Best Drama movies of 2005

Actors : Malik Zidi, Mila Dekker, Aurélia Petit, Luc Leclerc du Sablon,
Directors : Valérie Minetto,

Cheyenne, a journalist, decides to leave Paris after being laid off and to settle down in the middle of nowhere, far from the society she hates.The trouble is that she leaves Sonia, her ...

Actors : Keith David, Clifton Collins Jr., Brittany Daniel, Frank Alvarez,
Directors : Chris Fisher,

Two gangbangers-turned-cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.

Actors : Lauren Lee Smith, Polly Shannon, Mayko Nguyen, Eric Balfour,
Directors : Clement Virgo,

An outgoing, sexually aggressive young woman meets and begins a torrid affair with an equally aggressive young man in which their affair begins to bring a strain on their personal lives.

Actors : Natalie Portman, Hiam Abbass, Carmen Maura, Hana Laslo,
Directors : Amos Gitai,

Two women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. Rebecca (Portman) flees her hotel after a fight with her mother-in-law (Maura) and hails a taxi driven by Hanna (Lazlo).

Actors : Jean Paul Leroux, Rubén Blades, Carlos Julio Molina, Mía Maestro,
Directors : Jonathan Jakubowicz,

Young couple Carla (Maestro) and Martin (Leroux) are abducted by three men and spend a terrifying night in Caracas as they wait for Carla's father (Blades) to hand over the ransom.

Actors : Nilupili Jayawardena, Hemasiri Liyanage, Saumya Liyanage, Kaushalaya Fernando,
Directors : Vimukthi Jayasundara,

Actors : Katia Zinbris, Naama Schendar, Danny Geva, Smadar Sayar,

Rebellious and outgoing Smadar can't stand types like Mirit. Mirit, introverted and frightened, keeps away from the likes of Smadar. But the two are thrown together as they are assigned to ...

Actors : Yilmaz Erdogan, Tolga Çevik, Cem Yilmaz, Özgü Namal,
Directors : Yilmaz Erdogan,

A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.

Actors : Jeremy Lelliott, Cole Williams, Ruben Dario, Kristin Hensley,
Directors : Russell Brown,

Bisexual travel writer Nathan examines his increasingly complex feelings for Maggie as they travel through California's wine country on assignment.

Actors : Natasha Wightman, August Diehl, Ellen Page, Beatrice Brown,
Directors : Alison Murray,

An adventurous coming-of-age story that follows young rebellious Sherry through Europe as she loses her illusions, virginity and lip ring.

Actors : Dominic Scott Kay, Kevin Bacon, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick,
Directors : Kevin Bacon,

A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.

Actors : Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessio Boni, Stefania Rocca, Luigi Lo Cascio,
Directors : Cristina Comencini,

Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. Lately nightmares start disturbing her, and almost in the same time she discovers to be pregnant. Step by ...

Actors : Sandy Adell, David M. Ames, John Apple, Ron Baumgartner,
Directors : Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau,

A young woman fumbles with love and ethics as she navigates a career with one of corporate America's darlings...the pharmaceutical industry.

Actors : Fanny Valette, Hédi Tillette de Clermont-Tonerre, Elsa Zylberstein, Bruno Todeschini,
Directors : Karin Albou,

A beautiful Jewish young woman still living with her orthodox family in a Parisian suburb, falls in love with a Muslim co-worker.

Actors : Alessandro Nivola, Timothy Hutton, Colm Meaney, Donal Gallery,

Set in late 1970s Ireland, it tells the story of 16-year-old James Powers, an American who finds himself lost after his mother dies and he is forced to live with his three Irish aunts. ...

Actors : Tzi Ma, Jacqueline Kim, Elaine Kao, Freda Foh Shen,
Directors : Georgia Lee,

The Wongs struggle to cope with life, love, and family dysfunction in the suburbs of New York.

Actors : Jasmin Tabatabai, Bernd Tauber, Navid Navid, Mossadegh Hamid,
Directors : Angelina Maccarone,

The educated Fariba Tabrizi flies from Teheran to Germany expecting to have asylum, since she is persecuted in Iran due to her lesbian relationship with her beloved Shirin. However, her ...

Actors : Darien Sills-Evans, Novella Nelson, Billoah Greene, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje,
Directors : Charles Randolph-Wright,

A pair of estranged twins driven apart by the death of their parents find reconciliation and redemption after following radically different paths in life.

Actors : Paul Reiser, Elizabeth Perkins, Peter Falk, Olympia Dukakis,
Directors : Raymond De Felitta,

Ben's dad Sam shows up one night with a note from Ben's mother (Sam's wife of 46 years), that she has left. While Ben's wife and his three sisters try to find her, Ben takes Sam on a day ...

Actors : Robin Tunney, Rory Culkin, William Mapother, Justin Chambers,
Directors : Alexander Bulkley,

An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.