Drama Movies 2017 List

With Mike Vogel • Robert Forster • Erika Christensen • Michael Scott • Jonathan M. Gunn • Brittany Lefebvre • Faye Dunaway • Brian Bird • David de Vos • Karl Horstmann • David A.R. White

In 1980, Lee Strobel’s award-winning investigative reporting earned him a promotion to legal editor at the Chicago Tribune. Things at home weren’t going nearly as well. His wife Leslie’s newfound faith in Christ compels Lee to utilize his journalistic and legal training to disprove the claims of Christianity—pitting his resolute atheism against her growing faith.

With Robert Pattinson • James Franco • Nicole Kidman • Damian Lewis • Cassian Elwes • Werner Herzog • Nick Raslan

A curious and adventurous young woman eager to explore the world outside of England, Gertrude Bell (Kidman) goes to the British embassy in Tehran where she quickly falls in love with a secretary of the embassy, Henry Cadogan (Franco). This sparks the beginning of a life-long adventure among the beautiful but misunderstood peoples and cultures of the Middle East. Along the way, her path intersects with archaeologist T.E. Lawrence (Pattinson) also known as Lawrence of Arabia, and Major Charles Doughty-Wylie (Lewis), the British Consul General in the Ottoman Empire.

With Gemma Arterton • Sam Claflin • Thorsten Schumacher • Jack Huston • Jake Lacy • Amanda Posey • Bill Nighy • Lone Scherfig • Stephen Woolley • Finola Dwyer • Elizabeth Karlsen • Christine Langan • Peter Watson • Gaby Chiappe • Ed Wethered • Robert Norris • Ivan Dunleavy • Zygi Kamasa

With London emptied of its men now fighting at the Front, Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) is hired by the British Ministry of Information as a “slop” scriptwriter charged with bringing “a woman’s touch” to morale-boosting propaganda films. Her natural flair quickly gets her noticed by dashing movie producer Buckley (Sam Claflin) whose path would never have crossed hers in peacetime. As bombs are dropping all around them, Catrin, Buckley and a colorful crew work furiously to make a film that will warm the hearts of the nation. Although Catrin’s artist husband looks down on her job, she quickly discovers there is as much camaraderie, laughter and passion behind the camera as there is onscreen.

With Arnold Schwarzenegger • Darren Aronofsky • Randall Emmett • Maggie Grace • Frances Conroy • George Furla • Scoot McNairy • Martin Donovan • Elliott Lester • Javier Gullon

Two strangers' lives become inextricably bound together after a devastating plane crash. Inspired by actual events, Aftermath tells a story of guilt and revenge after an air traffic controller's (Scoot McNairy) error causes the death of a construction foreman's (Arnold Schwarzenegger) wife and daughter.

With Michal Marczak

After Kris breaks up with his long-time girlfriend, anything seems possible and Warsaw is his playground. Along with best friend Michal, handsome and wide-eyed, they roam the metropolis at night, floating from party to party, dancing until dawn in makeshift clubs and city squares. With only instinct and desire as their guides, big ideas intermingle with drugs and sex and one thing seamlessly gives way to another. However, when Kris falls for Michal’s ex-girlfriend, the indomitable and alluring Eva, the relationship between the two best friends falls apart. Determined to find his true self Kris navigates between his memories and future hopes soon realizing that his crusade to understand life has starting to overshadow living it.

With Adrian Titieni • Maria-Victoria Dragus • Cristian Mungiu • Rares Andrici

A study about the imprecision of parenthood, the relativity of truth, and the ambiguity of compromise.

With McKenna Grace • Chris Evans • Octavia Spencer • Jenny Slate • Lindsay Duncan • Keir O'Donnell • Glenn Plummer • Julie Ann Emery • Marc Webb • Tom Flynn

Frank Adler (Chris Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy - his spirited young niece Mary (Mckenna Grace) - in a coastal town in Florida. Frank's plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old’s mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank’s formidable mother Evelyn (Lindsay Duncan) whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary. Octavia Spencer plays Roberta, Frank and Mary’s landlady and best friend. Jenny Slate is Mary’s teacher, Bonnie, a young woman whose concern for her student develops into a connection with her uncle as well.

With Brad Pitt • Robert Pattinson • Tom Holland • Charlie Hunnam • Sienna Miller • James Gray • Dede Gardner • Anthony Katagas • Daniel Huttlestone • Aidan Elliott • Marc Butan • Jeremy Kleiner • Angus MacFadyen • Mark Huffam • Michael Ford-FitzGerald • Edward Ashley • Felipe Aljure • Doug Torres

The film tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam), who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment who regard indigenous populations as “savages,” the determined Fawcett – supported by his devoted wife (Sienna Miller), son (Tom Holland) and aide de camp (Robert Pattinson) – returns time and again to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925.

With Richard Gere • Steve Buscemi • Michael Sheen • Dan Stevens • Hank Azaria • Josh Charles • Oren Moverman • Charlotte Gainsbourg • Lior Ashkenazi • Lawrence Inglee • Joseph Cedar • Eyal Rimmon

A small-time operator named Norman Oppenheimer befriends a young politician at a low and lonely moment in his life. Three years later when that politician becomes an influential world leader, Norman's life dramatically changes. For better. And for worse.

With Cynthia Nixon • Jennifer Ehle • Keith Carradine • Terence Davies

Details the life of Emily Dickinson; her loves, her struggles and her magnificent poetry.

With Dan Stevens • Malin Akerman • Kerry Bishe • Oliver Platt • Ido Fluk • Sharon Mashihi

Dan Stevens and Malin Akerman star in this intense breakout drama about a blind man who inexplicably regains his vision and becomes possessed by a drive to make a better life for himself. However, his new improvements—a nicer home, a higher paying job, tailored suits, luxury car—leave little room for the people who were part of his old, simpler life: his plain wife (Malin Åkerman) and close friend Bob (Oliver Platt). As his relationships buckle under the strain of his snowballing ambition, it becomes uncertain if James can ever return from darkness.

With Cillian Murphy • Armie Hammer • Brie Larson • Jack Reynor • Sam Riley • Sharlto Copley • Ben Wheatley • Noah Taylor

Set in a colorful yet gritty 1970s Boston, Free Fire opens with Justine (Oscar® winner Brie Larson), a mysterious American businesswoman, and her wise-cracking associate Ord (Armie Hammer) arranging a black-market weapons deal in a deserted warehouse between IRA arms buyer Chris (Cillian Murphy) and shifty South African gun runner Vernon (Sharlto Copley). What starts as a polite if uneasy exchange soon goes south when tensions escalate and shots are fired, quickly leading to a full-on Battle Royale where it’s every man (and woman) for themselves.

With Christian Bale • Oscar Isaac • Charlotte Le Bon • Marwan Kenzari • Jean Reno • Shohreh Aghdashloo • Daniel Giminez Cacho • James Cromwell • Terry George • Angela Sarafyan

Empires fall, love survives. When Michael (Oscar Isaac), a brilliant medical student, meets Ana (Charlotte Le Bon), their shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that explodes into a romantic rivalry between Michael and Ana’s boyfriend Chris (Christian Bale), a famous American photojournalist dedicated to exposing political truth. As the Ottoman Empire crumbles into war-torn chaos, their conflicting passions must be deferred while they join forces to get their people to safety and survive themselves.

With Juho Kuosmanen

Olli Mäki loses a fight for the world championship in the second round by knockout in front of a packed stadium.

With Viktoriya Isakova • Yuliya Aug • Pyotr Skvortsov • Aleksandra Revenko • Aleksandr Gorchilin • Irina Rudniktskaya • Svetlana Bragarnik • Anton Vasilev • Nikolay Roshchin • Kirill Serebrennikov • Marius von Mayenburg

After Venya’s mother receives a call from school reporting her son’s refusal to participate in mixed swimming lessons, she first suspects her teenager of being shy and derides his claim that it is “against his religion.” As Venya is finally exempted by the school’s devout principal, he grows confident that his strict and rigorous study of the Bible gives him the ability to manipulate all forms of authority. Challenged by a teacher who refuses to consent to his dogma, he sets out to eliminate her and subdue an entire community. At a time when arguments over the teaching of religion in public schools are prominent in the media, this wildly escalating classroom drama—based on a play by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg—serves as a frightening cautionary tale.

With Albert Kodagolian • Pablo Cedron • María Alche • Dominique Pinon • Matilda AnnaIngrid Lutz

The story revolves around a love triangle and a doomed relationship.

With Henry Cavill • Glen Powell • Nicholas Hoult • Beau Knapp • Logan Marshall-Green • Neil Brown Jr. • Fernando Coimbra • Chris Roessner

Set in Iraq in 2003, Sand Castle follows a group of American soldiers in the early days of the second Gulf War. Bearing witness to the heat and the horror is the inexperienced Private Matt Ocre (Nicholas Hoult), who together with several fellow soldiers is ordered to the outskirts of Baqubah to repair a water pumping station damaged by U.S. bombs. But as Ocre discovers, in an atmosphere where resentment and anger fester, trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals is a task fraught with danger. It's here, in the streets, squares and schools that he discovers the true cost of war.

With Ilaria Borrelli

Mia, a successful Paris-based photographer, bored by her comfortable, Middle-class existence, flies to Cambodia to surprise her businessman husband, Xavier, with plans of convincing him to start the family with her that she has always wanted. But her hope for a romantic rendezvous is dashed when she spies her husband in a brothel having sex with an eleven year-old girl named Srey. Mia, her world turned completely upside down, resolves to rescue Srey and return her to the remote village from where she was abducted. Mia strikes a repulsive bargain with Sanan, the brothel owner, and sacrifices her own body to a high-powered government official in order to liberate the little girl. She and Srey then embark on the long journey home. However, Mia discovers that Srey has stowed away Daa and Malin, two other young escapees from the brothel. They had also stolen money from Sanan and Mia realizes that they, too, will be hunted down. Torn by the sudden additional responsibility, Mia reluctantly agrees to help all three children return to their separate villages spread across the Cambodian jungle. Under constant threat from their pursuers, Mia and the girls embark on a perilous escape to freedom and, along the way, are reminded that there is still much to celebrate in life.

With Emma Watson • Tom Hanks • Karen Gillan • Patton Oswalt • John Boyega • Bill Paxton • Anthony Bregman • Gary Goetzman • Dave Eggers • James Ponsoldt • Ellar Coltrane

When Mae (Emma Watson) is hired to work for the world’s largest and most powerful tech & social media company, she sees it as an opportunity of a lifetime. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company’s founder, Eamon Bailey (Tom Hanks), to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her friends, family and that of humanity.

With Choi Min-sik • Shim Eun-kyung • Ki Hong Lee • Kwak Do-won • Moon So-ri • Park In-je

In the world of politics, everyone’s hands get dirty, and it’s no different for the beloved two-time Mayor of Seoul, Byeon Jong-gu (Choi Min-sik). Seeking a third term that will set him up for a run at the presidency, Byeon will stop at nothing to keep his darkest secrets hidden from his adoring public. Wiretapping, corruption, murder… everything is on the table and no one is safe in this hard-charging thriller whose twists will keep you guessing long after the credits roll.

With Rami Malek • Lin Shaye • Teresa Yenque • DJ Qualls • Toby Huss • Mark Kelly • Kate Lyn Sheil • Sarah Adina Smith • Lance Barber

Follows an eccentric mountain man (Rami Malek) on the run from authorities who survives the winter by breaking into empty vacation homes. He’s haunted by a recurring dream of being lost at sea only to discover that the dream is real: He is one man in two bodies.

With Roberto Berliner

1940’s, Brazil- Dr. Nise da Silveira (Gloria Pires) is at work in a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro and refuses to employ the new and violent electroshock for the treatment of schizophrenics. Ridiculed by doctors, she is forced to take the abandoned Sector for Occupational Therapy, where she starts a revolution through paints, dogs and love.

With Prabhas • Rana Daggubati • Tamannaah • Anushka Shetty.

A follow-up to the 2015 blockbuster Baahubali: The Beginning. The sequel continues the story of warring royal cousins in an ancient mythical kingdom.