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Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (トレジャーハンター・クミコ), 2014 American drama by David and Nathan Zellner starring Rinko Kikuchi as a Tokyo office worker who believes the buried money in Fargo is real; inspired by the Takako Konishi urban legend, Sundance 2014.
La Otra Familia
La Otra Familia (The Other Family), 2011 Mexican drama by Gustavo Loza: a gay couple, Jean Paul and Chema, care for seven-year-old Hendrix, abandoned by his crack-addicted mother; released 25 March 2011 by 20th Century Fox, first national LGBT-themed commercial production.
Labor Day (film)
Labor Day (2013) is a romance-drama written and directed by Jason Reitman, adapted from Joyce Maynard's 2009 novel, starring Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, and Tobey Maguire; released January 31, 2014 by Paramount, grossing $13.4M, with 34% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Life of a King
Life of a King is a 2013 drama directed by Jake Goldberger, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as Eugene Brown, the ex-convict who founded Washington, D.C.'s Big Chair Chess Club for at-risk teens.
Like Father, Like Son (そして父になる)
Like Father, Like Son (そして父になる, Soshite Chichi ni Naru) is Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2013 Japanese drama about two couples whose sons were switched at birth, starring Masaharu Fukuyama; it won the 2013 Cannes Jury Prize and topped Japan's box office that year.
Like Someone in Love (ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブ)
Like Someone in Love (ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブ) is Abbas Kiarostami's 2012 French-Japanese drama set in Tokyo, starring Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno, and Ryo Kase; it premiered in competition at Cannes 2012 and holds an 83% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Locke (film)
Locke is a 2013 British drama written and directed by Steven Knight, starring Tom Hardy as Ivan Locke, a construction manager whose life unravels during a real-time night drive from Birmingham to London, with all other characters heard only by phone.
Lovelace (film)
Lovelace is a 2013 American biographical drama directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, starring Amanda Seyfried as Linda Lovelace, star of the 1972 film Deep Throat.
Madrid, 1987
Madrid, 1987 is a 2011 Spanish drama film directed by David Trueba. It stars José Sacristán and María Valverde, a veteran columnist and young student, in July 1987 Madrid.
Margaret (2011 film)
Margaret (2011) is Kenneth Lonergan's second feature, a New York drama starring Anna Paquin as Lisa Cohen, released in a 150-minute cut after years of disputes, then rescued by critics and issued in a 186-minute extended cut.
Margin Call
Margin Call is a 2011 American drama film, J.C. Chandor's debut, following an investment bank's nightlong discovery that its mortgage holdings could bankrupt it during the 2008 crisis.
Marvellous
Marvellous is a 2014 BBC Two biographical drama film, also called the Neil Baldwin film, directed by Julian Farino and written by Peter Bowker, starring Toby Jones as Stoke City kit man Neil Baldwin; it won two 2015 BAFTAs.
Masquerade (광해) (2012 film)
Masquerade (광해, 왕이 된 남자) is a 2012 South Korean historical drama by Choo Chang-min in which Lee Byung-hun plays King Gwanghae and his commoner double Ha-sun; it drew 12.3 million admissions and won 15 of 22 Daejong Film Awards.
Middle of Nowhere (2012 film)
Middle of Nowhere (2012) is Ava DuVernay's second feature drama, starring Emayatzy Corinealdi as a nurse whose husband (Omari Hardwick) serves an eight-year prison sentence; it won DuVernay the 2012 Sundance directing award and the 2013 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award.
Mommy (2014 film)
Mommy (2014 film), Xavier Dolan's fifth feature, a Canadian French-language drama about widow Diane Després raising her violent ADHD teen son Steve with neighbor Kyla. Shot in 1:1 aspect ratio; shared Cannes 2014 Jury Prize with Godard; Canada's 87th Academy Awards entry.
Mr. Turner
Mr. Turner (2014) is Mike Leigh's biographical drama on painter J.M.W. Turner's last 25 years, starring Timothy Spall, who won Cannes Best Actor; Dick Pope won a cinematography jury prize.
My Dinner with Hervé
My Dinner with Hervé is a 2018 HBO Films television drama directed by Sacha Gervasi, starring Peter Dinklage as Fantasy Island actor Hervé Villechaize and Jamie Dornan as journalist Danny Tate, dramatizing Gervasi's real 1993 interview days before Villechaize's suicide; Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Television Movie.
Neighboring Sounds
Neighboring Sounds (O som ao redor) is Kleber Mendonça Filho's 2012 debut feature, a 131-minute drama on a middle-class Recife street unsettled by a private security firm; Brazil's 2014 Oscar submission.
Night Train to Lisbon (film)
Night Train to Lisbon (2013), Bille August drama adapted from Pascal Mercier's novel, starring Jeremy Irons as a Swiss professor investigating a Salazar-era resistance doctor in Lisbon.
No (2012 film)
No (2012 film) by Pablo Larraín: Chilean historical drama starring Gael García Bernal as adman René Saavedra in the 1988 anti-Pinochet plebiscite campaign; Cannes Art Cinema Award winner and Oscar-nominated, shot on U-matic video.
Noah (2014 film)
Noah is a 2014 American biblical epic directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Russell Crowe as the ark-builder Noah, who receives a divine mission to save creation from an apocalyptic flood.
Nos Vemos, Papá
Nos Vemos, Papá (See You, Dad) is Lucía Carreras's 2011 Mexican drama debut, starring Cecilia Suárez as Pilar, who lives with her dead father's ghost; premiered at Morelia and Karlovy Vary, released in Mexico in 2013.
Not Fade Away (film)
Not Fade Away is David Chase's 2012 feature directorial debut, a coming-of-age drama about a New Jersey teen chasing 1960s rock stardom, starring John Magaro and James Gandolfini, released by Paramount Vantage.
Obsessed (인간중독) (2014 film)
Obsessed (인간중독) is a 2014 South Korean erotic melodrama by Kim Dae-woo, set in 1969 during the Vietnam War, starring Song Seung-heon and Im Ji-yeon; it opened first at the box office and passed 1 million admissions in 11 days.
Ocean Heaven (海洋天堂)
Ocean Heaven (海洋天堂, Haiyang Tiantang) is a 2010 Chinese drama, Xue Xiaolu's directorial debut, starring Jet Li as a terminally ill father teaching his autistic son to live alone; China's first autism-centered film.
Ode to My Father (국제시장)
Ode to My Father (국제시장, Gukjesijang) is a 2014 South Korean drama by Yoon Je-kyoon starring Hwang Jung-min, following Deok-soo from the 1950 Hungnam evacuation through West German mining and the Vietnam War; it drew 14.25 million viewers and won the Daejong Best Film award.
Oki's Movie (옥희의 영화)
Oki's Movie (옥희의 영화, Ok-hui-ui yeonghwa) is Hong Sang-soo's 2010 South Korean comedy-drama, his 11th feature: four chapters about film student Oki, Professor Song, and filmmaker Jingu, premiering at Venice 2010.
One Chance (film)
One Chance (2013) is a David Frankel biographical drama, written by Justin Zackham, starring James Corden as Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts, with Julie Walters, Colm Meaney, and Alexandra Roach; Weinstein Company release, Metascore 52.
One on One (일대일)
One on One (일대일, Ildaeil) is Kim Ki-duk's 2014 South Korean revenge drama, his 20th film, in which seven vigilantes called the Shadows torture seven suspects in a schoolgirl's murder; it won the FEDEORA Best Film award at Venice Days 2014.
Paradise in Service
Paradise in Service (軍中樂園) is Doze Niu's 2014 Taiwanese drama about a 1969 Kinmen conscript assigned to Unit 831, the military's special tea room brothel; it won two Golden Horse supporting awards and sparked a naval security scandal.