Drama Movies 2015 List

With Stephen Baldwin • Carey Scott • Kevin Downes • David AR White • Candace Cameron Bure • Sean McGowan • Scott Whyte • Ryan Doom

With the Vietnam War raging in 1969, two young fathers report for duty. A man of great faith and a doubtful cynic. A quarter-century later, their sons, Wayne and John Paul, meet as strangers. Guided by handwritten letters from their fathers from the battlefield, they embark on an unforgettable journey to The Wall—the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Along the way, they discover the devastation of war cannot break the love of a father for his son.

With Katherine Heigl • Ben Barnes • Ami Mann

Ryan Brenner (Ben Barnes) a travelling musician and Jackie Laurel (Katherine Heigl) a former singer at a crossroads in her marriage, have a chance encounter while Ryan is busking on the streets of Ogden, Utah.

After a sudden car accident propels them together, Ryan finds himself at Jackie's house for dinner. Ryan's battling to find the courage to write his own music while Jackie's fighting for independence from her estranged husband who wants her to return to their upscale Manhattan marriage.

When Ryan's musician mentor dies in a train accident and Jackie's husband threatens to take custody of her daughter, Ryan and Jackie find the strength and music they need in each other. What they don't know is, if the paths they choose will lead to one another.

With Ken Loach • Paul Laverty • Aileen Henry • Barry Ward • Francis Magee • Simone Kirby • Sorcha Fox

In 1921, Jimmy Gralton's sin was to build a dance hall on a rural crossroads in an Ireland on the brink of Civil War. The Pearse-Connolly Hall was a place where young people could come to learn, to argue, to dream...but above all to dance and have fun. As the hall grew in popularity its socialist and free-spirited reputation brought it to the attention of the church and politicians who forced Jimmy to flee and the hall to close.

A decade later, at the height of the Depression, Jimmy returns to Co. Leitrim from the US to look after his mother and vows to live the quiet life. The hall stands abandoned and empty, and despite the pleas of the local youngsters, remains shut. However as Jimmy reintegrates into the community and sees the poverty, and growing cultural oppression, the leader and activist within him is stirred. He makes the decision to reopen the hall in the face of what they may bring...

With Ryan Reynolds • Ben Kingsley • Victor Garber • Alex Pastor • Tarsem Singh • Matthew Goode • Sandra Ellis Lafferty • Derek Luke • David Pastor • James D. Stern • Ram Bergman • Natalie Martinez • Peter Schlessel

Follows an extremely wealthy man (Ben Kingsley) dying from cancer, who undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man (Ryan Reynolds), but all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origin and the secret organization that will kill to protect its cause.

With Bob Odenkirk • Robin Williams • Dito Montiel • Kathy Baker • Roberto Aguire • Douglas Soesbe • Giles Matthey • Eleonore Hendricks

Follows a married but closeted 60 year-old bank employee (Williams) whose life changes in unexpected ways after recklessly picking up a young male hustler.

With Nicole Kidman • Guy Pearce • Molly Conners • Hugo Weaving • Maria Cestone • Kim Farrant • Fiona Seres • Michael Kinirons • Sarah E. Johnson • Naomi Wenck • Macnara Kelleher • Amanda Bowers

When Catherine (Nicole Kidman) and Matthew Parker’s (Joseph Fiennes) two teenage children suddenly vanish in a dust storm, the couple’s relationship is pushed to the brink as they confront the mystery of their children’s disappearance in the soaring desert heat. Also stars Hugo Weaving.

With Sean Baker • Mark Duplass • Jay Duplass • Mya Taylor • Karren Karagulian • Chris Bergoch • Kitana Kiki Rodriguez • Mickey O'Hagan

It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

With Alice Braga • Gael García Bernal • Pablo Fendrik • Jorge Sesan

When fires sweep through the rainforest near their property along the Parana River, a poor tobacco-farming family goes on high alert. The head of the family, João (Chico Díaz), correctly suspects the fire is a result of slash-and-burn tactics by ruthless land-grabbers intent on acquiring the farm he shares with his lovely daughter, Vânia (Braga), and her partner, Jara (Lautaro Vilo). Help arrives in the form of Kaí (García Bernal), an enigmatic man bearing indigenous tattoos who comes out of the jungle with the grace of a jaguar.

With Emma Stone • Joaquin Phoenix • Parker Posey • Woody Allen • Jamie Blackley • Ethan Phillips • Ben Rosenfield • Meredith Hagner

On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.

With Jennifer Lopez • Viola Davis • Shea Whigham • Charles Stone • Michole Briana White • Yolonda Ross • Andre Royo • Chris Chalk • Aml Ameen • Pat Gilfillan • Marisela Zumbado

Lila and Eve tells the story of Lila (Davis), a grief-stricken mother who in the aftermath of her son’s murder in a drive-by shooting attends a support group where she meets Eve (Lopez), who has lost her daughter. When Lila hits numerous roadblocks from the police in bringing justice for her son’s slaying, Eve urges Lila to take matters into her own hands to track down her son’s killers. The two women soon embark on a killing spree of their own, as they work to the top of the chain of drug dealers to avenge the murder of Lila’s son.

With Ian McKellen • Bill Condon • Hiroyuki Sanada • Anne Carey • Jeffrey Hatcher • Emile Sherman • Iain Canning

Set in 1947, a long-retired Sherlock Holmes lives in a sleepy village outside of London with his housekeeper and her amateur-sleuthing son. With his legendary mental powers on the wane and minus his sidekick Watson, Holmes becomes haunted by an unsolved case from 50 years ago where he remembers only fragments: a confrontation with an angry husband and a secret bond with his beautiful but unstable wife.

With Scott Neustadter • Austin Abrams • Michael H. Weber • Wyck Godfrey • Cara Buono • Nat Wolff • Cara Delevingne • Halston Sage • Marty Bowen • Caitlin Carver • Hannah Alligood • Griffin Freeman

Adapted from the bestselling novel by author John Green ("The Fault in Our Stars"), PAPER TOWNS is a coming-of-age story centering on Quentin and his enigmatic neighbor Margo, who loved mysteries so much she became one. After taking him on an all-night adventure through their hometown, Margo suddenly disappears--leaving behind cryptic clues for Quentin to decipher. The search leads Quentin and his quick-witted friends on an exhilarating adventure that is equal parts hilarious and moving. Ultimately, to track down Margo, Quentin must find a deeper understanding of true friendship--and true love.

With Jeff Lipsky • Reed Birney • Kelsey Lynn Stokes

The story of a beautiful woman in her late 40s, the mother of three daughters, who conspires to commit a crime of conscience, becomes radicalized in prison, and upon her release determines to change the world…while her middle daughter struggles to find a place for herself in a family of overachievers, and lets nothing stand in her way in doing so.

With Omar Sy • Charlotte Gainsbourg • Eric Toledano • Olivier Nakache

When Samba (Sy) is suddenly ordered to leave France, he enlists the help of Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg), an emotionally vulnerable immigration advocate with little experience but plenty of heart. As the immigrant aspiring chef and the burned-out corporate executive tentatively explore an unexpected bond, they inspire each other to reinvent themselves in this vibrant comedy full of tender humor and heartfelt optimism.

With Antoine Fuqua • Rachel McAdams • Jake Gyllenhaal • Forest Whitaker • 50 Cent • Kurt Sutter • Richard Wenk • Beau Knapp • Naomie Harris • Paul Rosenberg • Clare Foley • Alan Riche • Peter Riche • Stuart Parr • David Schiff • Victor Ortiz • Miguel Gomez

The story of tragedy, loss and the painful road to redemption… Billy “The Great” Hope (Gyllenhaal) is the reigning Junior Middleweight Champion whose unorthodox stance, the so-called “Southpaw,” consists of an ineloquent, though brutal, display of offensive fighting…one fueled by his own feelings of inadequacy and a desperate need for love, money and fame. With a beautiful family, home and financial security, Billy is on top both in and out of the ring until a tragic accident leaves his wife dead and sends him into a downward spiral. His days now an endless haze of alcohol and prescription drugs, his daughter taken by Child Services and his home repossessed by the bank, Billy’s fate is all but sealed until a washed up former boxer named Tick agrees to take the bereaved pugilist under his wing so long as he agrees to his strict ethos. Relentless and utterly committed to a fighter that thinks as much as he throws punches, Tick rebuilds Billy into a new man: one that is agile, fearsome and uncompromising in the ring while thoughtful, loving and disciplined outside of it. Now, as he works to regain custody of his daughter and mounts a professional comeback, Billy must face his demons head-on as he learns that, sometimes, your greatest opponent can be yourself.

With Sarrit Larry • Nadav Lapid • Avi Shnaidman

The story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ultimately consumed by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student. As the titular protagonist, Nira, discovers that her young student, Yoav, has an otherworldly talent for language and poetry, she slowly and progressively becomes interested in cultivating the boy's gift. But when fascination morphs into obsession, Nira pushes the boundaries of her relationship with the boy and his family in an attempt to protect his talent before he passes from boyhood to adolescence, and his purity is lost.

With Ron Livingston • Jesse Eisenberg • Anna Chlumsky • Mamie Gummer • Joan Cusack • Jason Segel • David Kanter • Donald Margulies • Matt DeRoss • James Ponsoldt • Mickey Sumner

The film is based on the true events of a four-day long interview conducted by Rolling Stone Magazine writer, David Lipsky with acclaimed author David Foster Wallace. The interview took place in the final days of Wallace’s 1996 book tour promoting his landmark novel, “Infinite Jest.” The road movie is an extended dramatic and comedic conversation between the two men exploring women, depression, writing, success and jealousy.