The best Bill Oberst Jr.’s drama movies
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Synchronic
6.2/10
Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after encountering a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.
The Secret Life of Bees
7.2/10
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.
The Shunning
6.2/10
Beautiful Katie Lapp has always felt something missing in her simple Amish existence -- until a mysterious "Englisher" comes to Lancaster County looking for the baby girl she gave up for adoption 19 years ago.
Born Bad
4.4/10
When a rebellious girl from a good family falls for the town drifter, she unwittingly brings a psychopath into her loving home.
Ayla
3.2/10
A man haunted by the mysterious death of his 4-year-old sister brings her back to life thirty years later as an adult woman, with dire consequences.
The Retrieval
6.6/10
On the outskirts of the Civil War, a boy is sent north by a bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted man.
Red Dirt Rising
3.9/10
Based on a true story, this film shares with us a decade in the lives of Jimmie Lewallen and his wife Carrie as they experience the joys of love and marriage alongside the tragedies of war and poverty (1939-1949).
Monumental
5.3/10
Two young men journey across the U.S.A to honor one's mother by spreading her ashes at monuments she always dreamed of visiting. Along the way they encounter interesting characters and dangerous situations that force them to question their own character and their life-long friendship. Marital strife, jail time, car chases, old secrets and a demolition derby all threaten to derail their trip and their lives.
Assassins
4.7/10
Following the brutal murder of his girlfriend, a timid young man finds himself the unwilling pawn in a bloody power struggle between a dangerous bounty hunter and a ruthless assassin.
Stressed to Kill
5.3/10
After suffering a heart attack, Bill (Bill Oberst) takes his doctor's advice literally to eliminate the stresses from his life. The plan is working until his killings attract the attention of a psychotic cop (Armand Assante) who isn't sure whether he wants to arrest or join him. Complications deepen when it becomes apparent to Bill that the biggest cause of stress in his life might be his wife.
Desert Son
4.9/10
After being abandoned in the desert by his abusive stepfather, Phillip finds himself cruelly cast into a game of life or death until a beautiful orphan named Lucy and her boyfriend Jack come to his rescue. The three runaways patrol the desert and live as petty thieves, but they soon find that the fight for survival against nature may become a fight for survival against each other.
Princess and the Pony
4/10
A sheltered young princess is sent to live with relatives in America, where she befriends a pony held captive by a shady carnival owner.
Ripped Memories
6.7/10
Memories can be lost just like pages from a diary but what happens when they are brought to the surface? Will the truth come out?
The Crickets Dance
5.8/10
Southern attorney Angie Lawrence searches of the rightful owner of a journal recovered from an antebellum home she inherited. The journal is full of mystery and history that just may lead her to the future she has always dreamed of.
Circus of Dread
Two brothers - one a priest, one a career criminal - find bloody salvation in a mysterious underground carnival.
