Drama Movies 2015 List

With Emma Thompson • Mary Steenburgen • Ken Kwapis • Nick Nolte • Robert Redford • Kristen Schaal • Bill Holderman

In this new comedy adventure, celebrated travel writer, Bill Bryson (Academy Award winner Robert Redford), instead of retiring to enjoy his loving and beautiful wife (Academy Award winner Emma Thompson), and large and happy family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail - 2,200 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine. The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, once he agrees to being accompanied by the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek - his long lost and former friend Katz (Academy Award nominee Nick Nolte), a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer who, after a lifetime of relying on his charm and wits to keep one step ahead of the law – sees the trip as a way to sneak out of paying some debts and sneak into one last adventure before its too late. The trouble is, the two have a completely different definition of the word, "adventure". Now they're about to find out that when you push yourself to the edge, the real fun begins.

With Chris Evans • Alice Eve • McG • Ron Bass • Emma Fitzpatrick • Daniel Spink

Two strangers meet in Manhattan and spend one night together as the conflicts in their own lives become the basis for their exploration of each other and themselves.

With Jackie Chan • Adrien Brody • John Cusack • Sharni Vinson • Peng Lin • Daniel Lee • Benny Urquidez

. When corrupt Roman leader Tiberius (Adrien Brody) arrives with a giant army to claim the Silk Road, Huo An (Jackie Chan) and his group of trained warriors teams up with an elite legion of defected Roman soldiers led by General Lucius (John Cusack) to maintain the delicate balance of power in the region. To protect his country and his new friends, Huo An gathers the warriors of thirty-six ethnic nations together to fight Tiberius in an incredible epic battle.

With Kevyn Bashore • Eric Bugbee • Bill Allen • Jill Bugbee • Joel Moody • William Martinez • Vivian Vanhorn • James Nester • Bob Massey

Passionate BMX dirt jumper, Phin Cooper (Joel Moody), wants nothing in life but to attain fame in his sport and get paid doing it. After missing out on a competition when he lands in jail for unpaid citations, he is court-ordered for community service and reluctantly mentors one of the toughest boys, Blue Espinosa (Will Martinez).

As Phin leads the troubled teen on exciting adventures of riding dirt trails, big jumps and cityscapes, Blue becomes more than an obligation - an unlikely friend whose secret world of drug trafficking threatens Phin's ultimate dream.

With Dakota Johnson • Mira Sorvino • Ezna Sands • Theo Ikummaq • Ashley Springer

A young woman, Chloe, living by her wits on the streets of New York City, has a chance meeting with a wise Inuit Eskimo, Theo, who was sent to New York by his elders to provide a message to the people of the world – We either change our destructive ways or be destroyed by them. Chloe, who has been searching for something to believe in, becomes inspired by Theo and , with the help of a kind lawyer, Monica, the three of them present Theo’s story to the United Nations in hopes of creating a better future for all of us.

With Li Gong • Zhang Yimou • Zou Jingzhi • Daoming Chen

Lu Yanshi (Chen Daoming) and Feng Wanyu (Gong Li) are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner, just as his wife is injured in an accident.

Released during the last days of the Cultural Revolution, he finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife has amnesia and remembers little of her past. Unable to recognize Lu, she patiently waits for her husband's return.

A stranger alone in the heart of his broken family, Lu Yanshi determines to resurrect their past together and reawaken his wife's memory.

With Richard Gere • Jena Malone • Oren Moverman • Ben Vereen

Evicted from his squat and suddenly alone on the streets, George (Richard Gere) is a man without a home. Struggling with his demons and desperately trying to connect with the daughter he abandoned, he navigates the system, hustling for change and somewhere safe and quiet to gather his thoughts. But the streets are relentless and soon, George finds himself teetering on the edge, alone and abandoned.

With Asa Butterfield • Rafe Spall • Sally Hawkins • Eddie Marsan • Morgan Matthews • James Graham • Jo Yang

Preferring to hide in the safety of his own private world, Nathan (Asa Butterfield) struggles to connect with people, often pushing away those who want to be closest to him, including his mother Julie (Sally Hawkins). Without the ability to understand love or affection, Nathan finds the comfort and security he needs in numbers and mathematics. Mentored by his unconventional and anarchic teacher, Mr. Humphreys (Rafe Spall), it becomes clear that Nathan’s talents are enough to win him a place on the British team competing at the highly revered International Mathematics Olympiad. Being part of a team and one which has a real chance of winning seems like it could change Nathan’s life forever. But when the team goes to train in Taiwan, Nathan is faced with a multitude of unexpected challenges, not least the new and unfamiliar feelings he begins to experience for one of the Chinese competitors, the beautiful Zhang Mei (Jo Yang).

With Severin Fiala • Lukas Schwarz • Veronika Franz • Susanne Wuest • Elias Schwarz

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is. What ensues is a terrifying struggle with fatal consequences.

With Richard Gere • Jena Malone • Oren Moverman • Ben Vereen

Evicted from his squat and suddenly alone on the streets, George (Richard Gere) is a man without a home. Struggling with his demons and desperately trying to connect with the daughter he abandoned, he navigates the system, hustling for change and somewhere safe and quiet to gather his thoughts. But the streets are relentless and soon, George finds himself teetering on the edge, alone and abandoned.

With Dylan O'Brien • Nathalie Emmanuel • Aidan Gillen • Giancarlo Esposito • Kaya Scodelario • Wes Ball • Rosa Salazar • Patricia Clarkson • Lili Taylor • Ki Hong Lee • Barry Pepper • Katherine McNamara • Thomas Sangster • T.S. Nowlin

In this next chapter of the epic “Maze Runner” saga, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.

With Dakota Johnson • Johnny Depp • Jesse Plemons • Kevin Bacon • Benedict Cumberbatch • Sienna Miller • Scott Cooper • Joel Edgerton • Brett Ratner • Juno Temple • Adam Scott • Peter Sarsgaard • Julianne Nicholson • Compton Ross • Tyler Thompson • Phil Hunt • John Lesher • Christopher Woodrow • Rory Cochran • Brian Oliver • Patrick McCormick • Mark Mallouk • James Packer • Jez Buttersworth • Michael Bassick • Peter Mallouk • Ray Mallouk • Gary Granstaff

In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James “Whitey” Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the true story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history.

With Kate Mara • David Oyelowo • Leonor Varela • Michael K. Williams • Brian Bird • Jerry Jameson

The true story of Ashley Smith (Mara), a single mother and recovering drug addict who was taken hostage in her own apartment by fugitive, murderer and accused rapist Brian Nichols (Oyelowo). With her back against the wall, Smith turned to the personal spiritual journey of Rick Warren’s best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life in an attempt to survive and help Brian find a better way out.

With Emily Blunt • Jon Bernthal • Josh Brolin • Benicio Del Toro • Denis Villeneuve • Taylor Sheridan • Basil Iwanyk • Erica Lee • Jeffrey Donovan • Victor Garber • John H. Starke

In the lawless border area stretching between the U.S. and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent [Emily Blunt] is enlisted by an elite government task force official [Josh Brolin] to aid in the escalating war against drugs. Led by an enigmatic consultant with a questionable past [Benicio Del Toro], the team sets out on a clandestine journey forcing Kate to question everything that she believes in order to survive.

With Jake Gyllenhaal • Josh Brolin • Sam Worthington • Jason Clarke • Martin Henderson • Tim Bevan • Vanessa Kirby • Baltasar Kormakur • Tyler Thompson • John Hawkes • Robin Wright • Michael Kelly • Clive Standen • Brian Oliver • Eric Fellner • Tom Goodman-Hill

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

With Tobey Maguire • Steven Knight • Michael Stuhlbarg • Jenno Topping • Liev Schreiber • Peter Sarsgaard • Robin Weigert • Ed Zwick • Gail Katz • Conrad Pla • Lily Rabe

In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. Also starring Liev Schreiber and Peter Sarsgaard, PAWN SACRIFICE chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world.

With Nate Parker • Jessica Lowndes • Diego González Boneta • Ethan Peck • Shyam Madiraju

After their plane crashes off the coast of a deserted Pacific island, the surviving members of an American soccer team find themselves in the most dire of circumstances with limited resources, dwindling food supply and no rescue coming any time soon. Team spirit evaporates as disagreements cause the group to separate into factions - a violent one lead by an unbalanced ruler (Peck), and a compassionate one led by a selfless player (Parker).

With Rafael Ferro • Damian Alcazar • Carlos Bolado • Carla Ortiz • Tomas Fonzi

After suffering a heart attack, retired General José Mendieta (Damián Alcázar) is haunted by his dark past as an officer in Operation Condor, the CIA-backed campaign of political repression in Latin America that was responsible for executions, torture, and imprisonments in the 1970’s. It is estimated that over 400,000 people were imprisoned and 30,000 forcibly disappeared as a result of these government actions.

In a letter to his son Pablo (Bernardo Peña), Mendieta confesses the role he played in the abduction, persecution, and execution of countless men and women during his posting to Chile. Journalist Marco (Carlotto Cotta) and his pregnant wife Luciá (Carla Ortiz) are among those who were arrested, along with their activist friend Antonio (Tomás Fonzi) and revolutionary Andrea (Ana Calentano). They suffer terribly under Mendieta and his cohort Sanera (Rafael Ferro), which leads to a cascade of betrayals, secrets, and stolen lives that spans generations.

With Ryan Reynolds • Jake Gyllenhaal • Sienna Miller • Ben Mendelsohn • Ryan Fleck • Analeigh Tipton • John Lesher • Stephanie Honore • Robin Weigert • Alfre Woodard • Lynette Howell • Anna Boden • Jamie Patricof

Ben Mendelsohn plays Gerry, a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begins to change when he meets Curtis (Ryan Reynolds), a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The two strike up an immediate friendship and Gerry quickly persuades his new friend to accompany him on a road trip to a legendary high stakes poker game in New Orleans. As they make their way down the Mississippi River, Gerry and Curtis manage to find themselves in just about every bar, racetrack, casino, and pool hall they can find, experiencing both incredible highs and dispiriting lows, but ultimately forging a deep and genuine bond that will stay with them long after their adventure is over.

With Emma Roberts • Mickey Rourke • Nat Wolff • Sarah Silverman • Tony McNamara • Adam Aalderks

Awkward Ed Wallis (Nat Wolff) moves to a new town with his single mom (Sarah Silverman) and needs help fitting in. Brainier than his peers, Ed figures playing high school football might be good way to make more friends but his only new friend Eloise (Emma Roberts) thinks its odd. When Ed gets an assignment to write an essay about someone from an older generation, he introduces himself to his neighbor Ashby Holt (Mickey Rourke) and the two embark on an unlikely, immediate friendship. Ashby’s style of tough love takes some getting used to but, overtime, Ed learns a lot from Ashby including how to be courageous…which is very much needed when he learns his new best friend is a former CIA assassin.

With Caleb Landry Jones • Roland Emmerich • Joey King • Jeremy Irvine • Jonathan Rhys Meyers • Ron Perlman • Matt Craven • Adam Press • Marc Frydman • Jon Robin Baitz • Michael Fossat • Kirstin Winkler • Jonny Beauchamp

A drama about a fictional young man caught up during the 1969 Stonewall riots. Danny Winters (Jeremy Irvine) is forced to leave behind friends and loved ones when he is kicked out of his parent’s home and flees to New York. Alone in Greenwich Village, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the local watering hole The Stonewall Inn; however, this shady, mafia-run club is far from a safe haven. As Danny and his friends experience discrimination, endure atrocities and are repeatedly harassed by the police, we see a rage begin to build. This emotion runs through Danny and the entire community of young gays, lesbians and drag queens who populate the Stonewall Inn and erupts in a storm of anger. With the toss of a single brick, a riot ensues, and a crusade for equality is born.

With Alexander Fehling • Giulio Ricciarelli

Frankfurt 1958: nobody wants to look back to the time of the National Socialist regime. Young public prosecutor Johann Radmann comes across some documents that help initiate the trial against some members of the SS who served in Auschwitz. But both the horrors of the past and the hostility shown towards his work bring Johann close to a meltdown. It is nearly impossible for him to find his way through this maze; everybody seems to have been involved or guilty.

With Emily Blunt • Jon Bernthal • Josh Brolin • Benicio Del Toro • Denis Villeneuve • Taylor Sheridan • Basil Iwanyk • Erica Lee • Jeffrey Donovan • Victor Garber • John H. Starke

In the lawless border area stretching between the U.S. and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent [Emily Blunt] is enlisted by an elite government task force official [Josh Brolin] to aid in the escalating war against drugs. Led by an enigmatic consultant with a questionable past [Benicio Del Toro], the team sets out on a clandestine journey forcing Kate to question everything that she believes in order to survive.

With Ben Schwartz • Joseph Gordon-Levitt • Ben Kingsley • Robert Zemeckis • James Badge Dale • Jack Rapke • Steve Starkey • Charlotte Le Bon

Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan.