Drama Movies
Title Movie Release Year Running Time Director Plot
Inside Man 2006 129 mins Spike Lee A cop has to talk down a bank robber after the criminal's perfect heist spirals into a hostage situation. Details
Lucky Number Slevin 2006 109 mins Paul McGuigan A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat (Bruce Willis) and finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get them before they get him. Details
The Last King of Scotland 2006 121 mins Kevin Macdonald Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s Details
Sin City 2005 124 mins Frank Miller; Robert Rodriguez A film that explores the dark and miserable southern town Basin City and tells the story of three different people, all caught up in the violent corruption of the city. Details
A History of Violence 2005 96 mins David Cronenberg A mild mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to their very core. Details
Syriana 2005 126 mins Stephen Gaghan A politically-charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it. Details
Kingdom of Heaven 2005 145 mins Ridley Scott Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people. Details
Munich 2005 164 mins Steven Spielberg Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day. Details
Danny the Dog 2005 102 mins Louis Leterrier A man raised into behaving like a dog, escapes from his captor to start a new life, who seeks to reclaim him because of his unnatural martial arts skills that are triggered when unleashed. Details
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004 136 mins Quentin Tarantino The murderous Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his two remaining associates; his younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle. Details
Inosensu: Kôkaku kidôtai 2004 100 mins Mamoru Oshii In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner. Details
Collateral 2004 120 mins Michael Mann A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in LA. He must find a way to save both himself and one last victim. Details
Troy 2004 163 mins Wolfgang Petersen An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved. Details
Napoleon Dynamite 2004 82 mins Jared Hess A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home. Details
Spider-Man 2 2004 127 mins Sam Raimi Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles Doctor Octavius (aka Doc Ock), a brilliant scientist with mechanical tentacles to do his bidding. Details
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 111 mins Quentin Tarantino The Bride wakes up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before entering the coma is gone. The only thing on her mind is to have revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of. Details
Narc 2002 105 mins Joe Carnahan When the trail goes cold on a murder investigation of a policeman an undercover narcotics officer is lured back to the force to help solve the case. Details
Orange County 2002 82 mins Jake Kasdan A guidance counselor mistakenly sends out the wrong transcripts to Stanford University under the name of an over-achieving high schooler. Details
Donnie Darko 2001 113 mins Richard Kelly A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident. Details
"Band of Brothers" 2001 705 mins David Frankel; Tom Hanks The story of Easy Company of the US Army 101st Airborne division and their mission in WWII Europe from Operation Overlord through V-J Day. Details
Black Hawk Down 2001 144 mins Ridley Scott 123 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. Details
Behind Enemy Lines 2001 106 mins John Moore A Navy navigator is shot down over enemy territory and is ruthlessly pursued by a secret police enforcer and the opposing troops. Meanwhile his commanding officer goes against orders in an attempt to rescue him. Details
The Insider 1999 157 mins Michael Mann A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a "60 Minutes" expose on Big Tobacco. Details
Stigmata 1999 103 mins Rupert Wainwright Details
Saving Private Ryan 1998 170 mins Steven Spielberg Based on a World War II drama. US soldiers try to save their comrade, paratrooper Private Ryan, who's stationed behind enemy lines. Details
The Thin Red Line 1998 170 mins Terrence Malick Director Terrence Malick's adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War. Details
American History X 1998 119 mins Tony Kaye A former neo-nazi skinhead (Norton) tries to prevent his younger brother (Furlong) from going down the same wrong path that he did. Details
Mononoke-hime 1997 134 mins Hayao Miyazaki On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest and Tataraba, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime. Details
JFK 1991 189 mins Oliver Stone A New Orleans DA discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story. Details
The Godfather: Part III 1990 162 mins Francis Ford Coppola In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don Michael Corleone seeks to vow for his sins while taking a young protégé under his wing. Details
Hotaru no haka 1988 93 mins Isao Takahata A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. Details
Hamburger Hill 1987 112 mins John Irvin A very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. Details
Full Metal Jacket 1987 116 mins Stanley Kubrick A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow Marine recruits from their brutal basic training to the bloody street fighting set in 1968 Hue, Vietnam. Details
Platoon 1986 120 mins Oliver Stone A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. Details
Scarface 1983 170 mins Brian De Palma In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug empire while succumbing to greed. (Cartel not Mafia) Details
Apocalypse Now 1979 153 mins Francis Ford Coppola During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe. Details
The Godfather: Part II 1974 200 mins Francis Ford Coppola The early life &scareer of Vito Corleone in 1920's New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-Revolution 1958 Cuba. Details
The Godfather 1972 175 mins Francis Ford Coppola The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. Details
"M*A*S*H" 1972 25 mins Hy Averback; Jackie Cooper The staff of an army hospital in the Korean war find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation. Details
A Clockwork Orange 1971 136 mins Stanley Kubrick In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and later volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem... but not all goes to plan. Details

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