Drama DVD's

 

Boiler Room (2000)
Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Affleck
Director: Ben Younger
Synopsis: Energetic suspense/drama profiles a young college dropout who takes an apprenticeship at a slick brokerage house and becomes entangled in the dark underside of high finance.
Runtime: 120 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genre: Drama

 

 

Good Will Hunting (1997)
Starring: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck
Director: Gus Van Sant
Synopsis: Heartwarming drama about blue-collar genius trying to overcome his troubled past. Character study fans should enjoy the moving performances, stylish atmosphere, though cynical viewers might find the plot overly sentimental.
Runtime: 126 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Drama, Romance

 

The Last Emperor (1987)
Starring: John Lone, Joan Chen
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Synopsis: Sweeping, visually stunning epic follows China's final emperor through China's tumultuous Twentieth Century. Fans of ornate historical dramas will be captivated, though the daunting length may test less patient viewers.
Runtime: 218 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama

 

Primary Colors (1998)
Starring: John Travolta, Emma Thompson
Director: Mike Nichols
Synopsis: Venal small-state governor runs for president in this thinly disguised satire of Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. Sharply drawn characters, biting wit, impressive production values should satisfy political junkies and comedy buffs alike.
Runtime: 123 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Drama, Comedy

 

Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Synopsis: Over-the-top, relentlessly paced, MTV-style revisionist updating of Shakespeare's classic romantic tragedy. With its charismatic lead performances and frenetic pacing, this stylish film is a hit with teen audiences, romance buffs.
Runtime: 120 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Drama, Romance

 

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow
Director: Anthony Minghella
Synopsis: Dazzlingly stylish psychological thriller concerns sociopath hired to bring carefree playboy back to his millionaire father, with disastrous results. Multi-layered, occasionally violent, thoroughly original film boasts brilliant acting and production values.
Runtime: 139 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Drama, Suspense

 

Thirteen Days (2000)
Starring: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood
Director: Roger Donaldson
Synopsis: Nail-biting suspense/drama recreates the tense events inside the White House during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, arguably the closest the world has come to nuclear war.
Runtime: 138 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Drama, Suspense