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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).
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Buddha Mountain (观音山)
Buddha Mountain (观音山, Guan Yin Shan) is a 2010 Chinese drama by director Li Yu, starring Fan Bingbing, Sylvia Chang, Chen Bolin, and Fei Long. It premiered at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival, winning Best Artistic Contribution and Best Actress, and was released in mainland China in March 2011.
Cake (2014 film)
Cake (2014) is an American drama directed by Daniel Barnz from a Patrick Tobin Black List script, starring Jennifer Aniston as chronic pain sufferer Claire, with Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington, and Adriana Barraza; released December 31, 2014, Metascore 49, Golden Globe Best Actress nomination.
Camp X-Ray (film)
Camp X-Ray is Peter Sattler's 2014 debut drama, also known as Camp X-Ray (film), starring Kristen Stewart and Peyman Moaadi as a Guantanamo Bay guard and detainee who form an unlikely friendship; it premiered at Sundance and earned a 74% Tomatometer.
Charlie's Country
Charlie's Country is a 2013 Australian drama by Rolf de Heer, co-written with and starring David Gulpilil as an Arnhem Land elder under the intervention. Gulpilil won Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Actor 2014; it was Australia's Foreign Language Film Oscar entry.
Cosmopolis (film)
Cosmopolis (2012) is David Cronenberg's adaptation of Don DeLillo's 2003 novel, starring Robert Pattinson as billionaire Eric Packer crossing Manhattan by limo; premiered in Competition at Cannes 2012.
Country Strong
Country Strong is a 2010 American drama film written and directed by Shana Feste, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund, and Leighton Meester, about a country star's comeback tour; Metascore 45, $20.2M US gross, Oscar-nominated song.
Courageous (film)
Courageous is a 2011 American Christian drama film directed by Alex Kendrick about four law enforcement officers in Albany, Georgia, who pledge to be better fathers.
Cyberbully (2011 film)
Cyberbully (Cyberbu//y), 2011 ABC Family TV movie directed by Charles Binamé, written by Teena Booth, starring Emily Osment as cyberbullied teen Taylor Hillridge; premiered July 17, 2011, distinct from the 2015 Maisie Williams British film.
Dearest (亲爱的)
Dearest (亲爱的) is a 2014 Chinese drama directed by Peter Chan, written by Zhang Ji, starring Huang Bo, Zhao Wei, Tong Dawei and Hao Lei, adapted from real child-abduction cases including the Sun Haiyang search; premiered at Venice 2014 and grossed about 345 million RMB in China.
Detachment (film)
Detachment (2011) is a Tony Kaye drama starring Adrien Brody as substitute teacher Henry Barthes at a failing US public school; premiered at Tribeca, released 2012, Metascore 52, RT 59%.
Die Wand
Die Wand (The Wall) is a 2012 Austrian-German drama directed by Julian Roman Pölsler, adapted from Marlen Haushofer's 1963 novel, starring Martina Gedeck as a woman trapped behind an invisible wall in the Alps, screened at Berlinale Panorama 2012.
Disconnect (2012 film)
Disconnect is a 2012 American drama film directed by Henry Alex Rubin, following three stories about cyberbullying, identity theft, and a webcam performer, starring Jason Bateman.
Draft Day
Draft Day is a 2014 American sports drama directed by Ivan Reitman, in which Kevin Costner plays a Cleveland Browns general manager making trades on NFL Draft day.
Eden (2012 film)
Eden (2012) is Megan Griffiths' American crime drama, also released as Abduction of Eden, starring Jamie Chung as a Korean-American woman forced into prostitution by a New Mexico trafficking ring; it won the 2012 SXSW Audience Award.
Elena (Эле́на) (2011 film)
Elena (Эле́на) is Andrey Zvyagintsev's 2011 Russian drama, his third feature, in which former nurse Elena (Nadezhda Markina) murders her wealthy husband Vladimir (Andrey Smirnov) to secure her son's inheritance; it won the Cannes Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize.
Elisa K
Elisa K is a 2010 Catalan-language Spanish drama co-directed by Jordi Cadena and Judith Colell, adapted from Lolita Bosch's novel Elisa Kiseljak, about repressed memory of child rape; it won the San Sebastián Special Jury Prize.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (film)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) is Stephen Daldry's drama adapted by Eric Roth from Jonathan Safran Foer's 2005 novel, starring Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, and Max von Sydow; a 9/11 grief story with two Oscar nominations and mixed reviews.