Drama Movies 2013 List

With Moises Arias • Hailee Steinfeld • Viola Davis • Alex Kurtzman • Harrison Ford • Ben Kingsley • Abigail Breslin • Michael Dougherty • Asa Butterfield • Aramis Knight • Jimmy Pinchak • Lynn Hendee • Brendan Meyer • Khylin Rhambo • Gavin Hood • Dan Harris • Roberto Orci • Gigi Pritzker • Linda McDonough • Bill Lischak • Orson Scott Card • Mandy Safavi • Cliff Plumer • Ed Ulbrich • Suraj Parthasarathy • Conor Carroll

In the near future, a hostile alien race (called the Formics) have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander, Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training only the best young children to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy, but strategically brilliant boy is pulled out of his school to join the elite.

Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult war games, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.

With Rachel McAdams • Margot Robbie • Vanessa Kirby • Tim Bevan • Eric Fellner • Liza Chasin • Tom Hollander • Richard Curtis • Domhnall Gleeson • Lydia Wilson • Amelia Granger • Bill Nighy

At the age of 21, Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) discovers he can travel in time...

The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father (Bill Nighy) tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life---so he decides to make his world a better place...by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as you might think.

Moving from the Cornwall coast to London to train as a lawyer, Tim finally meets the beautiful but insecure Mary (Rachel McAdams). They fall in love, then an unfortunate time-travel incident means he's never met her at all. So they meet for the first time again---and again---but finally, after a lot of cunning time-traveling, he wins her heart.

Tim then uses his power to create the perfect romantic proposal, to save his wedding from the worst best-man speeches, to save his best friend from professional disaster and to get his pregnant wife to the hospital in time for the birth of their daughter, despite a nasty traffic jam outside Abbey Road.

But as his unusual life progresses, Tim finds out that his unique gift can't save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere. There are great limits to what time travel can achieve, and it can be dangerous too

With Matthew McConaughey • Jared Leto • Jennifer Garner • Steve Zahn • Denis O'Hare • Jean-Marc Vallee • Craig Borten • David Bushell • Melissa Wallach • Robbie Brenner • Chase Palmer • Rachel Rothman-Winter • Nathan Ross

In 1986, Ron Woodroof, a tough Texas electrician, is diagnosed with AIDS and is given six months to live. Frustrated with the lack of available medical options and unwilling to accept a death sentence, Woodroof finds a lifeline using alternative drugs and creates a lucrative smuggling business that makes the drugs available to AIDS patients. Woodroof dies in 1992.

With Kris Kristofferson • Harry Connick Jr. • Connie Britton • Willie Nelson • Fionnula Flanagan • Tim McCanlies • Lyle Lovett • Elizabeth Avellan • Lou Berney • Chandler Canterbury • Turk Pipkin

A father's holiday spirit was crushed by an accident when he was a child. When his son faces a tragedy, a mysterious man instills in him the courage to find the joy he lost.

With Naomi Watts • Douglas Hodge • Oliver Hirschbiegel • Naveen Andrews • Juliet Stevenson • Stephen Jeffreys

The film takes audiences into the private realm of one the world’s most iconic and inescapably public women -- the Princess of Wales, Diana (Naomi Watts) -- in the last two years of her meteoric life. On the occasion of the 16th anniversary of her sudden death, director Oliver Hirschbiegel explores Diana’s final rite of passage: a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan, the human complications of which reveal the Princess’s climactic days in a compelling new light.

With Liev Schreiber • Renee Soutendijk • Jeanne Tripplehorn • Joelle Carter • Kees Van Oostrum

On the cusp of their ninth anniversary, James and Nina seem to have the perfect marriage and ideal lives - an affluent life in Amsterdam, lucrative jobs and adoring friends. Yet when Nina discovers James’s infidelity with a mutual friend of theirs after a long line of extramarital affairs, it’s the final straw, shattering whatever illusions they’ve created about their relationship and leaving them separated. Heartbroken about their separation, a stroke of luck leads Nina to impersonate James’s chatty travel agent on the phone, and he’s soon pouring his heart out and unwittingly falling for his wife all over again as they discuss the uncertainty of love and the eternal misunderstanding between men and women.

With Jared Leto • Juno Temple • Diane Kruger • Sarah Polley • Rhys Ifans • Jaco Van Dormael

A young boy stands on a station platform. The train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? An infinity of possibilities rise from this decision. As long as he doesn’t choose, anything is possible. Every life deserves to be lived.

With James Franco • Val Lauren • Jim Parrack

In the 1950's, actor Sal Mineo rises to fame in such films as Rebel Without a Cause and Exodus, has conflicts with his sexuality, friendships with James Dean and Natalie Wood, and is eventually murdered at the age of 37 by a pizza delivery man.

With Josh Lucas • Radha Mitchell • Kate Bosworth • Henry Thomas • Eddie Vaisman • Stana Katic • Orian Williams • Patrick Fischler • Anthony Edwards • Michael Polish • Mark Roberts • Balthazar Getty • John Robinson • Jean-Marc Barr • Adam Kassen • Ross Jacobson

Tells the story of Jack Kerouac following his sudden literary success ("On the Road" was released in 1957) and his troubles with substance abuse.

With Felix Van Groeningen

Elise (Veerle Baetens) and Didier (Johan Heldenbergh) fall in love at first sight. She has her own tattoo shop and he plays the banjo in a bluegrass band. They bond over their shared enthusiasm for American music and culture, and dive headfirst into a sweeping romance that plays out on and off stage — but when an unexpected tragedy hits their new family, everything they know and love is tested.

With Rachel McAdams • Margot Robbie • Vanessa Kirby • Tim Bevan • Eric Fellner • Liza Chasin • Tom Hollander • Richard Curtis • Domhnall Gleeson • Lydia Wilson • Amelia Granger • Bill Nighy

At the age of 21, Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) discovers he can travel in time...

The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father (Bill Nighy) tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life---so he decides to make his world a better place...by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as you might think.

Moving from the Cornwall coast to London to train as a lawyer, Tim finally meets the beautiful but insecure Mary (Rachel McAdams). They fall in love, then an unfortunate time-travel incident means he's never met her at all. So they meet for the first time again---and again---but finally, after a lot of cunning time-traveling, he wins her heart.

Tim then uses his power to create the perfect romantic proposal, to save his wedding from the worst best-man speeches, to save his best friend from professional disaster and to get his pregnant wife to the hospital in time for the birth of their daughter, despite a nasty traffic jam outside Abbey Road.

But as his unusual life progresses, Tim finds out that his unique gift can't save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere. There are great limits to what time travel can achieve, and it can be dangerous too

With Geoffrey Rush • Michael Petroni • Karen Rosenfelt • Brian Percival • Sophie Nelisse • Ben Schnetzer • Emily Watson • Nico Liersch • Kirsten Block • Sandra Nedeleff • Rafael Gareisen

Follows a spirited young girl named Liesel (Sophie Nelisse) who witnesses the horrors of Nazi Germany while in the care of foster parents, played by Rush and Watson. The girl arrives with a stolen book and begins collecting other tomes, learning to read while her stepparents harbor a Jewish refugee (Ben Schnetzer) under the stairs.

With Justin Long • Addison Timlin • Evan Jones • Michael Landes • Tyler Labine • Ted Koland • Jess Weixler • Frances O'Connor • Shelley Long

The best man at Scott (Long) and Kristin's (Weixler) Arizona destination wedding, Lumpy (Labine) is the life of the party, until a long, indulgent night leads to his untimely death. Forced to cancel their honeymoon and fly back to Minneapolis to arrange for his funeral, Scott and Kristin meet Ramsey (Timlin) and learn that Lumpy isn't quite who they thought he was.

With Tom Holland • Saoirse Ronan • Kevin Macdonald • George MacKay • Harley Bird

Daisy (Saoirse Ronan), a teenager from New York, is sent to the English countryside for the summer to stay with cousins. She soon immerses herself in a dreamy pastoral idyll as she falls madly in love with Eddie (George McKay), until their perfect summer is blown apart by the sudden outbreak of a 21st century world war. Along with Eddie’s younger siblings, Isaac (Tom Holland) and Piper (Harley Bird), they are left in isolation and forced to fend for themselves. When they are violently separated Daisy must embark on a terrifying journey in order to be reunited with the boy she loves. Eddie is never far from Daisy’s mind but as her journey to find him becomes more desperate, the idea of what she may or may not find consumes her consciousness and haunts her soul.

With Helena Bonham Carter • Ralph Fiennes • Jeremy Irvine • Jason Flemyng • Sally Hawkins • Robbie Coltrane • Mike Newell • David Nicholls

Orphan Pip rises from humble beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Moving through London’s class-ridden world as a gentleman, Pip uses his new status to pursue Estella, a beautiful, heartless heiress he’s always loved. The shocking truth behind his fortune will have devastating consequences for everything he holds dear.

With Dakota Fanning • Emile Hirsch • Stephen Dorff • Noah Harpster • Joshua Leonard • Alan Polsky • Gabriel Polsky • Gabe Polsky • Micah Fitzerman-Blue

After Jerry Lee Flannigan drunkenly kills a boy in a hit-and-run accident, he and his brother Frank ditch their Reno motel. The grief-stricken, working class, self-described “losers” do their best to keep each other’s spirits up, but all signs point toward more tragedy.

With Terrence Howard • Morris Chestnut • Eddie Cibrian • Nia Long • Taye Diggs • Sanaa Lathan • Malcolm D. Lee • Melissa De Sousa • Monica Calhoun • Harold Perrineau

After nearly 15 years apart, Taye Diggs, Nia Long (Soul Food), Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Monica Calhoun, Melissa De Sousa and Regina Hall reprise their career-launching roles in The Best Man Holiday, the long-awaited next chapter to the film that ushered in a new era of comedy. When the college friends finally reunite over the Christmas holidays, they will discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be ignited.

With Bruce Dern • Bob Odenkirk • Phil Johnston • Stacy Keach • Alexander Payne • Will Forte • June Squibb • Missy Doty • Albert Berger • Ron Yerxa • Bob Nelson • Rance Howard • Devin Ratray

After receiving a sweepstakes letter in the mail, a cantankerous father (Bruce Dern) thinks he's struck it rich, and wrangles his son (Will Forte) into taking a road trip to claim the fortune. Shot in black and white across four states, Nebraska tells the stories of family life in the heartland of America.

With Shia LaBeouf • Mads Mikkelsen • Rupert Grint • Aubrey Plaza • Evan Rachel Wood • Nicolas Chartier • Patrick Newall • Til Schweiger • Melissa Leo • Dean Parisot • Matt Drake • Albert Berger • Ron Yerxa • William Horberg • Fredrik Bond • James Buckley

Charlie Countryman (LaBeouf) was just a normal guy...until he fell in love with the one girl who will probably get him killed. When Charlie meets the absolutely irresistible Gabi she’s already been claimed by Nigel, an insanely violent crime boss with a gang of thugs at his disposal. Armed with little more than his wit and naïve charm, Charlie endures one bruising beat down after another to woo Gabi and keep her out of harm’s way. Finally his exploits of blind valor create such a mess that he’s left with only one way out; to save the girl of his dreams, must Charlie Countryman die?

With Cheryl Hines • Alicia Witt • Sonya Walger • David Mandel • Will Slocombe • Graham Ballou • Peter Bogdanovich • Ashton Holmes • Amy Ferguson

Set in present-day Pasadena, the film centers on the eccentric Turner clan, an upper-class family torn apart by secrets revealed over a Thanksgiving weekend. Patriarch Poppy (Bogdanovich) has invited his black sheep daughter Nina (Witt) home for the holiday – her first visit in 15 years. Nina immediately clashes with stepmother Deborah (Hines), and competes with her siblings (Holmes and Walger) for Poppy’s affection – and money. Over three days, the family gradually disintegrates over who will get Poppy’s money – only to discover he’s broke.

With Naomi Watts • Matt Dillon • Norman Reedus • Antoni Corone • Tess Harper • Laurie Collyer

Set in the underbelly of usually sunny Florida, Melissa Winters (two-time Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts) works as a cashier at the local convenience store, SUNLIGHT JR. She lives in a seedy motel with her boyfriend Richie (Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon), a former TV repairman who lives month-to-month on his government disability check, spending most of it at a neighborhood tavern. When an unexpected pregnancy takes their lives in a new direction, they are forced to examine the realities of both of their lives, and to face tough choices about what lies on the horizon.

With Elizabeth Olsen • Samuel L. Jackson • Josh Brolin • Roy Lee • James Ransone • Spike Lee • Sharlto Copley • Ciera Payton • Doug Davison • Mark Protosevich • Bruce Hornsby • Taryn Terrell • Caitlin Dulany • Joe Chrest

Follows the story of an advertising executive (Josh Brolin) who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his bizarre and torturous punishment only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment.

With Forest Whitaker • Angela Bassett • Jennifer Hudson • Mary J. Blige • Kasi Lemmons • Jacob Latimore • Bill Horberg • Celine Rattray • Galt Niederhoffer • Daniela Taplin Lundberg • Joy Goodwin • Nasir Jones • Luke James • Grace Gibson

Follows Langston (Jacob Latimore), a street-wise teen from Baltimore raised by a single mother, as he journeys to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives Reverend Cornell and Aretha Cobbs (Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett). Unwilling to live by the imposing Reverend Cobbs’ rules, a frustrated Langston is determined to return home to his mother, Naima (Jennifer Hudson). Langston embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey and along with new friends, and a little divine intervention, he discovers the true meaning of faith, healing, and family.

With Idris Elba • Justin Chadwick • Anant Singh • Lindiwe Matshikiza • Naomie Harris • David Thompson • Riaad Moosa • Zolani Mkiva • Jamie Bartlett

Biographical film about the life of Nelson Mandela.