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24 Hour Party People
24 Hour Party People: 2002 Michael Winterbottom comedy-drama, written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, starring Steve Coogan as Tony Wilson of Factory Records and the Haçienda, covering Manchester music 1976–1992; 4K re-release October 2026.
35 Shots of Rum
35 Shots of Rum (35 Rhums) is a 2008 France/Germany drama by Claire Denis, an homage to Ozu's Late Spring inspired by her mother and grandfather, starring Alex Descas and Mati Diop as a widowed train engineer and his daughter in Paris.
A Time for Drunken Horses (زمانی برای مستی اسبها)
A Time for Drunken Horses (Kurdish: ساتێک بۆ مەستیی ئەسپەکان) is a 2000 Iranian drama directed by Bahman Ghobadi, the first Kurdish-language feature film produced in Iran.
About Elly (درباره الی)
About Elly (Darbareye Elly, درباره الی) is Asghar Farhadi's 2009 Iranian drama about a Caspian Sea weekend that unravels when teacher Elly disappears; it won the Silver Bear for Best Director at Berlin 2009 and Best Film at Tribeca.
Address Unknown (수취인불명)
Address Unknown (수취인불명) is Kim Ki-duk's 2001 Korean drama about mixed-race Chang-guk, his mother's returned letters to an American soldier, and life beside a U.S. base in 1970s Pyeongtaek; Venice Golden Lion nominee.
After the Wedding (2006 film)
After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet) is a 2006 Danish drama by Susanne Bier starring Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgård, and Sidse Babett Knudsen; an orphanage director's $4 million donation offer leads to an Oscar-nominated family drama.
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue) is a 2000 Moroccan drama film directed by Nabil Ayouch about street children in Casablanca.
All or Nothing
All or Nothing is a 2002 Mike Leigh drama, also known as Todo o nada, set on a South London estate, starring Timothy Spall and Lesley Manville; a Palme d'Or nominee at Cannes 2002 about a family reshaped by their son's heart attack.
Always: Sunset on Third Street (ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日)
Always: Sunset on Third Street (ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日) is a 2005 Toho drama directed by Takashi Yamazaki, adapted from Ryōhei Saigan's manga, set in 1958 Tokyo; it won 12 Japan Academy Outstanding Prizes including Best Picture and spawned 2007 and 2012 sequels.
Angel (2007 film)
Angel (2007) is François Ozon's first English-language period drama, adapted from Elizabeth Taylor's 1957 novel, starring Romola Garai as romance novelist Angel Deverell; it closed the 2007 Berlinale competition and divided critics.
Antwone Fisher (film)
Antwone Fisher (2002), also released as The Antwone Fisher Story, is Denzel Washington's directorial debut, a Fox Searchlight biographical drama written by Antwone Fisher from his life, starring Derek Luke, grossing $21.1 million and earning AFI top-ten and Independent Spirit honors.
Arráncame la Vida
Arráncame la Vida is a 2008 Mexican period drama directed by Roberto Sneider, following a young woman who marries a powerful, corrupt general in 1930s Puebla.
At Five in the Afternoon
At Five in the Afternoon (Panj-e asr) is a 2003 Iran-France drama by Samira Makhmalbaf about Noqreh, an Afghan girl secretly attending school and dreaming of becoming president; it won the Jury Prize at Cannes 2003.
Azuloscurocasinegro
Azuloscurocasinegro (DarkBlueAlmostBlack) is Daniel Sánchez Arévalo's 2006 Spanish debut feature, a tragicomedy about Jorge, a doorman caring for his stroke-stricken father; it won three Goya Awards in 2007.
Bad Guy (나쁜 남자) (2001 film)
Bad Guy (나쁜 남자, Nabbeun Namja) is Kim Ki-duk's 2001 South Korean crime drama in which mute pimp Han-gi (Cho Jae-hyun) forces student Sun-hwa (Seo Won) into prostitution; premiered at Pusan 2001, competed at Berlin 2002.
Bamako (2006 film)
Bamako (2006) is a drama by Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako, premiered out of competition at Cannes, in which a courtyard tribunal in Mali's capital puts the World Bank and IMF on trial for Africa's poverty.
Becoming Jane
Becoming Jane is a 2007 biographical romantic drama directed by Julian Jarrold, starring Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen and James McAvoy as Tom Lefroy, loosely based on Jon Spence's biography Becoming Jane Austen.
Behind the Sun
Behind the Sun (Abril Despedaçado) is Walter Salles' 2001 Brazil-France-Switzerland drama, adapted from Ismail Kadare's novel, about a 1910 Brazilian blood feud, starring Rodrigo Santoro, a Venice Little Golden Lion winner.
Beijing Bicycle (十七岁的单车)
Beijing Bicycle (十七岁的单车), also released in China as Bicycle (自行车), is Wang Xiaoshuai's 2001 Sixth Generation drama about a migrant courier and a Beijing schoolboy fighting over a stolen bike; it won the 2001 Berlinale Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear and was banned domestically until 2004.
Blind Mountain
Blind Mountain (盲山, aka 回家路) is Li Yang's 2007 Chinese drama about college graduate Bai Xuemei, sold as a wife to a remote village; it played Cannes Un Certain Regard and has domestic and original endings.
Bobby (2006 film)
Bobby is a 2006 American ensemble drama written and directed by Emilio Estevez, following 22 fictional characters at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel on the day of Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination; Kennedy appears only in archival footage.
Bottle Shock
Bottle Shock (2008), also known as 와인 미라클, is Randall Miller's comedy-drama starring Alan Rickman, Chris Pine, and Bill Pullman, loosely dramatizing the 1976 Judgment of Paris wine tasting won by Chateau Montelena.
Brian Banks (film)
Brian Banks is a 2018 American biographical drama directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Aldis Hodge as a high school football star wrongly convicted of rape who won exoneration with help from the California Innocence Project.
Bright Future (アカルイミライ) (2003 film)
Bright Future (アカルイミライ, Akarui Mirai) is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2003 Japanese drama, in Cannes competition, about alienated workers Yuji and Mamoru, a murdered boss, and a poisonous red jellyfish multiplying in Tokyo's canals.
Bright Star (film)
Bright Star (2009) is Jane Campion's romantic drama about poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish), based on Andrew Motion's Keats biography; Cannes 2009 selection, 83% on Rotten Tomatoes. Not the Steve Martin musical.
Bright Young Things (film)
Bright Young Things is Stephen Fry's 2003 directorial debut, a British comedy-drama adapting Evelyn Waugh's 1930 novel Vile Bodies about 1930s London socialites, gossip culture and celebrity, starring Emily Mortimer and Stephen Campbell Moore; the real Bright Young Things were the tabloid-named 1920s party set.
Bronson (film)
Bronson (2008) is Nicolas Winding Refn's British biographical drama starring Tom Hardy as prisoner Michael Peterson, aka Charles Bronson; a $230,000 cult film that earned Hardy a British Independent Film Award and 75% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Camino
Camino (2008) is a Spanish drama by Javier Fesser, inspired by Alexia González-Barros, an Opus Dei family's dying 14-year-old; it won six Goya Awards including Best Film and sparked controversy with Opus Dei.
Carandiru
Carandiru (2003) is a Brazilian drama film by Hector Babenco, adapted from Drauzio Varella's book Estacao Carandiru, about a doctor in Sao Paulo's largest prison, culminating in the 1992 massacre of 111 inmates; it competed at Cannes.
Cheaters (2000 film)
Cheaters (2000) is an HBO television film directed and written by John Stockwell, starring Jeff Daniels, Jena Malone, and Paul Sorvino, dramatizing the 1995 Steinmetz High School academic decathlon cheating scandal in Chicago.