Drama Movies 2017 List

With Jessica Chastain • Daniel Brühl • Niki Caro • Kim Zubick • Goran Kostic • Angela Workman • Michael McElhatton • Michael Tollin • Robbie Tollin • Diane Levin • Iddo Goldberg • Johan Heldenbergh • Shira Haas • Efrat Dor

The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Żabińska (portrayed by two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh), have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are stunned – and forced to report to the Reich’s newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck (Daniel Brühl). To fight back on their own terms, Antonina and Jan covertly begin working with the Resistance – and put into action plans to save lives out of what has become the Warsaw Ghetto, with Antonina putting herself and even her children at great risk.

With Jean-Pierre Leaud • Irène Silvagni • Olivier Cadiot • Gabriel Wanner • Albert Serra • Patrick d'Assumçao • Marc Susini • Bernard Belin • Jacques Henric • Vicenç Altaió • Philippe Crespeau

Versailles, August 1715. Back from hunting, Louis XIV—magisterially interpreted by New Wave icon and honorary Palme d’Or recipient Jean-Pierre Léaud—feels pain in his leg. A serious fever erupts, which marks the beginning of the agony of the greatest King of France. Surrounded by a horde of doctors and his closest counselors who come in turns at his bedside sensing the impending power vacuum, the Sun King struggles to run the country from his bed. Based on extensive medical records and the memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon and other courtiers, The Death of Louis XIV is a wry neoclassical chamber drama, a work of pure magic by Albert Serra, one of today’s most singular directors.

With Guillaume Canet • Danièle Thompson • Guillaume Gallienne • Alice Pol

With Lakeith Stanfield • Robert Wisdom • Dree Hemingway • Sam Dillon • Leonard Earl How

Following a devastating loss, Nadine and Lewis retreat to a small Bahamian island where Nadine's family has kept a house for many years. As they try to heal and move forward with their relationship, the community on the island shows signs of unraveling -- with the island's mayor, Roy, squaring off against Doughboy, a human trafficker who manipulates the impressionable homeless teenager Myron into assisting with his smuggling operation.