Best Drama movies of 2008

Actors : Léora Barbara, Karole Rocher, Mélissa Rodriguès, Laëtitia Guerard,
Directors : Sylvie Verheyde,

Paris, 1977. Eleven year old Stella knows poker better than grammar when she starts the year at a prestigious new school. There, she discovers the possibilities of a whole new world outside her parents' bar.

Actors : Frank Zieger, Omid Abtahi, Ron Canada, Heather McComb,
Directors : Sarab Neelam,

As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, AMRIT SINGH is often the target of racial profiling. But when he sees his dreams of becoming Chief of Surgery at a state-of-the-art transplant ...

Actors : Robert Miano, Mick Rossi, Aaron Gallagher, Jorge A. Jimenez,
Directors : Phillip Guzman,

The plan was easy; the job was not. On a snowy night a tight crew of four criminals plan to pull off a routine heist. When things go horribly wrong, friendship, loyalty and trust are pushed to the limit.

Actors : Irène Jacob, Willem Dafoe, Michel Piccoli, Bruno Ganz,
Directors : Theodoros Angelopoulos,

A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada ...

Actors : Sophie Hilbrand, Waldemar Torenstra, Johan Leysen, Jeroen Willems,
Directors : Monique van de Ven,

14 months after loosing his partner while making a UNICEF documentary in Afghanistan, Dutch photographer Bob Griffioen's benefactor Federico Federici has landed him a National Geographic ...

Actors : August Diehl, Jessica Schwarz, Iris Berben, Armin Mueller-Stahl,
Directors : Heinrich Breloer,

In the 1840s, Lübeck is a dominating commercial town on the Baltic coast, and the Buddenbrooks are among the town's first families. Consul Jean Buddenbrook has two sons, Thomas and ...

Actors : Pihla Viitala, Eemeli Louhimies, Eero Aho, Samuel Vauramo,
Directors : Aku Louhimies,

There is civil war in Finland. Between whites vs reds. A woman soldier of reds is captured by the whites. She is ordered to be executed.

Actors : Mammootty, Jayaram, Suresh Gopi, Mohanlal,
Directors : Joshi,

Devaraja Prathapa Varma, underworld don and rich businessman, wants payback for his brother's murderers.

Actors : Dan Fredenburgh, Doraly Rosa, Paul Bettany, Olivia Williams,
Directors : Sallie Aprahamian,

Two people find themselves at a crossroads after suffering severe family tragedies.

Actors : Alvaro Caleca, Angelica Leo, Filippo Timi, Elio Germano,
Directors : Gabriele Salvatores,

A dark drama centered on a 14-year-old boy and his neo-Nazi dad, who are both outcasts in their suburban town.

Actors : Scott Cordes, Annie Tedesco, Caroline Vinciguerra, Dan Nichols,

Daniel loses his wife and son in a car accident. While slowly recovering from his injuries, he rebuilds his son's video camera that was destroyed in the crash. Infused with power from the ...

Actors : Zeynep Pabuççuoglu, Sendogan Öksüz, Fahriye Evcen, Engin Altan Düzyatan,
Directors : Biray Dalkiran,

Actors : Ellie Araiza, Casey Kramer, Tye Olson, Kyle Clare,
Directors : David Oliveras,

A story about two classmates - one smart and openly gay and the other school swimming star. They grow as friends and discover their attraction to each other. This story has been told many ...

Actors : Sarah Shahi, Bonnie Somerville, Zachary Levi, Fran Kranz,
Directors : Jaffar Mahmood,

Ray's half Pakistani and half white. When his parents' marriage dissolves, Ray's perspective of Ms. Right falls deeply into question.

Actors : Leon Lai, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Hong, Honglei Sun,
Directors : Kaige Chen,

A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.

Actors : Valerio Binasco, Isabella Ferrari, Nicole Grimaudo, Valerio Mastandrea,
Directors : Ferzan Ozpetek,

A jealous and violent bodyguard can't accept his ex-wife's abandonment.

Actors : Josef Bierbichler, Corinna Harfouch, Karoline Herfurth, Hanns Zischler,
Directors : Caroline Link,

A renowned artist must uncover a young dancer's secrets in order to truly capture her likeness for a commissioned work.

Actors : Nandita Das, Rashid Farooqi, Syed Fazal Hussain, Hassan Niazi,
Directors : Mehreen Jabbar,

A 7 year old Pakistani boy and his father belonging to the untouchable Hindu caste accidentally cross the border and spend years in an Indian jail while the mother on the other side doesn't know what has happened to them.

Actors : Maria Bonnevie, Anders W. Berthelsen, Ghita Nørby, Henning Jensen,
Directors : Søren Kragh-Jacobsen,

In this political thriller, a young woman is found drowned on a winter night by the sea. The dead woman's brother, Thomas, discovers that her death is connected to their father, now ...

Actors : Nehir Erdogan, Jay Karnes, Aysenil Samlioglu, Patrick Muldoon,
Directors : Aclan Bates,

A young foreign girl comes to LA to learn English but learns instead that life in the States is not what she saw on TV and film. She finds herself being dragged into a world not only ...