Drama Movies 2017 List

With Lola Bessis • Anjelica Huston • Lindsay Burdge • Damien Bonnard • Nathan Silver

Alone and depressed after the suicide of her lover, American flight attendant Gina (Lindsay Burdge) travels to Paris and hooks up with nightclub bartender Jerome (Damien Bonnard) on her layover. But as Gina falls deeper into lust and opts to stay in France, this harmless rendezvous quickly turns into unrequited amour fou. When Jerome’s ex Clemence (Esther Garrel) reenters the picture, Gina is sent on a downward spiral of miscommunication, masochism, and madness.

With Richard Dreyfuss • Steven Spielberg • Lance Henriksen • Bob Balaban • Teri Garr • Melinda Dillon • François Truffaut

Electrical lineman Roy Neary (Dreyfuss) is one of several people who experience a close encounter of the first kind, witnessing UFOs flying through the night sky. He is subsequently haunted by a mountain-like image and becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents, much to the dismay of his family. Meanwhile, government agents around the world have close encounters of the second kind, discovering physical evidence of extraterrestrial visitors in the form of lost fighter aircraft from World War II and a stranded military ship that disappeared decades earlier, only to suddenly reappear in the Sonora and Gobi Desert. Roy and the agents then follow the clues they have been given to reach a site where they will have a close encounter of the third kind: contact.

With Zach Galifianakis • Alicia Vikander • Harvey Weinstein • Jack O’Connell • Judi Dench • Christoph Waltz • Dane DeHaan • Jack O'Connell • Tom Hollander • Cara Delevingne • Alison Owen • Tom Stoppard • Dame Judi Dench • Christopher Woodrow • Maria Cestone • Justin Chadwick • Peter Flannery • Molly Conners • Matthew Morrison • Holliday Grainger • Sarah E. Johnson • Cressida Bonas • David Harewood

In 17th Century Amsterdam, an orphaned girl (Alicia Vikander) is forcibly married to a rich and powerful merchant (Christoph Waltz) – an unhappy “arrangement” that saves her from poverty. After her husband commissions a portrait, she begins a passionate affair with the painter (Dane DeHaan), a struggling young artist. Seeking to escape the merchant’s ever-reaching grasp, the lovers risk everything and enter the frenzied tulip bulb market, with the hope that the right bulb will make a fortune and buy their freedom.

With Jeremy Irvine • Mark Ciardi • Hermione Corfield • Joely Richardson • Scott Hicks • Gordon Gray • Kathryn Price • Michael Ross • Todd Murata • Nichole Millard • Sianoa Smit-McPhee • Addison Timlin • Harrison Gilbertson • Juliet Aubrey • Lola Kirke

On Luce Price's first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school, her attention is captured by the strangely familiar Daniel Grigori. She soon discovers he is a fallen angel who has battled over her for centuries.

With Anson Mount • Eme Ikwuakor • Ken Leung • Serinda Swan • Scott Buck • Iwan Rheon • Joe Robert Cole • Roel Reine • Jeph Loeb • Jim Chory • Isabelle Cornish • Ellen Woglom • Sonya Balmores • Mike Moh

Marvel’s Inhumans explores the never-before-told epic adventure of the royal family including Black Bolt, the enigmatic, commanding King of the Inhumans, with a voice so powerful that the slightest whisper can destroy a city. After the Royal Family of Inhumans is splintered by a military coup, they barely escape to Hawaii where they are greeted with surprising interactions with the lush world and humanity around them. Now they must find a way to reunite with each other and return to their home before their way of life is destroyed forever.

With Gillian Anderson • Gurinder Chadha • Hugh Bonneville

Set in India during the tumultuous and deadly partition in 1947.

With Amber Heard • Ed Helms • Mary Steenburgen • Paul Reiser • Lake Bell • Wyatt Cenac • Dolly Wells

Tells the story of three couples in Vero Beach, Florida at various points in their relationships. They become subjects of a documentarian’s film about how marriage is an antiquated idea that needs a reboot: Why not turn marriage into a seven-year deal with an option to renew?

With Mark Grossman • Clifford Bañagale • Dylan Moran • Ann Benson • Scott Krinsky • Tanner Stine • Mercy Malick • Lindsay Taylor

Inspired by somewhat true events, Get Big follows the misadventures of two friends as they reconnect to attend a high school classmate's wedding. Alec is the charming troublemaker, while Nate provides the neurotic and awkward foil to his friend's unpredictable antics. Get Big takes place over the course of a crazy 24-hour period during which Alec and Nate cross paths with oddball cops, curmudgeonly neighbors, drug dealers, psychopaths, escorts and pretty girls, all while the clock ticks down their classmate's big moment.

With Reese Witherspoon • Michael Sheen • Nat Wolff • Reid Scott • Nancy Meyers • Hallie Meyers-Shyer • Robb Derringer • Lake Bell • Candice Bergen • Erika Olde

Home Again stars Reese Witherspoon as Alice Kinney in a modern romantic comedy. Recently separated from her husband, (Michael Sheen), Alice decides to start over by moving back to her hometown of Los Angeles with her two young daughters. During a night out on her 40th birthday, Alice meets three aspiring filmmakers who happen to be in need of a place to live. Alice agrees to let the guys stay in her guest house temporarily, but the arrangement ends up unfolding in unexpected ways. Alice's unlikely new family and new romance comes to a crashing halt when her ex-husband shows up, suitcase in hand.

With Danny Glover • John C. McGinley • Wrenn Schmidt • Zachary Spicer • Paul Shoulberg

Daniel (Zachary Spicer) is a young, idealistic priest who loves his work more than anything. While he struggles to find balance between the dueling philosophies of his mentors, Father Victor (Danny Glover), an old school, no nonsense traditionalist, and Father Ollie (John C. McGinley), a chainsmoking, carb addicted Franciscan, Daniel’s passion for his calling never waivers. And then he meets Jane. After a chance encounter during a late night confession, the complicated and mysterious Jane (Wrenn Schmidt), starts to open up Daniel’s world to an entirely different set of possibilities. And problems. As new bonds form and old ones are tested, Daniel must decide what his true calling really is — and whether or not he has the courage to answer it.

With Peter Dinklage • Anton Yelchin • Julia Ormond • Martin Donovan • Trevor Waterson • Mark Palansky • Mike Vukadinovich • Henry Ian Cusick • Evelyne Brochu

The film explores the unexplained death of Gordon Dunn (Martin Donovan), a visionary scientific pioneer whose body is found shortly after the unveiling of his newest work: a device able to extract, record and play a person’s memories. Gordon’s wife, Carolyn (Julia Ormond), retreats into her house and cuts off contact with the outside world when a mysterious man (Peter Dinklage) shows up. After stealing the machine, he uses it to try and solve the mystery, beginning an investigation of memories that lead him to unexpected and dangerous places.

With Antonio Banderas • Olga Kurylenko • Simon West • Mark Haskell Smith • Aisling Loftus • Mark Valley • Ben Cura

When vacationing in Chile, an aging and pampered rock star’s (Antonio Banderas) supermodel wife is suddenly kidnapped by renegades. Unable to navigate more than ordering a sandwich from room service, now he must take to the backstreets of Santiago in this hilarious caper that is as entertaining as it is hair-raising.

With Charlie Sheen • Whoopi Goldberg • Jacqueline Bisset • Gina Gershon • Luis Guzman • Wood Harris • Bruce Davison • Martin Guigui • Olga Fonda • Martin Sprock • Dahlia Waingort • Warren Ostergard • Steven Golebiowski

Based on actual events and voicemail messages, 9/11 tells the story of five people trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center's North Tower on September 11th, 2001. Having no comprehension of what has happened outside, these strangers work together and never give up hope as they try to escape before the unthinkable happens.

With Jennifer Lawrence • Javier Bardem • Darren Aronofsky • Michelle Pfeiffer • Domhnall Gleeson • Ed Harris • Brian Gleeson • Kristin Wiig • Scott Franklin • Ari Handel

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

With Mary Lynn Rajskub • Nancy Cartwright • Kevin J. Burke • Monika Bacardi • Maria Bello • Ksenia Solo • Taron Lexton • Peter Kjenaas • Michael Doven • Milena Ferreira • Monica Gil • and Andrea Iervolino

In this coming-of-age adventure, Lucy (Ksenia Solo), a small-town girl from Ohio, discovers the delightfully bizarre films of the legendary Italian filmmaker, Federico Fellini and sets off on a journey across Italy to find him. Also starring Maria Bello and Mary Lynn Rajskub.

With Kevin Spacey • Zoey Deutch • Nicholas Hoult • Hope Davis • Jason Shuman • Molly Smith • Bruce Cohen • Victor Garber • Sarah Paulson • Danny Strong • Thad Luckinbill • Trent Luckinbill • Brian d'Arcy James

Set amidst the colorful backdrop of mid-20th century New York City, Rebel in the Rye follows a young Salinger (Nicholas Hoult) as he struggles to find his voice, pursues a love affair with famed socialite Oona O’Neill (Zoey Deutch), and fights on the frontlines of World War II. It’s these experiences that will inform the creation of his masterpiece, The Catcher in the Rye, bringing him overnight fame (and notoriety) and leading him to withdraw from the public eye for the rest of his life. Costarring Kevin Spacey and Sarah Paulson, Rebel in the Rye offers a tantalizing window into the life and times of a little-understood genius who broke the rules and redefined American literature.

With Josh Duhamel • Giancarlo Esposito • Famke Janssen • Sarah Wayne Callies • Caitlin FitzGerald • Kenny Yakkel • Chris Ellis • Noah Pink

Concerns a reality show that exploits the on-camera deaths of its players — on live TV. After a dating show ends in violence, its host Adam Rogers (Duhamel) and a ratings-hungry network exec (Janssen) launch a terrifying new program that promises fresh kills every week. The tension mounts as a kindhearted janitor (Esposito) joins the deadly program, hoping to help his struggling family survive…at any cost

With Nicolas Cage • Samuel L. Jackson • Abigail Breslin • Maria Bello • Michael Mendelsohn • Mike Nilon • John Mankiewicz

A mother recovering from a brutal gang rape is stalked by the perpetrators but is protected by a sympathetic cop.

With Moriah Peters • John Schneider • Brett Simes • Chris Massoglia • Ben Davies • Rachael Hayward • Tom Simes

Chase Morgan would love to live up to his own name and pursue something great. It's his senior year and he’s still as insecure as ever but Eastglenn High's newest student is about to turn that around. Grácia is a girl with charisma, intelligence and conviction but she’s not as “put together” as Chase and his best friend OB might think. A dark past gives her a unique connection with Bobbi, a misunderstood classmate with a pushy boyfriend and disconnected father. As Bobbi struggles with a life-and-death decision and Chase risks rejection, Grácia challenges her friends, teachers and even herself to step outside the status quo. Because of Grácia’s inspiring strength, those around her are finding it easier to speak up and fall in love.

With Angelina Jolie • Loung Ung • Maddox Jolie-Pitt • Adam Somner • Michael Vieira • Charles Schissel

A woman's survival story under former Cambodian leader Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge regime.

With Jake Gyllenhaal • Clancy Brown • Riva Marker • Tatiana Maslany • David Gordon Green • David Hoberman • Todd LIeberman • Miranda Richardson • John Pollono • Peter McGuigan • Anthony Mattero • Gary Michael Walters.

Stronger is the inspiring true story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope following the infamous 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. It is Jeff’s deeply personal account of the heroic journey which tests a family’s bond, defines a community’s pride and inspires his inner courage to overcome devastating adversity.

With Emma Stone • Bill Pullman • Steve Carell • Alan Cumming • Elisabeth Shue • Danny Boyle • Eric Christian Olsen • Christian Colson • Jessica McNamee • Natalie Morales • Simon Beaufoy • Austin Stowell • Andrea Riseborough • Sarah Silverman • Jonathan Dayton • Valerie Faris • Robert Graf • Mickey Sumner

The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as the Battle of the Sexes and became the most watched televised sports event of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equality, spurring on the feminist movement. Trapped in the media glare, King and Riggs were on opposites sides of a binary argument, but off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. With a supportive husband urging her to fight the Establishment for equal pay, the fiercely private King was also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, while Riggs gambled his legacy and reputation in a bid to relive the glories of his past. Together, Billie and Bobby served up a cultural spectacle that resonated far beyond the tennis courts and animated the discussions between men and women in bedrooms and boardrooms around the world.

With Judi Dench • Julian Wadham • Stephen Frears • Michael Gambon • Eddie Izzard • Fenella Woolgar • Adeel Akhtar • Ali Fazal • Olivia Williams • Simon Callow • Tim Pigott-Smith • Lee Hall • Ruth McCabe

The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria’s remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim, a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favor with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes and joyfully reclaims her humanity.

With Jesper Christensen • Tuva Novotny • Erik Poppe • Katharina Schüttler • Anders Baasmo Christiansen • Karl Markovics • Arthur Hakalahti • Svein Tindberg • Andreas Lust • Ketil Høegh • Gerald Pettersen • Jan Frostad • Erik Hivju • Espen Sandvik • Sofie Falkgård • Ingrid Ross Raftemo • Magnus Ketilsson Dobbe

The film is based on three dramatic days in April 1940, when the king of Norway is forced to make the decision to either surrender or die at the hands of Nazis.

With Heather Graham • Robert Patrick • Chris Browning • Bruce Davison • Dwight Little

n the summer of 1978 convicted murderer Gary Tison (Robert Patrick) and his cellmate Randy Greenawalt (Chris Browning) staged a daring escape from an Arizona State Prison, with the help of Tison’s three teenage sons. Their murderous rampage through the southwestern desert shocked the nation with its brutality. While Sheriff Cooper (Bruce Davison) hunted them down, Tison’s wife (Heather Graham) vehemently defended her family in the press. LAST RAMPAGE features a chilling tour-de-force turn by Robert Patrick as Gary Tison in a terrifying story about the dark side of family loyalty.

With Joe Cole • Kirsten Dunst • Pilou Asbæk • Kate Mulleavy • Laura Mulleavy

Kirsten Dunst stars as Theresa, a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss, torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects of a potent cannabinoid drug.

With Saoirse Ronan • Douglas Booth • Helen McCrory • John Sessions • Aidan Turner • Eleanor Tomlinson • Jerome Flynn • Dorota Kobiela • Hugh Welchman • Chris O’Dowd • Jacek Dehnel

Brings the artwork of Vincent van Gogh to life in an exploration of the complicated life and controversial death of one of history’s most celebrated artists. More than six years in the making with the help of 125 specially trained painters, Loving Vincent is a uniquely animated film composed of 65,000 painted frames. Drawn from meticulous research and inspired by Van Gogh’s masterpieces, subjects, and 800 personal letters, Loving Vincent captures the world of Van Gogh in a cinematic experience like no other.

With Diego Luna • Nina Dobrev • Ellen Page • Kiefer Sutherland • Laurence Mark • James Norton • Ben Ripley • David Blackman • Niels Arden Oplev • Madison Brydges • Kiersey Clemens

A group of medical students subject themselves to near-death experiences in order to see if anything lies beyond the big sleep. The members of the group are then revisited by physical manifestations of childhood sins, but they are not sure if what they are facing is real or hallucination.

With Robert Redford • Judy Greer • Matthias Schoenaerts • Jane Fonda • Bruce Dern • Scott Neustadter • Ritesh Batra

Our Souls at Night is set in Colorado and begins when Addie Moore (Jane Fonda) pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters (Robert Redford). Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they'd been neighbors for decades, but had little contact. Their children live far away and they are all alone in their big houses. She seeks to establish a connection, and make the most of the rest of the time they have.

With Ron Livingston • Tom Skerritt • Beth Grant • Ed Begley Jr. • Harry Dean Stanton • John Carroll Lynch • Barry Shabaka Henley • Hugo Armstrong • David Lynch • Yvonne Huff Lee • Logan Sparks • Drago Sumonja

Lucky follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town. Having out lived and out smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self exploration, leading towards that which is so often unattainable: enlightenment.

With C. Thomas Howell • T.C. Stallings • Nelson Jackson • Cameron Lewis • Angela White • Richard T. Jones • Kim Fields • Kevan Otto • Ty Manns • Chris Hock • Lisa Diane Washington

Pastor DAVID NEWMAN is a loving husband and father, set to take over his dad’s church while neglecting the promises he’s made to his 12-year-old son, ERIC. KATE HERNANDEZ is a spiritually driven single-parent and owner of a local restaurant. Her daughter MARIA is a free-spirited teenager aspiring to be the first in her family to go to college. JOHN DANIELSON is the owner of a failing construction company who sees his daughter MICHELLE’s fledgling singing career as a way out of financial trouble. The lives of these strangers collide when two twists of fate strike back to back. The first: while texting and driving in her car, Maria accidentally hits Eric, which lands Maria in jail and leaves Eric’s family with an unthinkable dilemma. The second: while auditioning for a major record label, Michelle collapses, leading to a discovery about her health which rocks the very foundation of her father’s dream.

All three families find themselves at a crossroads, questioning their faith and the higher power that guides their lives. As each family member deals with their issues, their worlds start to intertwine. This leads to a chain of events which unknowingly brings the three families closer and closer together.

Will the families give in to the loss, pain, and uncertainty that has shattered their lives or will they find the tie that binds them all together through hope, trust, redemption and goodwill?

With Charlie Tahan • Kevin Phillips • Amy Hargreaves • Owen Campbell • Sawyer Barth

Zach (Owen Campbell) and Josh (Charlie Tahan) are best friends growing up in a leafy Upstate New York suburb in the 1990s, where teenage life revolves around hanging out, looking for kicks, navigating first love and vying for popularity. When a traumatic incident drives a wedge between the previously inseparable pair, their youthful innocence abruptly vanishes. Each young man processes the tragedy in his own way, until circumstances grow increasingly complex and spiral into violence. Phillips dives headlong into the confusion of teenage life, creating evocative atmosphere out of the murky boundaries between adolescence and adulthood, courage and fear, and good and evil.

With Tom Hanks • Liam Neeson • Josh Lucas • Ridley Scott • Wendi McLendon-Covey • Maika Monroe • Michael C. Hall • Peter Landesman • Bruce Greenwood • Tom Sizemore • Diane Lane • Michael Schaefer • Ike Barinholtz • Kate Walsh • Tony Goldwyn • Marc Butan • Noah Wyle • Marton Csokas • Gary Goetzman • Brian d'Arcy James

The story of W. Mark Felt, the retired FBI man who admitted he was the famous anonymous "Deep Throat" source. Felt was the shadowy insider who aided Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in exposing the Nixon administration's role in the Watergate and its cover-up.

With Saoirse Ronan • Douglas Booth • Helen McCrory • John Sessions • Aidan Turner • Eleanor Tomlinson • Jerome Flynn • Dorota Kobiela • Hugh Welchman • Chris O’Dowd • Jacek Dehnel

Brings the artwork of Vincent van Gogh to life in an exploration of the complicated life and controversial death of one of history’s most celebrated artists. More than six years in the making with the help of 125 specially trained painters, Loving Vincent is a uniquely animated film composed of 65,000 painted frames. Drawn from meticulous research and inspired by Van Gogh’s masterpieces, subjects, and 800 personal letters, Loving Vincent captures the world of Van Gogh in a cinematic experience like no other.

With Judi Dench • Julian Wadham • Stephen Frears • Michael Gambon • Eddie Izzard • Fenella Woolgar • Adeel Akhtar • Ali Fazal • Olivia Williams • Simon Callow • Tim Pigott-Smith • Lee Hall • Ruth McCabe

The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria’s remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim, a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favor with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes and joyfully reclaims her humanity.

With Carla Gugino • Mike Flanagan • Kate Siegel • Bruce Greenwood • Jeff Howard • Henry Thomas • Carel Struycken • Chiara Aurelia

A seemingly harmless bondage game between a married couple in a remote retreat escalates to become a harrowing fight for survival at the wife must confront long-buried demons within her own mind — and possibly lurking in the shadows of her seemingly empty house.