The best Tim Blake Nelson’s drama movies

Tim Blake Nelson

Tim Blake Nelson

11/05/1964 (59 años)
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Detachment

Detachment
7.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 24/04/2011
  • Character: Mr. Wiatt
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley
7/10
An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line
7.6/10
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaWestern
  • Release: 09/11/2018
  • Character: Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

Donnie Brasco

Donnie Brasco
7.7/10
An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

Syriana

Syriana
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 23/11/2005
  • Character: Danny Dalton
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.

Holes

Holes
7/10
Stanley's family is cursed with bad luck. Unfairly sentenced to months of detention at Camp Green Lake, he and his campmates are forced by the warden to dig holes in order to build character. What they don't know is that they are digging holes in order to search for a lost treasure hidden somewhere in the camp.

Lincoln

Lincoln
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 09/11/2012
  • Character: Richard Schell
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

Naked Singularity

Naked Singularity
4.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 06/08/2021
  • Character: Angus
When a successful New York public defender loses his first case, he is pulled into a drug heist by a former client in an effort to beat the broken system at its own game.

Big Miracle

Big Miracle
6.5/10
Based on an inspiring true story, a small-town news reporter (Krasinski) and a Greenpeace volunteer (Barrymore) enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle. ‘Big Miracle’ is adapted from the nonfiction book ‘Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World’s Greatest Non-Event’ by Tom Rose.

The Homesman

The Homesman
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 18/05/2014
  • Character: The Freighter
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.

Heavyweights

Heavyweights
6.6/10
Camp Hope is a summer retreat for overweight boys run by a kindly couple who make the campers feel comfortable with their extra pounds. But when tyrannical fitness guru Tony buys the camp, he puts the kids on a cruel regimen that goes too far. Sick of the endless weeks of "all work and no play," the kids stage a coup and reclaim their summer of fun.

Monster

Monster
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/07/2021
  • Character: Leroy Sawicki
The story of Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder.

Just Mercy

Just Mercy
7.6/10
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.

The Big White

The Big White
6.3/10
To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.

Colossal

Colossal
6.2/10
A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.

Hoot

Hoot
5.5/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 05/05/2006
  • Character: Curly
A young man moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.

The Jesus Rolls

The Jesus Rolls
4.4/10
Hours after his release from prison, Jesus Quintana pairs up with fellow misfits Petey and Marie for a freewheeling joyride of petty crime and romance.

The Report

The Report
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 12/09/2019
  • Character: Raymond Nathan
The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.

The Confirmation

The Confirmation
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 18/03/2016
  • Character: Vaughn
A divorced father reconnects with his son when they track down a stolen toolbox over the course of a weekend.

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