Drama Movies 2018 List

With Alan Powell • Alex Kendrick • Stephen Kendrick • Beth Becka • Dennis Rainey • Barbara Rainey • Bob Lepine • Kevin Peeples • Micah Lynn Hanson • Garry Nation • Joseph Callender • Anisa Nyell Johnson

When rebellion creeps into their family, Charlie and Alice realize their approach to raising children isn’t working, and they start searching for answers. But is it too late? FamilyLife’s first feature film explores the joys and heartaches of parenting. Through a story that unfolds over 50 years, Charlie and Alice discover the power of family and their need for God.

With Alan Powell • Alex Kendrick • Stephen Kendrick • Beth Becka • Dennis Rainey • Barbara Rainey • Bob Lepine • Kevin Peeples • Micah Lynn Hanson • Garry Nation • Joseph Callender • Anisa Nyell Johnson

When rebellion creeps into their family, Charlie and Alice realize their approach to raising children isn’t working, and they start searching for answers. But is it too late? FamilyLife’s first feature film explores the joys and heartaches of parenting. Through a story that unfolds over 50 years, Charlie and Alice discover the power of family and their need for God.

With Michael R. Roskam • Matthias Schoenaerts • Adele Exarchopoulos

As a member of a notorious Brussels gang renowned for their expertly-executed robberies, Gigi (Matthias Schoenaerts) tends to his front, a luxury automobile import-export business, in his downtime. Sparks fly when he meets glamorous and affluent race car driver Bibi (Adèle Exarchopoulos), and despite their wildly different backgrounds, the pair fall instantly and tragically in love. While Gigi attempts to break away from his illicit history, two things stand in the couple's way to a happy life together: an unrelenting mob hungry for another heist, and the cops that are closing in on them.

With Laura Smet • Mathilde Viseux • Nathalie Baye • Xavier Beauvois • Nicolas Giraud • Iris Bry • Cyril Descours • Gilbert Bonneau • Olivier Rabourdin • Yann Bean • Frédérique Moreau

The women of the Paridier farm, under the deft hand of Hortense, the family's matriarch (Nathalie Baye), must grapple with the workload while the men are off at the front. Initially, the mysterious Francine’s (Iris Bry) arrival is welcomed for her diligence and tirelessness. Soon enough, emotions run high when the sons return on leave, and Francine becomes the center of a familial disturbance.

With Bassem Fayad • Laila Samy • Hanan Youssef • Khalid Abdalla • Tamer El Said • Rasha Salti • Maryam Saleh • Hayder Helo • Basim Hajar

The fictional story of a filmmaker from downtown Cairo played by Khalid Abdalla as he struggles to capture the soul of a city on edge while facing loss in his own life.

With Saoirse Ronan • Annette Bening • Christian Camargo • Bob Salerno • Elisabeth Moss • Michael Mayer • Tom Hulce • Leslie Urdang • Jay Franke • David Herro

Set in rural New England, reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love.

With Rosanna Arquette • Xander Berkeley • Keesha Sharp • Max Heller • Jay Devore • David Coussins • Anna Lore

Born Guilty is the story of a lonely and frazzled New York social worker (Rosanna Arquette) who can’t resist the urge to intervene in her son Marty’s life. Meanwhile, Marty (Jay Devore) is trying to be creative in his advertising career and manage a romantic relationship at the same time, on top of constantly talking his mother off the ledge. When Marty’s free- spirited Aussie pal Rawl (David Coussins) shows up, Marty hires Rawl to see Judy and “restore her to health” — any way it takes. Director Max Heller’s heartfelt, ensemble comedy is filled with wry, sly, funny and sexy connections reminiscent of Nora Ephron, Neil Simon, Woody Allen, The Farrelly Brothers and Rob Reiner’s romantic concoctions.

With Luke Wilson • Donald Sutherland • Madisen Beaty • Judy Greer • Blake Cooper • David Scearce • Liana Liberato • Jim Loach

A teen develops a bond with a Wall Street executive while learning to stand up to bullies during one life-changing summer.

With Don Johnson • Richard Dreyfuss • Mary Steenburgen • Andy Garcia • Diane Keaton • Wallace Shawn • Alicia Silverstone • Andrew Duncan • Bill Holderman • Jane Fonda • Craig T. Nelson • Alex Saks • Ed Begley • Candice Bergen • Katie Aselton • Tommy Dewey • Erin Simms

DIANE (Diane Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage. VIVIAN (Jane Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings attached. SHARON (Candice Bergen) is still working through decades-old divorce. CAROL’s (Mary Steenburgen) marriage is in a slump after 35 years. The lives of these four lifelong friends are turned upside down after reading the infamous 50 Shades of Grey catapults them into a series of outrageous life choices. From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they’re each inspired by the scandalous text to hilarious ends.

With Amanda Seyfried • Ethan Hawke • Cedric the Entertainer • Christine Vachon • Gary Hamilton • Victoria Hill • Paul Schrader • Michael Gaston • David Hinojosa

Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary. Once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the church is now a tourist attraction catering to a dwindling congregation, eclipsed by its nearby parent church, Abundant Life, with its state-of-the-art facilities and 5,000-strong flock. When a pregnant parishioner (Amanda Seyfried) asks Reverend Toller to counsel her husband, a radical environmentalist, the clergyman finds himself plunged into his own tormented past, and equally despairing future, until he finds redemption in an act of grandiose violence. From writer-director Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver; American Gigolo; Affliction) comes a gripping thriller about a crisis of faith that is at once personal, political, and planetary.

With Kim Yong-Wan

In this rousing crowd-pleaser, a former arm-wrestling champion raised in the US returns to South Korea for a tournament that could return him to glory. As he trains for the most intense fight he’s ever faced, he finds his life complicated by the appearance of the biological family he never knew.

With Saoirse Ronan • Sam Mendes • Samuel West • Billy Howle • Pippa Harris • Anne-Marie Duff • Adrian Scarborough • Emily Watson • Stephen Woolley • Elizabeth Karlsen • Ian McEwan • Dominic Cooke

The drama centers on a young couple of drastically different backgrounds in the summer of 1962. Following the pair through their idyllic courtship, the film explores sex and the societal pressure that can accompany physical intimacy, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night

With Emma Roberts • Zachary Quinto • Julianne Nicholson • Matthew Newton

Centers on a convicted felon Beth (Nicholson), who forms an unlikely alliance with a young public defense lawyer Jess (Roberts), who does everything she can to get Beth’s young son back from her sister after Beth went into prison 10 years earlier for manslaughter. Beth finally lowers her guard enough to meet a former U.S. soldier (Quinto) unfazed by her checkered past.

With Elle Fanning • Maisie Williams • Tom Sturridge • Douglas Booth • Amy Baer • Alan Moloney • Haifaa Al-Mansour • Joanne Froggatt • Bel Powley • Ruth Coady

The torrid true-life tale of how a passionate love affair fueled the creation of trailblazing writer Mary Shelley’s Gothic masterwork, Frankenstein.

“Andy Irons: Kissed by God” chronicles the struggles of bipolar disorder and opioid addiction as seen through the life of three-time world champion surfer Andy Irons. Irons struggled with the same demons that millions of people worldwide battle with daily. He was an incredible presence on the surfing world stage as the “People’s Champion," the pride of Hawaii and revered around the world for his blue collar rise to fame and success. However, many were unaware of his internal battles that led to his demise.