2016 Movies : Drama

With Margot Robbie • Martin Freeman • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau • Billy Bob Thornton • Tina Fey • Glenn Ficarra • Christopher Abbott • John Requa • Lorne Michaels • Ian Bryce • Robert Carlock • Stephen Peacocke • Sheila Vand

After arriving in the Middle East region in 2002, a woman works as a journalist in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

With Freida Pinto • Cate Blanchett • Christian Bale • Natalie Portman • Terrence Malick • Sarah Green • Nicolas Gonda

Follows Rick, an uninspired screenwriter living on the event horizon of all the vice, and some of the virtues, Los Angeles has to offer. He is a slave to the Hollywood system; addicted to success but simultaneously despairing at the emptiness of his life.

With the death of his brother Billy hanging over him like a shadow and his surviving brother down on his luck, Rick seeks distraction in the company of women. Women seem to know him better than he know himself, bringing him closer to the heart of things, closer to understanding his place. And while the parties, the dalliances, and the career remain unfulfilling - each woman, each man he’s met through the course of his life has served him in some way as a guide, a messenger. This visceral journey through one man’s City of Angels has just begun.

With Max Landis • Luke Bracey • Dustin Milligan • Emily Meade • Peter Saraf • Marc Turtletaub

Follows three young adults, one of which is struggling with their sexual identity, as they explore love, sex and relationships.

With Apichatpong Weerasethakul • Banlop Lomnoi • Jenjira Pongpas • Jarinpattra Rueangram

Soldiers with a mysterious sleeping sickness are transferred to a temporary clinic in a former school. The memory-filled space becomes a revelatory world for housewife and volunteer Jenjira, as she watches over Itt, a handsome soldier with no family visitors. Jen befriends young medium Keng who uses her psychic powers to help loved ones communicate with the comatose men. Doctors explore ways, including colored light therapy, to ease the mens’ troubled dreams. Jen discovers Itt’s cryptic notebook of strange writings and blueprint sketches. There may be a connection between the soldiers’ enigmatic syndrome and the mythic ancient site that lies beneath the clinic. Magic, healing, romance and dreams are all part of Jen’s tender path to a deeper awareness of herself and the world around her.

With Bradley Cooper • John Goodman • J.J. Abrams • Dan Trachtenberg • Damien Chazelle • Matt Stuecken • Mary Elizabeth Winstead • John Gallagher Jr. • Jon E. Cohen • Dan Casey • Lindsey Weber • Maya Erskine • Josh Campell

Waking up from a car accident, a young woman finds herself in the basement of a man who says he's saved her life from a chemical attack that has left the outside uninhabitable.

With Chris Columbus • Sean Bean • Christian McKay • Jonathan Bailey • Rory Keenan • Sean Lee • David Bradley • David Burke • Michael Barnathan • Mark Radcliffe • Cyrus Nowrasteh • Patricia Chun • Betsy Nowrasteh • Isabelle Adriani • Agni Scott • Lee Boardman

Inspired by Scripture and rooted in history, this story imagines a year in the boyhood of Jesus. Remaining true to the character of Jesus revealed in the Bible, The Young Messiah is an inspirational story about the childhood of the Savior for the whole family.

When the mystery of Jesus’ divinity begins to unfold in His early years, He turns to His parents for answers. But Mary and Joseph, in an effort to protect their child, are afraid to reveal all they know. How do you explain the ways of the world to its Creator? How do you teach the Teacher? How do you help the Savior who came to save you?

Follow the young Messiah as He and His family take the extraordinary journey from Egypt to Nazareth and on to Jerusalem – where His true identity and profound destiny are revealed.

With Helen Mirren • Colin Firth • Aaron Paul • Barkhad Abdi • David Lancaster • Guy Hibbert • Alan Rickman • Iain Glen • Gavin Hood • Phoebe Fox • Ged Doherty • Kim Engelbrecht

Helen Mirren stars as Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer, who is remotely commanding a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. The missions quickly escalates when news of a deadly suicide mission spreads and American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) is conflicted when a nine-year old girl walks into the kill zone. With a civilian life at stake and the clock ticking to stop the terrorist attack, EYE IN THE SKY explores the murky landscape of modern warfare and human morality in our present-day fight against terror.

With Dan Gill • Nora Zehetner • Benjamin Dickinson • Micah Bloomberg • Alexia Rasmussen • Reggie Watts

David (Benjamin Dickinson) is an overworked, tech-addled advertising executive developing a high-profile marketing campaign for a new generation of Augmented Reality glasses. Feeling stuck in his relationship with yoga teacher Juliette (Nora Zehetner), he envies the charmed life of his best friend, fashion photographer Wim (Dan Gill) and his entrancing girlfriend Sophie (Alexia Rasmussen) - so he uses the glasses to develop a life-like avatar of her. Unwittingly, fantasy and reality begin to blur. As passions escalate and things get increasingly out of hand, the friends are forced to deal with the impending collision between their public, private and imaginary lives.

With Christopher Plummer • Benjamin August • Atom Egoyan • Henry Czerny • Bruno Ganz • Martin Landau • Dean Norris

Zev (Academy Award® winner Christopher Plummer) and his best friend Max (Academy Award® winner Martin Landau) make a pact to dedicate their remaining days to resolving unfinished business: tracking down and exacting revenge on the Nazi commandant responsible for killing their families during the war. As Zev is losing his memory to Alzheimer's and Max is too frail to leave the nursing home, Zev embarks on a journey to find their former tormentor which leads to a shocking conclusion.

With Lisa Bowman • Kelly Reichardt • Larry Fessenden • Dick Russell • Michael Buscemi

Shot on 16mm, the story follows the misadventures of disaffected housewife "Cozy," played by Lisa Bowman, and the aimless layabout "Lee," played by up-and-comer Larry Fessenden.

With Max Greenfield • Stephen Root • Sally Field • Daniel Crown • Michael Showalter • Elizabeth Reaser • Daniela Taplin Lundberg • Beth Behrs

After a lifetime of being overlooked and ignored, a woman of a certain age finds her world turned upside down by a handsome new co-worker and a self-help seminar that inspires her to take a chance on love in Hello, My Name is Doris, a witty and compassionate late-life coming-of-age-story.

With Danny Glover • Ellen Burstyn • Nikki Reed • James Frecheville • India Ennenga • Laurie Weltz

Centers on a rebellious, slightly bad-ass Goth girl (India Ennenga) who convinces a suicidal young man (James Frecheville), to go on a road trip with her across Texas to track down her little sister (Onata Aprile) who’s been taken from her great-grandmother’s (Ellen Burstyn) home. Danny Glover portrays a Texas Ranger.

With Catherine Frot • Christa Theret • Xavier Giannoli • André Marcon • Aubert Fenoy • Denis Mpunga • Michel Fau • Sylvain Dieuaide

1921, the beginning of the Golden Twenties. Not far from Paris. It is party day at Marguerite Dumont’s castle. Like every year, an array of music lovers gathers around a great cause at the owner’s place. Nobody knows much about this woman except that she is rich and that her whole life is devoted to her passion: music. Marguerite sings. She sings wholeheartedly, but she sings terribly out of tune. In ways quite similar to the Castafiore, Marguerite has been living her passion in her own bubble, and the hypocrite audience, always coming in for a good laugh, acts as if she was the diva she believes she is. When a young, provocative journalist decides to write a rave article on her latest performance, Marguerite starts to believe even further in her talent. This gives her the courage she needs to follow her dream. Despite her husband’s reluctance, and with the help of a has-been divo, both funny and mean, she decides to train for her first recital in front of a crowd of complete strangers.

With Deborah Ann Woll • Joseph Cross • Richard Schiff • Adelaide Clemens • Justin Lerner

When Davis Green's (Joseph Cross) alluring young cousin Alexis (Adelaide Clemens) appears on his doorstep one night, he discovers that a side of his family has been kept secret from him. Against his father’s wishes, Davis travels to rural, upstate New York to meet his other cousins. While wrestling with a taboo attraction to one another, he and Alexis attempt to reunite their families, uncovering the reasons behind a long-standing rift and the shocking secret that tore their fathers apart. Together, their discoveries force them to confront the temptation to keep their familial grudge going rather than end it.

With Jennifer Garner • Eugenio Derbez • Queen Latifah • John Carroll Lynch • Martin Henderson • DeVon Franklin • Joe Roth • Randy Brown • T.D. Jakes • Patricia Riggen • Kylie Rogers

When Christy (Jennifer Garner) discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna (Kylie Rogers) has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter's healing as she searches for a solution. After Anna has a freak accident, an extraordinary miracle unfolds in the wake of her dramatic rescue that leaves medical specialists mystified, her family restored and their community inspired.

With Thomas Middleditch • Sebastian Stan • Haley Lu Richardson • Jay Duplass • Gary Cole • Mark Duplass • Stephanie Langhoff • Melissa Rauch • Bryan Buckley • Winston Rauch • Cecily Strong

Rauch plays a foul-mouthed former gymnastics bronze medalist who must fight for her local celebrity status when a young athlete’s star rises in town.

With Mathieu Amalric • Arnaud Desplechin

The story of Paul Dédalus, an anthropologist preparing to leave Tajikistan (played in his middle age by Matheiu Amalric). Reflecting on his life, he has a series of flashbacks starting from his childhood in Roubaix—his mother’s attacks of madness, his father’s alienating depression. He remembers a student trip to the USSR, where a clandestine mission led him to offer up his own identity for a young Russian, whom he considered a phantom twin for the remainder of his life. He remembers University life, and returning to his hometown to party with his sister and her best friend, his shifting circle of friends and their casual betrayals.

With Adam Driver • Joel Edgerton • Michael Shannon • Brian Kavanaugh-Jones • Kirsten Dunst • Glen Basner • Jeff Nichols • Jaeden Lieberher • Sam Shepard • Sarah Green • Christos V. Konstantakopoulos • Scott Haze

In the sci-fi thriller Midnight Special, writer/director Jeff Nichols proves again that he is one of the most compelling storytellers of our time, as a father (Michael Shannon), goes on the run to protect his young son, Alton (Jaeden Lieberher), and uncover the truth behind the boy’s special powers.

What starts as a race from religious extremists and local law enforcement quickly escalates to a nationwide manhunt involving the highest levels of the Federal Government. Ultimately his father risks everything to protect Alton and help fulfill a destiny that could change the world forever, in this genre–defying film as supernatural as it is intimately human.

With Dustin Hoffman • Jesse Plemons • Lee Pace • Ben Foster • Stephen Frears • Guillaume Canet • Elaine Cassidy • Chris O'Dowd • Tim Bevan • Eric Fellner • Tracey Seaward • Laura Donnelly • Edward Hogg

The true story of the meteoric rise and fall of one of the most celebrated and controversial men in recent history: Lance Armstrong, the world-renowned Tour de France champion.

With Olivia Grace Applegate • Trey Edward Shults • Bryan Casserly • Alex Dobrenko • Krisha Fairchild

Krisha attends Thanksgiving with her family, after not seeing them for ten years. The past comes back to haunt and destroys the festivities.

With Clive Owen • Michael Eklund • Maria Bello • Patton Oswalt • Stephen Tobolowsky • Bob Nelson • Spencer Drever

Follows eight-year-old Anthony (Lieberher) and his estranged father (Owen) spending two days together for the first time in forever, as the boy’s mom (Bello) and new husband (Modine) head off to a religious retreat. Their mutual unease is exacerbated when the father’s truck breaks down, his landlord locks him out of his house, and the toolbox that provides his living gets stolen. As they search for the stolen tools with help from an odd neighbor (Oswalt), the father and son begin to establish a connection.

With Lucy Fry • Thomas Mann • Adam Folk • Logan Huffman • Ashley Rudden • Joseph Mensch • Bill Sage • Amy Hargreaves • Ryan Ward • Joseph Castelo • Sam Page • Dylan Blue • Jessica Rothe • Billy Raftery • Charlie Bunting • Eric Schultz • Carlo Sirtori

A working class prodigy (Thomas Mann) steps into the elite corridors of a prep school in his hometown and learns that the path into the world of “Preppies” is to supply them with cocaine. He uses his connections and fearlessness to impress his new friends, but finds that accessing the world of privilege comes at a steep cost.

With Miyoko Asada • Masatoshi Nagase • Kirin Kiki • Naomi Kawase • Kyara Uchida • Etsuko Ichihara

Sentaro runs a small bakery that serves dorayakis—pastries filled with sweet red bean paste. When an old lady, Tokue, offers to help in the kitchen, he reluctantly accepts. But Tokue proves to have magic in her hands when it comes to making sweet bean paste. Thanks to her secret recipe, the little business soon flourishes. And with time, Sentaro and Tokue will open their hearts to reveal old wounds.

With Lanny Joon • Danny Cho • Sunn Wee • Peter Jae • Bobby Choy • Daniel Park

Based on the wildly successful web-series of the same name, Ktown Cowboys is a bro-mantic dramedy that follows a group of ball-busting, hard-partying friends wrestling with their evolution into adulthood. As their individual struggles come to light, the group of friends band together in Koreatown and through late nights at seedy after-hour soju bars, karaoke drinking girls and even a stint in jail, each emerges as a better version of himself.

With Elizabeth Olsen • Tom Hiddleston • Brett Ratner • Eric Newman • David Krumholtz • James Packer • James DuMont • Josh Pais • Marc Abraham • Eric Geadelmann • Anastasia Brown • Colin Escott • Maddie Hasson • Wrenn Schmidt

Hank Williams, who grows up dirt poor in Alabama during the Depression, skyrockets to fame with 11 No. 1 hits, including classics "Cold, Cold Heart," "Your Cheatin' Heart" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." Williams suffers from spina bifida, which leads him to turn to alcohol and morphine for pain relief. Haunted by demons and bad habits, Williams dies in 1953 at age 29.

With Ethan Hawke • Carmen Ejogo • Callum Keith Rennie • Robert Budreau

The story of Chet Baker, the trumpeter and singer who, after becoming a jazz icon in the 1950s, became equally famous for his drug addiction. Picking up his story in the late 1960s, Born to Be Blue is a love story that mixes historical fact and fiction as it re-imagines Baker’s extraordinary attempt at a comeback.

With Nil Cardoner • John-Paul Davidson • Tom Hodgson • José Luis Gutiérrez • José Navar • Maria Molins • Alvar Gordejuela • Adrián Salzedo • Quim Ávila • Manuel Menárguez • Luis Carlos de La Lombana

Despite being blocked at almost every turn in pursuit of the sport he loved, Seve Ballesteros fought against adversity to become the most spectacular and charismatic golfer to ever play the game. Seve combines dramatic recreations with electrifying archive footage to tell his incredible rags-to-riches story, from humble beginnings on the beaches of Spain where aged six he taught himself the game with a broken 3 iron strapped to a stick, to becoming world number one and the greatest golfer of a generation.