Tag: Drama
One Day (2011)
After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.
Sarah’s Key (2010)
In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup in 1942.
Another Earth (2011)
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
The Help (2011)
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids’ point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
A substance, designed to help the brain repair itself, gives rise to a super-intelligent chimp who leads an ape uprising.
A Better Life (2011)
A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give his son the opportunities he never had.
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
A middle-aged husband’s life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
A story set in nineteenth-century China and focusing on the life-long friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid social norms imposed on women.
13 Assassins (2010)
A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Harry, Ron and Hermione search for Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.
Beginners (2010)
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.
Larry Crowne (2011)
After losing his job, a middle-aged man reinvents himself by going back to college.
The First Beautiful Thing (2010)
A misanthropic professor returns to his hometown to assist his dying mother.
Incendies (2010)
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history, and fulfill their mother’s last wishes.
The Art of Getting By (2011)
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who has made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
The Tree of Life (2011)
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents’ conflicting teachings.
In a Better World (2010)
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Last Night (2010)
The story follows a married couple, apart for a night while the husband takes a business trip with a colleague to whom he’s attracted. While he’s resisting temptation, his wife encounters her past love.