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Still Alice
Still Alice (2014) is a drama by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, adapted from Lisa Genova's 2007 novel, starring Julianne Moore as a Columbia linguistics professor with early-onset Alzheimer's; Moore won the Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA.
Stray Dogs
Stray Dogs (郊遊, Jiao You) is Tsai Ming-liang's 2013 Taiwan-France drama about a homeless father and two children in Taipei; it won the Venice Grand Jury Prize and Golden Horse Best Director and Best Actor.
Supremacy (film)
Supremacy (2014) is an American drama thriller directed by Deon Taylor, written by Eric J. Adams, starring Joe Anderson, Danny Glover, and Dawn Olivieri, based on a 1995 Sonoma County Aryan Brotherhood hostage case.
The Artist and the Model
The Artist and the Model (El artista y la modelo) is a 2012 Spanish black-and-white drama, Fernando Trueba's first film in French, starring Jean Rochefort and Aida Folch as a sculptor and his young refugee model in 1943 occupied France; it won the San Sebastián Silver Shell for Best Director and earned 13 Goya nominations.
The Attack (الهجوم)
The Attack (الهجوم) is Ziad Doueiri's 2012 drama, adapted from Yasmina Khadra's novel, about an Israeli Palestinian surgeon whose wife is a suicide bomber; it won San Sebastián and Marrakech prizes but was boycotted by the Arab League and banned in Lebanon for being shot in Israel.
The Beaver (film)
The Beaver is a 2011 American comedy-drama directed by Jodie Foster, written by Kyle Killen, starring Mel Gibson as a depressed toy executive who speaks through a beaver hand puppet; it grossed $970,816 domestically on a $21 million budget.
The Company Men
The Company Men is a 2010 American drama, John Wells's directing debut, starring Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, and Kevin Costner as GTX executives facing layoffs after the 2008 financial crisis.
The Day He Arrives (북촌방향)
The Day He Arrives (북촌방향) is Hong Sang-soo's 2011 black-and-white drama, his 12th feature, in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, about a lapsed director repeating days in Seoul's Bukchon.
The Dead Man and Being Happy
The Dead Man and Being Happy (El muerto y ser feliz) is Javier Rebollo's 2012 Spain-Argentina-France road movie starring José Sacristán as a dying hitman fleeing Buenos Aires with morphine; it won the FIPRESCI Prize and a Silver Shell for Best Actor at San Sebastián 2012.
The Descendants
The Descendants (2011) is Alexander Payne's comedy-drama, adapted from Kaui Hart Hemmings' debut novel, starring George Clooney as Matt King; it won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar and two Golden Globes.
The Hunt (2012 film)
The Hunt (Danish: Jagten) is a 2012 Danish drama by Thomas Vinterberg in which kindergarten teacher Lucas, played by Mads Mikkelsen, is falsely accused of child abuse. Cannes Best Actor 2012, Oscar-nominated, distinct from the 2020 American film The Hunt.
The Ides of March (2011 film)
The Ides of March is a 2011 American political drama directed by George Clooney, adapted with Grant Heslov from Beau Willimon's play Farragut North and starring Ryan Gosling.
The Judge (2014 film)
The Judge is a 2014 American courtroom drama directed by David Dobkin, starring Robert Downey Jr. as lawyer Hank Palmer and Robert Duvall as his estranged judge father on a murder charge. Released October 10, 2014 by Warner Bros.; 141 minutes; Metascore 48; Duvall earned an Oscar nomination.
The Land of Hope (希望の国)
The Land of Hope (希望の国, Kibō no kuni) is Sion Sono's 2012 Japanese drama about two families split by a nuclear accident after an earthquake in the fictional Nagashima Prefecture; 133 minutes, Japan-UK-Taiwan co-production, Toronto NETPAC Award winner.
The Light Shines Only There (そこのみにて光輝く)
The Light Shines Only There (そこのみにて光輝く) is a 2014 Japanese drama by director O Mipo, adapted from Yasushi Sato's only full-length novel. Set in Hakodate, it stars Ayano Go, Ikewaki Chizuru, and Suda Masaki, and won Best Director at the 2014 Montreal World Film Festival.
The Master (2012 film)
The Master is Paul Thomas Anderson's 2012 American drama starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams, loosely inspired by L. Ron Hubbard and early Dianetics; shot on 65mm, it premiered at Venice 2012 and earned three Oscar nominations.
The Past (گذشته) (2013 film)
The Past (Le Passé; گذشته) is Asghar Farhadi's 2013 French-Italian drama, his first film outside Iran, starring Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, and Ali Mosaffa; it won Best Actress and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at Cannes 2013.
The Piano in a Factory (钢的琴)
The Piano in a Factory (钢的琴, Gang de qin) is Zhang Meng's 2010 Chinese comedy-drama about laid-off steelworker Chen Guilin, who builds a steel piano in an abandoned Anshan factory to win custody of his daughter; a 2011 festival award winner with weak box office.
The Pregnancy Pact
The Pregnancy Pact is a 2010 Lifetime TV movie directed by Rosemary Rodriguez, starring Thora Birch, Camryn Manheim, and Nancy Travis, inspired by the disputed 2008 Gloucester High School teen pregnancy pact story.
The Selfish Giant
The Selfish Giant (2013) is a British social-realist drama by Clio Barnard, inspired by Oscar Wilde's tale, about Bradford boys Arbor (Conner Chapman) and Swifty (Shaun Thomas) collecting scrap for dealer Kitten (Sean Gilder); Cannes 2013, BAFTA-nominated.
The Student
The Student (El estudiante) is a 2011 Argentine political drama directed by Santiago Mitre in his debut feature, starring Esteban Lamothe, Romina Paula, and Ricardo Díaz Mourelle.
The Turin Horse
The Turin Horse (A torinói ló) is Béla Tarr's 2011 black-and-white final feature, co-written with László Krasznahorkai, following the carter and horse from Nietzsche's 1889 Turin breakdown anecdote over six apocalyptic days; it won the Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix at Berlin 2011.
The Wall (2012 film)
The Wall (Die Wand) 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 by an invisible wall; Berlinale Panorama premiere, Ecumenical Jury prize, Austria's 86th Oscars submission.
The Way (2010 film)
The Way is a 2010 drama film directed by Emilio Estevez, starring Martin Sheen as a father who walks the Camino de Santiago after his son dies.
Trust Me (2013 film)
Trust Me (2013) is Clark Gregg's dark comedy about child-actor agent Howard Holloway; premiered at Tribeca 2013, released by Starz in 2014, with Rockwell, Sharbino, Peet, and Macy.
Two Days, One Night
Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit) is a 2014 Dardenne brothers drama starring Marion Cotillard as Sandra, a Belgian factory worker who has one weekend to persuade 16 co-workers to forgo a 1,000-euro bonus so she keeps her job; Cannes competition film, Oscar-nominated for Cotillard.
Tyrannosaur (film)
Tyrannosaur (2011) is Paddy Considine's feature directorial debut, a British drama starring Peter Mullan and Olivia Colman, expanded from his short Dog Altogether; it won Sundance and BAFTA honors and Best British Independent Film.
Unbeatable (激战) (2013 film)
Unbeatable (激战) is a 2013 Hong Kong MMA sports drama directed by Dante Lam, starring Nick Cheung and Eddie Peng as Macau boxer and trainee; it won Cheung the Shanghai Golden Goblet and 2014 Hong Kong Film Award Best Actor.
Uniform (2003 film)
Uniform (制服) is Diao Yinan's 2003 debut feature, a Chinese crime drama about a tailor who impersonates a policeman using an unclaimed uniform; it won Vancouver's Dragons and Tigers Award.
Vampire (2011 film)
Vampire (ヴァンパイア) is a 2011 drama-horror film by Japanese director Shunji Iwai, his first in English, starring Kevin Zegers as a biology teacher who drains the blood of suicidal women met online; premiered at Sundance 2011, released in Japan 2012 and the US 2013.