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Romantic and coming-of-age drama films

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The Wonders (film)

The Wonders (Le meraviglie) is Alice Rohrwacher's 2014 Italy-Switzerland-Germany drama about an Umbrian beekeeping family, starring Maria Alexandra Lungu, Sam Louwyck, and Monica Bellucci; it won the 2014 Cannes Grand Prix.

The Words (film)

The Words is a 2012 American drama film starring Bradley Cooper as a young writer who publishes a found manuscript as his own, directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal.

Third Person (film)

Third Person (2013) is a Paul Haggis drama of three interlocking love stories in Paris, Rome, and New York, starring Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde, Adrien Brody, and Mila Kunis; premiered at TIFF 2013, released by Sony Pictures Classics, Metascore 38.

Touch of the Light (逆光飞翔)

Touch of the Light (逆光飞翔, also 逆光飛翔) is a 2012 Taiwanese drama by Chang Jung-chi based on blind pianist Huang Yu-siang, who plays himself; it won Golden Horse Best New Director and was Taiwan's 85th Academy Awards entry.

Trishna (2011 film)

Trishna is Michael Winterbottom's 2011 British drama adapting Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles to modern Rajasthan and Mumbai, starring Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed, with Hardy's Alec and Angel fused into one character, Jay.

Under the Hawthorn Tree (山楂树之恋)

Under the Hawthorn Tree (山楂树之恋) is Zhang Yimou's 2010 Chinese romantic drama, adapted from Aimi's novel, about Jing Qiu and Lao San's forbidden love during the Cultural Revolution; released September 2010, starring Zhou Dongyu and Shawn Dou.

Very Good Girls

Very Good Girls is a 2013 American coming-of-age drama, Naomi Foner's directorial debut, starring Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen as friends who fall for the same Brooklyn artist; released by Tribeca Film in 2014 to poor reviews.

What If (2013 film)

What If, released as The F Word in Canada, is a 2013 Michael Dowse romantic comedy starring Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan as friends resisting attraction; adapted by Elan Mastai from Toothpaste and Cigars, it premiered at TIFF 2013 and won a Canadian Screen Award. Distinct from Hari Mahesh's 2013 drama of the same name.