343 articles
Reign Over Me
Reign Over Me is a 2007 American drama film written and directed by Mike Binder, starring Adam Sandler as a man grieving his family, lost in the September 11 attacks.
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.
Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream, Darren Aronofsky's 2000 drama adapted from Hubert Selby Jr.'s novel, follows four Brooklyn characters into addiction. Known for hip-hop montage editing, an NC-17 controversy, and Ellen Burstyn's Oscar-nominated performance.
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.
Rocky Balboa (film)
Rocky Balboa, also known as Rocky 6, is a 2006 American sports drama written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone, in which the retired boxer returns for an exhibition bout against champion Mason Dixon.
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.
Seven Pounds
Seven Pounds is a 2008 American drama film directed by Gabriele Muccino and starring Will Smith as a man seeking to change the lives of seven strangers.
Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle, about a Mumbai orphan competing on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?; it won eight Academy Awards.
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄) is Kim Ki-duk's 2003 South Korean-German Buddhist drama following a monk's life in five seasonal chapters, shot at Jusanji Pond, a festival award winner with an 85 Metascore.
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.
Stomp the Yard
Stomp the Yard is a 2007 American dance drama film directed by Sylvain White, about a Los Angeles street dancer drawn into stepping competitions at an Atlanta university.
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.
Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York is Charlie Kaufman's 2008 directorial debut, a comedy-drama starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as theater director Caden Cotard, who builds a life-size replica of New York in a warehouse; released by Sony Pictures Classics on October 24, 2008.
Take Off (국가대표) (2009 film)
Take Off (국가대표, Gukgadaepyo) is a 2009 South Korean sports drama directed by Kim Yong-hwa, starring Ha Jung-woo, about Korea's hastily formed first national ski jump team during Muju's 1996 Winter Olympics bid; it sold over 8 million tickets.
Take the Lead
Take the Lead is a 2006 American drama film starring Antonio Banderas as ballroom dancer Pierre Dulaine, who teaches detention students in a New York high school.
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.
Talk to Her
Talk to Her (Hable con ella) is Pedro Almodóvar's 2002 Spanish drama about two men caring for comatose women; it won the 2003 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, three European Film Awards, and a Goya for Alberto Iglesias's score.
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.
Tetro
Tetro (2009) is Francis Ford Coppola's self-financed black-and-white drama, his first original screenplay since The Conversation (1974), about estranged brothers in Buenos Aires, starring Vincent Gallo and Alden Ehrenreich, premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight.
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 Babysitters
The Babysitters (2007) is an American independent drama, the first feature of writer-director David Ross, starring Katherine Waterston as teen Shirley Lyner, who turns babysitting into a call-girl ring for married suburban men; premiered at Toronto, released 2008, Metascore 35.
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
The Ballad of Jack and Rose is Rebecca Miller's 2005 drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Camilla Belle as a father and daughter on a decaying commune island; IFC Films release grossed $712,275 domestically.
The Banishment (Изгнание)
The Banishment (Изгнание) is Andrey Zvyagintsev's 2007 Russian drama, adapted from William Saroyan, about a marriage shattered by a pregnancy confession. It competed at Cannes 2007, winning Lavronenko the best-actor prize.