Movies in the Drama genre
At the risk of being called a curmudgeon, let me voice a dissenting opinion about Wonder, a “family drama” that veers too far into saccharine fantasy for its messages about tolerance and anti-bullying to sound a clear and genuine note. Oh,...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-17
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, ...
Back in mid-'90s, director Curtis Hanson was known as a B-list filmmaker - someone who could cull a fair amount of tension out of workmanlike stories such as The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and The River Wild. All of that changed in 1997, however, ...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-02-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, ...
There was a time when the opening of a Woody Allen movie was considered (at least in serious cinema circles) as an event. Over the years, however, the quality of Allen’s output has diminished. Now, it’s at the point where a good Woody Alle...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-12-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Kate Winslet, Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, ...
On the one hand, The Wonder is a fascinating examination of the war between the sacred and the scientific. On the other hand, despite its strong sense of atmosphere and an intense performance by lead actress Florence Pugh, it’s strangely uninvol...
U.S. Release Date: 2022-11-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Mystery
Director: Sebastian Lelio
Cast: Florence Pugh, Kila Lord Cassidy, Tom Burke, ...
Wonderful World feels like a modern-day half-baked riff on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Despite a film festival pedigree (it was shown at a number of local festivals on the 2009 circuit), the movie is so lightweight and inconsequential that ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-01-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Joshua Goldin
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Sanaa Lathan, Michael K. Williams, ...
There's no nudity whatsoever in James Cox's Wonderland, which is ironic, since it's about events from the life of the first big-time porn star, John Holmes (Val Kilmer). Unlike Boogie Nights, which was loosely based on the rise and fall of Holmes d...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-10-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: James Cox
Cast: Val Kilmer, Christina Applegate, Ted Levine, ...
Wonderstruck is an evocative movie with a vaguely disappointing narrative that, although it reaches a conclusion, doesn’t justify the patience viewers must exhibit to reach that point. More successful as an exercise in style and re-creation,...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-10-27
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Oakes Fegley, Millicent Simmonds, Jaden Michael, ...
Nicholas Sparks wasn't involved with the development of The Words, but he might as well have been. There's a distinctly "Sparks-ian" feel to the movie, and its awkward framing device recalls the one from The Notebook. In fact, structure more than t...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-09-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, ...
The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) concludes one of the greatest film series of all time, Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy, which chronicles the life of one Bengali boy as he traverses the road from childhood through adolescence to maturity. Ray, a mast...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Satyajit Ray
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, ...
Turning back the calendar to the morning of September 11, 2001 is a risky proposition for any director, and not to be undertaken lightly. Paul Greengrass succeeded brilliantly with his United 93 and now Oliver Stone, never one to back away from a ...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-08-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Jay Hernandez, ...