The Counselor (2013)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Goran Visnjic, Cameron Diaz, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem
Director: Ridley Scott
All Is Lost (2013)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas. With his navigation equipment and radio disabled, the man sails unknowingly into the path of a violent storm. Despite his success in patching the breached hull, his mariner's intuition and a strength that belies his age, the man barely survives the tempest. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face.
Starring: Robert Redford
Director: J.C. Chandor
Engeyum Eppodhum / Anytime, Anywhere (2011)
Comedy | Drama | Family
Engeyum Eppodhum is a road trip revolving around two love couples. Most part movie is shot inside two buses which involve in a tragedy nearing the end. The movie also features beautifully portrayed Flashbacks, and good music. The 1st Half shows the love story between the two couples, and the Second Half of the movie shows a tragical Accident which occurs when the buses collide Head-on.
Starring: Jai, Sharvanand, Anjali, Ananya, Vatsan, Mithun
Director: M. Saravanan
Az ember tragédiája / The Tragedy of Man (2011)
Animation | Drama
The film is an adaptation of the poet Imre Madach's play of the same title, which has been translated into 90 languages and is considered one of the great works of Hungarian literature. The action takes place over the course of one very long dream, as Adam, Eve and a chatty Lucifer visit the world's great civilizations at the height of their power, only to watch as humanity's noblest hopes and dreams come to naught. At 15 scenes long, set in 10 different historical periods, the play can be a beast to stage, let alone sit through. "Reading the play is exhausting," Mr. Jankovics said, "so I think a film is a good solution."
Starring: Ágnes Bertalan, Péter Blaskó, Ferenc Borbiczky, János Bácskai, László Csurka
Director: Marcell Jankovics
The Long Day Closes (1992)
Biography | Drama | Family
Terence Davies' lyrical hymn to childhood revisits the same territory as Distant Voices, Still Lives, this time focusing on his own memories of growing up in a working-class Catholic family in Liverpool.
Starring: Marjorie Yates
Director: Terence Davies
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Adventure | Drama | History | Romance
Though his people, the Israelites, are enslaved by the Philistines, Samson, strongest man of the tribe of Dan, falls in love with the Philistine Semadar, whom he wins by virtue of a contest of strength. But Semadar betrays him, and Samson engages in a fight with her real love, Ahtur, and his soldiers. Semadar is killed, and her sister Delilah, who had loved Samson in silence, now vows vengeance against him. She plans to seduce Samson into revealing the secret of his strength and then to betray him to the Philistine leader, the Saran.
Starring: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon, Russ Tamblyns
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
White Spring / Shiroi haru (TV Series 2009)
Drama
Former yakuza Haruo is finally released from prison after completing his sentence. With nine years worth of prison gratuities in hand, he stops at a restaurant to enjoy a good meal, but all of his money ends up being stolen. With nothing left, he spends the night at a net cafe, and he manages to look up his old friend from his yakuza days. When Haruo visits the next day, he learns that his old girlfriend Mariko was living with another man, but later died of illness. Haruo, who had committed murder 9 years earlier to earn the money for Mariko's medical treatment, is shocked and angered. He decides to track down that other man, who runs a bakery with his wife and daughter Sachi. Haruo later runs into Sachi at the park, but he has yet to find out the truth about her.
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Nozomi Ôhashi, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Ken'ichi Endô, Yûya Endô, Hitomi Fukui, David Itô, Mahiru Konno, Kouki Murakami, Risa Nagai, Hiroko Nakajima, Miho Shiraishi
Creator: Masaya Ozaki
Grace Unplugged (2013)
Drama | Music
Having just turned 18, Grace Trey aspires to more than just singing at her church, where the worship leader is her father-a former pop star. So, with the help of Mossy, her dad's former manager, Grace records a cover version of her dad's old Top-10 hit, runs off to Los Angeles, and begins toto taste the kind of stardom she's always dreamed about. Yet with each rung of the ladder she climbs, Grace feels more and more pressure to compromise her values, further straining her relationship with her parents. Will everything she experiences lead her to reject her faith or rediscover it?
Starring: AJ Michalka, James Denton, Kevin Pollak, Shawnee Smith, Michael Welch, Chris Ellis
Director: Brad J. Silverman
How I Live Now (2013)
Action | Drama | Thriller | War
An American girl on holiday in the English countryside with her family finds herself in hiding and fighting for her survival as the third world war breaks out.
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, George MacKay, Tom Holland, Harley Bird, Danny McEvoy
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Stop-Loss (2008)
Drama | War
Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind. Then, against Brandon's will, the Army orders him back to duty in Iraq, which upends his world. The conflict tests everything he believes in: the bond of family, the loyalty of friendship, the limits of love and the value of honor.
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown, Channing Tatum, Victor Rasuk
Director: Kimberly Peirce
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Biography | Drama | History
The story of Texas electrician Ron Woodroof and his battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies after being diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1986, and his search for alternative treatments that helped established a way in which fellow HIV-positive people could join for access to his supplies.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Miracle Apples / Kiseki no ringo (2013)
Drama
Akinori Kimura (Sadao Abe) and his wife Mieko (Miho Kanno) opens an apple orchard in their hometown of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture. Due to Meiko's allergic reaction to pesticides, Akinori Kimura has to grow his apples without the aid of chemicals. Because of this challenge, his family endures hardships and suffers severe financial difficulties. Akinori Kimura even contemplates suicide. A miracle then happens…
Starring: Sadao Abe, Miho Kanno
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
The White Storm / Sou Duk / Saodu (2013)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
An operation against the notorious druglord in Thailand changed the destiny of a HK narcotic team- the workaholic captain lost his men and bright career; the loyal officer was abandoned and went missing; the undercover cop who was salvaged chose to walk away from the past. Several years later, a drug dealing-related crime brought them together for a final face-off.
Starring: Ching Wan Lau, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Hoi-Pang Lo, Quan Yuan, Treechada Petcharat
Director: Benny Chan
Once Is Not Enough (1975)
Drama | Romance
January (Deborah Raffin), daughter of movie producer Mike Wayne (Kirk Douglas), returns to New York, only to find her father married to Deidre (Alexis Smith), the fifth richest woman in the world. Jealous January resents her father and cannot accept the moral codes of this new world, finding only frustration. She gets a job with Gloss Magazine and falls in love with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Tom Colt (David Janssen), whose virile prose and celebrated fistfights turn out to be a compensation for his physical inadequacies. Her Stepmother Dee wants her to marry David Milford (George Hamilton), a wolf-about-town, who's having an affair with the reclusive retired movie star, Karla (Melina Mercouri), who in turn is carrying on a lesbian affair with Dee. Brenda Vaccaro co-stars as the man-crazy editor of the fashion magazine.
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Alexis Smith, David Janssen, George Hamilton, Melina Mercouri, Gary Conway, Brenda Vaccaro, Deborah Raffin
Director: Guy Green
Run & Jump (2013)
Drama
Run and Jump is an unconventional love story and authentic portrait of a happy-go-lucky Irish family.
Starring: Maxine Peake, Edward MacLiam, Will Forte, Sharon Horgan
Director: Steph Green
Verity's Summer (2013)
Drama
When a stranger comes to town 16-year-old Verity must confront the secrets surrounding her father's time in Iraq… secrets which may tear her family apart. Winner of Best Actress at the London Independent Film Festival for leading lady Indea Barbe-Willson and Best Cinematography at the Van d'Or Film Awards, Verity's Summer is the debut feature from short-film Palme d'Or nominee Ben Crowe. A visually accomplished debut; unusual and intriguing. – Tim Robey, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Stunningly but unsentimentally evoked – Sophie Mayer, LITTLE WHITE LIES, SIGHT SOUND An intelligent new British director has now surfaced.
Starring: Indea Barbe-Willson, James Doherty, Martin McGlade, Nicola Wright, Cristi Hogas
Director: Ben Crowe
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Torn (2013)
Drama
Two families bond when their teenage sons are killed in an explosion at a suburban mall only to discover one of their children is the prime suspect.
Starring: Mahnoor Baloch, Faran Tahir, Dendrie Taylor, John Heard, Sharon Washington, Patrick St. Esprit, Jordan Parrott, Sagar Parekh
Director: Jeremiah Birnbaum
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Dreams (2013)
Drama
Mia dreams of singing, Quentin dreams of dancing, Paalo wants to mend the relationship with his daughter and Alonzo hopes to reconnect with his family, but the realities of abuse, failure and their broken pasts, as well as a notorious criminal, make the path to their dreams an uphill battle. Set in urban Chicago, these four stories are woven together to create an inspiring tale of the hard work it takes to achieve one's dreams.
Starring: Joshlyn Camille Lomax, Marcelo Lee, Jason Watson, Syesha Mercado, Marvin L. Winans Jr.
Director: Joel Kapity
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Stockholm East / Stockholm Östra (2011)
Drama
STOCKHOLM EAST is a moving and compelling love story between two strangers, bound together by a tragedy that has taken its toll on both their lives and their relationships.When Johan (Mikael Persbrandt) and Anna (Iben Hjejle) meet at the railway station connecting capital Stockholm with the idyllic suburbs where they both live, they embark on a dangerous journey of both passion and lies…
Starring: Mikael Persbrandt, Iben Hjejle, Henrik Norlén
Director: Simon Kaijser
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Marvin Seth and Stanley (2011)
Comedy | Drama
Marvin's estranged sons, Seth and Stanley, return home for a camping trip. As past grudges are exposed, their weekend getaway slowly unfurls.
Starring: Marvin Gurewitz, Stephen Gurewitz, Alex Karpovsky
Director: Stephen Gurewitz
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