Drama Movies 2018 List

With Joaquin Phoenix • Lynne Ramsay • Alessandro Nivola • John Doman • Ekaterina Samsonov • Alex Manette • Judith Roberts • Dane Pereira-Olsen

A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.

With Ed Helms • Kate Mara • Chris Cowles • Mark Ciardi • Chris Fenton • Jason Clarke • Bruce Dern • John Curran • Taylor Allen • Andrew Logan • Campbell McInnes

On the eve of the moon landing, Ted Kennedy is involved in a tragic single-car accident that results in the death of former Robert Kennedy campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne. The senator struggles to follow his own moral compass and simultaneously protect his family's legacy, all while simply trying to keep his own political ambitions alive.

With Helen Hunt • William Hurt • Erin Moriarty • Sean McNamara • Mark Ciardi • David Aaron Cohen • Mickey Liddell • Pete Shilaimon • Scott Holroyd • Elissa Matsueda • Danika Yarosh

Based on the inspiring true story of West High School girls' volleyball team. After the loss of the school's star player, Caroline "Line" Found, in an accident, the remaining team players must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hope of winning the state championship.

With Steve Zahn • Thomas Mann • Steve Buscemi • Charlie Plummer • Chloë Sevigny • Andrew Haigh • Travis Fimmell

Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson (Charlie Plummer) arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray (Travis Fimmel), both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse’s gruff owner Del Montgomery (Steve Buscemi) and his seasoned jockey Bonnie (Chloë Sevigny) help Charley fill the void of his father’s absence—until he discovers that Pete is bound for slaughter, prompting him to take extreme measures to spare his new friend’s life.

With Sam Neill • Greer Simpkin • Bryan Brown • Thomas J. Wright • Warwick Thornton • David Jowsey • Ewen Leslie • Hamilton Morris

Set in Australia’s rugged Northern Territory, Sweet Country revolves around the encounter between Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man working for a preacher, and Harry, a bitter war veteran. Sam’s relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defense. Wanted by the authorities, Sam is forced to flee with his wife across the Outback, but as the true details of the killing start to surface, the community begins to question whether justice is really being served.

With Jon Hamm • Rosamund Pike • Tony Gilroy • Shea Whigham • Mark Pellegrino • Brad Anderson • Dean Norris

A U.S. diplomat (Jon Hamm) flees Lebanon in 1972 after a tragic incident at his home. Ten years later, he is called back to war-torn Beirut by CIA operatives (Rosamund Pike) to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.

With James McAvoy • Alicia Vikander • Cameron Lamb • Wim Wenders • Celyn Jones • Erin Dignam

James (James McAvoy) is a British agent under the cover of a water engineer, while Danny (Alicia Vikander) is a bio-mathematician working on a deep-sea diving project to explore the origin of life on our planet. On a chance encounter in a remote resort in Normandy where they both prepare for their respective missions, they fall rapidly, and unexpectedly, into each other's arms and a deliriously wild love affair develops, even though their jobs are destined to separate them. Danny sets off on a perilous quest to dive to the bottom of the ocean. James’s assignment takes him to Somalia, where he is sucked into a geopolitical vortex that puts him in grave danger. Both characters are subject to different kinds of isolation as they pine for each other; their determination to reconnect becomes as much an existential journey as a love story.

With Ben Kingsley • Hera Hilmar • Peter Serafinowicz • Brad Silberling

An infamous war criminal and former general (Ben Kingsley) spending his life on the run from international authorities is suddenly moved to a new hideout, where he develops a relationship with the maid that looks after him. But when he discovers that she is actually an agent hired to protect him, he makes a decision that will drastically change both of their lives.

With Jon Hamm • Zachary Quinto • Jenny Slate • Brian Shoaf

Centers on a mentally ill man (Zachary Quinto) who, after suffering hallucinations, begins to see a therapist. He believes he has fallen in love, but isn't sure if his new soulmate is real or a hallucination. At the same time, his new therapist also finds love — with her new patient's famous brother.

With Shia LaBeouf • Stellan Skarsgard • Janus Metz Pederson • Ronnie Sandahl • Tuva Novotny • Sverrir Gudnason

Story of tennis star Björn Borg and his biggest rival, the young and talented John McEnroe and their legendary duel during the 1980’s Wimbledon tournament.

With Chloé Zhao • Brady Jandreau • Tim Jandreau • Lilly Jandreau • Lane Scott • Cat Clifford

Based on his a true story, The Rider stars breakout Brady Jandreau as a once rising star of the rodeo circuit warned that his competition days are over after a tragic riding accident. Back home, Brady finds himself wondering what he has to live for when he can no longer do what gives him a sense of purpose: to ride and compete. In an attempt to regain control of his fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and tries to redefine his idea of what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.

With Lola Duenas • Juan Minujin • Daniel Gimenez Cacho • Matheus Nachtergaele • Lucrecia Martel

Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the town in which he is stagnating, to a better place. His situation is delicate. He must ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind. The years go by and the letter from the King never arrives. When Zama notices everything is lost, he joins a party of soldiers that go after a dangerous bandit.

With Sam Neill • Greer Simpkin • Bryan Brown • Thomas J. Wright • Warwick Thornton • David Jowsey • Ewen Leslie • Hamilton Morris

Set in Australia’s rugged Northern Territory, Sweet Country revolves around the encounter between Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man working for a preacher, and Harry, a bitter war veteran. Sam’s relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defense. Wanted by the authorities, Sam is forced to flee with his wife across the Outback, but as the true details of the killing start to surface, the community begins to question whether justice is really being served.

With Emilie Dequenne • Lucas Belvaux

The movie portrays a charismatic thirtysomething single mother (Emilie Dequenne) who gets “hired” by the far-right party to become its representative in an underprivileged town in Northern France.

With Shawn Levy • Jason Sudeikis • Mark Raso • Ed Harris • Ellen Goldsmith-Vein • Dan Levine • Eric Robinson • Jonathan Tropper

In the final days before Kodak retires the Kodachrome photo development system and concedes to digital cameras, a father and son travel to the last lab in the country which has the chemicals to develop Kodachrome film in hopes of processing photos before the still images are forever lost.

With Nick Offerman • Alex Wolff • Ellen Burstyn • Asa Butterfield • Maude Apatow • Michaela Watkins • Peter Livolsi

The film follows a 16-year-old (Asa Butterfield) who has spent most of his life with his Buckminster Fuller-loving Nana (Ellen Burstyn) in their geodesic-dome home tourist attraction until she is sidelined by a stroke. He soon forms a punk band with a chain-smoking teen (Alex Wolff), who lives in the suburbs with his bible-banging single dad Alan (Nick Offerman) and teenage sister Meredith (Maude Apatow).

With Louis Garrel • Stacy Martin • Michel Hazanavicius

Centers on the drama surrounding the shooting of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1967 film, Le Chinoise, which starred his then-wife, Anne Wiazemsky

With Cordula Kablitz-Post

Lou Andreas-Salomé, the woman who enraptured 19th century Europe’s greatest minds, recounts her life to Ernst Pfeiffer in this German film directed by Cordula Kablitz-Post. A published novelist, poet and essayist, Salomé’s desire to live a life free from convention scandalized society but spurred genius and passion in others, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Paul Rée and her lover, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Under the tutelage of Sigmund Freud, she became the first female psychoanalyst.

With Ron Perlman • Jake McDorman • Martin Starr • George Sample III • Zach Golden

After two deputy sheriffs lose their jobs because of poor arrest records, they purse an escaped convict to try and win back their badges. But nabbing the convict won’t be half as dangerous as facing the ruthless sheriff who is tracking their every move.

With Rachel McAdams • Rachel Weisz • Frida Torresblanco • Ed Guiney • Alessandro Nivola • Sebastian Lelio • Rebecca Lenkiewicz

The film follows a woman (Rachel Weisz) as she returns to the community that shunned her decades earlier for an attraction to a childhood friend (Rachel McAdams). Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.

With Sofia Boutella • Raj Zutshi • Robert Sheehan • Adelayo Adedayo • Charles Henri Belleville • Osy Ikhile • Jasper Pääkkönen • Craig Parkinson

Two friends cross a London gangster forcing them to flee England. Lee and Sol are hiding out on a beach in Southern India living a slacker life of sex, drugs and parties. Trouble comes to paradise when Vix, a beautiful girl from Lee’s past, turns up. Things get worse when the gang find themselves up against crooked cops, local hoodlums, gangsters…. and their past. How far do you have to go to get away?

With Halle Berry • Daniel Craig • Rick Ravanello • Charles Gillibert • Deniz Gamze Erguven • Lamar Johnson • Issac Ryan Brown • Kevin Carroll

Set in 1992, a loner lives in South Central Los Angeles and falls in love with a woman. When riots erupt after four Los Angeles Police officers are acquitted of excessive force in the beating of Rodney King, he helps her protect her children from the violence.

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

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.