Drama
August: Osage County

This deep Meryl Streep-Julia Roberts drama has been called a comedy by some. It’s actually pure Old Testament tragedy.

Drama
Woman Thou Art Loosed

It’s a story about freedom and forgiveness inspired by Bishop T.D. Jakes’ bestselling self-help book. So why’s it rated R?

Comedy, Drama
The Wolf of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street is among the most bludgeoning—if not the most bludgeoning—films ever to be granted …

Drama, War
Lone Survivor

A cinematic recounting of a real-life failed U.S. military operation that took place in the mountainous Kunar Province of Afghanistan …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Syriana

A mosaic-like imagining of the titanic yet mostly unseen struggle to control the most precious resource on our planet—oil.

Drama
Running With Scissors

From the creator (Ryan Murphy) of one of TV’s most repugnant series (Nip/Tuck) comes one of the year’s most repugnant …

Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Her

Those are vastly important lessons for all of us as we nudge our way ever deeper into more and more …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Murder by Numbers

An intelligent loner and a bored rich kid got lost somewhere along the path to manhood. And the result is …

Comedy, Drama
American Hustle

This farcically dark dramedy is a fictionalized (and sensationalized) imagining of what might have gone on behind the scenes in …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Mystery/Suspense
You Kill Me

Frank drinks too much. And he needs to sober up so he doesn’t lose his job. The catch? Frank’s job …

Comedy, Drama
Magic Mike

Channing Tatum’s turn as “Magic Mike” hints at the dark side of male stripping. Mostly, though, it just shows him …

Drama, Musical
Inside Llewyn Davis

Despite its angsty pretensions, Inside Llewyn Davis remains merely a story without a destination, a bleak portrait of a bleak …

Comedy, Drama
A Serious Man

While not autobiographical in any specific sense, A Serious Man examines the Coen brothers’ roots with a deconstructing—and predictably quirky—look …

Drama
Out of the Furnace

Entertainment? Not a lick. Inspiration? All burned up by the fire. Only loss and despair are left.

Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Last House on the Left

A disturbingly realistic remake of Wes Craven’s 1972 exploration of murder, torture … and worse.