Martial Arts Drama Movies

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Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, drama, family, sport
CountryUSA, China
Duration02:20

12-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is a kung fu master. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:20

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine with a tragic past.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:34

A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
CountryUSA

A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
Duration01:55

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

Markimdb: 8
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:26

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, drama, biography
CountryFrance, USA
Duration01:50

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates, Japan

A movie about reporter W. Eugene Smith and his research on mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, resulting in severe neurological symptoms.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:59

A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:12

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

    On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

      Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:17

      In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:00

      After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, China
      Duration02:26

      A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryAustralia, USA
      Duration02:23

      An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:07

      George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, adventure, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

      A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:27

      Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:00

        A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA

        Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys — Oscar, Igor and Richie — and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey. But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray, it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:35

        After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

        Markimdb: 8.3
        Genredrama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA

        A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredrama, sport
        CountryUSA, Hong Kong
        Duration02:27

        Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:33

          In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:49

          Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountrySouth Korea
          Duration00:51

          When Hye-Jung was young, her life was difficult. She was good at fighting, but also studied well. Overcoming her tough situation, she is now a doctor.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, South Africa, USA
          Duration01:54

          Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:44

          Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:13

          Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

          A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:23

          Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genredrama, adventure, family
          CountryFrance, Germany, South Africa, Luxembourg, Monaco, USA
          Duration01:38

          A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:25

          Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for somewhere to belong. He finds it at the Motor Avenue skate shop.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:39

            Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.

            Markimdb: 8
            Genredrama
            CountryIndia, USA, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong
            Duration02:35

              Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland, France, Iceland, Mexico, Belgium, United Kingdom, Hong Kong
              Duration02:04

              Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

              Markimdb: 7.9
              Genredrama, family
              CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Canada
              Duration02:15

              The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genremelodrama, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand, USA, India, Australia
              Duration02:40

              A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genredrama, military
              CountryUSA, Germany
              Duration02:11

              While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genredrama, crime, biography
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:56

              Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genrecomedy, drama, family
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:53

              When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:55

              After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling careers and social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genrecomedy, drama, family
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:04

              Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:41

                A long lost music producer finds a singer-songwriter right about the moment he has given up all hope on life.

                Markimdb: 7
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                Duration01:43

                A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.

                Markimdb: 7.4
                Genredrama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:22

                  A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

                  Markimdb: 8.1
                  Genredrama, sport
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:59

                  When world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers choose palooka Rocky Balboa, an uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark. Rocky teams up with trainer Mickey Goldmill to make the most of this once in a lifetime break.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, sport
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:44

                  A family dog—with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind—evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.




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