343 articles
Moonlight Mile (film)
Moonlight Mile is a 2002 American drama film set in a small New England town. It follows a young man, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, who navigates grief and romance.
Mother and Child (2009 film)
Mother and Child is a 2009 drama written and directed by Rodrigo García, starring Annette Bening, Naomi Watts, and Kerry Washington as three women affected by adoption; premiered at TIFF 2009, released by Sony Pictures Classics May 7, 2010.
My Sister's Keeper (film)
My Sister's Keeper is a 2009 American drama directed by Nick Cassavetes, adapted from Jodi Picoult's 2004 novel, starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, and Alec Baldwin; a girl conceived as a donor for her leukemic sister sues her parents for medical emancipation, with a changed ending.
Night and Fog (天水围的夜与雾) (2009 film)
Night and Fog (天水圍的夜與霧) is Ann Hui's 2009 Hong Kong drama, second of her Tin Shui Wai diptych after The Way We Are, starring Simon Yam and Zhang Jingchu, adapted from the real 2004 Tin Yat Estate family massacre.
Nights in Rodanthe
Nights in Rodanthe is a 2008 American romantic drama directed by George C. Wolfe, adapted from Nicholas Sparks' novel and starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane.
Nina (2004 film)
Nina (2004) is Heitor Dhalia's Brazilian feature debut, a free adaptation of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment set in São Paulo, starring Guta Stresser as an illustrator driven toward crime by her landlady.
Nobody Knows (誰も知らない) (2004 film)
Nobody Knows (誰も知らない, Dare mo Shiranai) is Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2004 Japanese drama about four abandoned siblings, based on a 1988 Tokyo case; Yagira Yuya won Cannes Best Actor as the youngest and first Japanese winner.
Noel (film)
Noel (2004) is an American Christmas ensemble drama, Chazz Palminteri's directorial debut, written by David Hubbard. Susan Sarandon, Penélope Cruz, Paul Walker, Alan Arkin, and an uncredited Robin Williams play lonely New Yorkers whose lives intersect on Christmas Eve; critics gave it 28% on Rotten Tomatoes.
North Country (film)
North Country (2005) is a Warner Bros. drama directed by Niki Caro, starring Charlize Theron as Josey Aimes; a fictionalized account of Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co., the first US sexual harassment class action, based on the book Class Action.
Notes on a Scandal (film)
Notes on a Scandal (2006) is a Richard Eyre psychological drama adapted by Patrick Marber from Zoë Heller's novel, starring Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett as teachers entangled in a pupil-affair secret; four Oscar nominations.
Nothing but the Truth (2008 American film)
Nothing but the Truth (2008) is Rod Lurie's political drama starring Kate Beckinsale as a reporter jailed for protecting a source after outing a CIA agent, inspired by the Judith Miller and Valerie Plame case.
Nowhere in Africa
Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) is Caroline Link's 2001 German drama, adapted from Stefanie Zweig's autobiographical novel, about a Jewish family fleeing 1938 Nazi Germany for a Kenyan farm; it won the 2003 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Nuan (暖)
Nuan (暖), also released in Japan as Furusato no Kaori, is a 2003 Chinese drama by Huo Jianqi adapted from Mo Yan's novella White Dog and the Swing, starring Guo Xiaodong, Li Jia, and Teruyuki Kagawa; it won the Tokyo festival's Golden Kirin and the Golden Rooster Best Picture award.
Oasis (오아시스) (2002 film)
Oasis (오아시스) is Lee Chang-dong's 2002 South Korean drama about ex-convict Hong Jong-du and Han Gong-ju, a woman with cerebral palsy. It won Venice's Special Director Award and the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Moon So-ri.
Ondine (film)
Ondine (2009) is Neil Jordan's Irish drama-fantasy starring Colin Farrell as fisherman Syracuse, who catches a mysterious woman (Alicja Bachleda) his daughter believes is a selkie; shot in Castletownbere, Cork, budget almost €8m, released by Magnolia in 2010.
Open Hearts
Open Hearts (Elsker dig for evigt) is a 2002 Danish Dogme 95 drama, Dogme #28, directed by Susanne Bier with Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, and Paprika Steen; Denmark's Oscar entry about an affair after a paralyzing car accident.
Painted Fire
Painted Fire (취화선, Chihwaseon) is Im Kwon-taek's 2002 Korean biographical drama about painter Jang Seung-up (Ohwon), starring Choi Min-sik; it shared Cannes 2002 Best Director and won Blue Dragon Best Film.
Palermo Shooting
Palermo Shooting is a 2008 drama by Wim Wenders, in competition at Cannes, starring Campino as a Düsseldorf photographer who flees to Palermo, meets Giovanna Mezzogiorno's restorer, and is pursued by Dennis Hopper's Death.
Paradise Now (الجنة الآن)
Paradise Now (الجنة الآن) is a 2005 Palestinian drama by Hany Abu-Assad, co-written with Bero Beyer, following two Nablus mechanics recruited for a Tel Aviv suicide bombing; it won the 2006 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and was Oscar-nominated.
Pay It Forward (film)
Pay It Forward is a 2000 American drama directed by Mimi Leder, written by Leslie Dixon from Catherine Ryan Hyde's 1999 novel, starring Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment; a $40 million Warner Bros. release that earned 39% on Rotten Tomatoes and stalled Leder's feature career until 2017.
Peaceful Warrior
Peaceful Warrior (2006) is a drama directed by Victor Salva, adapted from Dan Millman's novel Way of the Peaceful Warrior, starring Scott Mechlowicz, Nick Nolte as Socrates, and Amy Smart; Lionsgate released it June 2, 2006.
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.
Platform (站台)
Platform (站台, Zhantai) is Jia Zhangke's 2000 drama, his second feature, following a Fenyang, Shanxi theatre troupe from Maoist propaganda in 1979 to Cantopop by 1990; premiered at Venice 2000, NETPAC award and Golden Lion nomination.
Powder Blue (film)
Powder Blue is a 2009 American ensemble drama directed, written, and produced by Timothy Linh Bui from a story by Stephane Gauger, starring Jessica Biel, Eddie Redmayne, Forest Whitaker, and Ray Liotta as four strangers whose lives intersect in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve; it was a critical and commercial failure and Patrick Swayze's final feature role.
Precious (film)
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire is Lee Daniels' 2009 drama adapted from Sapphire's 1996 novel Push, starring Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique; it won Sundance's Grand Jury Prize and two Oscars.
Pretty Ugly People
Pretty Ugly People is a 2008 American comedy-drama, Tate Taylor's feature debut, starring Missi Pyle, Melissa McCarthy, and Octavia Spencer. Lucy lures college friends to Montana under false pretenses after gastric bypass; IMDb 5.0/10, RT 25%.
Proof (2005 film)
Proof is a 2005 American drama film directed by John Madden, adapted from David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Provoked (film)
Provoked: A True Story is a 2006 British-Indian drama by Jag Mundhra starring Aishwarya Rai as Kiranjit Ahluwalia, based on Circle of Light, about her 1989 conviction and appeal.
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.
Rachel Getting Married
Rachel Getting Married is a 2008 Jonathan Demme comedy-drama, written by Jenny Lumet, in which Anne Hathaway's Kym leaves rehab for sister Rachel's (Rosemarie DeWitt) Connecticut wedding, reopening family wounds; shot handheld on HD, it earned Hathaway her first Oscar nomination.