Drama Movies 2017 List

With Brie Larson • Max Greenfield • Woody Harrelson • Naomi Watts • Gil Netter • Marti Noxon • Destin Daniel Cretton • Erik Feig • Andrew Lanham

Tells the story of a successful young woman who was raised by dysfunctional and nonconformist parents. Her world gets turned upside down when they move to New York to be near her.

With Robert Pattinson • Josh Safdie • Benny Safdie • Jennifer Jason Leigh • Barkhad Abdi • Sebastian Bear-McClard • Buddy Duress

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Constantine Nikas (Robert Pattinson) embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in an increasingly desperate—and dangerous—attempt to get his brother out of jail. Over the course of one adrenalized night, Constantine finds himself on a mad descent into violence and mayhem as he races against the clock to save his brother and himself, knowing their lives hang in the balance.

With Kate Beckinsale • Pierce Brosnan • Callum Turner • Jeff Bridges • Kiersey Clemons • Ron Yerxa • Marc Webb • Allan Loeb • Albert Berger • John Fogel

Thomas Webb (Callum Turner), the son of a publisher and his artistic wife, has just graduated from college and is trying to find his place in the world. Moving from his parents’ Upper West Side apartment to the Lower East Side, he befriends his neighbor W.F. (Jeff Bridges), a shambling alcoholic writer who dispenses worldly wisdom alongside healthy shots of whiskey. Thomas’ world begins to shift when he discovers that his long-married father (Pierce Brosnan) is having an affair with a seductive younger woman (Kate Beckinsale). Determined to break up the relationship, Thomas ends up sleeping with his father’s mistress, launching a chain of events that will change everything he thinks he knows about himself and his family.

With Thomas Kretschmann • Song Kang-ho • Yoo Hai-Jin • Ryu Jun-Yeol • Jang Hoon

In this powerful true story set in 1980, a down-on-his-luck taxi driver from Seoul is hired by a foreign journalist who wants to go to the town of Gwangju for the day. They arrive to find a city under siege by the military government, with the citizens, led by a determined group of college students, rising up to demand freedom. What began as an easy fare becomes a life-or-death struggle in the midst of the Gwangju Uprising, a critical event in modern South Korea.

With Elizabeth Olsen • Aubrey Plaza • O’Shea Jackson Jr. • Billy Magnussen • Matt Spicer • Jared Goldman • David Branson Smith • Wyatt Russell

Following the death of her mother and a series of self-inflicted setbacks, young Ingrid Thorburn (Aubrey Plaza) escapes a humdrum existence by moving out West to befriend her Instagram obsession and LA socialite Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen). After a quick bond is forged between these unlikeliest of friends, the façade begins to crack in both women's lives — with comically malicious results.

With Zhao Xiaoding • Anthony LaMolinara

With Natalie Portman • Robin Campillo • Lily Rose Depp • Rebecca Zlotowski

Planetarium is the story of two sisters set in Paris in the late 30’s, Laura Barlow (Natalie Portman) and Kate Barlow (Lily-Rose Depp), who are believed to possess the supernatural ability to connect with ghosts. They meet a visionary Jewish French producer, Andre Korben, (Emmanuel Salinger) who is fascinated by their supernatural gift and hires them to shoot an ambitious experimental film. What they perceive as a perfect opportunity to gain recognition, soon spirals into a game of hidden agendas that tests human limits, social value, and contains themes of anti-Semitism as Korben is ultimately scrutinized by his colleagues for his Jewish heritage.

With Steve Coogan • Rob Brydon • Michael Winterbottom • Marta Barrio • Claire Keelan

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on another culinary road trip in Spain. Over plates of pintxos and paella, the pair exchange barbs and celebrity impressions, as well as more serious reflections on what it means to settle into middle age.

With Yoshimasa Hosoya • Sunao Katabuchi • Natsuki Inaba • Minori Omi • Daisuke Ono

Follows a young lady named Suzu Urano, who in 1944 moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima to live with her husband’s family. Suzu’s life is thrown into chaos when her town is bombed during World War II. Her perseverance and courage underpin this heart-warming and inspirational tale of the everyday challenges faced by the Japanese in the midst of a violent, war-torn country.