Best Drama movies of 2008

Actors : Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper, Ben Kingsley, Penélope Cruz,
Directors : Isabel Coixet,

Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.

Actors : Nick Stahl, Deborra-Lee Furness, AnnaSophia Robb, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Bill Maher,

The drama follows a 12-year-old girl's struggle to come to terms with her mother's abandonment.

Actors : Ken Duken, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Agnes Kittelsen, Aksel Hennie,

The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.

Actors : Will Patton, Nicole Beharie, Alfre Woodard, Tim Blake Nelson,
Directors : Tim Disney,

A single mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished town in Texas.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Ron Glass, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington,
Directors : Neil LaBute,

A LAPD officer will stop at nothing to force out the interracial couple who just moved in next door.

Actors : Takahiro Nishijima, Sakura Andô, Hikari Mitsushima, Yutaka Shimizu,
Directors : Sion Sono,

A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.

Actors : Hayden Christensen, Bradley Cooper, Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman,

Several love stories set in one of the most loved cities of the world, New York City.

Actors : Julianne Moore, Gael García Bernal, Yûsuke Iseya, Mark Ruffalo,
Directors : Fernando Meirelles,

A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.

Actors : Charles Berling, Edith Scob, Jérémie Renier, Juliette Binoche,
Directors : Olivier Assayas,

Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.

Actors : Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion, Benjamin Bratt, Joey Lauren Adams,
Directors : James Mottern,

A trucker, leading a life free of depth and on the way to nowhere, is forced to make a decision about her aggressive loner 11-year-old son whom she openly deserted ten years previously.

Actors : Nina Hoss, André Hennicke, Benno Fürmann, Hilmi Sözer,
Directors : Christian Petzold,

The dishonorably discharged Afghanistan veteran Thomas returns to his home village of Jerichow. Ali, a local Turkish-German businessman, owner of a snack-bar chain, hires him as a driver. ...

Actors : Cristian Motiu, Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

In the aftermath of WWII, a former circus entertainer who was spared from the gas chamber becomes the ringleader at an asylum for Holocaust survivors.

Actors : Ellen Page, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Noam Murro,

Into the life of a widowed professor comes a new love and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother.

Actors : Arta Dobroshi, Fabrizio Rongione, Alban Ukaj, Jérémie Renier,

Sokol and Lorna, two Albanian emigrants in Belgium, dream of leaving their dreary jobs to set up a snack bar. They need money, and a permanent resident status. Claudy is a junkie - he needs...

Actors : Rob Brown, Clancy Brown, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Gary Fleder,

A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

Actors : Maura Tierney, Brittany Snow, Peter Facinelli, Matthew Broderick,
Directors : Peter Tolan,

A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehab.

Actors : Joffrey Platel, Fabrice Luchini, Romain Duris, Mélanie Laurent,
Directors : Cédric Klapisch,

Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the ...

Actors : Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Geneviève Mnich, Anne Bennent,
Directors : Martin Provost,

Based on the life of French painter Séraphine de Senlis.

Actors : Anne Consigny, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Arnaud Desplechin,

The troubled Vuillard family is no stranger to illness, grief, and banishment, but when their matriarch requires a bone-marrow transplant, the estranged clan reunites just in time for Christmas.

Actors : John Malkovich, Emily Blunt, Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Sean McGinly,

A young man, much to the chagrin of his father, becomes the new assistant to an illusionist in decline.