Browse Movies : Drama : J (Page #5)

A petty thief's mentoring of an apparent orphan takes a profound turn when he kidnaps the boy from a foster home and drives him cross-country to his sister's house in Texas.

The story of a farm boy who dreams of becoming a solider like his father and the journey he takes to fulfill that dream.

An "American Idol"-like singing contest is held in an Arizona jail where a heavy-metal musician-turned-detention officer rallies thousands of inmates to particpate. Cell block hostilities are curtailed as inmates rally around the contestants. Alice Cooper is a guest judge for the finals.

The story centers on a young girl who is abandoned by her drug-addicted, former-groupie mother at a concert and surprises the fading rock singer who’s performing with news that she is his daughter.

A woman relocates to Japan six days after marrying her husband, who has taken a one-year teaching job in Nagoya. Having left her valet-defined L.A. life behind, the woman endures the abrupt transition to a culture severely lacking in manicures and Jewish-American women but teeming with cooking, cleaning and commuting duties.

Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man she finds inscrutable, annoying and decidedly arrogant. Hiromitsu?s view of her is not much better. Things go from bad to worse when they become stranded in one of the remotest regions on earth. Japanese Story is a journey of change and discovery for its two lead characters.

On the eve of WWII, a group of treasure hunters think they've figured out the location of the fabled sunken ship of Jason and the Argonauts, a vessel whose contents are believed to contain the mythical Golden Fleece.

Jesse Holley overcomes a poverty-ridden upbringing and multiple personal obstacles and goes from working as a security guard to being an NFL wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys, when he is invited to Cowboys training camp after winning "4th and Long," a reality series.

Two friends cross a London gangster forcing them to flee England. Lee and Sol are hiding out on a beach in Southern India living a slacker life of sex, drugs and parties. Trouble comes to paradise when Vix, a beautiful girl from Lee’s past, turns up. Things get worse when the gang find themselves up against crooked cops, local hoodlums, gangsters…. and their past. How far do you have to go to get away?

The Clash's rise to fame in the mid-1970s and this gives the band status as the most crucial pillar in that first wave of British punk. Frontman Joe Strummer amasses a huge body of work and continuously creates new music up until his death in 2002.

Story centers on a pink-haired young woman who prowls the most notorious crime scenes in Hollywood history and collects mementos of celebrity deaths. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she meets the reclusive tenant of a dilapidated Echo Park apartment where a silent movie star once committed suicide in a bizarre fashion.

Story of John Scott, a journeyman hockey player who: was voted into this year’s NHL All-Star Game as a captain through an Internet write-in campaign, got traded and then demoted to the minors by a pissed-off NHL because he wouldn’t withdraw and wound up the game’s MVP before heading back to the minors in Newfoundland.

Iowa born John William Carson grows up to be a successful late night talk show host. He adopts a casual, conversational approach with extensive interaction with his guests. But his personal life is more tumultuous and he goes through three divorces and marries four times.

Paroled after seven years, Nick Burke has been given a second chance at life and develops a relationship with a lonely stripper. However, when she gets attacked, Nick steps in, killing the attacker in self-defense. Nick and the girl hit the road, and with the law closing in, their star-crossed love is on borrowed time.

Joseph, a handsome young man, is his father's favorite child and is able to interpret dreams. He is also the bearer of an amazing coat. His eleven brothers become insatiably jealous and sell Joseph into slavery. After refusing the advances of his owner's wife, Joseph is sent to jail. Once in jail, he quickly becomes popular due to his ability to interpret dreams. The Pharaoh soon hears of Joseph's ability and appoints him to the post of Number Two man in Egypt. Years later, Joseph's now starving brothers arrive in Egypt and ask Joseph, whom they don't recognize, for assistance. Joseph, in turn, gives his brothers a scare, but eventually grants them all they desire, reveals his identity, and reunites the family.

During the Jazz Age, Josephine Baker rises from the slums of St. Louis to become the toast of Europe. She also is an undercover agent for the French resistance during World War II and later in life becomes a civil rights activist. She is the only woman to stand alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and speak at the 1963 March on Washington.

One of the most dangerous cities in the world is São Paulo, Brazil. It's in the city's underworld of sex, drugs, money, and corruption that a father and son plan to finally escape this vicious and dangerous underworld.

This is a world plagued by demons, who cause its human inhabitants unspeakable suffering. Young demon hunter Xuan Zang, fearlessly guided by his belief in “giving himself for the greater cause”, risks his all and conquers a water demon, a pig demon and the demon of all demons, Sun Wukong. He embraces them as his disciples, and melts them with love. Meanwhile, Xuan Zang discovers the true meaning of Greater Love himself. In order to atone for their own sins and save the common people, the four of them embark on a journey to the West that’s full of challenges…