Best Drama movies of 2008

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 : Karole Rocher, Léora Barbara, 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 : 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 : Jonas Inde, Benny Haag, Amanda Davin, Peter Gardiner,
Directors : Måns Herngren,

A bunch of aging athletes decide to form the first Swedish all male synchronized swimming team.

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

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

Actors : Mehmet Ali Nuroglu, Ismail Hacioglu, Volga Sorgu, Ertan Saban,
Directors : Aydin Bulut,

A guy returns home from military service in the terror-stricken Southeast only to find his younger brother murdered and disposed of in a dumpster. He discovers more than he's bargained for as he tries to find the killer.

Actors : Javier Cámara, Roger Príncep, Maribel Verdú, Raúl Arévalo,
Directors : José Luis Cuerda,

Ourense, Spain, 1940. Every time that Elena locks the door, she locks her secrets. Her husband Ricardo spend years hidden in his house with his children (Elenita and Lorenzo), trying to ...

Actors : Scott Beaudin, Lucian Maisel, David Gibson McLean, Jesse Camacho,

A summer camp comedy...about the horrors of being ten.

Actors : Il-hwa Choi, Do-yeon Jeon, Jung-woo Ha, Ju-bong Gi,
Directors : Yoon-ki Lee,

Jobless, single and in her early thirties, Hee-soo is miserable. Desperate, she sets out to find her ex-boyfriend, Byoung-woon, who owes her $3,500. Rather inconveniently, it turns out that...

Actors : Lambert Wilson, Anne Brochet, Pascal Elbé, Pilar López de Ayala,
Directors : Vincent Garenq,

They were the perfect loving couple, well, almost. Emmanuel wanted a child but Philippe didn't. One day, however, Emmanuel decides to take the plunge, at the risk of losing Philippe. But how do you make a child when you are gay?

Actors : Samantha Morton, David Bradley, Steven Mackintosh, Mhairi Anderson,
Directors : Aisling Walsh,

A grieving couple move to a remote Irish village in the wake of their baby daughter's death. They soon take in an orphaned autistic girl, only to become involved in a series of strange occurrences.

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 : Georgi Staykov, Ann-Sofie Nurmi, Jerry Johansson, Hampus Johansson,
Directors : Jens Jonsson,

Rille, an ostracized and bullied teenager, who only excels in the ping pong room, descends into a life-and-death struggle with his younger, more popular brother when the truth about their father surfaces during their spring break.

Actors : Ahsaas Channa, Amruta Khanvilkar, Ashwini Kalsekar, Sudeep,
Directors : Ram Gopal Varma,

An atheist is forced to consult an exorcist after his daughter shows signs of being possessed.

Actors : Jacqueline Blom, Marco Borsato, Adrian Galley, Andrew Kintu,
Directors : Jean van de Velde,

Child soldiers in Africa are at the fore in this tale of a white restaurant owner in an African town bordering a conflict zone. When his son's African friend Abu is abducted, he sets out to...

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

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

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 : Marloes van der Wel, Robin Martens, Roos Smit, Marius Gottlieb,
Directors : Dave Schram,

Distraught is a Dutch film from 2008 by Dave Schram at the scenario of Mary Peters among others Marius Gottlieb, Marloes van der Wel, Renée Soutendijk, Monic Hendrickx and Victor Löw. The ...

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 : Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Aya Hirano,
Directors : Noriyuki Abe,

An explosion happens in the middle of Seireitei, and Rukia has a memory loss. Then Urahara tries to seek the background of the events.