Browse Movies : Development : Upcoming + TBA : Drama : R (Page #2)

20th century musical radical and multi-hyphenate George Antheil has an unlikely friendship with movie star Hedy Lamarr. Despite their day jobs in entertainment, the two possess an intense desire to defeat the Nazis and thus invent and patent a secret communications system in 1941 which sketches out the principle of frequency hopping. Their invention proves crucial to the development of modern communications.

Lured by a brochure his doctor gives him after informing him that his emphysema has left him with scarcely a year to live, 52-year-old Oswald T. Campbell abandons wintry Chicago for Lost River, Alabama, where he believes he’ll be spending his last Christmas. Frances Cleverdon, one of four widows and three single women in town, hopes to fix him up with her sister, Mildred–if only Mildred wouldn’t keep dying her hair outrageous colors every few days. When Frances and Oswald become involved in the life of Patsy Casey, an abandoned young girl with a crippled leg, the townspeople and neighboring communities rally round shy, sweet Patsy as Christmas approaches.

A young Hollywood producer hires a down-on-his-luck actor, who was once a star, for a low-budget, direct-to-DVD film.

A young man tries to reconstruct his past out of fragmented memories. His obsessive efforts are funded by a large financial settlement for an accident he cannot remember, but neither his friends nor he can anticipate the extremes he will go to in realizing his quest.

Hap Rosecrans, a washing machine repairman, is a victim of fetal alcohol syndrome. He's a recovering alcoholic, as well as a reformed arsonist, caring for his mother in a convalescent home while skewing to a regimen of honest repair work. His integrity is tested when, his finances floundering, he is forced to go to work for a corrupt leasing and repair operation.

One hundred and thirteen children, who were in utero when a meteor hit their Illinois hometown, are left with special powers. Some of them are being murdered, and when that happens, their powers switch to the remaining "specials," some of whom want nothing to do with this superhero business.

A celebrated American writer journeys to China for the long-awaited Chinese publication of his first book, triggering memories from twenty years earlier when he taught English literature to Chinese college students while on the brink of a nation's unprecedented change.

During the height of the Watergate scandal, rising star Hillary Rodham is the youngest lawyer chosen for the House Judiciary Committee to Impeach Nixon, but she soon finds herself forced to choose between a destined path to the White House and her unresolved feelings for Bill Clinton, her former boyfriend who now teaches law in Arkansas.

Two groups of superhuman soldiers (Montagues and Capulets) have turned the Empire of Verona into the most powerful territory on earth. A young Montague boy and Capulet girl fall in love. They secretly plan to marry, hoping their union can be what brings peace between the warring factions.

Chronicles the first 24-hours as they unfold after the arrest of Rosa Parks on December 1, 1955.

In the 1950s, Reuben Sturman begins selling "girlie magazines" in Ohio, imports porn from Europe and brings peep shows to America. Despite legal challenges, he becomes a billionaire in the 1970s but gets into business with the Gotti mob in New York, ends up in jail and dies penniless.

Ryan Wash, an openly gay male debater from inner-city Kansas, emerges from personal turmoil that includes the death of his mother, to set out on a life-long search to re-find home in the electrifying world of competitive debating. It is a world that simultaneously inspires and betrays him, until he embraces his own identity and revolutionizes the debate establishment. Wash wins the 2013 Cross Examination Association and National Debate Tournament championships.

Power and police corruption frame the investigation of the disappearance of several young girls.

Set against the dramatic landscape of the English coastal town of Lyme-Regis and centers on two female 19th century fossil hunters who make significant discoveries that changed the scientific world forever. The story reveals invisible women in science who were influential but marginalized and whose accomplishments were appropriated by men.

This story vividly showcases dropout culture during the 1990s, offering a glimpse into America's vibrant and eventful decade.

A governor's teenage son is sent to prison as part of Scared Straight, a crime-prevention program that imprisons delinquent teens for a short period in the hopes of deterring them from a life of crime. While the teenager is there, a riot breaks out and the prisoners take him hostage. He teams up with other street kids and a con to stop the riot.