington a.k.a.“Neil Hamburger”) in games of comic irreverence and mock sincerity. As Swanson grows restless of the safety a sheltered life offers him, he tests the limits of acceptable behavior, pushing the envelope in every way he can. Heidecker’s deadpan delivery cleverly masks a deep desire for connection and sense in the modern world.

With Jin-ho Hur

1930s Shanghai: the glamorous, tumultuous "Paris of the East" whose salons, streets and bedrooms frame this Chinese adaptation of the French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Aging socialite Mo Jieyu (Cecilia Cheung) still finds herself circling ex-boyfriend Xie Yifan (Jang Dong-kun). Even after years of separation, their attraction--and appetites--burn just beneath the surface. Mo, the rich and charming widow with a taste for indulgence and sensuous pleasures, still has eyes for famous womanizer Xie, who secretly burns with love for her. And yet, in his luxurious life, Xie's new interest lies in chaste humanitarian Du Fenyu (Ziyi Zhang), who has captured his attention and earned his desire for conquest. Mo lures Xie into a treacherous, dangerous game of hearts: win, bed, and leave Du, proving his mettle as a rogue and impossible catch. But can Xie take the honor of such a woman, without losing his own heart, as well? As war looms in Shanghai, can Xie win Mo's seductive game? Can he choose between these two women? Where will such a triangle lead them all? In matters of the heart, and in this city, there may be no difference between love and war.

With Leos Carax

From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the life of Monsieur Oscar, a shadowy character who journeys from one life to the next. He is, in turn, captain of industry, assassin, beggar, monster, family man… He seems to be playing roles, plunging headlong into each part – but where are the cameras? Monsieur Oscar is alone, accompanied only by Céline, the slender blonde woman behind the wheel of the vast engine that transports him through and around Paris. He’s like a conscientious assassin moving from hit to hit. In pursuit of the beautiful gesture, the mysterious driving force, the women and the ghosts of past lives. But where is his true home, his family, his rest?

With Robert Duvall • Robert Mulligan • Gregory Peck • John Megna

A widowed lawyer (Gregory Peck) with two children (Mary Badham, Phillip Alford) defends an innocent black man accused of raping a white woman in 1930s Alabama.

With Kristen Stewart • Rami Malek • Taylor Lautner • Robert Pattinson • Jackson Rathbone • Ashley Greene • Billy Burke • Kellan Lutz • Maggie Grace • Peter Facinelli • Elizabeth Reaser • Bill Condon • Joe Anderson • Melissa Rosenberg

In the highly anticipated next chapter of the blockbuster The Twilight Saga, the newfound married bliss of Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) is cut short when a series of betrayals and misfortunes threatens to destroy their world. After their wedding, Bella and Edward travel to Rio de Janeiro for their honeymoon, where they finally give in to their passions. Bella soon discovers she is pregnant, and during a nearly fatal childbirth, Edward finally fulfills her wish to become immortal. But the arrival of their remarkable daughter, Renesmee, sets in motion a perilous chain of events that pits the Cullens and their allies against the Volturi, the fearsome council of vampire leaders, setting the stage for an all-out battle.

With Tommy Lee Jones • Kathleen Kennedy • Walton Goggins • Steven Spielberg • Joseph Gordon-Levitt • David Oyelowo • Tim Blake Nelson • Jackie Earle Haley • Sally Field • David Warshofsky • Jared Harris • Walter Parkes • Tony Kushner • David Strathairn • James Spader • Daniel Day-Lewis • Laurie MacDonald • Hal Holbrook • Joseph Cross • Bruce McGill • John Hawkes • Boris McGiver • Frank Marshall • Paul Webb • Doris Kearns Goodwin

Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President’s tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

With Keira Knightley • Alicia Vikander • Kelly MacDonald • Jude Law • Matthew Macfadyen • Emily Watson • Joe Wright • Domhnall Gleeson • Tom Stoppard • Olivia Williams • Aaron Johnson • Tim Bevan • Eric Fellner • Paul Webster

The story powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart. As Anna (Knightley) questions her happiness and marriage, change comes to all around her.

With Parker Posey • Cheyenne Jackson • Josh Pais • Annie Parisse • Eric Mabius • Michael Walker

Pete Cozy has found himself a house in the suburbs and a job in the pricing department of a middling supermarket chain. Pete's job allows him to spend quality time with his wife and young son and, despite the fact that they are drowning in debts, they appear happy. Everything changes when Pete gets a new boss, the beautiful, high powered, fast talking Susan Felders. With Susan's influence, Pete finds himself on the executive track.. Something that both surprises and excites him. The more his salary increases, the more he has to perform at work... and the less time he gets to spend with his family. At the same time, his relationship with his boss begins to cross the line of professional etiquette. Both become enamored with one another -- creating tension in the workplace and in his personal home life.

With Tobey Maguire • Ang Lee • Gerard Depardieu • Tabu • Gil Netter • Elizabeth Gabler • Suraj Sharma • Irrfan Khan • David Magee

Director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) creates an all-audience film about a young man on a fateful voyage who, after a spectacular disaster in the middle of the ocean, is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. He becomes marooned on a lifeboat he must share with the ship’s only other survivor, a fearsome Bengal tiger with whom he makes an amazing and unexpected connection.

With Scarlett Johansson • Helen Mirren • Anthony Hopkins • Toni Collette • Danny Huston • James D'Arcy • Jessica Biel • Michael Stuhlbarg • Ralph Macchio • Michael Wincott • Ivan Reitman • Tom Pollock • Sacha Gervasi • John McLaughlin • Alan Barnette • Tom Thayer

A love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and partner Alma Reville. The film takes place during the making of Hitchcock’s seminal movie Psycho.

With Jacques Audiard • Marion Cotillard • Matthias Schoenaerts • Thomas Bidegain • Armand Verdure

Story of an unemployed 25-year-old man who falls in love with a killer whale trainer.

With Donnie Yen • Wei Tang • Takeshi Kaneshiro • Peter Ho-Sun Chan • Oi Wah Lam • Yu Wang

In the late Qing Dynasty, Liu (Donnie Yen) is a papermaker, leading a simple life with his wife Ayu (Tang Wei) and their two sons. Into their remote village comes Detective Xu (Takeshi Kaneshiro), who is investigating the deaths of two bandits during a robbery. Xu quickly realizes that the incident in question was no ordinary botched robbery – and his dogged inquiry threatens to dredge up the dark secrets of Liu's buried past, threatening not only Liu and his family, but the entire village.

LACHLAN MacALDONICH (Robert Carlyle) is former Britpop rocker who has settled into a comfortably numb existence in farm country just outside Los Angeles. By day, he works on an organic farm and travels regularly to the city's farmers' markets to sell produce. By night, he retreats to his crummy apartment to record "Flame-Outs," his podcast that recounts the tragic deaths of great musicians. The only spark in his humdrum existence is BEAU (Alexia Rasmussen), a lovely struggling actress and amateur chef who frequents the Silver Lake farmers' market. One night, Lachlan gets pulled over for a DUI, a charge that dredges up his past drug offense and threatens him with deportation. Lachlan's only hope of staying in the U.S. is proving that his removal would cause "extreme hardship" to a U.S. citizen spouse or relative. Lachlan contacts his estranged ex-wife and daughter, raising past demons that he must finally confront.

With Kim Estes • Matt Jones • Shervin Youssefian • Philip Bulcock • Sean Galuszka • Amy Weber • Ben Corns • Jasmine Jade

A drama about twelve strangers who are brought into a diner, where they slowly discover that their lives are strangely connected and they are part of a bigger plan to save a man’s life. Crossroad is an exploration of the amazing interweaving of our lives, the realization that God’s plans have no room for coincidence, and that everything happens for a reason.