Category Archives: Drama

Thank You for Smoking

Poster for “Thank You for Smoking”
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Jason Reitman
Released April 14, 2006
Runtime 92 min.
Plot Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his 12-year-old son.

Are You Here

Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Matthew Weiner
Released August 22, 2014
Runtime 114 min.
Plot Two childhood best friends, one a superficial womanizer and the other a barely functioning bipolar, embark on a road trip back to their hometown after one of them learns his estranged father has died.

Downsizing

Genre Drama, Sci-Fi
Director Alexander Payne
Released December 22, 2017
Runtime 135 min.
Plot A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.

Top Gun

Genre Action, Drama
Director Tony Scott
Released May 16, 1986
Runtime 109 min.
Plot The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills. When hotshot fighter pilot Maverick is sent to the school, his reckless attitude and cocky demeanor put him at odds …

Lucky Number Slevin

Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director Paul McGuigan
Released April 7, 2006
Runtime 110 min.
Plot A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses. Under constant surveillance by Detective Brikowski and assassin Goodkat, he must get them before they ge…

Under Fire

Genre Drama, War
Director Roger Spottiswoode
Released October 21, 1983
Runtime 128 min.
Plot Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somoza regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979.