Drama Movies 2013 List

With Sandra Bullock • George Clooney • Alfonso Cuarón • Thomas Tull • David Heyman • Basher Savage • William Fay • Jonas Cuaron

Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone--tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth...and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

With Leonardo DiCaprio • Ben Affleck • Anthony Mackie • Ben Schwartz • Justin Timberlake • Gemma Arterton • Michael Shamberg • Oliver Cooper • Brad Furman • Stacey Sher • Brian Koppelman • David Levien • Jennifer Davisson Killoran • David Costabile

Princeton grad student Richie (Justin Timberlake), believing he’s been swindled, travels to Costa Rica to confront online gambling tycoon Ivan Block (Ben Affleck). Richie is seduced by Block’s promise of immense wealth, until he learns the disturbing truth about his benefactor. When the FBI tries to coerce Richie to help bring down Block, Richie faces his biggest gamble ever: attempting to outmaneuver the two forces closing in on him.

With Tom Hanks • Ron Livingston • Zac Efron • Paul Giamatti • Jackie Earle Haley • Bill Paxton • James Badge Dale • David Harbour • Colin Hanks • Peter Landesman • Marcia Gay Harden • Jacki Weaver • Billy Bob Thornton • Gary Goetzman

Recounting the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, Parkland weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances: the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital; Dallas’ chief of the Secret Service; an unwitting cameraman who captured what became the most watched and examined film in history; the FBI agents who nearly had the gunman within their grasp; the brother of Lee Harvey Oswald, left to deal with his shattered family; and JFK’s security team, witnesses to both the president’s death and Vice President Lyndon Johnson’s rise to power over a nation whose innocence was forever altered.

With Vincent Pastore • Stephen Baldwin • Michael Madsen • Michael Rivera • Martin Kove • Steve Race • Ja Rule • Galley Molina • Adrienne Bailon

Miles Montego (Ja Rule) has it all - cars, boats, good looks, mansion, money, women, but more importantly, he has a past. Miles is a retired high level drug trafficker who is now completely legitimate. Even though Miles has turned over a new leaf, the DEA can't seem to let him out of their sights. Miles' only downfall is that he is extremely loyal to his circle of friends and former colleagues who are not retired from the lucrative business. Struggling to keep on the right side of the law, Miles meets the one girl of his dreams but she's not the usual type of girl that he's used to dating. Vanessa (Adrienne Bailon) is a church girl in every sense of the word. They are tested to their last ounce of faith and strength in God and each other. God continues to chip away at Miles through struggles from his past, having to live up to his reputation, feelings of unworthiness, the death of his mother, federal charges, his friends being indicted, the strain on his relationship with Vanessa, almost losing her in a near fatal car accident, and finally the spiritual breakdown and one on one with God that brings Miles to his knees.

With Michael Welch • Kevin Pollak • Chris Ellis • Shawnee Smith • James Denton • A.J. Michalka • Brad J. Silverman • Russ Rice • Jamie-Grace • Emma Catherwood

20 years ago, Johnny Trey (James Denton) charted the Billboard top five single, "Misunderstood". Then, the hits stopped coming and he crash landed hard, a one hit wonder. Johnny found Christ and a new life for his family, far from the Hollywood Hills. He now serves as the praise music director of Homewood Community Church just south of Birmingham, AL. Serving alongside Johnny is his, now 18 year-old daughter, Grace (AJ Michalka).

Beautiful, extraordinarily talented and restless, Grace is so far undiscovered outside church. No longer satisfied with being dad's sidekick, she dreams of the day when she can carve her own path toward music immortality.

One day without warning, Grace leaves for Los Angeles. With the help of Johnny’s ruthless former manager, Frank “Mossy” Mostin (Kevin Pollak), she lands a record deal. Mossy sees in Grace a potential superstar and massive pay check. Grace seems prepared to walk away from her Christian faith and music to achieve her long-suppressed fantasy of pop stardom. Will she reject her faith, or rediscover it?

With Jay McCarrol • Matthew Johnson • Owen Williams • Krista Madison • Brandon Wickens • Josh Boles

Matt and Owen are best friends who live in a world of endless movie references and hijinks. It would be perfect, if not for the cruel bullies at their high school who make their lives hell. While working on a movie for class, the lines between fiction and reality blur together in this horrifying look at high school bullying.

With Robin Weigert • Maggie Siff • Stacie Passon • Johnathan Tchaikovsky • Emily Kinney

A sexual examination of Abby (Robin Weigert), a forty something married wealthy, lesbian housewife who, after suffering a blow to the head from getting smacked by her son’s baseball—walks around every corner of her suburban life to confront a mounting desire for something else. She takes on a new project and purchases a pied-à-terre in Manhattan. Walking around the city streets reminds Abby what it feels like to be sexy, and her pent-up libido shakes off its inhibitions. Her newfound desire though is not a take-home item, so Abby inaugurates a double life as a high end escort.

With Nicholas Petr • Amy Belk • Matthew Porterfield • Deragh Campbell • Hannah Gross • Ned Oldham • Kim Taylor

When Taryn, a Northern Irish runaway, finds herself in trouble in Ocean City, MD, she seeks refuge with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore. But Kim and Bill have problems of their own: they’re trying to handle the end of their marriage gracefully for the sake of their daughter Abby, just home from her first year of college. A story of family revelations, people finding each other and letting each other go, looking for love where they’ve found it before and, when that doesn’t work, figuring out where they might find it next

With Tom Hanks • Kevin Spacey • John Magaro • Scott Rudin • Yul Vazquez • Paul Greengrass • Billy Ray • Catherine Keener • Dana Brunetti • Max Martini • Barkhad Abdi • Corey Johnson • David Warshofsky • Chris Mulkey • Michael De Luca • Michael Chernus

Follows the true story of Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

With Hailee Steinfeld • Paul Giamatti • Paul Wesley • Douglas Booth • Holly Hunter • Ed Westwick • Julian Fellowes • Mark Ordesky • Carlo Carlei • Ileen Maisel • Kodi Smit-McPhee

Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare’s epic and searing tale of love, is revitalized on screen by writer Julian Fellowes and director Carlos Carlei . An ageless story from the world’s most renowned author is reimagined for the 21st Century. This adaptation is told in the lush traditional setting it was written, but gives a new generation the chance to fall in love with the enduring legend. With an all-star cast including Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Paul Giamatti and Stellan Skarsgard, it affords those unfamiliar with the tale the chance to put faces to the two names they’ve undoubtedly heard innumerable times: Romeo and Juliet. Every generation deserves to discover this lasting love.

With Rupert Grint • Malin Akerman • Joel David Moore • Ashley Greene • Randall Miller • Justin Bartha • Josh Zuckerman • Johnny Galecki • Estelle Harris • Donal Logue • Jody Savin • Brad Rosenberger

CBGB follows the story of Hilly Kristal's New York club from its origins as Country, Bluegrass and Blues (CBGB) to what it ultimately became: the birthplace of underground rock 'n roll and punk. Kristal, a fan of Country and Bluegrass dreamed of having a club in the lower Eastside that catered to that kind of music, when he had difficulty booking those bands he turned to other kinds of rock music. Hilly had one demand of the acts he booked, they could only play their own original music. No top 40's, no covers. It was the credo he lived by, support the artist at whatever the cost.

With Anthony Mackie • Jeffrey Wright • Jordin Sparks • Jennifer Hudson • Joey Auzenne • George Tillman, Jr. • Michael Starrbury • Julito McCullum • Michael Chmiel • Eric Ruffin • Rege Lewis

Separated from their mothers and facing a summer in the Brooklyn projects alone, two boys hide from police and forage for food, with only each other to trust. A story of salvation through friendship and two boys against the world.

With Randy Moore

An epic battle begins when a middle-aged American husband and father of two learns that he has lost his job. Keeping the news from his nagging wife and wound-up children, he packs up the family and embarks on a full day of park hopping amid enchanted castles and fairytale princesses. Soon, the manufactured mirth of the fantasy land around him begins to haunt his subconscious. An idyllic family vacation quickly unravels into a surrealist nightmare of paranoid visions, bizarre encounters, and an obsessive pursuit of a pair of sexy teenage Parisians.

With James Franco • Danny R. McBride • Tim Blake Nelson

The story chronicles the Bundren family as they traverse the Mississippi countryside to bring the body of their deceased mother Addie to her hometown for burial. Addie’s husband Anse and their children, Cash, Darl, Jewel, Dewey Dell, and the youngest one Vardaman, leave the farm on a carriage with her coffin - each affected by Addie’s death in a profound and different way. Their road trip to Jefferson, some forty miles away, is disrupted by every antagonistic force of nature or man: flooded rivers, injury and accident, a raging barn fire, and not least of all -- each individual character’s personal turmoil and inner commotion which at times threaten the fabric of the family more than any outside force.

With Samuel Schneider • Ulrich Tukur • Caroline Link • Hafsia Herzi

A successful German director travels with his son to Marrakesh, where he is staging a play. He attempts to reconnect with the estranged boy but instead drives him away. The son seeks solace in the city’s sleazy nightclubs where he meets a feisty prostitute. She takes him to her hometown and helps him gain the courage to stand up to his father.

With Sylvester Stallone • Arnold Schwarzenegger • 50 Cent • Jim Caviezel • Sam Neill • George Furla • Vincent D'Onofrio • Jason Keller • Robbie Brenner • Randall Emmett • Vinnie Jones • Amy Ryan • Mikael Hafstrom • Mark Canton • Miles Chapman

Ray Breslin (Stallone), the world's foremost authority on structural security, agrees to take on one last job: breaking out of an ultra-secret, high-tech facility called "The Tomb.” But when he is wrongly imprisoned, he must recruit fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer (Schwarzenegger) to help devise a daring, nearly impossible plan to escape from the most protected and fortified prison ever built.

With Benedict Cumberbatch • Anthony Mackie • Alicia Vikander • Carice van Houten • Dan Stevens • Laura Linney • Daniel Brühl • Stanley Tucci • Peter Capaldi • David Thewlis • Michael Sugar • Josh Singer • Bill Condon • Kira Goldberg • Holly Bario

Following Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Brühl), an early supporter and eventual colleague of Julian Assange (Cumberbatch), The Fifth Estate traces the heady, early days of WikiLeaks, culminating in the release of a series of controversial and history changing information leaks. The website’s overnight success brought instant fame to its principal architects and transformed the flow of information to news media and the world at large.

With Brad Pitt • Michael Fassbender • Paul Dano • Steve McQueen • Taran Killam • Garret Dillahunt • Sarah Paulson • John Ridley • Jeremy Kleiner • Michael K. Williams • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Dede Gardner • Chris Chalk

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life.

With J.C. Chandor • Robert Redford • Zachary Quinto • Cassian Elwes • Laura Lister

Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man (Robert Redford) wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas. With his navigation equipment and radio disabled, the man sails unknowingly into the path of a violent storm. Despite his success in patching the breached hull, his mariner's intuition, and a strength that belies his age, the man barely survives the tempest.

With Paul Stehlik Jr. • Sarah Stehlik • Andrew Cheney

Brady Gray was always the favorite son. Overcome by jealousy, his brothers resort to an unforgivable crime to drive him away from their father's ranch. Brutally beaten and hauled away to an uncertain destiny, Brady chooses to forget the past and start anew. Yet his troubles are just beginning. Falsely accused of assaulting his new boss's wife, he ends up in prison. Daring to believe there may be some purpose in his suffering, he's given a change to turn his life around. At long last, success brings him the opportunity to decide the fates of the men who wronged him. But what man intends for evil, God intends for good. This simple, yet powerful, message is all he has left. Brady must now decide whether acts of cruelty or the hand of providence will mark the seasons of his life.

With Elizabeth Olsen • Daniel Radcliffe • Ben Foster • Dane DeHaan • Jack Huston • Christine Vachon • John Krokidas • Austin Bunn • Steve Dontanville

Tells the story of how a murder at Columbia University in 1944 brought together the writers (Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs) who would spark the Beat Revolution.

With Brad Pitt • Javier Bardem • Cameron Diaz • Michael Fassbender • Ridley Scott • Natalie Dormer • Penelope Cruz • John Leguizamo • Paula Mae Schwartz • Nick Wechsler • Steve Schwartz • Cormac McCarthy

Set in the Southwest, a respected lawyer thinks he can dip a toe into the drug business without getting sucked down. It is a bad decision and he tries his best to survive it and get out of a desperate situation.

With Léa Seydoux • Salim Kechiouche • Abdellatif Kechiche • Adele Exarchopoulos • Jeremie Laheurte • Catherine Salée

A 15-year old, Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos) has no doubt: a girl must date boys. Her life is turned upside down when she meets Emma (Léa Seydoux), a blue haired young woman, who allows her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and an adult.

With Naomi Jaye • Milda Gecaite • Grisha Pasternak • Paskal Vaklev

Two young people find love while in hiding during WWII. The boy, now an old man, works as a Shomer, a religious watchman responsible for guarding the souls of the dead before their burial. One night he comes face-to-face with his long lost love when her dead body is wheeled into the morgue where he works. As he is presented with a final chance at redemption, he recalls the brief but intense circumstances of their love affair.

With Al Pacino • Jessica Chastain • Kevin Anderson

The unconventional feature documentary invites audiences into Al Pacino’s private world, as he explores the complexities of Oscar Wilde’s acclaimed play Salome, Wilde himself and the birth of a rising star, in actress Jessica Chastain.

With Vincent Lindon • Chiara Mastroianni • Claire Denis • Michel Subor

Vincent Lindon plays a captain on a container-ship called back to Paris by his desperate sister, portrayed by Chiara Mastroianni, to exact revenge on a powerful businessman who she blames for her husband’s suicide and the failure of the family business.

With Martin Freeman • Augustus Prew • Dimitri Leonidas • Marcal Fores • Aintza Serra • Enric Pardo • Oriol Pla

Martin Freeman plays a secondary school teacher in "Animals," a fantasy-laced coming-of-age tale.