Drama 2008
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1. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.
Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor
Votes: 878,002 | Gross: $141.32M
2. Revolutionary Road (2008)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Christopher Fitzgerald, Jonathan Roumie
Votes: 225,041 | Gross: $22.91M
3. The Wrestler (2008)
R | 109 min | Drama, Sport
A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis
Votes: 320,019 | Gross: $26.24M
4. The Reader (2008)
R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain
Votes: 259,974 | Gross: $34.19M
5. Gran Torino (2008)
R | 116 min | Drama
After a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her
Votes: 815,191 | Gross: $148.10M
6. Seven Pounds (2008)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A man with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Director: Gabriele Muccino | Stars: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy
Votes: 315,267 | Gross: $69.95M
7. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
R | 124 min | Drama
A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Director: Charlie Kaufman | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener
Votes: 98,259 | Gross: $3.08M
8. Doubt (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Mystery
A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.
Director: John Patrick Shanley | Stars: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
Votes: 136,097 | Gross: $33.42M
9. Rachel Getting Married (2008)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Debra Winger, Sebastian Stan
Votes: 51,251 | Gross: $12.80M
10. Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A doctor, who is travelling to see his estranged son, sparks with an unhappily married woman at a North Carolina inn.
Director: George C. Wolfe | Stars: Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Christopher Meloni, Viola Davis
Votes: 26,360 | Gross: $41.85M
11. Redbelt (2008)
R | 99 min | Drama, Sport
A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry. Though he refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Allen, Emily Mortimer, Max Martini
Votes: 21,520 | Gross: $2.34M
12. The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama
In 1964, a teenage girl in search of the truth about her mother runs away to a small town in South Carolina and finds a family of independent women who can connect her to her past.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys
Votes: 27,958 | Gross: $37.77M
13. Two Lovers (2008)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Anne Joyce
Votes: 43,550 | Gross: $3.15M
14. I Can't Think Straight (2008)
PG-13 | 82 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman engaged to be married finds her life changed forever when she meets her best friend's girlfriend.
Director: Shamim Sarif | Stars: Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Antonia Frering, Dalip Tahil
Votes: 9,362 | Gross: $0.04M
15. Make It Happen (2008)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Musical
Embarking on a journey to fulfill her dreams as a dancer, a young girl discovers a new style of dance that will prove to be the source of both conflict and self-discovery.
Director: Darren Grant | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Tessa Thompson, Riley Smith, John Reardon
Votes: 6,492
16. The Burning Plain (2008)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A drama with a two-tiered storyline concerning a mother and daughter who try to form a bond after the young woman's difficult childhood.
Director: Guillermo Arriaga | Stars: Charlize Theron, John Corbett, José María Yazpik, Robin Tunney
Votes: 21,344 | Gross: $0.20M
17. Nothing But the Truth (I) (2008)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Washington, D.C., a reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source.
Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga, Angela Bassett
Votes: 39,863 | Gross: $0.00M
18. The Family That Preys (2008)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama
Two families from different walks of life learn to work together.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Rockmond Dunbar
Votes: 8,004 | Gross: $37.02M
19. Keith (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Natalie, head of her curriculum activities in high school and riding on a tennis scholarship for college, gets Keith as her Chemistry lab partner. As Natalie can be uptight, Keith proves to be the opposite, even while hiding a secret.
Director: Todd Kessler | Stars: Elisabeth Harnois, Jesse McCartney, Margo Harshman, Ignacio Serricchio
Votes: 37,396
20. Brideshead Revisited (2008)
PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Romance
A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to World War II.
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Matthew Goode, Patrick Malahide, Hayley Atwell, Thomas Morrison
Votes: 13,670 | Gross: $6.41M
21. The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008)
R | 114 min | Drama
A story told by Zahra to a French journalist of her niece Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old married woman, who received capital punishment and stoned to death because of false accusations in the remote village of Kuhpayeh, Iran, in 1986.
Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel, Mozhan Navabi, Navid Negahban
Votes: 21,743 | Gross: $0.66M
22. Last Chance Harvey (2008)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Romance
In London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life.
Director: Joel Hopkins | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Kathy Baker, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 22,428 | Gross: $14.88M
23. Jolene (2008)
R | 121 min | Drama
A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak.
Director: Dan Ireland | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Frances Fisher, Rupert Friend, Dermot Mulroney
Votes: 5,151
24. Frozen River (2008)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama
A mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smuggling?
Director: Courtney Hunt | Stars: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe
Votes: 26,464 | Gross: $2.51M
25. The Poker House (2008)
R | 93 min | Drama
A dramatization of Lori Petty's teenage years spent in small town Iowa.
Director: Lori Petty | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Javon Johnson, Sophi Bairley, Bokeem Woodbine
Votes: 5,886
26. Elegy (I) (2008)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life, which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood," thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Penélope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 23,214 | Gross: $3.58M
27. Flashbacks of a Fool (2008)
R | 109 min | Drama
A fading Hollywood star looks back at the days of his youth as he returns home from his best friend's funeral.
Director: Baillie Walsh | Stars: Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Eve, Olivia Williams
Votes: 12,942 | Gross: $0.00M
28. Wendy and Lucy (2008)
R | 80 min | Drama
Over the summer, a series of unfortunate happenings triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Michelle Williams, Lucy, David Koppell, Max Clement
Votes: 19,760 | Gross: $0.86M
29. An American Affair (2008)
R | 93 min | Drama
In 1963, during the swirl of glamour and intrigue that turned President John F. Kennedy's Washington into Camelot, a lonely 13-year-old Catholic school boy comes of age.
Director: William Olsson | Stars: Gretchen Mol, James Rebhorn, Cameron Bright, Mark Pellegrino
Votes: 2,400
30. Front of the Class (2008 TV Movie)
PG | 95 min | Biography, Drama
Brad Cohen who, despite being challenged by Tourette's Syndrome at a very young age, defies all odds to become a gifted teacher.
Director: Peter Werner | Stars: James Wolk, Treat Williams, Dominic Scott Kay, Sarah Drew
Votes: 8,888
31. Forever Strong (2008)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Sport
A rugby player is put up in a juvenile detention center, where he plays for the Highland Rugby team and ultimately plays against his father in the National Championships.
Director: Ryan Little | Stars: Sean Faris, Penn Badgley, Gary Cole, Sean Astin
Votes: 11,158 | Gross: $0.63M
32. Gardens of the Night (2008)
R | 110 min | Drama
After being abducted as children, and suffering years of abuse, a teenage boy and girl find themselves living on the street.
Director: Damian Harris | Stars: Gillian Jacobs, John Malkovich, Ryan Simpkins, Tom Arnold
Votes: 4,699
33. Fireflies in the Garden (2008)
R | 99 min | Drama
The Taylor family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college -- decades after leaving to raise her children.
Director: Dennis Lee | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss
Votes: 13,603 | Gross: $3.39M
34. Adulthood (2008)
99 min | Crime, Drama
The story revolves around Sam who is released from prison and has to face the people he hurt on a daily basis.
Director: Noel Clarke | Stars: Noel Clarke, Scarlett Alice Johnson, Adam Deacon, Jacob Anderson
Votes: 13,155
35. What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.
Director: Brian Goodman | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Mark Ruffalo, Brian Goodman, Amanda Peet
Votes: 13,231
36. Mulligans (2008)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance
Two college friends take a journey home. One of them makes a mistake that may tear a family apart. Sometimes there are no second chances, sometimes there are no mulligans.
Director: Chip Hale | Stars: Dan Payne, Thea Gill, Charlie David, Derek Baynham
Votes: 3,407
37. Whore (I) (2008)
R | 112 min | Drama
A group of young hopeful teenagers who have come to Hollywood in the hopes of an acting career find that the business is harder than they had ever imagined.
Director: Thomas Dekker | Stars: Thomas Dekker, Rumer Willis, Ron Jeremy, Anthony Fitzgerald
Votes: 588
38. The Black Balloon (2008)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Romance
All Thomas wants is a normal adolescence but his autistic brother, Charlie, thwarts his every opportunity. Will Thomas, with the help of his girlfriend, Jackie, accept his brother?
Director: Elissa Down | Stars: Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Toni Collette, Erik Thomson
Votes: 9,233 | Gross: $0.09M
39. Winged Creatures (2008)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama
A group of strangers form a unique relationship with each other after surviving a random shooting at a Los Angeles diner.
Director: Rowan Woods | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Forest Whitaker, Guy Pearce, Dakota Fanning
Votes: 7,426
40. Garden Party (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
April (age 15) is running from one bad situation into another, hoping to find an answer that doesn't involve nudity, and falls in with a group of confused kids chasing their dreams. The black widow in the web is the sexy, pot-dealing Sally.
Director: Jason Freeland | Stars: Erik Smith, Tierra Abbott, Vinessa Shaw, Christopher Allport
Votes: 3,549 | Gross: $0.02M
41. Afterschool (2008)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Mystery
An Internet-addicted prep-school student captures on video camera the drug overdose of two girls.
Director: Antonio Campos | Stars: Ezra Miller, Jeremy Allen White, Emory Cohen, Michael Stuhlbarg
Votes: 4,951 | Gross: $0.00M
42. Dream Boy (2008)
R | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Based on the novel "Dream Boy" by Jim Grimsley, this film chronicles the relationship between two gay teenagers in the rural south in the late 70's.
Director: James Bolton | Stars: Stephan Bender, Thomas Jay Ryan, Diana Scarwid, Tom Gilroy
Votes: 4,376 | Gross: $0.01M
43. A Summer in Genoa (2008)
R | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A man moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives. Genova changes all three of them as the youngest daughter starts to see the ghost of her mother, while the older one discovers her sexuality.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Colin Firth, Perla Haney-Jardine, Willa Holland, Catherine Keener
Votes: 6,780
44. The Human Contract (2008)
R | 103 min | Drama
A successful corporate type harboring a deep, dark secret befriends a free-spirited stranger who encourages him to ditch his stuffy lifestyle and live life in reckless abandon.
Director: Jada Pinkett Smith | Stars: Jason Clarke, Paz Vega, Idris Elba, T.J. Thyne
Votes: 2,398
45. Pineapple (2008)
R | 87 min | Drama
After his cheating wife files for divorce and full custody of their daughter Andrew finds himself teetering between a life of drug addiction and sobriety. His only solace is found in the arms of an exotic dancer.
Director: Damian Skinner | Stars: Skye McCole Bartusiak, Krystal Morton, Steven Chester Prince, Smackola
Votes: 226
46. Girlfriend Experience (2008)
83 min | Drama
A man obsessed with prostitutes discovers that love is a lot more expensive than sex. An entertaining peek into the world of prostitution from the client's point of view.
Director: Ileana Pietrobruno | Stars: David James Lewis, Ivy Vine, Emma Lahana, Tara Frederick
Votes: 299
47. Trucker (2008)
R | 90 min | Drama
A trucker, leading a life free of depth and on the way to nowhere, is forced to make a decision about her aggressive loner 11-year-old son whom she openly deserted ten years previously.
Director: James Mottern | Stars: Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion, Benjamin Bratt, Joey Lauren Adams
Votes: 3,593 | Gross: $0.05M
48. The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Romance
A rebellious socialite defies social conventions for a once-in-a-lifetime shot at true love, only to see her hopes shattered after a priceless diamond vanishes into thin air. Adapted from a long-lost Tennessee Williams screenplay.
Director: Jodie Markell | Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Will Patton, Ann-Margret
Votes: 2,825 | Gross: $0.12M
49. Fling (2008)
R | 98 min | Drama, Romance
An attractive young couple's open relationship is stretched to the breaking point when each partner finds themselves falling in love with other people.
Director: John Stewart Muller | Stars: Brandon Routh, Steve Sandvoss, Courtney Ford, Shoshana Bush
Votes: 1,770
50. BackPage (2008)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Four film students embark on a group project investigating call girls. Leadership squabbles and creative differences, along with a dangerous proximity to their documentary subjects, leads to disaster.
Director: Hugh Richard Massey III | Stars: Ethan Norris, Jeremy Inman, Adam Dapkus, Joshua Cox
Votes: 37
51. Sleepwalking (2008)
R | 101 min | Drama
The drama follows a twelve-year-old girl's struggle to come to terms with her mother's abandonment.
Director: Bill Maher | Stars: Charlize Theron, Nick Stahl, AnnaSophia Robb, Deborra-Lee Furness
Votes: 6,057 | Gross: $0.17M
52. Pretty/Handsome (2008 TV Movie)
67 min | Drama
A married father of two tells his wife and teenage sons that he is transsexual.
Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Carrie-Anne Moss, Blythe Danner, Robert Wagner
Votes: 456
53. Layla Live or Die (2008)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama
A Middle Eastern girl comes to America to for an arranged marriage but ends up a go-go dancer with a psychotic police officer as her guardian angel.
Director: Michael Andres | Stars: Shawn Flanagan, Nazanine Mousavi, Peter Burke, Patrick G. Donahue
Votes: 81
54. Medicine for Melancholy (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Twenty-four hours in the tentative relationship of two young San Franciscans also dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying city.
Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins, John Thurgood, Brent Weinbach
Votes: 2,617 | Gross: $0.11M
55. 8 (2008)
100 min | Drama
8 shorts centered around 8 themes directed by 8 famous film directors involved and sharing their opinion on progress, on the set-backs and the challenges our planet faces today.
Directors: Jane Campion, Gael García Bernal, Jan Kounen, Mira Nair, Gaspar Noé, Abderrahmane Sissako, Gus Van Sant, Wim Wenders | Stars: Nigist Anteneh, Tefera Gizaw, Fekadu Kebede, Ingvar Sigurdsson
Votes: 976
56. August (2008)
R | 88 min | Drama
August centers on two brothers fighting to keep their start-up company afloat on Wall Street during August 2001, a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Director: Austin Chick | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris, Adam Scott, Robin Tunney
Votes: 4,330 | Gross: $0.01M
57. Sugar (I) (2008)
R | 114 min | Drama, Sport
Dominican baseball star Miguel "Sugar" Santos is recruited to play in the U.S. minor-leagues.
Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck | Stars: Algenis Perez Soto, Jose Rijo, Walki Cuevas, Santo Silvestre
Votes: 5,152 | Gross: $1.08M
58. Nights and Weekends (2008)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama, Romance
A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.
Directors: Greta Gerwig, Joe Swanberg | Stars: Greta Gerwig, Joe Swanberg, Jay Duplass, Elizabeth Donius
Votes: 1,804 | Gross: $0.00M
59. I've Loved You So Long (2008)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama
A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.
Director: Philippe Claudel | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Grévill
Votes: 20,711 | Gross: $3.17M
60. Newcastle (2008)
Unrated | 107 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Tragedy befalls one of three brothers while on an outback surfing outing with friends.
Director: Dan Castle | Stars: Lachlan Buchanan, Xavier Samuel, Reshad Strik, Kirk Jenkins
Votes: 1,737
61. Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama
Confounded by her clashes with the seemingly rule-obsessed world, a troubled young girl seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher.
Director: Daniel Barnz | Stars: Elle Fanning, Patricia Clarkson, Felicity Huffman, Bill Pullman
Votes: 8,079 | Gross: $0.07M
62. Bride Flight (2008)
R | 130 min | Drama, Romance
A romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds, forever changed when they emigrate to New Zealand as war brides.
Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Pleuni Touw
Votes: 2,787 | Gross: $0.50M
63. Arizona Sky (2008)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Romance
Jake and Kyle are two boys who grew up together in rural Arizona. They are best friends, and they begin to take their relationship to the next level when Jake's father moves him and his ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff London | Stars: Blaise Godbe Lipman, Kyle Buckland, Eric Dean, Evan Cuthbert
Votes: 636
64. The Last Lullaby (2008)
R | 93 min | Drama, Mystery
A retired hit-man can't pass up one last high-priced contract. In his final job, he is directed to kill the beautiful and intriguing librarian Sarah, but his violent ways begin to fail him as he falls for this totally unsuspecting mark.
Director: Jeffrey Goodman | Stars: Tom Sizemore, Sasha Alexander, Sprague Grayden, Bill Smitrovich
Votes: 1,009 | Gross: $0.03M
65. A Raisin in the Sun (2008 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 131 min | Drama
An African-American family struggles with poverty, racism, and inner conflict as they strive for a better way of life. Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry.
Director: Kenny Leon | Stars: Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Sanaa Lathan, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad
Votes: 2,145
66. The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2008 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama
A father separates his son from his twin sister at birth to prevent him and the mother from knowing she was born with Down syndrome. Based on the novel by Kim Edwards.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney, Hugh Thompson, Krystal Hope Nausbaum
Votes: 3,035
67. Affinity (I) (2008)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance
A grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the female prisoners. Of all her friendships ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Zoë Tapper, Anna Madeley, Domini Blythe, Amanda Plummer
Votes: 2,250
68. Involuntary (2008)
98 min | Drama
In several unrelated stories, the consequences of putting one's foot down - or failing to do so - are explored.
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Villmar Björkman, Lola Ewerlund, Maria Lundqvist, Henrik Vikman
Votes: 6,484
69. Older Than America (2008)
102 min | Drama
A Native American woman is haunted by visions that compel her to seek the truth about a residential school.
Director: Georgina Lightning | Stars: Adam Beach, Tantoo Cardinal, Bradley Cooper, Georgina Lightning
Votes: 1,218
70. In Your Absence (2008)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
A fatherless boy whose fixation on a mysterious stranger leads him blindly into a tragedy that is to mark him for life.
Director: Iván Noel | Stars: Francisco Alfonsin, Pedro Salido Saborido, Gonzalo Sánchez Salas, Anabel Azuar
Votes: 958
71. The Russell Girl (2008 TV Movie)
PG | 120 min | Drama
Sarah Russell, a 23-year-old aspiring medical school student, visits her family to share some important news but instead finds herself confronting a difficult period from her past.
Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Amber Tamblyn, Jennifer Ehle, Henry Czerny, Paul Wesley
Votes: 1,910
72. Adoration (2008)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance
For his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Devon Bostick, Rachel Blanchard, Louca Tassone, Kenneth Welsh
Votes: 3,481 | Gross: $0.29M
73. Disgrace (2008)
R | 119 min | Drama
After having an affair with a student, a Cape Town professor moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics.
Director: Steve Jacobs | Stars: John Malkovich, Natalie Becker, Jessica Haines, Eriq Ebouaney
Votes: 5,824 | Gross: $0.07M
74. El camino (III) (2008)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Elliot, 31, a product of the Washington D.C. foster care system, has spent most of his life moving from place to place. When he is contacted by Matthew, a childhood friend from "the system"... See full summary »
Director: Erik S. Weigel | Stars: Leo Fitzpatrick, Elisabeth Moss, Christopher Denham, Wes Studi
Votes: 170
75. The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008)
Not Rated | 71 min | Drama
A curious and lost Eleonore looks for something everywhere, even in the bags of strangers who find themselves sadly smiling only well after she's left their lives. They owe her their thanks.
Director: Josh Safdie | Stars: Bat 'Batman' Baxter, Alex Billig, Wayne Chin, Jerry Damons
Votes: 2,056 | Gross: $0.01M
76. A Beautiful Life (2008)
Not Rated | 81 min | Drama
A love story about the encounter of two drifting souls. Escaping her abusive past, a woman stays the night with an illegal immigrant friend of a friend. The two get closer and fall in love, but face turmoil.
Director: Alejandro Chomski | Stars: Dana Delany, Bai Ling, Debi Mazar, Angela Sarafyan
Votes: 446
77. The Tender Hook (2008)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The story is about Iris' rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover McHeath and Art, an earnest young boxer. Within the flawed moral landscape, each character struggles to establish their sovereignty.
Director: Jonathan Ogilvie | Stars: Rose Byrne, Tyler Coppin, John Batchelor, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 607
78. Summer Lover (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Sappho, a newly wed American wife, with her husband on the Greek island Lesbos, goes through the pain of unrequited love to a young woman, very much like the namesake poet in ancient times.
Director: Robert Crombie | Stars: Avalon Barrie, Todd Soley, Lyudmila Shiryaeva, Bogdan Stupka
Votes: 1,872
79. American Violet (2008)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama
A single mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished Texas town.
Director: Tim Disney | Stars: Nicole Beharie, Will Patton, Alfre Woodard, Tim Blake Nelson
Votes: 2,779 | Gross: $0.55M
80. The Last Word (I) (2008)
R | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A man (Bentley) who makes his living composing other people's suicide notes enters into a romance with the sister (Ryder) of a recent client.
Director: Geoffrey Haley | Stars: Wes Bentley, Winona Ryder, Ray Romano, Gina Hecht
Votes: 3,266
81. Night and Day (2008)
Not Rated | 144 min | Drama
In the summer of 2007 a painter in his forties travels to Paris to escape arrest for smoking marijuana, leaving his wife behind in Korea. While there he meets an ex-girlfriend and is introduced to a small community of Korean artists.
Director: Hong Sang-soo | Stars: Yeong-ho Kim, Hwang Soo-Jung, Park Eun-hye, Boris Baum
Votes: 1,298
82. The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (2008)
PG | 96 min | Drama, Family
In 1970, 75-year-old Jonathan Sperry starts mentoring three boys--Dustin, Albert, and Mark--to follow the Lord.
Director: Rich Christiano | Stars: Gavin MacLeod, Jansen Panettiere, Robert Guillaume, Frankie Ryan Manriquez
Votes: 1,627 | Gross: $1.36M
83. Give Me Your Hand (2008)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Twin 18-year-olds hitchhike to their mother's funeral in Spain. The journey changes their lives forever.
Director: Pascal-Alex Vincent | Stars: Alexandre Carril, Victor Carril, Anaïs Demoustier, Samir Harrag
Votes: 1,356 | Gross: $0.00M
84. The Commander: Abduction (2008 TV Movie)
45 min | Drama
Brian believes that someone else was in the room with him when he found his mother's body. Doug fears that he will never see his son again. Clare commits a sudden, impetuous act that puts her career in grave jeopardy.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Amanda Burton, Mark Lewis Jones, Claire Skinner, James D'Arcy
Votes: 158
85. The Kreutzer Sonata (2008)
R | 99 min | Drama
Based on "The Kreutzer Sonata" by Leo Tolstoy.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Danny Huston, Elisabeth Röhm, Matthew Yang King, Stella Huston
Votes: 399
86. Palermo Shooting (2008)
124 min | Drama
After the wild life-style of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful city and a beautiful local woman help him calm himself down?
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Campino, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Dennis Hopper, Inga Busch
Votes: 3,195
87. Is Anybody There? (2008)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama
A lonely boy who lives in his parents' home for the elderly explores his obsession with the afterlife through his friendship with an aging magician.
Director: John Crowley | Stars: Michael Caine, Bill Milner, Anne-Marie Duff, Ralph Riach
Votes: 5,002 | Gross: $2.02M
88. Kamasutra Nights (I) (2008)
TV-MA | 87 min | Drama
Set in a mystic land, The films looks into the relationship between lust, passion and free will against black magic.
Director: Eric Manning | Stars: Sunny Malick, Zain Jamal, Eric Manning, Namitha
Votes: 244
89. Fix (I) (2008)
R | 93 min | Drama
Milo has to get his brother to rehab before 8pm to keep him from doing 3 years in prison. Milo films the trip as documentary while his partner/Olivia Wilde drives, starting 5:20am in LA. Complications follow.
Director: Tao Ruspoli | Stars: Shawn Andrews, Olivia Wilde, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Tao Ruspoli
Votes: 949 | Gross: $0.01M
90. He Kills Coppers (2008 TV Movie)
139 min | Crime, Drama
Three policemen are brutally murdered during the 1966 World Cup celebrations. "He Kills Coppers" follows three men connected to the deaths; Frank (a fellow policeman), Tony (an ambitious ... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Mel Raido, Liam Garrigan, Rafe Spall, Steven Robertson
Votes: 279
91. Ladies of the House (2008 TV Movie)
G | 96 min | Drama
Building a house together creates an unbreakable bond between three women and saves their marriages.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Florence Henderson, Donna Mills, Pam Grier, Lance Henriksen
Votes: 211
92. The Art of Travel (2008)
R | 100 min | Drama
Having called off his wedding, a high school graduate journeys alone to Central America, finding adventure with a ragtag group of foreigners who attempt to cross the Darien Gap in record time.
Director: Thomas Whelan | Stars: Christopher Masterson, Brooke Burns, Johnny Messner, James Duval
Votes: 2,620
93. The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (2008)
105 min | Drama
The story of Alex, who, with the help of his charismatic grandfather, Bai Dan, embarks on a journey in search of his real self.
Director: Stephan Komandarev | Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Carlo Ljubek, Hristo Mutafchiev, Ana Papadopulu
Votes: 6,102
94. 1% (2008 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Lucy Punch, Donal Logue, Kim Dickens, Abraham Benrubi
Votes: 53
95. Cookies & Cream (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A racially mixed single mother accepts an amateur porn gig to take care of her daughter and herself.
Director: Princeton Holt | Stars: Jace Nicole, Ardie Fuqua, Naama Kates, Brian Ackley
Votes: 218
96. Summerhill (2008 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Family
Summerhill, whose headmistress is Zoe Redhead, is a seventy year old progressive school, run on cooperative lines with pupils having an equal say in its constitution. However officious ... See full summary »
Director: Jon East | Stars: Olly Alexander, Annette Badland, Holly Bodimeade, Eliot Otis Brown Walters
Votes: 397
97. Surrogate (2008)
57 min | Drama
Eli is a 32 year old man who has problems with relationships with women. Hagar is a surrogate, an alternative partner for practical, sexual therapy. They meet once a week and practice a ... See full summary »
Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer | Stars: Amir Wolf, Lana Ettinger, Rozina Cambos, Yonatan Swirski
Votes: 168
98. Prince of Broadway (2008)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A New York street hustler specializing in name-brand knock-offs finds his highly profitable game suddenly complicated when his ex-girlfriend shows up toting the son he never knew he had.
Director: Sean Baker | Stars: Prince Adu, Karren Karagulian, Aiden Noesi, Keyali Mayaga
Votes: 620 | Gross: $0.02M
99. 3-Day Weekend (2008)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Romance
Director Rob Williams (Long-Term Relationship, Back Soon) serves up a shaken and stirred cocktail of sexual intrigue, humor and drama in his latest about an unlikely group of friends and ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Williams | Stars: Chris Carlisle, Joel Harrison, Gaetano Jones, Derek Long
Votes: 936
100. Consuming Passion (2008 TV Movie)
86 min | Drama, Romance
Three intertwined stories to celebrate the the centenary of romance-publishing house Mills and Boon. The first, concerning Charles Boon's tempestuous relationship with his wife Mary, is ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Zeff | Stars: Jodie Whittaker, Daniel Mays, Patrick Kennedy, Olivia Colman
Votes: 222
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