Drama Movies 2020 List

With Benedict Cumberbatch • Colin Firth • Dean-Charles Chapman • Daniel Mays • Sam Mendes • Paul Tinto • Mark Strong • Jamie Parker • Pippa Harris • Adrian Scarborough • Richard Madden • George MacKay • Andrew Scott • Krysty Wilson-Cairns • Nabhaan Rizwan • Claire Duburcq • Pip Carter • Andy Apollo • Josef Davies • Billy Postlethwaite • Gabriel Akuwudike

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic’s George MacKay) and Blake (Game of Thrones’ Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers—Blake’s own brother among them.

With Michael B. Jordan • Brie Larson • Jamie Foxx • Tim Blake Nelson • Gil Netter • Niija Kuykendall • Destin Daniel Cretton • O'Shea Jackson Jr • Charles D. King • Mary Kraft • David Michael-Smith • Rhoda Griffis • Jeff Skoll • Scott Budnick • Mike Drake • Andrew Lanham • Daniel Hammond • Drew Scheid • Denitra Isler • Bryan Stevenson • Gabriel Hammond • Asher Goldstein

A powerful and thought-provoking true story, Just Mercy follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds—and the system—stacked against them.

With Bradley Whitford • Peter Dinklage • Walton Goggins • Molly Hassell • Richard Gere • Delphine Perrier • Charlotte Hope • Julianna Margulies • Jon Avnet • Eric Nazarian • Arianne Frasier

In 1959, psychiatrist Dr. Alan Stone (Richard Gere) arrives at a mental hospital in Ypsilanti, Michigan armed with the radical belief that schizophrenic patients should be treated not with confinement and electroshock therapy but with empathy and understanding. As his first study, he takes on the particularly challenging case of three men—Joseph (Peter Dinklage), Leon (Walton Goggins), and Clyde (Bradley Whitford)—each of whom believes they are Jesus Christ. Hoping that by getting them together in the same room to confront their delusions he can break through to them, Dr. Stone begins a risky, unprecedented experiment that will push the boundaries of psychiatric medicine and leave everyone involved—including Dr. Stone himself—profoundly changed. Based on a remarkable true story, Three Christs is a fascinating and moving look at one man’s journey into the deepest mysteries of the human mind.

With Alexis Manenti • Damien Bonnard • Ladj Ly • Giordano Gederlini • Djibril Zonga • Issa Perica • Al-Hassan Ly • Steve Tientcheu • Almamy Kanouté • Nizar Ben Fatma • Raymond Lopez

follows Stéphane (Damien Bonnard), a recent transplant to the impoverished suburb of Montfermeil, as he joins the local anti-crime squad. Working alongside his unscrupulous colleagues Chris (Alexis Manenti) and Gwada (Djebril Zonga), Stéphane struggles to maintain order amidst the mounting tensions between local gangs. When an arrest turns unexpectedly violent, the three officers must reckon with the aftermath and keep the neighborhood from spiraling out of control.

With Maryam Hassouni • Dougie Poynter • Finola Geraghty • Mike Beckingham • Brendan Bishop • Laurence Lamers • Andy Newberry

Follows Robert Atkinson and Vera Tribbe, two strangers with dark and disturbing secrets. When Robert flees London with a briefcase of stolen money, he seeks refuge in Amsterdam at Vera’s home. As they try to suppress their inner demons, a course of destruction emanates from their hidden secrets that can never be escaped.

With McKenna Grace • Viola Davis • Mike Epps • Jim Gaffigan • Allison Janney • Todd Black • 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.

With Elena Beuc • Elena Beuca • Dave Rogers • Ditlev Dharmakaya • Billy Howerdel • Elisabetta Tedla

After a failed attempt to reconnect on a European vacation, a Los Angeles couple, Talita & Dan, find themselves out-of-sorts at a busy airport. Their palpable strain is only made worse when a random Danish vagabond, asks for a ride. Despite Talita’s protests, Dan is captivated by the young traveler and invites him home. Much to their surprise, an unlikely friendship unfolds. Based on the true story of the director and writer, discover how unexpected moments change hearts and lives.

With Kerri Rogers • Geoffrey Rogers • Sarah Manson • Cherie Hollis • Natalie Kehn • Larry Wiezycki

A Christian documentary diving into the sex trafficking industry in the US exposing the darkness that fuels demand, highlighting survivors' transformations through Christ, and showing Christ as the hope for all involved.

With Matthew McConaughey • Guy Ritchie • Kate Beckinsale • Charlie Hunnam • Henry Golding • Colin Farrell • Hugh Grant • Eddie Marsan • Jeremy Strong • Michelle Dockery • Ivan Atkinson • Marn Davies

THE GENTLEMEN follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him

With Samuel L. Jackson • Bradley Whitford • Sebastian Stan • Amy Madigan • William Hurt • Christopher Plummer • Jeremy Irvine • Todd Robinson • Alison Sudol • John Savage • LisaGay Hamilton • Diane Ladd • Linus Roache • Mark Damon • Eliad Josephson • William Hurt with Ed Harris and Samuel L. Jackson • co-starring Peter Fonda

The true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger (Jeremy Irvine), a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen (also known as a PJ) medic who personally saved over sixty men. During a rescue mission on April 11, 1966, he was offered the chance to escape on the last helicopter out of a combat zone heavily under fire, but he stayed behind to save and defend the lives of his fellow soldiers of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division, before making the ultimate sacrifice in the bloodiest battle of the war.

With Beau Bridges • Parker Posey • Ken Jeong • Andy Thompson • Ray Abruzzo • C. Ernst Harth • Marc Bendavid • Candus Churchill • Paula Shaw

Still mourning the death of his wife, Bruno is hopelessly attached to the seaside cottage they built together. When he’s evicted by his soulless in-laws, Bruno vows to get it back at any price. Desperate to escape the gracious but neurotic hosting of his parents, he sets a risky plan in motion to recover his home. Posing as a handyman for the cottage’s intriguing new tenant turns his life - and his intentions - upside down.

With Viktoria Miroshnichenko • Kantemir Balagov • Vasilisa Perelygina

In post-WWII Leningrad, two women, Iya and Masha (astonishing newcomers Viktoria Miroshnichenko and Vasilisa Perelygina), intensely bonded after fighting side by side as anti-aircraft gunners, attempt to readjust to a haunted world. As the film begins, Iya, long and slender and towering over everyone—hence the film’s title—works as a nurse in a shell-shocked hospital, presiding over traumatized soldiers. A shocking accident brings them closer and also seals their fates. The 28-year-old Russian director Kantemir Balagov won Un Certain Regard’s Best Director prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for this richly burnished, occasionally harrowing rendering of the persistent scars of war.

With Blake Lively • Greg Shapiro • Jude Law • Daniel Mays • Vaishali Mistry • Barbara Broccoli • Donald Tang • Michael Wilson • Mark Burnell • Stuart Ford • Reed Morano • Sterling K. Brown • Raza Jaffrey • Rob Friedman • Simon Williams • Gregg Wilson

Blake Lively stars as Stephanie Patrick, an ordinary woman on a path of self-destruction after her family is tragically killed in a plane crash. When Stephanie discovers that the crash was not an accident, she enters a dark, complex world to seek revenge on those responsible and find her own redemption.

With Matthew Macfadyen • Kristine Froseth • Kitty Green • Julia Garner

The Assistant follows one day in the life of Jane (Julia Garner), a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, who has recently landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. Her day is much like any other assistant’s – making coffee, changing the paper in the copy machine, ordering lunch, arranging travel, taking phone messages, onboarding a new hire. But as Jane follows her daily routine, she, and we, grow increasingly aware of the abuse that insidiously colors every aspect of her workday, an accumulation of degradations against which Jane decides to take a stand, only to discover the true depth of the system into which she has entered.

With Maria Fernanda Candido • Marco Bellocchio • Francesco Piccolo • Fabrizio Ferracane • Luigi Lo Cascio • Fausto Russo Alesi • Nicola Calì • Ludovica Rampoldi • Valia Santella

The Traitor tells the true story of Tommaso Buscetta, the man who brought down the Cosa Nostra. In the early 1980's, an all out war rages between Sicilian mafia bosses over the heroin trade. Tommaso Buscetta, a made man, flees to hide out in Brazil. Back home, scores are being settled and Buscetta watches from afar as his sons and brother are killed in Palermo, knowing he may be next. Arrested and extradited to Italy by the Brazilian police, Buscetta makes a decision that will change everything for the Mafia: he decides to meet with Judge Giovanni Falcone and betray the eternal vow he made to the Cosa Nostra.

With Mei Kayama

In a society that dismisses disabled people, a talented comic book artist with cerebral palsy embarks on a path to sexual and personal self-discovery.