Drama – The Friday Film Club

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Friday, November 29, 2019

Director
George Clooney
Screenplay
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Starring
Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, Noah Jupe
Released
2017
Running Time
104 minutes
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Crime Drama Thriller

Arlington Road

Sunday, November 17, 2019

Director
Mark Pellington
Screenplay
Ehren Kruger
Starring
Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis
Released
1999
Running Time
117 minutes
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Crime Drama Thriller Western

Hell or High Water

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Director
David Mackenzie
Screenplay
Taylor Sheridan
Starring
Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gil Birmingham
Released
2016
Running Time
102 minutes
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Comedy Drama

The King of Comedy

Sunday, August 26, 2018

Director
Martin Scorsese
Screenplay
Paul D. Zimmerman
Starring
Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard
Released
1982
Running Time
109 minutes
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Comedy Drama

Florence Foster Jenkins

Sunday, August 5, 2018

Director
Stephen Frears
Screenplay
Stephen Frears, Nicholas Martin
Starring
Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson
Released
2016
Running Time
110 minutes
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Adventure Drama Horror Thriller

Cargo

Friday, July 13, 2018

Director
Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke
Screenplay
Yolanda Ramke
Starring
Martin Freeman, Simone Landers, Anthony Hayes, Susie Porter
Released
2017
Running Time
105 minutes
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Comedy Crime Drama

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Friday, June 22, 2018

Director
Martin McDonagh
Screenplay
Martin McDonagh
Starring
Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell
Released
2017
Running Time
1h55m
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Comedy Drama Romance

Punch-Drunk Love

Friday, June 22, 2018

Director
Paul Thomas Anderson
Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring
Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzmán
Released
2002
Running Time
96 minutes
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Comedy Drama Romance

Life As We Know It

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Director
Greg Berlanti
Screenplay
Ian Deitchman, Kristin Robinson
Starring
Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas
Released
2010
Running Time
1h54m
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Biography Drama

Lion

Friday, May 18, 2018

Director
Garth Davis
Screenplay
Luke Davies
Starring
Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar
Released
2016
Running Time
1h58m
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Crime Drama Mystery

Se7en

Sunday, May 6, 2018

Director
David Fincher
Screenplay
Andrew Kevin Walker
Starring
Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey |
Released
2h7m
Running Time
2h7m
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Drama Mystery Thriller

We Need To Talk About Kevin

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Director
Lynne Ramsey
Screenplay
Lynne Ramsey, Rory Stewart Kinnear
Starring
Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller
Released
2011
Running Time
1h52m
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Biography Comedy Drama

The Lady In The Van

Friday, April 13, 2018

Director
Nicholas Hytner
Screenplay
Alan Bennett
Starring
Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent
Released
2015
Running Time
1h44m
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Action Adventure Drama

The Revenant

Friday, April 6, 2018

Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Screenplay
Mark L. Smith, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Starring
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter
Released
2015
Running Time
2h36m
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Crime Drama Mystery

Fracture

Friday, March 30, 2018

Director
Gregory Hoblit
Screenplay
Daniel Pyne, Glenn Gers
Starring
Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn
Released
2007
Running Time
1h53m
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Biography Drama Romance

The Theory of Everything

Friday, March 16, 2018

Director
James Marsh
Screenplay
Anthony McCarten
Starring
Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior
Released
2014
Running Time
2h3m
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Comedy Drama History

The Death Of Stalin

Friday, March 2, 2018

Director
Armando Iannucci
Screenplay
Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin
Starring
Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor
Released
2017
Running Time
1h47m
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Drama Sci-Fi

Brazil

Friday, February 23, 2018

Director
Terry Gilliam

Screenplay
Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
Starring
Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro
Released
1985
Running Time
2h12m
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Crime Drama Thriller

Layer Cake

Friday, February 16, 2018

Director
Matthew Vaughn
Screenplay
J.J. Connolly
Starring
Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Michael Gambon
Released
2004
Running Time
1h45m
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Drama Music

Quadrophenia

Friday, February 9, 2018

Director
Franc Roddam
Screenplay
Dave Humphries, Martin Stellman, Franc Roddam
Starring
Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Phil Davis
Released
1979
Running Time
2h
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Crime Drama Thriller

The Silence Of The Lambs

Friday, January 19, 2018

Director
Jonathan Demme

Screenplay
Ted Tally

Starring
Jodie Foster
Anthony Hopkins
Lawrence A. Bonney

Released
1991

Running Time
1h58m

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Comedy Drama Fantasy

Being John Malkovich

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Director
Spike Jonze

Screenplay
Charlie Kaufman

Starring
John Cusack
Cameron Diaz
Catherine Keener
John Malkovich

Released
1999

Running Time
1h 52m

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Comedy Crime Drama

Burn After Reading

Friday, December 29, 2017

Director
Ethan Coen
Joel Coen

Screenplay
Ethan Coen
Joel Coen

Starring
Brad Pitt
Frances McDormand
George Clooney
John Malkovich
Tilda Swinton

Released
2008

Running Time
1h 36m

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Comedy Crime Drama

In Bruges

Friday, December 15, 2017

Director
Martin McDonagh

Screenplay
Martin McDonagh

Starring
Colin Farrell
Brendan Gleeson
Ralph Fiennes

Released
2008

Running Time
1h 47m

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Adventure Drama Fantasy

Big Fish

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Director : Tim Burton
Screenplay : John August
Starring : Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter
Released : 2003
Running Time : 2h 5m
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Comedy Drama Romance

Le Week-End

Friday, December 8, 2017

Director : Roger Michell
Screenplay : Hanif Kureishi
Starring : Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Goldblum
Released : 2013
Running Time : 1h 33m
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Crime Drama Thriller

Fargo

Sunday, December 3, 2017

Director : Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Screenplay : Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring : William H Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi
Released : 1996
Running Time : 1h 38m
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Crime Drama Thriller

Collateral

Friday, December 1, 2017

Director : Michael Mann
Screenplay : Stuart Beattie
Starring : Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith
Released : 2004
Running Time : 1h 55m
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Crime Drama Mystery

Bad Day At Black Rock

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Director : John Sturges
Screenplay : Millard Kaufman
Starring : Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis
Released : 1955
Running Time : 1h 21m
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Drama Family Fantasy

It’s A Wonderful Life

Friday, November 17, 2017

“I’ll give you the moon, Mary”

Director : Frank Capra
Screenplay : Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra
Starring : James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
Released : 1946
Running Time : 2h 10m
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Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

The Martian

Friday, November 3, 2017

Director : Ridley Scott
Screenplay : Drew Goddard
Starring : Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig
Released : 2015
Running Time : 2h 24m
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Drama Mystery Thriller

The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane

Friday, September 29, 2017

Director : Nicolas Gessner
Screenplay : Laird Koenig
Starring : Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith
Released : 1976
Running Time : 1h 31m
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Crime Drama Mystery

Gone Girl

Friday, September 15, 2017

Director : David Fincher
Screenplay : Gillian Flynn
Starring : Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris
Released : 2014
Running Time : 2h 29m
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Action Crime Drama

Bastille Day
[The Take]

Friday, September 8, 2017

Director : James Watkins
Screenplay : Andrew Baldwin, James Watkins
Starring : Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon
Released : 2016
Running Time : 1h 32m
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Comedy Drama Romance

Pretty In Pink

Friday, August 18, 2017

“Blane? That’s a major appliance, not a name!”

Director : Howard Deutch
Screenplay : John Hughes
Starring : Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Harry Dean Stanton
Released : 1986
Running Time : 1h 36m
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Crime Drama Thriller

No Country For Old Men

Friday, August 11, 2017

“The most. You ever lost. On a coin toss.”

Director : Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Screenplay : Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Starring : Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin
Released : 2007
Running Time : 2h 2m
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Comedy Drama

Local Hero

Saturday, August 5, 2017

“Naebody ever said it was going to be easy, being a millionaire.”

Director : Bill Forsyth
Screenplay : Bill Forsyth
Starring : Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Burt Lancaster, Peter Capaldi
Released : 1983
Running Time : 1h 51m
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Crime Drama Film-Noir

Brighton Rock

Friday, August 4, 2017

You can call me Pinkie…

Director : John Boulting
Screenplay : Graham Greene, Terence Rattigan
Starring : Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Carol Marsh
Released : 1947
Running Time : 1h 32m
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Crime Drama Thriller

Rope

Saturday, July 29, 2017

Director : Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay : Arthur Laurents
Starring : James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Joan Chandler, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier, Douglas Dick, Edith Evanson
Released : 1948
Running Time : 1h 20m
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Comedy Drama

Captain Fantastic

Friday, July 28, 2017

“…stick it to the man…”

Director : Matt Ross
Screenplay : Matt Ross
Starring : Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Zahn
Released : 2016
Running Time : 1h 58m
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