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Drama Movies 2019 List

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Last modified: Dec. 10, 2022

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With Gina Rodriguez Catherine Hardwicke Ismael Cruz Cordova Kevin Misher Pablo Cruz Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer Cruz Córdova Cristina Rodlo Ricardo Abarca

(Gina Rodriguez) finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 44 mins
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With McKenna Grace Viola Davis Allison Janney Mike Epps Todd Black Jim Gaffigan Lucy Alibar Charlie Shotwell Bert & Bertie

In a tiny Georgia town in 1977, a motherless girl dreams of life beyond the confines of her trailer-park home in Troop Zero. When her quest for connection leads her to reach for the stars in a competition to be included on NASA’s landmark Golden Record, it becomes clear she will have to depend on some new friends to take her the last mile.

PG Drama 1 hr, 37 mins
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With Mads Mikkelsen Joe Penna Ryan Morrison Maria Thelma Smáradóttir

A man stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown in hopes of making it out alive.

PG-13 Drama
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With Stephen Baldwin Victor Abraham Shari Rigby Aneesh Daniel Andrew Matthews Sharman Joshi Manoj Mishra Prakash Belawadi

As the social fabric of life in rural India disintegrates in the late 1990s, journalist Manav Banerjee (Sharman Joshi) moves with his pregnant wife to the town of Orissa in hope of a better life and the promise of a lucrative career. When speculation mounts that local Australian missionary Graham Staines (Stephen Baldwin) is illegally proselytizing leprosy patients, Manav agrees to investigate undercover for the newspaper. What he finds is a series of revelations that are difficult to fathom and even harder to explain, and Manav is forced to make a choice between his own ambition and the truth.

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 52 mins
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With Nina Dobrev Tyler Hoechlin Ken Jeong Maisie Williams David Koechner Asa Butterfield Peyton List Sonya Walger Peter Hutchings Margot Bingham Fergal Rock

The film tells the story of Skye (Maisie Williams), a spunky teenager with a terminal illness who befriends Calvin (Asa Butterfield), a 19-year old hypochondriac who is afraid of his own shadow. Calvin helps Skye carry out her eccentric bucket list of things to do before she dies. In the process, he learns to confront and conquer his own fears, including falling in love with the beautiful, but seemingly untouchable, Izzy (Nina Dobrev).

NR Drama 1 hr, 36 mins
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With Jake Gyllenhaal John Malkovich Daveed Diggs Natalia Dyer Tom Sturridge Toni Collette Rene Russo Jennifer Fox Zawe Ashton Dan Gilroy

A satirical thriller set in the contemporary art world scene of Los Angeles where big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce.

R Drama 1 hr, 52 mins
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With Penelope Cruz Javier Bardem Asghar Farhadi Ricardo Darin

The film follows Laura (Cruz) on her travels from Argentina to her small home town in Spain for her sister’s wedding, bringing her two children along for the occasion. Amid the joyful reunion and festivities, the eldest daughter is abducted. In the tense days that follow, various family and community tensions surface and deeply hidden secrets are revealed.

R Drama 2 hrs, 13 mins
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With Ryan Eggold David Wain Gary Cole Judith Godreche Archie Borders Ary Abittan

A bourbon salesman (Walsh) fighting off 50, unexpectedly proposes and is rejected by his best friend’s 24-year-old daughter under the Eiffel Tower. The soul crushing event sparks a wine-fueled ‘coming of middle age’ jaunt across the French countryside, a surprising friendship with a local footballer (Eggold) and sparks romantic possibilities with a beautiful and independent French woman (Godrèche).

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With Matthew Broderick Shawn Snyder Géza Röhrig

Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor, distraught by his wife’s untimely death, struggles to find religious solace while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert, a community college biology professor, the two embark on an increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld.

Drama 1 hr, 32 mins
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With Felisha Terrell Bruce Davison Isaach de Bankolé Denise Richards Chuck Liddell Thomas Q. Jones Khalilah Joi Matthew Berkowitz

An unknown MMA fighter, Ty Matthews, beats the undefeated champion at a local gym. Overnight, Ty becomes the underdog champion of the world - with a title fight on the horizon. But when the female reporter covering the story is found dead, Ty becomes the murder suspect; as he was last seen with her leaving a bar late at night. His only alibi is his girlfriend who is aware of him arriving home late that night. A blackout, a dead body, and incriminating circumstances puts Ty in the middle of a mystery. Like Bogart in “In a Lonely Place” he finds himself under the microscope of a murder, which he doesn’t know if he committed.

NR Drama 2 hrs, 27 mins
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With Ben Mendelsohn Alice Eve Brandon K. Hogan Billy Crystal Scott Caan Jennifer Grey Jamie Dornan Scott Lastaiti Emma Forrest Lola Kirke Jemima Kirke Luke Daniels

Follows the affair between Andrea (Jemima Kirke), a former teen prodigy turned heroin addict who is trying to be a writer now that she's sober, and Nick (Dornan), a writer who's found success with his memoir of war-time bravery, which sees him showered in wealth and women.

R Drama 1 hr, 38 mins
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With Zachary Quinto Zazie Beetz Steven Soderbergh Bill Duke Kyle MacLachlan Andre Holland Melvin Gregg Sonja Sohn

During a pro basketball lockout, a sports agent pitches a rookie basketball client on an intriguing and controversial business proposition.

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With José Acosta Maria Camila Arias Jacques Toulemonde Vidal Juan Bautista Martínez Natalia Reyes Cristina Gallego Ciro Guerro Carmiña Martínez Jhon Narváez Greider Meza José Vincente Cote

The film explores the origins of the Colombian drug trade through the epic story of an indigenous Wayuu family that becomes involved in the booming business of selling marijuana to American youth in the 1970’s. When greed, passion and honour collide, a fratricidal war breaks out that will put their lives, their culture and their ancestral traditions at stake.

NR Drama 2 hrs, 5 mins
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With Dwayne Johnson Florence Pugh Vince Vaughn Lena Headey Hiram Garcia Nick Frost Jack Lowden Stephen Merchant Dany Garcia Kevin Misher Michael J. Luisi Michael Luisi

Reformed gangster and former wrestler Ricky, his wife Julia, daughter Saraya and son Zak make a living performing in tiny venues across the country. Ricky and Julia want a better life for their children and when brother and sister get the chance to audition for the WWE, it seems the family dream is coming true and all their troubles will be solved. However, Saraya and Zak are about to learn that becoming a WWE Superstar demands more than they ever imagined possible as athletes and siblings.

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 48 mins
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With Frank Grillo Margaret Qualley James Badge Dale Jamie Bell David Lancaster Tim Sutton

Three desperate souls must fight their way out of a dead-end world in this bracing, gut-punching glimpse into America’s dark underbelly. Earl (Jamie Bell) is a struggling ex-marine and father determined to make a better life for his family—no matter what it takes. Angus (Frank Grillo) is a violent, unhinged drug dealer who leaves a trail of death and destruction in his wake. And Delia (Margaret Qualley) is a haunted woman who will do anything to escape a life of crime she can no longer bear. In their kill-or-be-killed world, all roads lead to the Donnybrook: an illicit backwoods cage match where bare-knuckled fighters brawl for a shot at a $100,000 prize. It’s either a last-ditch chance at redemption—or a death sentence.

NR Drama 1 hr, 42 mins
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With Christophe Honoré Vincent Lacoste Pierre Deladonchamps Denis Podalydès

Paris, 1993. Jacques (Pierre Deladonchamps) is a semi-renowned writer and single father in his thirties trying to maintain his sense of romance and humor in spite of the turmoil in his life and the world. While on a work trip to Brittany, he meets Arthur (Vincent LaCoste), an aspiring filmmaker in his early twenties, who is experiencing a sexual awakening and eager to get out of his parochial life. Arthur becomes instantly smitten with the older man.

NR Drama
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With Dwayne Johnson Florence Pugh Vince Vaughn Lena Headey Hiram Garcia Nick Frost Jack Lowden Stephen Merchant Dany Garcia Kevin Misher Michael J. Luisi Michael Luisi

Reformed gangster and former wrestler Ricky, his wife Julia, daughter Saraya and son Zak make a living performing in tiny venues across the country. Ricky and Julia want a better life for their children and when brother and sister get the chance to audition for the WWE, it seems the family dream is coming true and all their troubles will be solved. However, Saraya and Zak are about to learn that becoming a WWE Superstar demands more than they ever imagined possible as athletes and siblings.

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 48 mins
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With Frances Fisher Mykelti Williamson Mario Van Peebles Tanner Stine Kristoffer Polaha Chris Dowling Evan Hofer Kelsey Reinhardt Jake McEntire Jason Baumgartner

In Run The Race, two desperate brothers sacrifice today for a better tomorrow. Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers’ ticket out of town. When a devastating injury puts Zach—and his dreams—on the sidelines, David laces up his track cleats to salvage their future and point Zach toward hope.

PG Drama
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With Lew Temple Austin Nichols Lane Garrison Ali Cobrin Ty Roberts

The story of Jim McNeely (Lane Garrison), a young man thrust into the vibrant and brutal West Texas oilfields in 1939. In a state gushing with oil and filled with ambition, McNeely settles into a small-town community that is slowly overcoming the trauma of the Great Depression. The formidable path before him is riddled with obstacles – overbearing bosses who try to keep him down, powerful oilmen who are reluctant to invest in a fresh face, and women who see salvation in his charms – but he finds a glimmer of hope with his first loves: new wife Lee Montgomery (Ali Cobrin) and drilling for oil. With everything falling into place to ascend to the top of the oil chain, McNeely stumbles upwards through his success and in turn jeopardizes his desperate longing to conquer this brave new world of influence and wealth.

R Drama
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With Susanne Wolff Gedion Oduor Wekesa Alexander Beyer Inga Birkenfeld Wolfgang Fischer

ER doctor Rike (Susanne Wolff) embarks on a one-woman solo sailing trip to Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. When Rike comes across a sinking ship of refugees, she is quickly torn out of her contented and idealized world and must make a momentous decision.

NR Drama 1 hr, 34 mins
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