Best Drama movies of 2005

Actors : Paulo Autran, Gustavo Falcão, Lázaro Ramos, Mariana Ximenes,
Directors : João Falcão,

Karina has 2 dreams: to become an actress & to see the world. Antonio is in love with her. He promises to bring the world to "Nordestina", a village in the sticks of Brazil. This backwater ...

Actors : Evgeniy Pronin, Danila Kozlovsky, Dmitriy Vladimirov, Aleksandr Bukovski,
Directors : Aleksey German,

Garpastum is a Latin word meaning ball game. Set in 1914 in St. Petersburg, the brothers Andrey and Nikolai are passionate about the matches they play on the streets. They hatch a scheme to...

Actors : JoBeth Williams, Bruno Campos, Meat Loaf, Reiko Aylesworth,
Directors : Ellie Kanner,

Two institutionalized people discover love.

Actors : Zoé Mikuleczky, Stefan Gubser, Julie Fournier, Carlos Leal,
Directors : Samir,

Nico spends most of her time in the local club with her best friend Wanda (Zoé Miku). She is able to afford her extravagant life-style by maintaining an affair with the clubs' owner, Boris ...

Actors : Georg Friedrich, Ludwig Trepte, Sergej Moya, Elisabetta Rocchetti,
Directors : Eva Urthaler,

Sebastian and Paul are two bored boys about 16 years of age. They drink alcohol, steal - and attend a private school. They can't find a sense of meaning in their present adolescent ...

Actors : Saeed Jaffrey, Chris Bisson, Sally Bankes, Peter Ash,
Directors : Harmage Singh Kalirai,

Jimi is surprised when his family announces an arranged wedding to Simran, especially as he is gay and has a boyfriend, Jack. The easy way out? No - he decides to arrange something a little unorthodox instead.

Actors : Branden Waugh, Rainer Judd, Darby Stanchfield, Josh Duhamel,
Directors : Dave Rosenbaum,

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

Actors : Paul Anthony, Brendan Fletcher, Clarence Sponagle, Mark Hildreth,
Directors : Richard Bell,

Pip is a street kid who's meeting life head-on in the big city. On his eighteenth birthday he receives his grandfather's Second World War memoirs on audio cassette, a gift that awakens the ...

Actors : Peter Andersson, Marie Richardson, Sofia Westberg, Magnus Krepper,
Directors : Björn Runge,

The teenage girl Vera left her family after an incident at home, and is now living with a middle-aged drug addict, Morgan, who is using her as a prostitute to get money for drugs and debts....

Actors : Kris Crevani, Will Denton, Jordan-Claire Green, Macey Cruthird,
Directors : Doug McKeon,

A friendship develops when 12-year-old Annie is coerced to stay with her Grandpa Donald.

Actors : Reino Nordin, Juuso Pekkinen, Jarkko Niemi, Julius Lavonen,
Directors : Pekka Lehto,

A movie inspired by a true crime - the coldblooded Heino double murder, committed by a group of teenagers, that shocked Finland in 2001.

Actors : Lara Dutta, Milind Gunaji, Shakti Kapoor, Bobby Deol,
Directors : Vikram Bhatt,

Avinash Malhotra (Bobby Deol) is married to Sanjana (Lara Dutta). One night Sanjana is murdered, and Avinash is arrested for the murder of his wife.

Actors : Dorotheea Petre, Valentin Popescu, Matthieu Rozé, Nicolae Praida,
Directors : Ruxandra Zenide,

In a small community in the Danube Delta that wavers between old traditions and new material aspirations, a teenager, Ryna, pays a heavy price in a search of her own identity.

Actors : Patricia López, Néstor Cantillana, Sergio Hernández, Coca Guazzini,
Directors : Sebastián Lelio,

It's Easter in the beach house of a Chilean well-to-do and nowadays family. A self-centered and successful father, a disoriented mother and a son overshadowed by his successful father. The ...

Actors : Brad Jones, David Gobble, Carrie Jo Stucki, Jessica Stone,
Directors : Brad Jones,

An explicit thriller detailing the feasibility of producing and distributing snuff films, which are still only considered to be an urban legend. Driven mad by his failure to sell a ...

Actors : Valentin Popescu, Zsolt Trill, Ana Ularu, Milena Dravic,

"Lost and Found" is a film project for which six young filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe have each developed a short film on the theme of "generation". Together, these six short ...

Actors : Leonor Baldaque, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ricardo Trêpa, Leonor Silveira,
Directors : Manoel de Oliveira,

Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda. He was surprised when she told him that her greatest desire was to see the Virgin ...

Actors : Glenn Fitzgerald, Melissa Leo, Ali Larter, Eugene Byrd,
Directors : Stefan C. Schaefer,

A political thriller that charts the exploits of disillusioned ex-hacker Terell Lessor. A return to New York, coupled with a humiliating attempt at getting a new job, serves as the catalyst...

Actors : Cristian Stelluti, Antonella Salvucci, Valerio Tambone, Sara Sartini,
Directors : Aurelio Grimaldi,

The clever and passionate Madame De Saint-Ange has taken into consideration the education of the young and illiterate Eugenie and at the same time wants to seduce Marquis Dolmance, a famous...

Actors : Olivier Gourmet, Julie Depardieu, Dominique Blanc, Marion Cotillard,
Directors : Fabienne Godet,

Disheartened after a shocking event that took place in his firm, a compliant and committed employee loses the ground under his feet and revolts.