Drama Films

Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest, Forrest Gump is a simple man with little brain activity but good intentions. He struggles through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His ‘mama’ teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, starts a table tennis craze, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, create the smiley, write bumper stickers and songs, donating to people and meeting the president several times. However this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny. Who has messed up her life. Although in the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA rating: R
Director: Milos Forman
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Louise Fletcher
Plot: A man who may not really be insane is admitted to an institution. He plays tricks on the nurse and rounds up the other trouble patients for a healthy dose of fun.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

There's not much I can say about Pulp Fiction that hasn't already been said, but that's not going to stop me from trying.

The story is told out of chronological sequence (similar to Tarantino's previous film, Reservoir Dogs) and is divided into intersecting segments. We see the stories of prizefighting boxers, mob bosses, mob boss' wife, gangsters, and a variety of other characters. It's a plot that is really about the journey rather than the destination. Being a homage to old pulp fiction magazines (among many other things) you can be sure to expect your fair share of violence and humor.

As with all Tarantino films many of its elements are "borrowed" from other films. There's plenty of things that comes straight out of Psycho or Deliverance or Zardoz; the briefcase is very reminiscent of the briefcase in Kiss Me Deadly or the car trunk in Repo Man. There's countless references and homage shots (or perhaps not so countless after all), and Tarantino, somehow, manages to bring it all together with his own style and make it seem original. And I guess it is original in its own way.

Schindler's List (1993)

Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA rating: R
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes
Plot: Schindler (played by Liam Neeson) tries to save the Jews by bringing as many as he can to an ammunitions plant that may not produce any ammunition.

The Godfather (1972)

The Godfather, based on a best selling novel by renowned novelist Mario Puzo, presents a naked insight into the clandestine world of New York Mafia headed over by Don Vito Corleone. Francis Ford Coppola directs The Godfather with a scalpel like precision, and fully succeeds in bringing Puzo's larger than life characters to life on the celluloid. Coppola entrusts none other than Puzo himself for the movie's screenplay. In the crime saga that revolves around the Corleone crime family, Puzo presents in a cutthroat fashion an eclectic blend of Crime, Suspense, and Drama that immures the viewer in a vice-like grip from the breathtaking inception to the blood-cuddling finale. Nino Rota's hypnotic music enriches The Godfather with an ineffable sense of poignancy while its vivid cinematography features amongst the best works of its time. Nigh flawless and ubiquitously acclaimed for being in a league of its own, The Godfather doesn't depict poetic justice, but rather portrays the triumph of puissance over pusillanimity in the most ruthless manner
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

After the murder of his wife, hotshot banker Andrew Dufresne is sent to Shawshank Prison, where the usual unpleasantness occurs. Over the years, he retains hope and eventually gains the respect of his fellow inmates, especially longtime convict “Red” Redding, a black marketeer, and becomes influential within the prison. Eventually, Andrew achieves his ends on his own terms.(Written by Reid Gagle from imdb.com)