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Peacock (孔雀) (2005 film)
Peacock (孔雀) is Gu Changwei's 2005 directorial debut, written by Li Qiang, about three siblings in 1970s Anyang, Henan. It won the Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix at the 55th Berlinale and earned about 10 million RMB in China.
Public Toilet (화장실 어디에요?) (2002 film)
Public Toilet (화장실, 어디에요?; Renmin gongche) is Fruit Chan's 2002 South Korea–Japan–Hong Kong co-production drama about young people seeking miracle cures, shot on digital video across Beijing, Pusan, Hong Kong, New York, and India.
Requiem (2006 film)
Requiem (2006 film): German drama by Hans-Christian Schmid starring Sandra Hüller as epileptic student Michaela Klingler, inspired by the 1976 Anneliese Michel exorcism death; Silver Bear winner at Berlinale 2006, distinct from The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
Robinson's Crusoe
Robinson's Crusoe is a 2003 Taiwanese drama directed by Lin Cheng-sheng, starring Leon Dai, about a realtor who dreams of starting over on a private Caribbean island.
Samaritan Girl (사마리아)
Samaritan Girl (사마리아, Samaria) is Kim Ki-duk's 2004 South Korean drama about two schoolgirls in prostitution and a detective father, winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 54th Berlinale.
Secret Sunshine (밀양)
Secret Sunshine (밀양, Milyang) is Lee Chang-dong's 2007 South Korean drama starring Jeon Do-yeon and Song Kang-ho, about a widow in Miryang whose son is murdered; Jeon won Cannes Best Actress 2007.
Standby
Stand-by (Standby) is a 2000 French drama by Roch Stéphanik starring Dominique Blanc as a woman abandoned at Orly airport who stays and turns to prostitution; it won the 2001 César for Best Actress and the Prix Cyril Collard.
Still Life (2006 film)
Still Life (三峡好人, Sanxia haoren) is Jia Zhangke's 2006 China/Hong Kong drama set in Fengjie during Three Gorges Dam demolition; a miner and a nurse search for lost spouses. It won the Golden Lion at the 63rd Venice Film Festival.
Still Walking (歩いても 歩いても)
Still Walking (歩いても 歩いても, Aruitemo aruitemo) is Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2008 Japanese family drama, a tribute to his late mother, following the Yokoyama family's one-day reunion on the anniversary of eldest son Junpei's drowning; it won San Sebastián's CEC Award and the Asian Film Award for Best Director.
Sunflower (2005 film)
Sunflower (向日葵, Xiang ri kui) is Zhang Yang's 2005 Mandarin family drama about a Beijing father-son conflict across 1976, 1987, and 1999, starring Sun Haiying and Joan Chen, a San Sebastián Best Director winner.
Sway (ゆれる)
Sway (ゆれる, Yureru) is a 2006 Japanese psychological drama, Miwa Nishikawa's second feature after Snake Ichigo, screened at Cannes Directors' Fortnight. Brothers Takeru (Odagiri Joe) and Minoru (Kagawa Teruyuki) are torn apart when childhood friend Chieko falls from a suspension bridge and Minoru is tried for murder.
Syndromes and a Century (แสงศตวรรษ)
Syndromes and a Century (แสงศตวรรษ, Sang Sattawat) is a 2006 Thai art film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, his fourth feature, a two-part hospital story inspired by his physician parents, banned from Thai release after censors demanded four cuts.
Taking Father Home (背鸭子的男孩)
Taking Father Home (背鸭子的男孩) is Ying Liang's 2005 Chinese independent debut feature: a 17-year-old Sichuan boy searches Zigong for his absent father with two ducks, ending in patricide; made for about $5,000 on DV, it won Tokyo FILMeX and other festival prizes.
Tale of Cinema (극장전)
Tale of Cinema (극장전, Geuk jang jeon) is a 2005 South Korean drama by Hong Sang-soo, his sixth feature and first self-produced film. Its two-part, film-within-a-film structure about a suicide pact and an obsessive filmmaker screened in Competition at Cannes 2005.
Ten (ده) (2002 film)
Ten (ده) is Abbas Kiarostami's 2002 Iranian docufiction, premiered at Cannes and Palme d'Or-nominated, shot with two dashboard cameras as a Tehran woman driver (Mania Akbari) holds ten conversations about women's lives; later banned in Iran and disputed by its lead actress.
The Aviator (2004 film)
The Aviator is a 2004 American biographical drama directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes and Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn, and winning 5 Oscars.
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) is Uli Edel's 2008 German drama, adapted by Bernd Eichinger from Stefan Aust's 1985 book, dramatizing the Red Army Faction from 1967 to the German Autumn of 1977.
The Best of Times (美丽时光)
The Best of Times (美麗時光) is Chang Tso-chi's 2002 Taiwanese crime drama about two 19-year-old cousins turned gang debt collectors and fugitives; it competed at Venice and won the 39th Golden Horse Best Feature Film.
The Circle (دایره) (2000 film)
The Circle (دایره, Dayereh) is Jafar Panahi's 2000 Iranian drama about women trapped in Tehran's restrictions, told in a circular relay structure over one day. It won the Golden Lion at Venice 2000 but is banned in Iran.
The City of Your Final Destination
The City of Your Final Destination is a 2009 James Ivory romantic drama, scripted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from Peter Cameron's 2002 novel, in which Omar Metwally's student seeks permission to biographize Jules Gund from Hopkins, Linney, and Gainsbourg in Uruguay.
The Coast Guard (해안선)
The Coast Guard (해안선, Hae-an-seon) is Kim Ki-duk's 2002 South Korean drama in which marine Private Kang, played by Jang Dong-gun, shoots a civilian mistaken for a North Korean spy, then descends into madness; it opened the 2002 Busan festival.
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lăzărescu), Cristi Puiu's 2005 Romanian New Wave drama, follows a dying 63-year-old through Bucharest hospitals; it won Cannes' Un Certain Regard Prize.
The Duchess (film)
The Duchess (2008) is Saul Dibb's biographical drama starring Keira Knightley as Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, adapted from Amanda Foreman's 1998 Whitbread-winning biography; it won the 2009 Oscar and BAFTA for Best Costume Design.
The Edge of Heaven
The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite; Yaşamın Kıyısında) is Fatih Akin's 2007 German-Turkish drama about six lives crossing between Germany and Turkey; it won Cannes Best Screenplay 2007 and the 2008 German Film Award for Best Film.
The Edge of Love
The Edge of Love is a 2008 British drama directed by John Maybury, written by Sharman Macdonald, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, and Matthew Rhys as Dylan Thomas's wartime circle.
The Hamburg Cell (film)
The Hamburg Cell (2004) is a British TV docudrama directed by Antonia Bird, written by Ronan Bennett, dramatizing the Hamburg al-Qaeda cell behind 9/11, focused on hijacker Ziad Jarrah; premiered at Edinburgh, first 9/11 film adaptation.
The Hidden Blade (隠し剣 鬼の爪)
The Hidden Blade (隠し剣 鬼の爪, Kakushi ken Oni no tsume) is a 2004 Japanese samurai drama by Yoji Yamada, second in his trilogy after The Twilight Samurai, adapted from two Shuhei Fujisawa short stories and starring Masatoshi Nagase and Takako Matsu.
The Island Tales (異邦人たち)
The Island Tales (異邦人たち; 有時跳舞) is a 2000 Japan–Hong Kong drama directed by Stanley Kwan, written by Jimmy Ngai, starring Takao Osawa, Michelle Reis, Shu Qi, and Kaori Momoi, about strangers quarantined on an island near Hong Kong.
The Kite Runner (film)
The Kite Runner (film): 2007 drama directed by Marc Forster, screenplay by David Benioff from Khaled Hosseini's novel, starring Khalid Abdalla, shot mainly in Dari in China, banned in Afghanistan, Oscar-nominated.
The Man Who Cried (Человек, который плакал)
The Man Who Cried (Человек, который плакал) is Sally Potter's 2000 UK-French drama starring Christina Ricci, Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett, and John Turturro; a 1927 Russian Jewish refugee searches for her father through Paris and wartime France. Venice Golden Lion nominee, 35% on Rotten Tomatoes.