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A Time to Love (情人结)
A Time to Love (情人结) is a 2005 Chinese romance film by Huo Jianqi, starring Zhao Wei and Lu Yi as lovers kept apart by feuding families; adapted from An Dun's reportage, released for Valentine's Day 2005, with Zhao Wei winning Golden Goblet Best Actress.
Alfie (1966 film)
Alfie (1966), Lewis Gilbert's British comedy-drama starring Michael Caine as Cockney womanizer Alfie Elkins, from Bill Naughton's play. Cannes Special Jury Prize winner, five Oscar nominations, Golden Globe winner, famous abortion scene and direct-to-camera monologues.
Before Midnight
Before Midnight (2013) is Richard Linklater's third Before trilogy film, reuniting Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as Jesse and Celine in Greece; scripted dialogue, Sundance premiere, 94 Metascore, Oscar-nominated screenplay.
Blue Juice
Blue Juice (1995) is a British Cornish surf comedy-drama directed by Carl Prechezer, starring Sean Pertwee, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Ewan McGregor; Film4 production, UK release September 15, 1995, US gross $4,535.
Brassed Off
Brassed Off (1996) is Mark Herman's British comedy-drama about the fictional Grimley Colliery Band, based on Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, starring Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, and Ewan McGregor, with music by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
Breakfast on Pluto (film)
Breakfast on Pluto (2005), Neil Jordan's adaptation of Patrick McCabe's 1998 novel, stars Cillian Murphy as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden, an Irish transvestite orphan searching for his mother in 1970s London; mixed reviews, Golden Globe-nominated.
Career Girls
Career Girls is a 1997 British comedy-drama by Mike Leigh, his follow-up to Secrets & Lies, starring Katrin Cartlidge and Lynda Steadman as former college roommates reuniting in London six years on, told with flashbacks and a Cure-only soundtrack.
Cashback (film)
Cashback is a British short film (2004, 18 min) by Sean Ellis about art student Ben Willis freezing time during supermarket night shifts; Oscar-nominated 2006 and expanded into a 2006 feature with Sean Biggerstaff and Emilia Fox.
Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends is a 1995 romantic comedy-drama directed by Pat O'Connor, adapted from Maeve Binchy's novel, starring Minnie Driver and Chris O'Donnell as Irish college students.
Cosy Dens
Cosy Dens (Pelíšky) is a 1999 Czech tragicomedy by Jan Hřebejk, based on Petr Šabach's Hovno hoří, about two feuding families sharing a Prague villa from Christmas 1967 to the 1968 Soviet occupation; a national favorite with over one million Czech admissions.
Crossroads (十字街头) (1937 film)
Crossroads (十字街头, Shizi jietou) is a 1937 Shanghai comedy-drama directed and written by Shen Xiling for Mingxing Film Company, starring Zhao Dan and Bai Yang as neighbors who fall in love unknowingly; a classic of 1930s Chinese cinema, remade in Hong Kong in 1955.
Divine Intervention (يد إلهية)
Divine Intervention (يد إلهية, Yadon ilaheyya) is Elia Suleiman's 2002 Palestinian-French satirical comedy about lovers separated by an Israeli checkpoint; first Palestinian film in Cannes competition, winning the Jury Prize and FIPRESCI, later barred then readmitted for Oscar consideration.
East Is East (1999 film)
East Is East is a 1999 British comedy-drama, Damien O'Donnell's debut, adapted by Ayub Khan-Din from his play, starring Om Puri and Linda Bassett as the Khan parents in 1971 Salford; a £3m Film4/BBC production that earned over £7m in Britain.
Empire of Light
Empire of Light (2022) is Sam Mendes's romantic drama, his first solo screenplay, starring Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward at a faded early-1980s English seaside cinema; Searchlight release, Roger Deakins cinematography, Oscar-nominated, mixed reviews (RT 44%, Metacritic 54).
Fever Pitch (1997 film)
Fever Pitch (1997) is a British romantic comedy directed by David Evans, adapted by Nick Hornby from his 1992 Arsenal memoir, starring Colin Firth and Ruth Gemmell; remade in 2005 as a US baseball film.
Flower (film)
Flower (2017) is an American dark comedy-drama directed by Max Winkler, starring Zoey Deutch as teenage blackmailer Erica Vandross; premiered at Tribeca 2017, released March 16, 2018 by The Orchard, Metascore 45.
Girls' Night Out (처녀들의 저녁식사)
Girls' Night Out (처녀들의 저녁식사) is Im Sang-soo's 1998 South Korean directorial debut, a drama about three 29-year-old Seoul women discussing sex and marriage, starring Kang Soo-yeon, Jin Hee-kyung, and Kim Yeo-jin, a Blue Dragon Best New Director winner.
Going Places (1974 film)
Going Places (Les Valseuses) is Bertrand Blier's 1974 French comedy-drama, adapted from his own novel, starring Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, and Miou-Miou as drifters on the run; a banned-to-under-18s box-office hit that remains controversial.
Il Postino: The Postman
Il Postino (The Postman), 1994 Michael Radford film adapted from Antonio Skármeta's Ardiente paciencia, starring Massimo Troisi and Philippe Noiret; won the 1996 Oscar for Best Original Dramatic Score and five nominations including Best Picture.
Instructions Not Included
Instructions Not Included, also known as No se aceptan devoluciones, is a 2013 Mexican comedy-drama directed by and starring Eugenio Derbez in his directing debut, about a playboy unexpectedly raising a daughter.
Kicking and Screaming (1995 film)
Kicking and Screaming (1995) is Noah Baumbach's directorial debut, a 96-minute American indie comedy-drama about college graduates stalling after graduation, starring Josh Hamilton, Olivia d'Abo, and Chris Eigeman, financed for $1.3 million and released by Trimark.
Ladies in Black (film)
Ladies in Black (2018) is an Australian comedy-drama feature directed by Bruce Beresford, adapted with Sue Milliken from Madeleine St John's 1993 novel The Women in Black, about a 1959 Sydney department store schoolgirl; it earned $12.02 million and ten AACTA nominations.
Little Voice
Little Voice is a 1998 British comedy-drama written and directed by Mark Herman, adapted from Jim Cartwright's play and starring Jane Horrocks, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Caine, and Ewan McGregor.
Local Hero (film)
Local Hero (1983) is a British comedy-drama written and directed by Bill Forsyth, produced by David Puttnam, starring Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert as a Texan oil boss and executive buying a Scottish village, with Mark Knopfler's debut film score.
Love Letter (1995 film)
Love Letter (ラブレター) is Shunji Iwai's 1995 Japanese romantic drama feature debut, starring Miho Nakayama in dual roles; a letter to a dead fiancé's old Otaru address uncovers buried first love, a 1999 Korean hit with 1.4 million admissions.
Made in Italy (2020 film)
Made in Italy (2020 film): comedy-drama written and directed by James D'Arcy, starring Liam Neeson and his real son Micheál Richardson as an estranged father and son restoring a Tuscan villa; released August 7, 2020 by IFC Films, distinct from the 2019 Italian TV series.
Miss Granny
Miss Granny (수상한 그녀, Susanghan geunyeo) is a 2014 South Korean fantasy comedy film directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, in which a 70-year-old woman regains her 20-year-old body.
Miss You Already
Miss You Already is a 2015 British comedy drama directed by Catherine Hardwicke, written by Morwenna Banks, starring Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore as lifelong friends facing breast cancer and pregnancy; premiered at TIFF 2015.
Muriel's Wedding
Muriel's Wedding is a 1994 Australian comedy written and directed by P.J. Hogan, starring Toni Collette as an awkward young woman who dreams of a glamorous wedding.
My Beautiful Laundrette
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) is a British comedy-drama directed by Stephen Frears from Hanif Kureishi's Oscar-nominated screenplay, about Pakistani Briton Omar and ex-skinhead Johnny reviving a London laundrette and their love affair; a TV film that became a cinema hit.