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100 Yen Love (百円の恋)
100 Yen Love (百円の恋, Hyakuen no koi) is a 2014 Japanese boxing drama directed by Masaharu Take, written by Shin Adachi, starring Sakura Ando as 32-year-old slacker Ichiko; Japan Academy Best Actress winner and Japan's 88th Academy Awards entry, remade in China as Yolo (2024).
3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy
3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy (3D 肉蒲團之極樂寶鑑) is a 2011 Hong Kong Category III 3D erotic comedy by Christopher Sun, a remake of Sex and Zen; it broke Hong Kong's first-day box office record and was banned in mainland China.
99 Homes
99 Homes is a 2014 drama by Ramin Bahrani, also known as a foreclosure-crisis thriller, starring Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, and Laura Dern; set in 2010 Orlando, it premiered at Venice and opened in the US in 2015.
A Girl at My Door (도희야)
A Girl at My Door (도희야, Doheeya) is July Jung's 2014 South Korean debut drama, starring Bae Doona as a police chief protecting abused teen Kim Sae-ron; premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2014.
A Little Chaos
A Little Chaos is a 2014 British period romantic drama directed by and starring Alan Rickman, with Kate Winslet as fictional garden designer Sabine de Barra building a Versailles grove for Louis XIV; released 2015, mixed reviews.
A Separation (جدایی نادر از سیمین)
A Separation (جدایی نادر از سیمین) is a 2011 Iranian drama, 123 minutes, written and directed by Asghar Farhadi. It won the 2011 Berlin Golden Bear, the 2012 Golden Globe, and the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, the first for Iran.
A Simple Life (桃姐)
A Simple Life (桃姐, Tao jie) is Ann Hui's 2011 Hong Kong drama starring Deanie Ip and Andy Lau, based on producer Roger Lee's real story of a family amah of 60 years who enters a nursing home after a stroke; it won Venice Best Actress and top Golden Horse and Hong Kong Film Awards.
A Story of Yonosuke (横道世之介)
A Story of Yonosuke (横道世之介, Yokomichi Yonosuke) is a 2013 Japanese drama directed by Shuichi Okita, adapted from Shuichi Yoshida's Mainichi Shimbun serialized novel, starring Kengo Kora and Yuriko Yoshitaka as an ordinary 1987 Tokyo student and the friends who remember him.
A Teacher
A Teacher is a 2013 American independent drama, Hannah Fidell's debut feature, starring Lindsay Burdge as a Texas English teacher obsessed with her student Eric (Will Brittain); Sundance 2013 premiere, later adapted into the 2020 FX on Hulu series.
A Touch of Sin (天注定)
A Touch of Sin (天注定) is Jia Zhangke's 2013 four-story drama, based on the Hu Wenhai, Deng Yujiao, Zhou Kehua, and Foxconn cases; it won Cannes Best Screenplay but was never released in mainland China.
About Cherry
About Cherry (2012) is Stephen Elliott's directorial debut drama, co-written with Lorelei Lee, starring Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco, Dev Patel, Lili Taylor, and Heather Graham; shot in the San Francisco Armory, released by IFC Films, 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Adoration (2013 film)
Adoration (2013 film), directed by Anne Fontaine, is an Australian–French drama set in a seaside town where two friends begin affairs with their neighbors' sons.
Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs is a 2011 drama directed by Rodrigo García, starring Glenn Close as a woman passing as a man at a Dublin hotel, adapted from George Moore's 1918 novella; Oscar-nominated for Close, Janet McTeer, and makeup.
All Is True
All Is True is a 2018 drama directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, written by Ben Elton, imagining Shakespeare's 1613-1616 retirement in Stratford after the Globe fire, with Judi Dench and Ian McKellen.
Alps (2011 film)
Alps (Alpeis, Άλπεις) is a 2011 Greek drama by Yorgos Lanthimos, written with Efthimis Filippou, about a secret group impersonating the dead for grieving families; it won Venice's Best Screenplay Osella.
American Dreams in China (中国合伙人)
American Dreams in China (中国合伙人), a 2013 Peter Chan comedy-drama starring Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, and Tong Dawei, loosely based on New Oriental's founders; earned 540 million RMB and the Golden Rooster Best Picture award.
Amour (2012 film)
Amour (2012) is Michael Haneke's French-language drama starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, and Isabelle Huppert about an elderly Paris couple after Anne's stroke. It won the 2012 Palme d'Or and the 2013 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Another Year
Another Year is Mike Leigh's 2010 British comedy-drama, premiered in Competition at Cannes, starring Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville as a contented couple and their lonelier friends, Oscar-nominated for Best Original Screenplay.
Ao: The Last Hunter
Ao: The Last Hunter is a 2009 French prehistoric drama directed by Jacques Malaterre, loosely based on Marc Klapczynski's novel Aô, l'homme ancien, spoken in an invented prehistoric language.
Argo (2012 film)
Argo (2012) is Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning thriller about the CIA's fake Hollywood film scheme, Studio Six Productions' 'Argo,' that exfiltrated six US diplomats from Tehran in 1980, and the historical-accuracy controversies it sparked.
Ask Me Anything (film)
Ask Me Anything is a 2014 American drama, also known as Undiscovered Gyrl, written and directed by Allison Burnett from his 2009 novel. Britt Robertson stars as blogger Katie Kampenfelt; premiered at Nashville Film Festival, released December 19, 2014 by Phase 4 Films.
Barbara (2012 film)
Barbara is Christian Petzold's 2012 German drama, also known as Barbara (2012), starring Nina Hoss as an East German doctor punished for an exit visa application. It won the Silver Bear for Best Director at Berlin 2012 and was Germany's Oscar nominee.
Bastards
Bastards (Les Salauds) is a 2013 French-German noir drama by Claire Denis, starring Vincent Lindon and Chiara Mastroianni, about a ship captain drawn into his family's ruin; premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard 2013.
Belle (2013 film)
Belle is a 2013 British period drama by Amma Asante, written by Misan Sagay, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Dido Elizabeth Belle; inspired by the 1779 Zoffany portrait, released 2014, budget $10.9m, Metacritic 64.
Ben Is Back
Ben Is Back is a 2018 American drama written and directed by Peter Hedges, starring Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges as mother and son over one Christmas Eve after Ben leaves rehab; also known by its single-day structure distinguishing it from Beautiful Boy.
Beyond the Hills
Beyond the Hills (După dealuri) is Cristian Mungiu's 2012 Romanian drama about Alina returning from Germany for her friend Voichita, a novice nun; inspired by a 2005 Tanacu exorcism death, it won Cannes Best Screenplay and shared Best Actress.
Big Miracle
Big Miracle is a 2012 Ken Kwapis drama starring Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski, based on Tom Rose's book about the 1988 Operation Breakthrough rescue of three ice-trapped gray whales near Barrow, Alaska, involving Soviet icebreakers; not to be confused with the TV series Big Miracles.
Biutiful
Biutiful (2010) is a Mexico-Spain drama by Alejandro González Iñárritu, starring Javier Bardem as Uxbal, a dying Barcelona criminal middleman; Cannes Best Actor winner and double Oscar nominee.
Black or White (film)
Black or White is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Mike Binder, starring Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer in a custody battle over a biracial girl.
Black Venus
Black Venus (Vénus noire) is Abdellatif Kechiche's 2010 French-Italian historical drama about Saartjie Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus", starring Yahima Torres; it competed at Venice 2010 and opened in France on 27 October 2010.