Drama movies

Daybreakers (2009)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Genres: Action | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Hawke, Ethan | Dafoe, Willem | Bradford, Jack | Byrnes, Joel Amos | Coleman, Gavin | Colosimo, Vince | Dorman, Michael | Fauria, Eddie L. | Finden, Mark | Kirby, Christopher | Knijnenburg, David | Laga'aia, Jay | McKay, Mungo | Neill, Sam | Sonkkila, Paul
Directors: Spierig, Michael
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In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Australia | UK | USA
Actors: Downey Jr., Robert | Law, Jude | McAdams, Rachel | Strong, Mark | Marsan, Eddie | Care, Andrew | Child, Sam | Currie, James | Egan, Joe | Ewens, Martin | Fox, James | Garrick, David | Hope, William | Houston, William | Maillet, Robert
Directors: Ritchie, Guy
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After finally catching serial killer and occult “sorcerer” Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with his partner’s new fiancĂ©e and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the dauntless detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic - and the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler.

Old Yeller (1957)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: McGuire, Dorothy | Parker, Fess | York, Jeff | Connors, Chuck | Washburn, Beverly | Kirk, Tommy | Corcoran, Kevin
Directors: Stevenson, Robert
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Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860’s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog. After a series of scrapes involving raccoons, snakes, bears and all manner of animals, Travis grows to love and respect Old Yeller, who comes to have a profound effect on the boy’s life.

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Records, Max | Emmerichs, Pepita | Pfeifer, Max | Greaves, Madeleine | Jay, Joshua | Corr, Ryan | Keener, Catherine | Mouzakis, Steve | Ruffalo, Mark | Gandolfini, James | Dano, Paul | O'Hara, Catherine | Whitaker, Forest | Berry Jr., Michael | Cooper, Chris
Directors: Jonze, Spike
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An adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world—a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.

Old Dogs (2009)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Alpert, Sherman | Alva, William | Astoyan, Chris | Aubin, Kevin | Castillo, Oscar J. | Cullen, Chris | Davis, DeRay | Davis, Kent | Dean-Hackett, Kevin | Dillon, Matt | Douglas, Connor | Enright, Michael | Gere, David | Green, Seth | Harp, Jet
Directors: Becker, Walt
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Two best friends — one unlucky-in-love divorcee and the other a fun-loving bachelor — have their lives turned upside down when they’re unexpectedly charged with the care of 7-year-old twins while on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives. The not-so-kid-savvy bachelors stumble in their efforts to take care of the twins, leading to one debacle after another, and perhaps to a new-found understanding of what’s really important in life.

Brothers (2009)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Gyllenhaal, Jake | Portman, Natalie | Maguire, Tobey | Madison, Bailee | Winningham, Mare | Shepard, Sam | Geare, Taylor | Flueger, Patrick | Mulligan, Carey | Wade, Jenny | Abtahi, Omid | Aragon, Michael-David | Azami, Yousuf | Baldwin, Benjamin D. | Barela, Richard
Directors: Sheridan, Jim
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Thirty-something Captain Sam Cahill and his younger brother Tommy Cahill, are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace, with whom he has two young daughters. Tommy, his charismatic younger brother, is a drifter just out of jail who’s always gotten by on wit and charm. He slides easily into his role as family provocateur on his first night out of prison, at Sam’s farewell dinner with their parents, Elsie and Hank Cahill, a retired Marine. Shipped out to Afghanistan, Sam is presumed dead when his Black Hawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains. At home in suburbia, the Cahill family suddenly faces a shocking void, and Tommy tries to fill in for his brother by assuming newfound responsibility for himself, Grace, and the children.

My Brilliant Career (1979)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama | Romance
Countries: Australia
Actors: Davis, Judy | Neill, Sam | Hughes, Wendy | Grubb, Robert | Cullen, Max | Britton, Aileen | Whitford, Peter | Kennedy, Patricia | Hopgood, Alan | Blake, Julia | Franklin, David | Shad, Marion | Wood, Aaron | Davies, Sue | Piper, Gordon
Directors: Armstrong, Gillian
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The heroine, Sybylla (Davis), a headstrong girl growing up in early 20th century Australia, has the opportunity of marriage to a wealthy young man (Harry played by Niel) whom she loves, but rejects it in order to maintain her independence, preferring to take a job as governess/housekeeper to the family of an illiterate neighbor to whom her father owes money.

Once Were Warriors (1994)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Genres: Drama
Countries: New Zealand
Actors: Owen, Rena | Morrison, Temuera | Kerr-Bell, Mamaengaroa | Arahanga, Julian | Emile, Taungaroa | Morris Jr., Rachael | Kairau, Joseph | Curtis, Cliff | Smith, Pete | Henare, George | Boynton, Mere | Williams, Shannon | Tuteao, Calvin | Bishop, Ray | Mune, Ian
Directors: Tamahori, Lee
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Set in urban Auckland (New Zealand) this movie tells the story of the Heke family. Jake Heke is a violent man who beats his wife frequently when drunk, and yet obviously loves both her and his family. The movie follows a period of several weeks in the family’s life showing Jake’s frequent outburst of violence and the effect that this has on his family. The youngest son is in trouble with the police and may be put into a foster home while the elder son is about to join a street gang. Jake’s daughter has her own serious problems which are a key element in the plot.

Spartacus (2004)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Genres: Action | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Visnjic, Goran | Bates, Alan | Macfadyen, Angus | Mitra, Rhona | McNeice, Ian | Frain, James | Simmons, Henry | Kemp, Ross | Cross, Ben | Kynman, Paul | Telfer, Paul | Jarman, Chris | Rylance, Georgina | Bunce, Stuart | Shopov, Hristo
Directors: Dornhelm, Robert
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Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school. Moved by the defiance of an Ethiopian warrior, Draba, Spartacus leads a slave uprising which threatens Rome’s status quo. As Spartacus gains sympathy within the Roman Senate, he also makes a powerful enemy in form of Marcus Lucinius Crassus, who makes it a matter of personal honor to crush the rebellion.

Nicholas Nickleby (2002)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Gonet, Stella | Havill, Andrew | McGrath, Henry | Mitchell, Hugh | Rogers, Poppy | Roberts, Jessie Lou | Hunnam, Charlie | Garai, Romola | Courtenay, Tom | Plummer, Christopher | Hathaway, Anne | Broadbent, Jim | Curran, Angela | Bell, Jamie | Stevenson, Juliet
Directors: McGrath, Douglas
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After the death of his financially replete father, Nicholas Nickleby and his family travel to London to seek assistance from his father’s older brother Ralph. Taking an immediate dislike to his nephew, Ralph employs Nicholas under the sadistic Mr. Squeers and his interminable wife, owners of a boys’ school in northern England. In the meantime, Ralph seeks to use Nicholas’ beautiful sister Kate as a ploy to influence his investors. Discourse forces Nicholas to flee the school with the crippled Smike, an orphan with no memories of his former life before he was brought to Dotheboys’ Hall. On their journey back to London they meet up with Vincent Crummles and his acting troupe, befriend Ralph’s good-hearted secretary Newman Noggs, and ultimately rise over adversity.