Drama films provide a powerful emotional experience. Viewers connect deeply with characters and their stories. These films explore complex themes and human relationships.
Well-made family drama based on a true story! Inheritance of a grandfather’s farmhouse seems to be a great starting point for a struggling single mother. But quiet farm life starts spiraling out of control when a reputable local family drops and eye on a water well. Director: Dustin Fairbanks Starring: James Earl Jones, David Spade,…
Teenager falls in love with beautiful mature neighbor lady! Teenager becomes obsessed with his new beautiful mature neighbor, a divorcée and free spirit. Despite the warnings of his conservative parents, he begins working for her as a gardener. Amid rumors of her affair with President Kennedy, the two become very close, but political intrigue surrounding…
Film for the writers – clean and precise! When your job is to walk up to the house of a total stranger, ring the bell and inform them that their child has been killed in combat, it is hard to stay cold and calm. The film develops the two messengers as they meet survivors, notably…
Financial thriller turns to social drama! Capable businessman faces a dilemma – make his company get more land or help Peruvian poor kid get better. There is a sense of thought-provoking goal, the film is also dramatically solid and politically illuminating. This is not by any means the best financial drama film in history, but…
Hunt for lost treasure with a golden retriever! When a new shopping center threatens a small town’s economy, a 12-year-old boy tries to save his family’s home by hunting for lost treasure with his mischievous golden retriever. Despite its many flaws and its predictability, this movie is harmless but goofy fun. Billy Zane versus Steve…
Solid and Bold indie thriller A husband and wife tangle with an investigator over her dead brother’s million-dollar insurance policy. Visually, it’s so beautiful… and yet stark and haunting (apparently it was filmed in Iceland). But what I really found engaging was that it was a noir-esquire mystery but with a very realistic feel. When…
Story about a low-life drug dealer who tries to turn his life around, but finds himself at the mercy of fate when he encounters a cop with an agenda of his own.
Spiritual Indo-Chinese Masterpiece produced by Wong Kar Wai! Xuan Zang was a Chinese Buddhist monk who was born during the Tang dynasty, and eventually travelled to India over deserts and mountains. The story depicts the 17 years long legendary seventh century spiritual journey of Buddhist monk Xuan Zang (Hsüan-tsang), who dissatisfied with the translations of…
Absolutely routine romance and heroics but with Humphrey Bogart! Matt Brennan runs into Jo Holloway, the Red Cross girl he romanced in Europe when he was a flyer in World War II, when he is offered a job by jet manufacturer Leland Willis as a test pilot. Carl Troxell, wants to sell an escape cockpit…
Donnie Yen’s Masterpiece – The Ultimate Kungfu movie! Fung Hin-Man (Donnie Yen) is a legendary warrior who lives now elderly, along with a friend, their memories and their remorse. When a young man comes to him, Fung tells him the story of when he saved the villagers from their oppressors and speaks of the death…
The Masseuse is a science fiction love story set in a futuristic Kuala Lumpur between a humanoid masseuse and her technician who has a disturbing past! A friendship story. Real unconventional. The relation father – son and the dreams of the first for his boy and the refuse to be the clone of his old…
This fictionalized history chronicles the far-reaching changes effected by the radical group the Black Panthers during the late 1960s ‘Panther’ is a superb movie, Exposing the Black Panther Party for what it was before Eldridge Clever took over. It is disturbing, with a lot of blood and swearing, but it tells (most of) the truth,…
Sexy suburban wife regrets an affair with a handsome contractor when he reveals his dark side! With her husband away at work, and her son at school, Laura dreams of a home-renovation project to supplant her restless days. Elliott, her irresistibly hot private contractor, soon fulfills her more forbidden dreams. The film genre is listed…
Crematorium worker talk to ghosts to help spirits. Bizarre Fantasy-Romance flick from China! It’s said when a person died, the soul will wander in the first seven days. Unless his last wish was fulfilled, he can only re-born. Chen Bo is a Ghost Votive Master. So a virgin ghost, a chatter ghost and a ghost,…
Childhood Adventures stimulate creativity and imagination! Academy Awards, USA 2019 Nominee – Best Live Action Short Film Young best buddies are spending the day hanging out and exploring the outskirts of town. They are engaged in an ongoing game of one-upmanship as they spontaneously compete over a string of mindless pranks to see who is…
