Drama Movies 2016 List

With Gabrielle Union • Armie Hammer • Jackie Earle Haley • Aaron L. Gilbert • Nate Parker • Aunjanue Ellis • Aja Naomi King • Dwight Henry • Kevin Turen • Penelope Ann Miller • Jason Michael Berman • Preston L. Holmes • Esther Scott • Roger Guenveur Smith

Set against the antebellum South, The Birth of a Nation follows Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner, accepts an offer to use Nat’s preaching to subdue unruly slaves. As he witnesses countless atrocities - against himself and his fellow slaves - Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.

With Steve Bowen • Rob Riggle • Lauren Graham • Isabela Moner • Griffin Gluck • Steve Carr • James Patterson • Susan Cartsonis • Chris Bowman • Efren Ramirez • Hubbel Palmer • Michael Flynn • Thomas Barbusca • Leopoldo Gout • Robert Kessel • Jeff Skoll • Andrew Daly • Adam Pally

Rafe has an epic imagination...and a slight problem with authority. Both collide when he transfers to an oppressive, rule-crazy middle school. Drowning in do's and don'ts, Rafe and his scheming best friend Leo hatch a plan to break every rule in the school's Code of Conduct. It's Ferris Bueller meets Home Alone as their battle with Principal Dwight explodes into chaos both real and imagined. But Dwight displays his own fiendish creativity, striking back at the rulebreakers. Meanwhile, Rafe struggles to hide his misbehavior from Jeanne, the straight-A, overachieving girl of his dreams, and at home, his mother's boyfriend -- a moochy, jack-of-no-trades named Bear -- threatens to become his stepfather.

With Mark Duplass • Sarah Paulson • Alex Lehmann

Follows two former high school sweethearts. They return to their tiny California hometown and meet by chance, reflecting on their shared past through the lens of their differently dissatisfied presents.

With Danny Glover • Octavia Spencer • Kathy Bates • Sophie Nelisse • Glenn Close • Julia Stiles • Stephen Herek • William Teitler • David Paterson

A feisty foster kid’s outrageous scheme to be reunited with her birth mother has unintended consequences in The Great Gilly Hopkins, an entertaining film for the entire family. Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nélisse) has seen more than her share of foster homes and has outwitted every family she has lived with. In an effort to escape her new foster mother Mamie Trotter’s (Kathy Bates) endless loving care, Gilly concocts a plan that she believes will bring her mother running to her rescue. But when the ploy blows up in Gilly’s face it threatens to ruin the only chance she’s ever had to be part of a real family.

With J.K. Simmons • Kumail Nanjiani • Brittany Snow • Paul Wesley • Kevin Pollak • Johnny Simmons • Jane Lynch • Raphael Kryszek • Beck Bennett • Maria Bello • Joe Nussbaum • Broderick Johnson • Andrew Kosove • Jesse Israel • Heidi Jo Markel • Paul Kaplan • Mark Torgove • Steven Wegner • Gary A. Rosen

Dr. Pete Newmans (Johnny Simmons) is a successful sex therapist whose practice is devoted to helping people re-channel their sexual impulses. When his doctors discover a pituitary tumor that has delayed his onset of puberty for 15 years, Pete undergoes what would normally be years of puberty in a matter of weeks. Mood swings, voice changes, acne and, of course, near uncontrollable erections greet Pete as he tries to navigate life as both a horny 15 year-old kid and a 30 year-old desperate to be a complete man and get the girl of his dreams.

With Jonathan Rhys Meyers • Daniel Huttlestone • Natasha McElhone • Tom Hughes • Dougray Scott • Derrick Borte

When fifteen-year-old Shay (Daniel Huttlestone) hears the music of The Clash for the first time, it’s a revelation, opening up a new world of social consciousness and anti-establishment defiance beyond anything he’s known in his dead-end London suburb. Drawn into the heart of the city’s burgeoning punk scene, he forges two relationships that will change his life, falling in love with rebellious cool girl Vivian (Nell Williams) and finding an unexpected connection with none other than The Clash’s electrifying frontman, Joe Strummer (Jonathan Rhys Meyers).

With Evan Jonigkeit • David Zayas • Richard Kind • Stephen Spinella • Devin Ratray • Jeremy Profe • Walter Vincent • Adrienne C. Moore

The unheard true story of the moments after John Lennon was shot as seen through the eyes of those who lived it. Alan Weiss, an ambitious young news producer, finds himself in a position to break the biggest story of the year following a violent motorcycle accident. The emergency department at Roosevelt Hospital discovers a John Doe shooting victim is the world’s biggest rock star and struggles to keep the news quiet while working to save his life.

With Ty Hickson • Joel Potrykus • Amari Cheatom

Young outcast Sean has isolated himself in a trailer in the woods, setting out on alchemic pursuits, with his cat Kaspar as his sole companion. Filled with disdain for authority, he’s fled the daily grind and holed up in the wilderness, escaping a society that has no place for him. But when he turns from chemistry to black magic to crack nature’s secret, things go awry and he awakens something far more sinister and dangerous.