Drama Movies 2015 List

With Jon Gries • Alexandria Deberry • Malcolm Goodwin • Angie Canuel • Cameron Palatas • Colby French • Victor Hawks • Dalpre Grayer • Charlie DePew • Brendon Eggertsen • Keith Loneker

Steve Bellafiore (played by Cameron Palatas) is a very special kid. A bright, religiously devout teen that yearns to become a football starter and works twice as hard as his high school peers to accomplish that goal. Steve's work ethic and kindness radiate through his life. Currently upset by his parents' seeming estrangement, Steve is even more disturbed by the message of hatred and intolerance espoused by Franklin Baumann (played by Jon Gries), a fanatically Christian candidate for Congress. Steve wants to make the point that Baumann's exclusionary and fear-based doctrine has very little to do with his Christian perception of Christ's teachings. In retaliation, Steve announces his own candidacy for Congress.

With Dakota Johnson • Marcia Gay Harden • Luke Grimes • Max Martini • Michael De Luca • Patrick Marber • Jamie Dornan • Victor Rasuk • Jennifer Ehle • Dana Brunetti • Kelly Marcel • E.L. James • Sam Taylor-Johnson • Eloise Mumford

Follows Anastasia "Ana" Steele, a 21 year old college senior who attends Washington State University Vancouver in Washington. In place of her friend Kate, Ana interviews 27-year-old Christian Grey, a successful and wealthy young entrepreneur. From this meeting on, Christian engages with Ana in a new type of relationship - BDSM.

With Rosario Dawson • Teresa Palmer • Phoebe Tonkin • Jaime King • Melissa Leo • Joshua Leonard • Kid Cudi • Mark Webber • Moby

Described as a hard examination of a marriage.

With Kevin Costner • Maria Bello • Niki Caro • Carlos Pratts • Gordon Gray • Chad Mountain • Morgan Saylor • Christopher Cleveland • Mark Ciardi • Grant Thompson • Hector Duran • Daniel Moncada • Bettina Gilois

Inspired by the 1987 true story, McFarland, USA follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California’s farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White (Kevin Costner), a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. Coach White and the McFarland students have a lot to learn about each other but when White starts to realize the boys’ exceptional running ability, things begin to change. Soon something beyond their physical gifts becomes apparent—the power of family relationships, their unwavering commitment to one another and their incredible work ethic. With grit and determination, the unlikely band of runners eventually overcomes the odds to forge not only a championship cross-country team but an enduring legacy as well. Along the way, Coach White realizes that his family finally found a place to call home and both he and his team achieve their own kind of American dream.

With Allison Janney • Bella Thorne • Ken Jeong • Robbie Amell • McG • Mae Whitman • Romany Malco • Ari Sandel • Lane Shefter Bishop • Mary Viola • Josh Cagan • Skyler Samuels • Bianca A. Santos • Nick Eversman

Bianca (Mae Whitman) is a content high school senior whose world is shattered when she learns the student body knows her as ‘The DUFF’ (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) to her prettier, more popular friends (Skyler Samuels & Bianca Santos). Now, despite the words of caution from her favorite teacher (Ken Jeong), she puts aside the potential distraction of her crush, Toby (Nick Eversman), and enlists Wesley (Robbie Amell), a slick but charming jock, to help reinvent herself. To save her senior year from turning into a total disaster, Bianca must find the confidence to overthrow the school’s ruthless label maker Madison (Bella Thorne) and remind everyone that no matter what people look or act like, we are all someone’s DUFF.

With Danny DeVito • Kodi Smit-McPhee • Virginia Madsen • Isabelle Fuhrman • Evan Ross • Michael Johnson • Nicholas Frenkel

The film takes place in Portland and is the coming of age story about a young boy dealing with absence of his father.

With Hayden Christensen • Nicolas Cage • Fernando Chien • Gary Hamilton • Andy On • Yifei Liu • James Dormer • Nick Powell • Ron Smoorenburg • Byron Lawson

Set in 10th Century China, a warrior attempts to redeem himself by saving a princess.

With Michael Eklund • Sara Canning • Christopher Heyerdahl • Kyle Rideout

Eadweard Muybridge, a world-famous 19th century photographer who takes pictures of nude and deformed subjects, finds fame with his landscape shots and pioneers motion photography by capturing animals and humans in action and paves the way for motion pictures with his zoopraxiscope device. In his personal life though, he kills his wife’s lover and receives a justifiable homicide verdict.

With Robert Pattinson • Julianne Moore • John Cusack • Sarah Gadon • David Cronenberg • Robert Lantos • Bruce Wagner

Meet the Weiss family, who are making their way in a sun-soaked Southern California rife with money, dreams, fame, envy, angst, yearning – and relentless hauntings. Stafford Weiss (John Cusack) is a famed TV self-help therapist, whose “Hour of Personal Power” has brought him an A-list celebrity clientele. Meanwhile, Cristina Weiss (Olivia Williams) has her work cut out managing the career of their disaffected child-star son, Benjie (Evan Bird), a fresh graduate of rehab at age 13.

Yet unbeknownst to any of them, another member of the Weiss family has arrived in town – mysteriously scarred and tormented Agatha (Mia Wasikowska), just released from a psych ward and ready to start again. She soon works her way into a friendship with a limo driver (Robert Pattinson) and becomes personal assistant to unraveling actress Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore), who is beset by the ghost of her legendary mother, Clarice (Sarah Gadon), the subject of a hot new Hollywood production. But Agatha is on a quest for redemption – and even in this realm of the artificial, the make-believe and the unearthly, she’s determined to find it, no matter what it takes.