The best George Martin’s drama movies on Google Play Movies

George Martin

George Martin

15/08/1929- 01/06/2010
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Léon: The Professional

Léon: The Professional
8.5/10
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.

Awakenings

Awakenings
7.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/12/1990
  • Character: Frank
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society
8.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 02/06/1989
  • Character: Dr. Hager
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

Falling in Love

Falling in Love
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 21/11/1984
  • Character: John Trainer
During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train home and have a good time together. Although both are married and Frank has two little kids, they meet more and more often, their friendship becoming the most precious thing in their lives.

Quiz Show

Quiz Show
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 25/08/1994
  • Character: Chairman Harris
Lawyer Richard Goodwin discovers that 'Twenty-One', a successful TV quiz show, is rigged and decides to expose the team behind the show.

The Man Without a Face

The Man Without a Face
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/08/1993
  • Character: Sam the Barber
Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlier, in which a boy was incinerated—and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

Vendetta

Vendetta
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 12/09/1999
  • Character: Judge Baker (as George N. Martin)
Based on a true story, Vendetta tells the shocking and tragic story of a group of Sicilian immigrants working on the New Orleans docks in the 1890's. After the Chief of Police was brutally murdered, much of the city's Sicilian population was rounded up and brought in for questioning. Eventually, thirteen were formally tried for murder and nine went to trial, and while they were acquitted, a series of brutal lynchings showed they had as much to fear from the city's general populace as they did from the corrupt police force.

He Said, She Said

He Said, She Said
5.7/10
Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a similarly combative local TV show. At the same time their initial indifference to each other looks like it may evolve into something more romantic.

Outside Providence

Outside Providence
6.4/10
In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law convinces his blue-collar dad to send him to a Connecticut prep school. The one saving grace of the new school is Jane, a fellow student Tim falls for immediately.

Rocket Gibraltar

Rocket Gibraltar
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 02/09/1988
  • Character: Dr. Bonicker
A man's family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children, he and his children don't exactly connect. However, he connects with his grandchildren. And he tells them what he wants for his birthday and they do what they can to give it to him.

The Beniker Gang

The Beniker Gang
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1985
  • Character: Judge Pink
When his younger friends go up for adoption, threatening their extended family, an orphaned teen helps them discourage potential parents.

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