Drama Movies 2020 List

With Noah Schnapp • Ben Cookson • Anjelica Huston • Thomas Kretschmann • Jean Reno • Joséphine dela Baume • Toby Torlesse • Tomas Lemarquis • Sadie Frost • Michael Morpurgo • Elsa Zylbertsein

A teenage shepherd boy (Noah Schnapp) and a reclusive widow Horcada (Anjelica Huston) help smuggle Jewish children into Spain in the World War II drama.

With Levan Akin • Ana Javakishvili • Giorgi Tsereteli • Tamar Bukhnikashvili • Marika Gogichaishvili • Levan Gelbakhiani • Bachi Valishvili

A passionate tale of love and liberation set amidst the conservative confines of modern Georgian society, AND THEN WE DANCED follows Merab, a devoted dancer who has been training for years with his partner Mary for a spot in the National Georgian Ensemble. The arrival of another male dancer, Irakli—gifted with perfect form and equipped with a rebellious streak—throws Merab off balance, sparking both an intense rivalry and romantic desire that may cause him to risk his future in dance as well as his relationships with Mary and his family.

With Alison Brie • Molly Shannon • Debby Ryan • Jeff Baena • John Reynolds • John Ortiz • Jay Duplass

Sarah (Alison Brie), a socially isolated arts and crafts store employee, finds herself more content in the company of horses and supernatural crime shows than people. But when a series of strangely surreal dreams upend the simplicity of her waking life, Sarah struggles to distinguish her visions from reality.

With Will Ferrell • Kristofer Hivju • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • Julian Grey • Stefanie Azpiazu • Miranda Otto • Zach Woods • Jesse Armstrong • Zoë Chao • Anthony Bregman • Nat Faxon • Jim Rash • Ammon Jacob Ford

In Downhill, barely escaping an avalanche during a ski vacation in the Alps throws a seemingly picture-perfect family into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate life, and how they truly feel about each other.

With Lakeith Stanfield • Kingsley Ben-Adir • Lil Rel Howery • Chanté Adams • Courtney B. Vance • Issa Rae • Y’lan Noel • Will Packer • Teyonah Parris • Chelsea Peretti • Stella Meghie • Rob Morgan

When famed photographer Christina Eames unexpectedly dies, she leaves her estranged daughter Mae Morton (Rae) hurt, angry and full of questions. When a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box is found, Mae finds herself on a journey delving into her mother’s early life and ignites a powerful, unexpected romance with a rising-star journalist, Michael Block (Stanfield).

With Céline Sciamma • Noémie Merlant • Valeria Golino • Adèle Haenel • Luàna Bajrami

Brittany, France, 1760. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young lady who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day and secretly paints her at night. Intimacy and attraction grow between the two women as they share Héloïse’s first and last moments of freedom, all whilst Marianne paints the portrait that will end it all.

With Heather Graham • Alanna Francis • Sophie Nelisse • Abigail Pniowsky • Jodi Balfour • Aisling Chin-Yee • Katie Nolan • Lindsay Tapscott • Emma Fleury • William Woods

Follows a quartet of women struggling with their own truths, flaws and secrets as their pasts color their future.

With Liam Neeson • Lesley Manville • Glenn Leyburn • David Wilmot • Lisa Barros D'Sa • Owen McCafferty • Amit Shah • Esh Alladi

Joan and Tom (Academy Award nominee Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson) have been married for many years. An everyday couple with a remarkable love, there is an ease to their relationship which only comes from spending a lifetime together. When Joan is diagnosed with breast cancer, the course of her treatment shines a light on their enduring devotion, as they must find the humor and grace to survive a year of adversity.

With Richard Wong • Janeane Garofalo • Grant Rosenmeyer • C.S. Lee • Erik Linthorst • Gabourey Sidibe • Hayden Szeto • Ravi Patel

Three young men with disabilities (Grant Rosenmeyer, Hayden Szeto, and Ravi Patel) flee their overbearing parents on a road trip to a brothel in Montreal catering to people with special needs. Sam (Gabourey Sidibe), a traveling nurse, drives the three guys across the border as they go on this trip to lose their virginity and embrace their independence.

With Brea Grant • Justin Benson • Henry Zebrowski • Jeremy Gardner • Christian Stella • Nicola Masciotra • Ashley Song

Ten years into his small-town, storybook romance with Abby, Hank suddenly wakes up to an empty home. With nothing but a cryptic note to explain why she left, Hank’s charmed life begins to fall apart. To make matters worse, Abby’s disappearance seems to trigger the arrival of a ferocious creature that crawls out of the old grove on the edge of his property.

With Richard Dreyfuss • Steven Spielberg • Roy Scheider • Robert Shaw • Lorraine Gary • Murray Hamilton • Carl Gottlieb

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police (Roy Scheider), a young marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a grizzled shark hunter (Robert Shaw) embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again. Featuring an unforgettable score that evokes pure terror, Jaws remains one of the most influential and gripping adventures in motion picture history.

With Helen Hunt • Ana de Armas • Tye Sheridan • John Leguizamo • Michael Cristofer • David M. Wulf

While on duty, a young, socially challenged hotel clerk (Tye Sheridan) witnesses a murder in one of the rooms but his suspicious actions land him as the lead detective’s (John Leguizamo) number one suspect.

With George Sample III • Gbenga Akinnagbe • Danny Hoch • Khris Davis • Marsha Stephanie Blake • Sam de Jong • Slick Woods • Edwina Findley Dickerson

Goldie is a star – well, not quite yet, but at least in the eyes of her little sisters Sherrie and Supreme she is. The rest of the world is bound to take note soon too. Her big break surely awaits, she’s just got to pick up that golden fur coat she’s had her eye on first. And land a role as a dancer in a hip-hop video. And keep child welfare services from separating her from Sherrie and Supreme, after their mother is locked up. Holding onto those dreams isn’t easy when fate has placed such daunting obstacles in her path. With Goldie, Dutch director Sam de Jong has delivered a real New York film: raw and glamorous, unflinchingly realistic and relentlessly optimistic, with a ton of heart and at least as much attitude.

With Jinpa • Genden Puntsok • Sonam Wangmo • Pema Tseden

On an isolated road driving across Kekexili Plateau, the world’s highest plains, a trucker picks up a young hitchhiker who shares his name: Jinpa. The truck driver soon discovers that the young man is on a dangerous mission. Could their brief time together change both of their lives?

With Ben Affleck • Anne Hathaway • Toby Jones • Willem Dafoe • Robert Jones • Cassian Elwes • Marco Villalobos • Laura Niemi • Edi Gathegi • Mel Rodriguez • Carlos Leal • Rosie Perez • Dee Rees • Wayne Marc Godfrey • Onata Aprile

Adapted from the Joan Didion novel of the same title, The Last Thing He Wanted is set against the nebulous milieu of the Iran-Contra scandal. Veteran D.C. journalist Elena McMahon (Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway) abandons the 1984 campaign trail out of a misguided sense of duty to her father, Dick McMahon (Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe). Guilted into running a dangerous fool’s errand on his behalf, Elena leverages the moment to pursue her own investigation but instead gets tipped into the confounding center of the very intrigue she’s trying to expose. Answers turn into questions and wrong turns lead to dead ends in this stylish political thriller as Elena becomes increasingly lost on a map of someone else’s making and the possibility of return — to home and to herself — slowly narrows.

With Leigh Whannell • Kylie du Fresne • Elisabeth Moss • Aldis Hodge • Jason Blum • Oliver Jackson-Cohen • Storm Reid • Harriet Dyer • Couper Samuelson • Charles Layton • Rosemary Blight • Jeanette Volturno • Beatriz Sequeira • Ben Grant

Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding, aided by her sister, their childhood friend, and his teenage daughter. But when Cecilia’s abusive ex (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia’s sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

With Garrett Hedlund • Forest Whitaker • Robbie Brenner • Andrew Heckler • Andrea Riseborough • Tom Wilkinson • Tess Harper • Usher Raymond • Bill Kenwright • Crystal Fox

Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker (The Butler, Black Panther) and Garrett Hedlund (Mudbound) star in a powerful and timely true-story of faith and love overcoming hate. Set in a small South Carolina town scarred from deep-rooted racism in the mid-nineties, an unlikely friendship forms when an African American Reverend (Whitaker) shelters Mike Burden (Hedlund) a KKK member, along with his girlfriend Judy, a single mother played by Andrea Riseborough. Through his faith and love, Reverend Kennedy helps Mike leave his violent past in the Klan ultimately helping to heal the community.

With Ahmad Cage • Krzysztof Meyn • Benh Zeitlin • Eliza Zeitlin • Devin France • Yashura Mack • Gage Naquin • Gavin Naquin • Romyri Ross

The classic story of Peter Pan is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic from Benh Zeitlin, director of BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD. Lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.

With Betsy Brandt • James Scully • Tracie Thoms • Katie Findlay • Randall Park • James Sweeney

Todd is a hyper-articulate, obsessive compulsive gay twentysomething whose fear of dying alone leads him to a baffling conclusion: he might not be gay after all. When he meets Rory, a whip-smart struggling actress with her own set of insecurities, the two forge a relationship that’s all talk and no sex. Writer-Director-Star James Sweeney delivers a razor sharp rom-com that’s equal parts Classical Hollywood and distinctly 21st century, exploring just how elastic our definitions of love and sexuality can get.

With Isla Fisher • Asa Butterfield • Stephen Fry • Asim Chaudhry • Steve Coogan • Shirley Henderson • Michael Winterbottom • Sophie Cookson • David Mitchell • Sarah Solemani • Shanina Shaik • Dinita Gohil • Pearl Mackie • Jonny Sweet • Ollie Locke

Steve Coogan stars in the satire as a self-made British billionaire who throws an extravagant 60th birthday party for himself to save his fashion empire.

With Eric Johnson • David Cronenberg • Marie-Josee Croze • Tuppence Middleton • Hannah Gross • Albert Shin

Following the death of her mother, Abby (Tuppence Middleton), a troubled young woman with a checkered past, returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls and the dilapidated motel her family used to run. While there, she finds herself drawn once again into a mystery that has haunted her since childhood: what happened to the young boy she saw being violently abducted in the woods twenty-five years ago? As Abby sets out to find out the truth, she must confront both a shocking, long-buried conspiracy that runs as deep as the falls themselves as well as her own inner demons.

With Alex Thompson • Kelly O'Sullivan • Charin Alvarez • Braden Crothers • Laura T. Fisher • Mary Beth Fisher

After an abortion, a deadbeat nanny finds an unlikely friendship with the six-year old she's charged with protecting.

With Hlynur Palmason • Ingvar Sigurdsson • Hilmir Snær Guðnason • Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir • Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir • Björn Ingi Hilmarsson • Elma Stefania Agustsdottir • Haraldur Stefansson

In a remote Icelandic town, an off-duty police chief (a chilling Ingvar Sigurdsson, who received Cannes’ Critics’ Week award for Best Actor for his performance) begins to suspect a local man of having had an affair with his late wife, who died in a tragic accident two years earlier. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth takes over his life and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones.

With Elle Fanning • Virginia Gardner • Sofia Hasmik • Luke Wilson • Brett Haley • Alexandra Shipp • Brittany Kahan Ward • Justice Smith • Lamar Johnson • Doug Mankoff • Andrew Spaulding • Mitchell Kaplan • Liz Hannah • Kelli O’Hara • Felix Mallard • with Keegan-Michael Key • Jennifer Niven • Paula Mazar

Based on the internationally bestselling novel by Jennifer Niven, All The Bright Places tells the story of Violet Markey (Elle Fanning) and Theodore Finch (Justice Smith), who meet and change each other’s lives forever. As they struggle with the emotional and physical scars of their past, they come together, discovering that even the smallest places and moments can mean something. This compelling drama provides a refreshing and human take on the experience of mental illness, its impact on relationships, as well as the beauty and lasting impact of young love.