The best Chuck Shamata’s drama movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Chuck Shamata’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Chuck Shamata.
Cinderella Man
8/10
The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, in the 1920s following his retirement, makes a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state.
Miss Sloane
7.5/10
An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
Breakthrough
6.3/10
Tragedy strikes when a woman named Joyce's son falls through the ice on a frozen lake and is trapped underwater for over 15 minutes. After being rushed to the hospital, the 14-year-old boy continues to fight for his life as Joyce, her husband and their pastor stay by his bedside and pray for a miracle.
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
4.9/10
Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters
Still Mine
7.4/10
An elderly couple fight against local authorities in rural New Brunswick to build their final home.
WarGames: The Dead Code
4.5/10
Computer hacker Will Farmer engages a government super-computer named Ripley in an online terrorist-attack simulation game. Little does Farmer know that Ripley has been designed to appeal to potential terrorists, and certain software glitches have in turn made him become paranoid.
One Week
7/10
Ben Tyler has been diagnosed with cancer. With a grim chance of survival in the best case scenario even if he immediately begins treatment, he instead decides to take a motorcycle trip from Toronto through the Canadian prairies to British Columbia.
Power Play
5.9/10
A thriller, released 1st November 1978, based on the non-fiction book Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook by Edward N. Luttwak.
Spreading Ground
4.8/10
Veteran Detective Ed Delopre and partner Mike McGivern have their hands full when they hit the pavement in search of a dangerous killer with five dead bodies already on his record. The mayor, in a rush to see peace restored in her city, makes a deal with the mob instead of waiting for Delopre and McGivern's results. Now that both sides of the law are involved in the killer's capture, the city is turned upside down.
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
6.5/10
The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings in Italy, to his conquests in America.
Snap Decision
6.2/10
One mother must fight back to prove her innocence or lose her children.
Act of Vengeance
6/10
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
Running
5.9/10
An Olympic hopeful marathon runner hopes his success will be the answer to his marriage woes and other personal problems.
Behind the Red Door
6.4/10
Natalie, a gifted New York photographer, has a troubled past reflected in her art. When she struggles to make ends meet in the city, her agent, arranges an assignment in Boston for a considerable sum of money. Unable to turn it down in her dire straits, Natalie takes the job -- only to find that her estranged gay brother, Roy, is the employer. Roy wants to mend their broken past, but must convince her to stay long enough to do so.
The Terry Fox Story
6.9/10
The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.
Between Friends
6.2/10
Two middle-aged women with nothing in common meet by accident and develop a close friendship while continuing to deal with their own lives.
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
4/10
Successful businessman Charles Kruschen (Donald Pilon) is accused of bludgeoning to death his beautiful but manipulative model wife Magdalene (Elke Sommer). As the trial draws to a close, Charles reflects on the events leading up to the terrible incident...
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
4.4/10
This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts. Scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks, DC 9/11 takes an inside look at the Bush Administration, beginning with the day of the attacks, and following the President's journey to Ground Zero, culminating with his now famous national address nine days after the attacks.
A Father for Brittany
6/10
Keith and Kim Lussier are a childless couple who are given custody of a 3-month-old foster child, Brittany. However, tragedy strikes when Kim dies of cancer in the middle of the adoption process, leaving Keith to fight for Brittany's custody alone.
Gone Tomorrow
4.4/10
Five years after taking the fall for his younger brother, a tormented ex-con flees parole to find his kidnapped baby niece. One step ahead of the police, and one behind an unraveling criminal syndicate, he must once again sacrifice everything in the name of family.
