2023 Movies : Drama

With Rory J Saper • George Somner • Kaine Zajaz • Mia McKenna-Bruce • Connor O'Hara • Wilson Mbomio

Kindling follows a group of young men who return to their home town in order to turn their friend's final days into a celebration of life and friendship.

With Jamie Foxx • Tommy Lee Jones • Jurnee Smollett • Dorian Missick • Bill Camp • Jim Klock • Mamoudou Athie • Pamela Reed • Doug Wright • Maggie Betts • Amanda Warren

Based on a true story, the film tells of a personal-injury lawyer from Mississippi who took on the case of Jeremiah O'Keefe, an owner of a local chain of funeral homes. O'Keefe claimed that he had been cheated by a major funeral parlor conglomerate. With the cooperation of O'Keefe's lawyer, who was an admitted racist, he won $260 million for O'Keefe.

With Paul Mescal • Saoirse Ronan • Aaron Pierre • Garth Davis • Emile Sherman • Samantha Lang

Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in Foe, a haunting exploration of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world. Hen and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior’s family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger (Aaron Pierre) shows up at their door with a startling proposal. Based on best-selling author Iain Reid’s novel, directed by Garth Davis and co-written by Davis and Reid, Foe’s mesmerizing imagery and persistent questions about the nature of humanity (and artificial humanity) bring the not-too-distant future to luminous life.

With Robert Patrick • Siobhan Fallon Hogan • Peter Macon • Peter Munson Hogan • Dan Castellaneta • Vibeke Muasya

A death row prisoner with 10 days left to live forms an unlikely bond with a washed up country singer. A story of hope and redemption.

With Leonardo DiCaprio • Robert De Niro • Brendan Fraser • Jesse Plemons • John Lithgow • Martin Scorsese • Dan Friedkin • Adam Somner • William Belleau • Tatanka Means • Nathaniel Arcand • Sturgill Simpson • Tantoo Cardinal • Pat Healy • Bradley Thomas • Eric Roth • Lily Gladstone • Joshua Close • Rick Yorn • Barry Corbin • Cara Jade Myers • JaNae Collins • Jillian Dion • Louis Cancelmi • Shea Kammer • Marianne Bower • Lisa Frechette • John Atwood • Niels Juul

Based on David Grann’s broadly lauded best-selling book, Killers of the Flower Moon is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror.

With Andy Garcia • Luke Wilson • Donald Sutherland • Abigail Breslin • Enrique Murciano • Emily VanCamp • Ryan Phillippe • Kyle MacLachlan • Nolan Gould • Taryn Manning • Mireille Enos • Josh Bowman • Michelle Danner • J. Craig Stiles • Dan Lauria • George Kolber • Valerie Debler • Brian Drillinger • Alexandra Guarnieri. • Brent Sexton • Najah Bradley • Sebastian Quinn • Will Fitz • Rocío de la Grana

Based on true events, in 1963, after Trish Weir is kidnapped and sexually assaulted, her assailant is caught and tried. But after he confesses without legal representation and is granted a retrial, it triggers a legal proceeding that forever changes the nation's justice system.

With Vicky Krieps • Gaspard Ulliel • Bjørn Floberg

Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread, Bergman Island, Corsage) plays Hélène, a 33-year old woman diagnosed with a rare illness that sees her faced with existential decisions as she grapples with the uncertainty of the future. A decision to travel to Norway alone to seek peace becomes an act that will test the strength of love between her and her husband, Mathieu (Gaspard Ulliel).

With Pedro Pascal • Ethan Hawke • Pedro Almodovar • Manu Ríos • Jason Fernández • José Condessa • Pedro Casablanc • Daniel Rived • Erenice Lohan

A man rides a horse across the desert that separates him from Bitter Creek. He comes to visit Sheriff Jake. 25 years earlier, both the sheriff and Silva, the rancher who rides out to meet him, worked together as hired gunmen. Silva visits him with the excuse of reuniting with his friend from his youth, and they do indeed celebrate their meeting, but the next morning Sheriff Jake tells him that the reason for his trip is not to go down the memory lane of their old friendship…

With David Wagner • Gerhard Liebmann • Luka Dimic • Julia Koschitz • Anton Noori

Vice Lieutenant Eismayer is the most feared trainer and model macho in the Austrian Military and lives as a gay man in secret. When he falls in love with a young, openly gay soldier, his world gets turned upside down. Based on real events.

With Justin Timberlake • Benicio Del Toro • Alicia Silverstone • Frances Fisher • Michael Pitt • Owen Teague • Molly Smith • Thad Luckinbill • Trent Luckinbill • Eric Bogosian • Rachel Smith • Ato Essandoh • Grant Singer

Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.

With Taz Skylar • Stephen Odubola • George Amponsah • Craige Middleburg

At the center of the story is 20-year-old Ash (Odubola) who is trying to support his younger sister and help his struggling mother. Fighting to balance his pure intentions and the allure of fast cash, he and his friends soon get drawn into the web of an Albanian crime family. He must choose between loyalty to his friends and family, and the draw of a fast, thrilling lifestyle.

With David Wagner • Gerhard Liebmann • Luka Dimic • Julia Koschitz • Anton Noori

Vice Lieutenant Eismayer is the most feared trainer and model macho in the Austrian Military and lives as a gay man in secret. When he falls in love with a young, openly gay soldier, his world gets turned upside down. Based on real events.

With Mark Hamill • Carla Gugino • Bruce Greenwood

Ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.

With Anne Rotger • Sandra Hüller • Swann Arlaud • Justine Triet • Camille Rutherford • Jehnny Beth • Sophie Fillières • David Thion • Milo Machado Graner • Antoine Reinartz • Samuel Theis • Saadia Bentaïeb • Marie-Ange Luciani

For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide. Samuel's suspicious death is presumed murder, and Sandra becomes the main suspect. What follows is not just an investigation into the circumstances of Samuel's death but an unsettling psychological journey into the depths of Sandra and Samuel's conflicted relationship.

With Lili Taylor • Hunter Emery • Francois Arnaud • Keith Boynton

Eileen, a grieving novelist seeking to escape her troubles, rents a remote lake house in northern New Hampshire, where she meets and forges a bond with Jesse, a young drifter with troubles – and secrets – of his own.

With Jamie Foxx • Tommy Lee Jones • Jurnee Smollett • Dorian Missick • Bill Camp • Jim Klock • Mamoudou Athie • Pamela Reed • Doug Wright • Maggie Betts • Amanda Warren

Based on a true story, the film tells of a personal-injury lawyer from Mississippi who took on the case of Jeremiah O'Keefe, an owner of a local chain of funeral homes. O'Keefe claimed that he had been cheated by a major funeral parlor conglomerate. With the cooperation of O'Keefe's lawyer, who was an admitted racist, he won $260 million for O'Keefe.

With Lewis Pullman • Brie Larson • Beau Bridges • Thomas Mann • Stephanie Koenig • Kevin Sussman • Aja Naomi King • Sarah Adina Smith • Patrick Walker

Set in the early 1950s, Lessons in Chemistry follows Elizabeth Zott (played by Larson), whose dream of being a scientist is put on hold in a patriarchal society. When Elizabeth finds herself fired from her lab, she accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives — and the men who are suddenly listening — a lot more than recipes.

With Leonardo DiCaprio • Robert De Niro • Brendan Fraser • Jesse Plemons • John Lithgow • Martin Scorsese • Dan Friedkin • Adam Somner • William Belleau • Tatanka Means • Nathaniel Arcand • Sturgill Simpson • Tantoo Cardinal • Pat Healy • Bradley Thomas • Eric Roth • Lily Gladstone • Joshua Close • Rick Yorn • Barry Corbin • Cara Jade Myers • JaNae Collins • Jillian Dion • Louis Cancelmi • Shea Kammer • Marianne Bower • Lisa Frechette • John Atwood • Niels Juul

Based on David Grann’s broadly lauded best-selling book, Killers of the Flower Moon is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror.

With Angus Benfield • Justin Hunt

An edgy, revenge thriller steeped in the yet undetermined boundaries of social media crime and punishment.

With Eugenio Derbez • Daniel Haddad • Christopher Zalla

In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a frustrated teacher (Eugenio Derbez) tries a radical new method to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity, their potential … and maybe even their genius. Based on a true story.

With Jodie Foster • Luke Cosgrove • Rhys Ifans • Jim Seibel • Michael Heimler • Bill Johnson • Julia Cox • Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi • Jeena Yi • Annette Bening • Andrew Lazar • Teddy Schwarzman • Jimmy Chin • Ethan Jones Romero • Eric T. Miller • Vanessa Humphrey • D. Scott Lumpkin

The remarkable true story of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, who, at the age of 64, became the first person to complete the “Everest of swims," a 53-hour, 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida through dangerous open ocean without a shark cage.

With Nicolas Cage • Molly Conners • Gabe Polsky • Xander Berkeley • Paul Raci • Rachel Keller • Fred Hechinger Jeremy Bobb • Amber Rose Mason • Jesse Cilio

An epic adventure based on the 1960 revisionist Western novel by John Williams. Set in 1870s America, the film focuses on a man who forsakes his Harvard education to move to the small Kansas town of Butcher's Crossing. There, he joins the hunt for one of the last great buffalo herds.

With Andie MacDowell • Heather Graham • Drew Starkey • Josephine Langford • Patrick Fabian • Sara Zandieh • Archie Renaux

Zoey Miller (Josephine Langford), a super smart computer major uninterested in romantic love, has her life turned upside down when Zack (Drew Starkey), the school’s soccer star, gets amnesia and mistakes Zoey for his girlfriend.

With Leila Ouhebi • Fide Fdhili • Feten Fdhili • Ameni Fdhili • Samar Sifi • Erige Sehiri

On a hot summer day, a crew of workers - men and women, young and old - arrive at dawn at a picturesque fig orchard in northwest Tunisia. We eavesdrop, through the sun-dappled leaves of the fig trees, on the young women stealing away precious moments from the foreman's watchful gaze. Meanwhile, the older women, tasked with the careful job of packing the tender fruit, watch and reminisce together as well. They joke, argue, debate, gossip, flirt, all the while painting an unhurried but riveting portrait of everyday life in the rural society, where class, gender, and circumstance often don't allow for such personal freedoms.

With Chiara Stella • Bijan Daneshmand • Tom Byrne • Maryam Keshavarz • Layla Mohammadi • Niousha Noor • Kamand Shafieisabet • Bella Warda • Shervin Alenabi

Coming from two countries at odds with each other, Iranian-American Leila (Layla Mohammadi) strives to find balance and embrace her opposing cultures, while boldly challenging the labels society is so quick to project upon her. When her family reunites in New York City for her father’s heart transplant, Leila navigates her relationships from arms length in an effort to keep her “real” life separate from her family life. However, when her secret is unceremoniously revealed, so are the distinct parallels between her life and that of her mother Shireen (Niousha Noor).

With Emily Blunt • Chris Evans • Andy Garcia • David Yates • Lawrence Grey • Jay Duplass • Catherine O'Hara • Brian d’Arcy James • Chloe Coleman • Wells Tower

Upon losing her job, a blue-collar woman struggling to raise her daughter takes a job at a failing pharmaceutical start-up, only to get involved in a dangerous racketeering scheme.

With Justin Long • Dan Aykroyd • Zoe Saldana • Kim Cattrall • Britney Spears • Anson Mount • Taryn Manning • Tamra Davis

Crossroads tells the story of three childhood friends, Lucy (Britney Spears), Kit (Zoë Saldana) and Mimi (Taryn Manning), who, after eight years apart, rediscover their friendship on a cross-country trip. With barely a plan, practically no money but plenty of dreams, the girls catch a lift with Mimi's handsome friend Ben (Anson Mount) in his convertible. Along the way they not only gather experiences that will change their lives, but they also discover how important it is to hold onto their hearts' desires.

With Angel Kerns • Markus Cook • Leanne Johnson • Joseph Moreland • John Bibby

Months after casting a demon out of their church, Alan and his guardian Darius face the scrutiny of an increasingly distrusting and ill-intentioned public court under the influence of the demonic Circle of Six, in an investigation that hopes to disband organized religious gatherings.

With Da'Vine Joy Randolph • Paul Giamatti • Alexander Payne • Mark Johnson • Tate Donovan • David Hemingson • Carrie Preston

In The Holdovers, Paul Hunham, a universally disliked professor at a prep school called Barton Academy. With no family and nowhere to go around the holidays in 1970, he stays on campus to supervise students who couldn’t go home. After a few days, only one person is left: a troublemaking 17-year-old named Angus, a good student whose bad behavior always threatens to get him expelled. Along with the school’s head cook Mary, whose own son was recently lost in Vietnam, the three form an unlikely bond as they spend Christmas together during two very snowy weeks in New England.