Drama Movies 2014 List

With Adam Sandler • Timothee Chalamet • Emma Thompson • Jennifer Garner • Ansel Elgort • Jason Reitman • Kaitlyn Dever • Rosemarie DeWitt • J.K. Simmons • Judy Greer • Dennis Haysbert • Elena Kampouris • Erin Cressida Wilson • Steven Rales • Dean Norris • Travis Tope • David Denman • Jason Douglas • Michael Beugg • Mason Novick • Olivia Crocicchia • Katherine Hughes

The film follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the Internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives. The film attempts to stare down social issues such as video game culture, anorexia, infidelity, fame hunting, and the proliferation of illicit material on the internet. As each character and each relationship is tested, we are shown the variety of roads people choose - some tragic, some hopeful - as it becomes clear that no one is immune to this enormous social change that has come through our phones, our tablets, and our computers.

With Ben Affleck • Reese Witherspoon • Tyler Perry • Missi Pyle • David Fincher • Rosamund Pike • Kim Dickens • Boyd Holbrook • Emily Ratajkowski • Neil Patrick Harris • Bruna Papandrea • Patrick Fugit • Leslie Dixon • Gillian Flynn • Casey Wilson

On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?

With Reese Witherspoon • Brian Grazer • Ron Howard • Thad Luckinbill • Trent Luckinbill • Karen Kehela Sherwood • Corey Stoll • Sarah Baker • Joshua Mikel • Mike Pniewski • Philippe Falardeau • Sharon Conley • Margaret Nagle • Maria Howell

They were known simply as "The Lost Boys." Orphaned by the brutal Civil war in Sudan that began in 1983, these young victims traveled as many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety. Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort would bring 3600 lost boys and girls to America. In The Good Lie, Philippe Falardeau brings the story of their survival and triumph to life.

With Stephen King • Stephen Lang • Kristen Connolly • Joan Allen • Anthony LaPaglia • Peter Askin

A woman discovers her husband has been keeping an especially terrible secret for years when she stumbles upon a box in the garage.

With Billie Woodruff • William Levy • Sharon Leal • Tasha Smith • Suzanne de Passe • Boris Kodjoe • Mike Paseornek • John Sacchi • Christina Welsh • Charisee Nesbit • Lucy Thurber • Emayatzy Corinealdi • Tyson Beckford

The story centers on Zoe, a woman in a perfectly quaint marriage. The couple are busy raising three children while devoted to their careers. However, it’s not enough to fulfill all of her desires as she soon finds herself satisfying her addiction to sex with other men, which puts her on a dangerous path that she may not survive.

With Robert Downey Jr. • Leighton Meester • Robert Duvall • Billy Bob Thornton • Vera Farmiga • Dax Shepard • David Krumholtz • Ken Howard • Vincent D'Onofrio • David Dobkin • Susan Downey • Nick Schenk • David Seidler • Jeremy Strong • Bill Dubuque

Robert Downey, Jr. stars as big city lawyer Hank Palmer, who returns to his childhood home where his estranged father, the town’s judge (Duvall), is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before.

With Jesse Moss • Amanda McBaine

A modern-day Grapes of Wrath, award-winning documentary The Overnighters is an intimate portrait of job-seekers desperately chasing the broken American Dream to the tiny oil boom town of Williston, North Dakota. With the town lacking the infrastructure to house the overflow of migrants, a local pastor starts the controversial “overnighters” program, allowing down-and-out workers a place to sleep at the church. His well-meaning project immediately runs into resistance with his community, forcing the clergyman to make a decision which leads to profound consequences that he never imagined.

With Miles Teller • Jason Reitman • Damien Chazelle • J.K. Simmons • Jason Blum • Paul Reiser • Austin Stowell • David Lancaster • Couper Samuelson • Melissa Benoist

Under the direction of a prestigious but borderline abusive instructor, a young college student begins to lose his humanity in his quest to become the core drummer of the top jazz orchestra in the country.

With Tim Blake Nelson • Jeremy Renner • Andy Garcia • Mary Elizabeth Winstead • Michael K. Williams • Ray Liotta • Michael Sheen • Rosemarie DeWitt • Naomi Despres • Lucas Hedges • Robert Patrick • Michael Cuesta • Scott Stuber • Nick Wechsler • Peter Landesman • Barry Pepper • Josh Close • Paz Vega • Oliver Platt • Don Handfield

Jeremy Renner stars as Gary Webb, the real-life dedicated reporter for The San Jose Mercury-News. In the 1990s, Webb uncovered the Central Intelligence Agency’s role in importing cocaine into California that was sold to raise money for the Nicaraguan Contras rebel army. Supported by his wife and children, Webb pursued the story and went public with his evidence. When targeted for a vicious smear campaign by the CIA and rival journalists, Webb found himself fighting for his reputation and his family.

With James Corden • Michael Menchel • Steve Whitney • Julie Walters • Colm Meaney • David Frankel • Mackenzie Crook • Jemima Rooper • Justin Zackham • Alexandra Roach

True story of amateur opera singer and mobile-phone salesman Paul Potts, who was riddled by a streak of bad luck when, on a lark, he auditioned for "Britain's Got Talent" in 2007. His on-air performances ended up bowling over audiences and judges, including Cowell. He went on to win the show and become a media and YouTube sensation, eventually going on a global music tour and releasing an album.

With Michelle Monaghan • James Marsden • Nicholas Sparks • Bailey Winston • Jon Tenney • Will Fetters • Michael Hoffman • Sebastian Arcelus • Denise DiNovi • J. Mills Goodloe • Liana Liberato

The Best of Me tells the story of Dawson and Amanda, two former high school sweethearts who find themselves reunited after 20 years apart, when they return to their small town for the funeral of a beloved friend. Their bittersweet reunion reignites the love they've never forgotten, but soon they discover the forces that drove them apart twenty years ago live on, posing even more serious threats today. Spanning decades, this epic love story captures the enduring power of our first true love, and the wrenching choices we face when confronted with elusive second chances.

With Brad Pitt • Jon Bernthal • Shia LaBeouf • David Ayer • Scott Eastwood • Michael Peña • Logan Lerman • Jason Isaacs • Bill Block • John Lesher • Brad Henke • Xavier Samuel • Ethan Smith • Jim Parrack • Kevin Vance

At the end of World War II, April 1945, the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Pitt) commands a Sherman tank and his five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their attempt to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

With Adam Sandler • Timothee Chalamet • Emma Thompson • Jennifer Garner • Ansel Elgort • Jason Reitman • Kaitlyn Dever • Rosemarie DeWitt • J.K. Simmons • Judy Greer • Dennis Haysbert • Elena Kampouris • Erin Cressida Wilson • Steven Rales • Dean Norris • Travis Tope • David Denman • Jason Douglas • Michael Beugg • Mason Novick • Olivia Crocicchia • Katherine Hughes

The film follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the Internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives. The film attempts to stare down social issues such as video game culture, anorexia, infidelity, fame hunting, and the proliferation of illicit material on the internet. As each character and each relationship is tested, we are shown the variety of roads people choose - some tragic, some hopeful - as it becomes clear that no one is immune to this enormous social change that has come through our phones, our tablets, and our computers.

With Nicholas Hoult • Elle Fanning • Noah Baumbach • Kodi Smit-McPhee • Michael Shannon • Aimee Mullins • Andy McPhee • Lars Knudsen • Jake Paltrow • Jay Van Hoy

Young Ones is set in a near future when water has become the most precious and dwindling resource on the planet, one that dictates everything from the macro of political policy to the detailed micro of interpersonal family and romantic relationships. The land has withered into something wretched. The dust has settled on a lonely, barren planet. The hardened survivors of the loss of Earth’s precious resources scrape and struggle. Ernest Holm (Michael Shannon) lives on this harsh frontier with his children, Jerome (Kodi Smit McPhee)and Mary (Elle Fanning). He defends his farm from bandits, works the supply routes, and hopes to rejuvenate the soil. But Mary's boyfriend, Flem Lever (Nicholas Hoult), has grander designs. He wants Ernest's land for himself, and will go to any length to get it.

With Kristen Stewart • John Carroll Lynch • Julia Duffy • Yousuf Azami • Lane Garrison • Peter Sattler • Tara Holt • Cory Michael Smith • Peyman Moaadi

Follows a young woman who signs up for the Army to get away from her small town. Instead of being shipped off to Iraq, the soldier is assigned to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where she becomes friends with a prisoner who has spent eight years in lock-up.

With Laurence Fishburne • William H. Macy • Felicity Huffman • Selena Gomez • Billy Crudup • Anton Yelchin • Casey Twenter • Jeff Robison

Billy Crudup plays Sam, a former high-profile advertising executive whose life is torn apart by the sudden death of his son. Living off the grid on a docked sailboat, he wastes away his days while drowning his pain in alcohol. When Sam discovers a box filled with his son's demo tapes and lyrics, his own child’s musical talent is a revelation for him, a grieving father who felt he’d been absent from his son’s life. Communing with his deceased son’s dashed dreams, Sam learns each song and eventually musters the will to perform one at a local bar. When Quentin, a young musician in the audience, is captivated by the song, the unlikely duo forms a rock band that becomes surprisingly popular and revitalizes both of their lives.

With Tim Blake Nelson • Jeremy Renner • Andy Garcia • Mary Elizabeth Winstead • Michael K. Williams • Ray Liotta • Michael Sheen • Rosemarie DeWitt • Naomi Despres • Lucas Hedges • Robert Patrick • Michael Cuesta • Scott Stuber • Nick Wechsler • Peter Landesman • Barry Pepper • Josh Close • Paz Vega • Oliver Platt • Don Handfield

Jeremy Renner stars as Gary Webb, the real-life dedicated reporter for The San Jose Mercury-News. In the 1990s, Webb uncovered the Central Intelligence Agency’s role in importing cocaine into California that was sold to raise money for the Nicaraguan Contras rebel army. Supported by his wife and children, Webb pursued the story and went public with his evidence. When targeted for a vicious smear campaign by the CIA and rival journalists, Webb found himself fighting for his reputation and his family.

With Melissa McCarthy • Naomi Watts • Bill Murray • Terrence Howard • Don Cheadle • Peter Chernin • Ted Melfi • Chris O'Dowd • Fred Roos • Nate Corddry • Scott Adsit • Kay Liberman • Kimberly Quinn

In the wake of his parents' divorce, a 12-year old boy forms an unlikely friendship with the misanthropic retiree living next door. A war veteran whose life mainly consists of drinking, gambling and prostitutes, the elder soon becomes an unlikely mentor.

With Sylvester Stallone • Cary Elwes • Kelsey Grammer • Omari Hardwick • Tom Berenger • Kyra Sedgwick • Kevin Connolly • Thomas Jane • John Herzfeld • Nelly • Danny Aiello • Elizabeth Henstridge • Rebekah Chaney

The movie explores the results of a self-published motivational book by a reclusive author (Berenger) on a tabloid journalist (Connolly), his editor (Stallone), an arsonist ex-con (Sedgwick), a gunfighter cop (Jane), an alcoholic priest (Aiello) and a dimwitted gangster.

With Angela Bassett • Eva Green • Shailene Woodley • Shiloh Fernandez • Thomas Jane • Christopher Meloni • Gregg Araki • Andrea Sperling • Emmanuel Finkiel • Julie Peyr • Gabourey Sidibe • Sheryl Lee

Kat Connors (Shailene Woodley) is 17 years old when her perfect homemaker mother, Eve (Eva Green), a beautiful, enigmatic, and haunted woman, disappears - just as Kat is discovering and relishing her newfound sexuality. Having lived for so long in a stifled, emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her mother's absence and certainly doesn't blame her doormat of a father, Brock, (Christopher Meloni) for the loss. In fact, it's almost a relief. But as time passes, Kat begins to come to grips with how deeply Eve's disappearance has affected her. Returning home on a break from college, she finds herself confronted with the truth about her mother's departure, and her own denial about the events surrounding it...

With Stephen Lang • Breanna Dean • Max Adler • Mark Hapka • Kimberly Jo Zimmer • Alexa Vega • Dylan Baker • Toni Hoover • Bram Hoover

A typical teenager growing up in a small town in Kentucky, Travis is a local hero on and off the field. In the fall of 1997, in the prime of his youth, he is unexpectedly stricken with an infection that destroys his optic nerve. He becomes blind overnight. Under the influence of parents who love him, a physical therapist who challenges him, a coach who inspires him, and a best friend who he cannot bear to leave behind, Travis shows us what true bravery is by competing on the gridiron, helping his team advance to the State playoffs. We follow Travis and Jerry Baker, his closest friend, from the time they meet on the football field as kids through high school. Jerry’s attraction to the dark side of teenage temptations, beer and drugs, threatens to pull the friends apart. It is only on the football field where they truly connect.

With Elle Fanning • Glenn Close • Peter Dinklage • John Hawkes • Topper Lilien • Jeff Preiss • Amy Jo Albany • Taryn Manning

Story follows the relationship between famed American Jazz pianist Joe Albany and his daughter in a music career marked with heroin addiction, unsuccessful marriages, and thwarted potential.