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The Magdalene Sisters
The Magdalene Sisters, also known as Las hermanas de la Magdalena, is Peter Mullan's 2002 UK-Ireland drama about four women confined in Ireland's Magdalene Laundries; it won the 2002 Venice Golden Lion and drew Vatican condemnation.
The Majestic (film)
The Majestic is a 2001 American drama film directed by Frank Darabont, starring Jim Carrey as a blacklisted screenwriter mistaken for a small town's lost war hero.
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.
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow (La teta asustada, 2009) is Claudia Llosa's Peruvian-Spanish drama starring Magaly Solier as Fausta, who carries trauma transmitted through breast milk from Peru's armed conflict; it won the 2009 Golden Bear and was Oscar-nominated.
The Miracle of Bern
The Miracle of Bern (Das Wunder von Bern) is Sönke Wortmann's 2003 German drama about the 1954 World Cup final, in which West Germany beat Hungary 3:2 in Bern, and a POW father's return to Essen.
The Motorcycle Diaries (film)
The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta), Walter Salles's 2004 Spanish-language road film with Gael García Bernal and Rodrigo de la Serna, dramatizes Che Guevara's 1952 South American journey; it won the BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language and an Oscar for 'Al otro lado del río'.
The Notorious Bettie Page
The Notorious Bettie Page is Mary Harron's 2005 biographical drama starring Gretchen Mol as 1950s pin-up model Bettie Page, covering her fetish modeling for the Klaws, the 1955 Kefauver Senate hearings, and her later religious life.
The Orphan of Anyang (安阳婴儿)
The Orphan of Anyang (安阳婴儿, Anyang yinger) is Wang Chao's 2001 debut feature, an unauthorized Chinese independent drama about a laid-off worker raising a prostitute's baby for 200 yuan a month, screened at Cannes Directors' Fortnight.
The Other Half
The Other Half (另一半, Ling yi ban) is Ying Liang's 2006 Chinese independent DV film, 111 minutes, about law clerk Xiaofen in Zigong, Sichuan; it won the Tokyo FilmEx Special Jury Prize and Jeonju's Woosuk Award.
The Other Woman (2009 film)
The Other Woman (2009 film) is an American drama directed by Don Roos, starring Natalie Portman and Lisa Kudrow. It was adapted from Ayelet Waldman's 2006 novel.
The Painted Veil (2006 film)
The Painted Veil (2006) is John Curran's drama, written by Ron Nyswaner from Maugham's 1925 novel, starring Naomi Watts and Edward Norton as Kitty and Walter Fane, whose broken marriage is tested in a 1920s Chinese cholera epidemic; third adaptation after 1934 and 1957.
The Perfect Game
The Perfect Game (2009) is William Dear's family sports drama about Mexico's 1957 Monterrey Industrials, the first non-U.S. Little League World Series champions, starring Clifton Collins Jr., Cheech Marin, and Jake T. Austin; distinct from the 2000 Disney film and the 2011 Korean baseball film of similar name.
The Piano Teacher (film)
The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) is Michael Haneke's 2001 Austrian-French drama adapting Elfriede Jelinek's novel Die Klavierspielerin, starring Isabelle Huppert as repressed Vienna Conservatory piano teacher Erika Kohut; it won the 2001 Cannes Grand Prix plus Best Actress and Best Actor.
The Poker House
The Poker House is Lori Petty's 2008 semiautobiographical directorial debut drama about her Iowa teenage years, starring Jennifer Lawrence as Agnes, Selma Blair as the mother, with Chloë Grace Moretz; premiered at LA Film Festival, released 2009.
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (姨妈的后现代生活)
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (姨妈的后现代生活, Yi ma de hou xian dai sheng huo) is a 2006 Ann Hui serio-comedy starring Siqin Gaowa and Chow Yun-fat, adapted from Yan Yan's novel, about a retired Shanghai woman swindled out of her savings who returns to Anshan; it won two 2008 Hong Kong Film Awards.
The Quiet American (2002 film)
The Quiet American (2002 film), Phillip Noyce adaptation of Graham Greene's 1955 novel, starring Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen; 1952 Saigon love triangle, delayed post-9/11, Metacritic 84, Caine Oscar-nominated.
The Return (Возвращение) (2003 film)
The Return (Возвращение) is Andrey Zvyagintsev's 2003 Russian debut drama about two brothers and a suddenly returned father; it won the Venice Golden Lion, five festival prizes, and a Golden Globe nomination.
The Room
The Room (2003) is Tommy Wiseau's self-financed $6 million independent drama about a San Francisco love triangle; a box-office failure now famous as the "Citizen Kane of bad movies" with participatory midnight screenings.
The Savages (film)
The Savages is Tamara Jenkins's 2007 American comedy-drama starring Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Philip Bosco, about estranged siblings caring for a father with dementia; Sundance premiere, two Oscar nominations, 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Secret of the Grain
The Secret of the Grain (La Graine et le Mulet) is Abdellatif Kechiche's 2007 French drama about laid-off Sète shipyard worker Slimane Beiji opening a couscous restaurant on a boat; it won the Venice Special Jury Prize and four Césars.
The Son (2002 film)
The Son (Le fils) is a 2002 Belgian-French drama by the Dardenne brothers about a carpenter whose new apprentice killed his son. Olivier Gourmet won Best Actor at Cannes 2002.
The Song of Sparrows (آواز گنجشکها)
The Song of Sparrows (آواز گنجشکها, Avaze gonjeshk-ha) is Majid Majidi's 2008 Iranian drama about Karim, a fired ostrich-farm worker driving a motorcycle taxi in Tehran; it won Reza Naji the Berlin Silver Bear and was Iran's Oscar submission.
The Story of Marie and Julien
The Story of Marie and Julien (Histoire de Marie et Julien) is Jacques Rivette's 2003 supernatural romance with Emmanuelle Béart and Jerzy Radziwilowicz, revived from a 1975 project abandoned after two shooting days.
The Swamp
The Swamp (La ciénaga, 2001) is Lucrecia Martel's debut feature about two decaying middle-class families in Salta, Argentina; it won Berlin's Alfred Bauer Prize and was voted greatest Argentine film in 2022.
The Ultimate Gift
The Ultimate Gift is a 2006 American drama film directed by Michael O. Sajbel, adapted from Jim Stovall's novel, starring Drew Fuller, James Garner, and Abigail Breslin; released by Fox Faith in March 2007, it earned $3.4 million and mixed reviews.
The Way Home (집으로...)
The Way Home (집으로..., Jibeuro) is a 2002 South Korean family drama directed by Lee Jeong-hyang, starring Yoo Seung-ho and non-actor Kim Eul-boon; it drew about 4.09 million admissions and was released internationally by Paramount.
The Way We Are (天水围的日与夜)
The Way We Are (天水圍的日與夜) is Ann Hui's 2008 Cantonese drama set in Tin Shui Wai's public housing estates, following a widowed supermarket worker, her son, and a neighbor; shot on HD digital on a low budget, it won four 2009 Hong Kong Film Awards.
The Willow Tree (بید مجنون)
The Willow Tree (بید مجنون, Bīd-e majnūn) is a 2005 Iranian drama, Majid Majidi's sixth feature, starring Parviz Parastui as a blind professor who regains sight in France. It won four Crystal Simorghs at the 23rd Fajr Film Festival.
The World (世界) (2004 film)
The World (世界, Shijie) is Jia Zhangke's 2004 Chinese drama, his fourth feature and first government-approved film, set in Beijing World Park among migrant dancers and guards, starring Zhao Tao and Cheng Taishen, Metascore 81.
The Yacoubian Building (عمارة يعقوبيان)
The Yacoubian Building (عمارة يعقوبيان, Omaret Yakobean) is a 2006 Egyptian ensemble drama, Marwan Hamed's debut feature, adapted from Alaa Al Aswany's 2002 bestseller with a screenplay by Wahid Hamed. It was the most expensive Egyptian film of its time, the highest-grossing Arab film of 2006, and survived a 112-MP censorship campaign uncut.