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Eat Pray Love
Eat Pray Love: Elizabeth Gilbert's 2006 bestselling post-divorce travel memoir (Italy, India, Bali; over 12 million copies) and its 2010 Ryan Murphy film starring Julia Roberts, which grossed $204.6 million worldwide but scored 34% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Echoes of the Rainbow (岁月神偷)
Echoes of the Rainbow (岁月神偷), also known as 1969太空漫游, is a 2010 Hong Kong family drama by Alex Law, produced by Mabel Cheung, set in 1969 Wing Lee Street; it won the Berlin Crystal Bear and four Hong Kong Film Awards and saved the street from demolition.
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.
Eden (2014 film)
Eden (2014) is Mia Hansen-Løve's French drama about DJ Paul, whose career in 1990s Paris house music, inspired by her brother Sven, rises and fades as Daft Punk succeed; premiered at Toronto 2014, distinct from the same-year Madiraju survival thriller.
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.
Even the Rain
Even the Rain (También la lluvia) is a 2010 Spanish drama by Icíar Bollaín, written by Paul Laverty, about a film crew shooting a Columbus epic in Cochabamba, Bolivia during the real 2000 Water War against water privatization; Spain's 2011 Oscar submission, Goya and Berlinale Audience Award winner.
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.
Film Socialisme
Film Socialisme is a 2010 Jean-Luc Godard feature, also released as Socialism, premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard. A three-movement essay film shot partly on the Costa Concordia with Navajo English subtitles, it divided critics (Metascore 64).
First Man (film)
First Man (2018) is Damien Chazelle's biographical drama starring Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong, adapted from James R. Hansen's authorized biography; it won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects and the Golden Globe for Best Original Score.
For Colored Girls
For Colored Girls is a 2010 American drama film directed by Tyler Perry, adapted from Ntozake Shange's 1975 choreopoem, following nine Black women confronting abuse and betrayal in Harlem.
Gimme Shelter (2013 film)
Gimme Shelter (2013 film), also called Gimme Shelter, is Ron Krauss's drama starring Vanessa Hudgens as pregnant runaway Agnes 'Apple' Bailey, based on Kathy DiFiore's Several Sources Shelters, released by Roadside Attractions in January 2014.
Girl (2018 film)
Girl (2018) is Lukas Dhont's Belgian debut drama about 15-year-old trans ballerina Lara, played by Victor Polster and inspired by Nora Monsecour; it won the Cannes Caméra d'Or and Queer Palm but drew controversy over cisgender casting.
Girlhood (film)
Girlhood (Bande de filles) is Céline Sciamma's 2014 French coming-of-age drama about Marieme, a Black teenager in a Paris banlieue who joins a girl gang. It opened Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2014, earned César nominations, and is famous for its Rihanna 'Diamonds' hotel scene.
Glassland
Glassland is a 2014 Irish drama directed by Gerard Barrett, starring Jack Reynor and Toni Collette as a Dublin taxi driver and his alcoholic mother; Sundance Special Jury Prize winner, 85% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Gone with the Bullets (一步之遥)
Gone with the Bullets (一步之遥) is Jiang Wen's 2014 3D film, second of his republican-era trilogy after Let the Bullets Fly. Set in 1920s Shanghai and loosely based on the Yan Ruisheng murder case, it earned 516 million yuan and polarized critics.
Goodbye to Language
Goodbye to Language (Adieu au langage) is Jean-Luc Godard's 2014 French-Swiss experimental 3D film, his 42nd feature and first in 3D, which shared the Cannes Jury Prize and featured his dog Roxy.
Great Expectations (2012 film)
Great Expectations (2012) is a Mike Newell film adaptation of Dickens's novel, scripted by David Nicholls, starring Jeremy Irvine, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, and Holliday Grainger; released 30 November 2012 by Lionsgate UK and BAFTA-nominated for costume design.
Happy End (2017 film)
Happy End (2017) is a 107-minute drama by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Mathieu Kassovitz, about a wealthy Calais family amid the migrant crisis; it competed at Cannes 2017 without winning a major prize.
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (一命)
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (Ichimei, 一命) is Takashi Miike's 2011 3D remake of Kobayashi's 1962 Harakiri, based on Takiguchi's Ibun Ronin-ki, starring Ebizo Ichikawa XI; it premiered in competition at Cannes 2011.
Heaven Knows What
Heaven Knows What, aka Mad Love in New York, is a 2014 Safdie brothers drama starring Arielle Holmes as herself, a homeless heroin addict in New York, released 2015.
Her Smell
Her Smell (2018) is Alex Ross Perry's drama starring Elisabeth Moss as self-destructive 1990s punk frontwoman Becky Something of Something She, told in five real-time acts; released by Gunpowder & Sky in April 2019.
Hereafter (film)
Hereafter (2010) is a Clint Eastwood drama, written by Peter Morgan, starring Matt Damon, Cécile de France, and Bryce Dallas Howard; three strangers touched by death, 129 minutes, Warner Bros., 48% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Hill of Freedom (자유의 언덕)
Hill of Freedom (자유의 언덕, Jayu-ui eondeok) is Hong Sang-soo's 2014 South Korean romantic comedy-drama, his 16th feature, starring Ryo Kase as Mori, a Japanese man searching Seoul for Kwon (Seo Young-hwa); its undated, shuffled letters scramble the chronology. It competed at Venice Orizzonti and won the Nantes Golden Montgolfier.
Hope (소원) (2013 film)
Hope (소원) is a 2013 South Korean drama directed by Lee Joon-ik, based on the 2008 Cho Doo-soon case, about a girl's recovery and her family's healing.
Ida (film)
Ida (2013) is Paweł Pawlikowski's Polish black-and-white drama in 4:3 format about a novice nun who learns she is Jewish; it won the 2015 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
In a Better World
In a Better World (Danish: Hævnen, "Revenge") is Susanne Bier's 2010 Danish drama about a doctor split between Denmark and an African refugee camp; it won the 2011 Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
In the Name of My Daughter
In the Name of My Daughter (L'Homme qu'on aimait trop) is André Téchiné's 2014 French drama with Catherine Deneuve, Guillaume Canet, and Adèle Haenel about the 1977 disappearance of casino heiress Agnès Le Roux in Nice.
Incendies
Incendies (2010) is Denis Villeneuve's Canadian drama adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play, following twins seeking their mother's past in an unnamed Middle Eastern homeland; Oscar-nominated, eight Genie Awards, Venice premiere.
Kano (2014 film)
Kano is a 2014 Taiwanese biographical sports drama directed by Umin Boya about a multi-ethnic Taiwanese baseball team reaching the 1931 Koshien final.