Browse Movies : Drama : G (Page #4)

Emma Thompson embodies the candor and apprehension of retired teacher Nancy Stokes, and newcomer Daryl McCormack personifies the charisma and compassion of sex worker Leo Grande. As Nancy embarks on a post-marital sexual awakening and Leo draws on his skills and charm, together they find a surprising human connection.

Story of one of the most complicated military leaders-turned politicians in American history, Ulysses S. Grant.

On the dawn on their anniversary, Nijm spontaneously ditches work to spend the afternoon day drinking with Irina. But, what was supposed to be a fun-filled day of love, lust, and celebration of life slowly devolves into a harrowing evening of consequences… all while under the heavy scrutiny of a biased neighborhood watch.

In 1991, a young musician named Jeff Buckley (Penn Badgley) rehearses for his public singing debut at a Brooklyn tribute show for his father, the late folk singer Tim Buckley. Struggling with the legacy of a man he barely knew, Jeff finds solace in a relationship with a young woman (Imogen Poots) working at the show. As they explore New York City, their adventures recall glimpses of Tim’s (Ben Rosenfield) 1960s heyday, as he drives cross-country with a girlfriend and finds himself on the verge of stardom.

Marge Bickford (Jess Gabor) navigates the halls of her high school and the chalked lines of its soccer field with the same sense of failure and dread. Life is passing her by and she doesn’t seem to mind… Marge runs away to find her estranged father, a faded ex-soccer star hiding out and coaching a rag tag women’s football team in rural Mexico. When he is not surfing, he drinks too much. He means no harm, but seems ill-equipped to handle the responsibilities of normal adulthood. In fact, he is probably far less mature than his unhappy daughter. The film becomes a funny and heart-warming journey as the two learn that a family can be put back together, even if all you have are the missing pieces.

Bernard King plays in the NBA for 14 seasons until 1993 and is a four-time All-Star. But besides chronic physical injuries, the Knicks star endures cycles of negativity and self-destructiveness due to childhood trauma and sobriety issues.

When Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) returns to his hometown in New Jersey for the first time in 10 years to attend his mother's funeral, he is reconnected with the world he left behind, and meets a girl, Samantha (Natalie Portman), who may change his life forever. Having recently stopped taking the powerful antidepressants he had been prescribed for years, Largeman's journey of self-discovery prompted by his return causes him to have a more healthy rediscovery of himself, which includes confronting his psychologist father (Ian Holm) and helping Samantha through her own psychological issues.

Life begins to imitate art in uncanny ways when earthy British beauty Gemma (Gemma Arterton) and her furniture restorer husband Charles Bovery (Jason Flemyng) move to the very same Norman village where the novel was written. Local baker and Flaubert fan Martin Joubert (Fabrice Luchini) falls for the lovely and charming newcomer and sets out to be her mentor. It doesn't take long before his wild imagination leads him to draw parallels between the literary and real life woman, as he insinuates himself into her life. She soon finds herself at a crossroads that seems to be fulfilling Joubert's worst fears that her destiny is mirroring that of Flaubert’s doomed heroine.

A speculative account of the life of Griet, a 16-year-old girl who appears in Johannes Vermeer's painting of the same title. Set in 17th century Holland, Griet is employed by Vermeer as a housemaid to care for his six children, his jealous pregnant wife and his uncommunicative mother-in-law. Tensions arise when Vermeer's wife suspects intimacy between her husband and the girl--and then climax, when the wife discovers that Griet borrowed her precious pearl earrings to sit for the now famous portrait.

A young man with Down's Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend.

Chronicles the lives of Carole King, the product of outer-borough, middle-class New York City; Joni Mitchell, the granddaughter of Canadian farmers; and Carly Simon, a child of the Manhattan intellectual upper crust, and sets their stories against the backdrop of American girls coming of age in the late 1960s.

"Glory Road" is based on the inspiring true story of the underdog Texas Western basketball team whose drive to win superceded some of the most bruising and difficult challenges during a point in U.S. history of massive cultural and philosophical turmoil. It was a time when, against all odds, the first all African American starting lineup of players took the country by storm and, in a surprise turn of events, wont the 1966 NCAA tournament title. Josh Lucas stars as Hall of Famer Don Haskins, the passionately dedicated college basketball coach that changed the history of basketball and, in turn, helped change the course of history. The film is directed by James Gartner, written by Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois.

The story follows Sasha Li (Akana) is forced by her father to go back to China and work for the family toy business.

The tale of 19-year-old Brad Land who is left physically injured and psychologically traumatized after a horrifying assault. He and his brother pledge a fraternity at Clemson University where disastrous events occur that force Brad to come to grips with his problems.

An Iraq war vet and a disgraced Catholic priest travel from New York to California in a pink 1975 El Dorado in a week, breaking the Ten Commandments one by one.

As Eve begins writing songs as a way to sort through some emotional problems, she meets James and Cassie, two musicians each at crossroads of their own.

The psychological drama stars Emily Watson (center) as a mother in a tight-knit Irish fishing village who tells a lie for her beloved son that threatens their family and the community.

In the wake of the entire computer network shutting down and the ensuing economic and societal collapse, a group must come together to fight for their survival.

Takes place in a world where the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology live in present-day New York City.