Drama Movies

A man decides to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica in an effort to deal with post-college intellectual decay, impending fatherhood and the fear of never amounting to anything extraordinary.

A serial womanizer and commercial jingle writer returns to Boston to make amends with a woman he stood up at the altar.

Anders Hill (Ben Mendelsohn), long ensconced in "the land of steady habits”- the affluent hamlets of Connecticut that dot the commuter rail line - is finally ready to reap the rewards of a sensible life. Into his mid fifties and newly retired, his grown son's college tuitions paid in full, Anders decides he's had enough of steady habits: he leaves his wife (Edie Falco), buys a condo, and waits for freedom to transform him. Stripped of the comforts of his previous identity, Anders embarks on a clumsy, and heartbreaking journey to reconcile his past with his present.

During his final days, a famous American rock star in the early ’70s, navigates his relationships with two women in Paris — a glamorous French Countess and his California “soulmate.”

R.F. Kennedy's idealistic presidential campaign focused squarely on poverty, racism and ending the unpopular Vietnam War. While losing his iconic brother made him wary of crowds, Kennedy refused to insulate himself from the public during his run.

A paleontologist discovers what appears to be an enormous human tooth inscribed with a map. He sets off on a harrowing adventure to discover a mythical lost land of giants.

During the last days before he dies of a heart attack at age 50, Errol Flynn continues his relationship with 17 year-old Beverly Aadland, an actress who he seduced when she was only 15 years-old and eventually grew to love the Adventures of Robin Hood star. Her mother wanted to be a star herself but ends up living vicariously through her daughter.

In 677 B.C., Egyptian pharaoh Taharqa battles Assyrian invaders lead by Esarhaddon.

Over two days, Japanese civilians and American pilots experience the atomic explosions of Hiroshima and Nagasaki firsthand.

A mild-mannered bank clerk devises a plan to steal a fortune in gold from his employer.

Arrested in 1985, Jonathan Pollard is sentenced to life in prison for passing top secret information to the Israeli government. He will be paroled in November after spending 30 years in prison.

Based very loosely on the Alan Moore graphic novel epic of the same name, this is the story of a group of characters drawn from famous works of literature, including Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, The Invisible Man, Mina Murray and Dr. Jekyll, banding together to combat criminal undertakings of the highest order near the turn of the 19th century. Rather than remain true to the comic roots, the film also incorporates Tom Sawyer and Dorian Gray, in an apparent effort to keep the cast from being entirely without Americans, and it is set in New York.

In the movie, Isaiah Washington will play a priest with a troubled past who's transferred to a Catholic boarding school after the mysterious disappearance of one of the priests.

Julia Butterfly Hill works to help bring awareness to forest preservation through living in an ancient redwood tree named Luna for over two years.

French economist Dominique Strauss-Kahn became the managing director of the International Monetary Fund in 2007 with the backing of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He resigned four years late following allegations that he had sexually assaulted a hotel employee.

Grace Winter is standing trial for murder in 1914. The young woman is both a newlywed and a widow and she recounts how she survived the sinking the transatlantic ship Empress with the help of her new husband only to end up on a lifeboat. The quandary, however, is that there are too many people in the boat and the survivors soon begin talking about getting rid of certain people.

A triangle forms between two warrior princes and a female doctor in the fictional locale of Al-Rassan during the Christian re-conquest of Moorish Spain.

Set in 1958 Little Rock, Marlee and Liz are two best friends in middle school. When Liz stops coming to school, it's rumored that it's because she was passing as white, and Marlee will stop at nothing to reunite with her friend.