Best Drama movies of 2008

Actors : Isabella Ragonese, Micaela Ramazzotti, Massimo Ghini, Valerio Mastandrea,
Directors : Paolo Virzì,

A brilliant recent graduate struggles to find work. After falling into a babysitting job, she is introduced by the child's mother to the world of the international call center, its employees, and the fast pace that drives them.

Actors : Darryl Stephens, Rodney Chester, Gary LeRoi Gray, Christian Vincent,
Directors : Patrik-Ian Polk,

As Noah and Wade prepare to marry in Martha's Vineyard, the personal problems of their friends - and the unexpected arrival of rapper Baby Gat - threatens to permanently end their relationship.

Actors : Paul Sloan, Michael Biehn, Tom Berenger, Stana Katic,
Directors : Nick Vallelonga,

The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her, and the detective following her rising body count.

Actors : Danny Trejo, George Katt, Caroline Macey, Heather Trzyna,
Directors : Jon Rosten,

West Los Angeles - home of the young, rich and hip. It is also home to twenty-five year old Zachary "Zeus" Andrews. Transplanted from Chicago as a kid, Zeus never fit into the hip LA ...

Actors : Danielle Catanzariti, Cassandra Jinman, Talia Monaghan, Yen Yen Stender,
Directors : Cathy Randall,

A coming-of-age story about a 13-year-old girl trying to fit into both a posh private school and an ordinary public school.

Actors : Andrey Panin, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Leonid Bichevin, Svetlana Pismichenko,
Directors : Aleksey Balabanov,

A drama that chronicles the civil war that raged after the 1917 Bolshevik revolution.

Actors : Ryûji Akiyama, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Yoshihiko Hosoda, Rosa Katô,
Directors : Toshio Lee,

Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC...

Actors : Dan Payne, Thea Gill, Derek Baynham, Charlie David,
Directors : Chip Hale,

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.

Actors : Simon Miller, Justin Tensen, Rob Harmon, Jane Elliott,
Directors : Casper Andreas,

A modern gay drama about falling in and out of love, and the rocky road in between.

Actors : Tommi Korpela, Niilo Syväoja, Kati Outinen, Kristiina Halttu,
Directors : Dome Karukoski,

Juhani, 14 years old and tormented by a childhood trauma, has changed several foster parents from the age of eight. He is taken to an island, where there is a boys' home, run by a strict ...

Actors : David Bradley, Robert Carlyle, Arron Fuller, Claire Cage,
Directors : Justin Kerrigan,

A young boy suspects his dad might be working undercover for MI6.

Actors : Melih Selcuk, Riza Akin, Saadet Aksoy, Basak Köklükaya,
Directors : Semih Kaplanoglu,

Yusuff has a hard time defining his adulthood. In one hand, there are his mother's expectations while on the other hand his passions.

Actors : María del Carmen Jiménez, Emilse Roldán, Roberto Rovira, Antonio Larreta,
Directors : Carlos Sorin,

While bed-ridden Antonio awaits a visit from his long-lost son, the alluring view of Patagonia from his window leads him to escape for one last stroll. Argentina. Spanish w/English ...

Actors : Jared Padalecki, Aaron Ashmore, Peter O'Toole, Marcia Gay Harden,
Directors : Michael Campus,

A look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home.

Actors : Jaya Bhaduri, Abhishek Bachchan, Jayshree Arora, Veer Arya,
Directors : Goldie Behl,

A young man learns he is the latest in line of a dynasty of ancestral warriors dedicated to guarding a mystic source of cosmic energy, and the time has come for him to take the role.

Actors : Yann Collette, Nathalie Besançon, Isabelle Adjani, Denis Podalydès,
Directors : Jean-Paul Lilienfeld,

Skirt Day is a fascinating psychological study, a socio-critical investigation - and Isabelle Adhani's first film in five years

Actors : Hugo Arana, Leandro Stivelman, Antonella Costa, Mónica Galán,
Directors : Eliseo Subiela,

Coming of age. In Buenos Aires, Eloy is on the verge of manhood. He studies physics, helps with the family headstone business, and does advertising - handing out flyers while walking on ...

Actors : Ko Shibasaki, Masaharu Fukuyama, Kazuki Kitamura, Yasuko Matsuyuki,
Directors : Hiroshi Nishitani,

It's another battle of the wits for the brilliant but eccentric physicist, Yukawa, and detective, Kaoru.

Actors : Erdal Besikçioglu, Banu Fotocan, Levent Yilmaz, Elit Iscan,
Directors : Reha Erdem,

Hayat, her father and bedridden grandfather live in a riverside shack near the dangerously dark but breathtakingly beautiful waters of the Bosphorus. Hayat's father owns a small boat that ...

Actors : Jayne Eastwood, Lucy Filippone, Randy Quaid, Jay Baruchel,
Directors : Randall Cole,

A gripping thriller about a hit man who gives a down-and-out compulsive gambler just one last hour to live.