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Drama Movies 2017 List

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Last modified: Mar. 10, 2019

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With Ryan Gosling Dave Bautista Jared Leto Ana de Armas Denis Villeneuve Harrison Ford Ridley Scott Michael Green Broderick Johnson Sylvia Hoeks Carla Juri Robin Wright Andrew Kosove Bill Carraro Lennie James Bud Yorkin Mackenzie Davis Cynthia Yorkin Hampton Fancher Frank Giustra Tim Gamble Yale Badick Val Hill

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

R Drama
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With Kate Winslet Dermot Mulroney Jenno Topping Idris Elba Chris Weitz Scott Frank Peter Chernin Hany Abu-Assad J. Mills Goodloe Dylan Clark

Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a terrifying journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing one another to endure and igniting an unexpected attraction.

PG-13 Drama
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With Alfre Woodard Stephen Gyllenhaal Dash Mihok Cloris Leachman Jacinda Barrett John Heard Jessica Collins J. Todd Harris Michael Nelson Talitha Bateman Garry Williams Orien Richman Adam Tenenbaum

Follows a girl named Heidi (Bateman) who lives with her mentally challenged mother (Barrett) and agoraphobic caretaker (Woodard). Heidi travels alone across the country to learn the truth about her family and herself.

Drama 1 hr, 38 mins
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With Scott Christopher Michael Cassidy Connor Corum Mitch Davis Parker Davis Sarah Lancaster Eliza de Azevedo Brown

‪The Stray tells the true story of how a stray dog, “Pluto,” comes out of nowhere and impacts the Davis family, who are struggling in many ways. In just a short time, Pluto the “wonderdog” manages to save a toddler, bring comfort and companionship to a hurting 9-year-old boy, help restore a marriage, and repair a broken father-son relationship. Pluto is not only a guard dog - he’s a guardian angel. Sometimes help comes from the most unlikely places. Sometimes our prayers get answered in strange ways. Sometimes one dog can change everything.

PG Drama 1 hr, 32 mins
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With Bill Pullman Josh Wiggins Matt Bomer Alex Smith Andrew Smith

Once a year, fourteen-year-old David (Josh Wiggins) travels from his mother’s home in Texas to visit his loner father, Cal (Matt Bomer), in the remote mountains of Montana. There, the two embark on their annual hunting excursion, during which the taciturn Cal attempts to connect with his smartphone-addicted son. But when a terrifying turn of events leaves Cal critically wounded, it’s up to the teenage David to summon enough strength for both of them.

Drama
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With Allison Tolman Julia Halperin Sophie Reid JoBeth Williams Luis Bordonada. Jason Cortlund

A young British woman named Sinaloa comes to Texas to find Merle, her half-sister by way of their dead country musician father. It doesn’t take long for Sinaloa to charm her way into Merle’s life. Her singing awakens something in Merle and erases any lingering doubts about their shared bloodline. But an all-too-familiar chaos comes with it, which soon starts to unravel Merle’s stable world—her job, her upcoming marriage, and an already tense relationship with her mother, Patricia. And while the family music legacy brought this stranger to town, darker motives are woven into the songs she sings, showing glimpses of a violent rage that’s been building for years.

Drama 1 hr, 40 mins
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With Spencer Folmar

The movie is about estranged brothers who try to honor their mother's dying wish by reconciling with their abusive, alcoholic father.

PG-13 Drama
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With Vince Vaughn Don Johnson Marc Blucas Udo Kier S. Craig Zahler Jennifer Carpenter

In BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99, a former boxer named Bradley (Vince Vaughn) loses his job as an auto mechanic, and his troubled marriage is about to end. At this crossroads in his life, he feels that he has no better option than to work for an old buddy as a drug courier. This improves his situation until the terrible day that he finds himself in a gunfight between a group of police officers and his own ruthless allies. When the smoke clears, Bradley is badly hurt and thrown in prison, where his enemies force him to commit acts of violence that turn the place into a savage battleground.

Drama 2 hrs, 12 mins
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With Riz Ahmed Rooney Mara Ben Mendelsohn Tara Fitzgerald Benedict Andrews David Harrower Ruby Stokes

A young woman (Rooney Mara) decides to pay a visit to the older man (Ben Mendelsohn) with whom she had a sexual relationship when she was only 13 years old.

Drama
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With Douglas Booth Saoirse Ronan Helen McCrory Aidan Turner Jerome Flynn John Sessions Eleanor Tomlinson 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.

Drama 1 hr, 34 mins
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