The best John McConnell’s drama movies

John McConnell

John McConnell

13/11/1958 (65 años)
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Django Unchained

Django Unchained
8.5/10
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave
8.1/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 18/10/2013
  • Character: Jonus Ray
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

Instant Family

Instant Family
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 13/11/2018
  • Character: Mr. Muskie
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.

Miller's Crossing

Miller's Crossing
7.7/10
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex
4.7/10
Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting this task, he also gets revenge on the man who slayed his wife and child.

Return to Sender

Return to Sender
5.1/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 31/05/2015
  • Character: Choking Man
A nurse living in a small town goes on a blind date with a man who is not the person he says he is.

Monster's Ball

Monster's Ball
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 07/06/2001
  • Character: Harvey Shoonmaker
Set in the southern USA, a racist white man, Hank, falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically, Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who executed Leticia's husband. Hank and Leticia's inter-racial affair leads to confusion and new ideas for the two unlikely lovers.

The Duel

The Duel
5.8/10
A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.

Seeking Justice

Seeking Justice
6.1/10
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
5.8/10
Remake of a 1956 Fritz Lang film in which a novelist's investigation of a dirty district attorney leads to a setup within the courtroom.

Black or White

Black or White
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 06/09/2014
  • Character: Vertell
A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.

Because of Winn-Dixie

Because of Winn-Dixie
6.4/10
A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small Florida town and heals her own troubled relationship with her father.

King of the Hill

King of the Hill
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 20/08/1993
  • Character: Patrolman Burns
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.

Alabama Moon

Alabama Moon
6.4/10
After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven year old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.

Miracle Run

Miracle Run
7.3/10
Corinne is a single mother of twin 5-year-old boys, Steven and Phillip, who are diagnosed with autism. Public school officials threaten to remove them from school due to their behavior, but through therapy, the boys are able to make major strides in their capabilities. A decade later, teens Steven and Phillip seek to prove they can handle high school while still struggling with their disorder.

Delta Heat

Delta Heat
5.1/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 30/12/1992
  • Character: LaSalle
An L.A. cop investigates the death of his partner in the swamps of Louisiana. Enlisting the help of an ex-cop who lost his hand to an alligator many years before.

Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou

Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou
5.7/10
The new owner of a supposedly haunted New Orleans plantation manor uncovers a shocking secret that has been hidden for over 100 years.

The Novice

The Novice
6/10
The life of a young Jesuit seminarian is turned upside down when he falls in love with a young woman while working as a volunteer at a soup kitchen.

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