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Poetry (시) (2010 film)
Poetry (시, Shi) is Lee Chang-dong's 2010 South Korean drama about Mija, a grandmother with early Alzheimer's who joins a poetry class while her grandson is implicated in a schoolgirl's death. It won Best Screenplay at Cannes 2010 and starred Yoon Jeong-hee in her comeback.
Pride (2014 film)
Pride (2014), Matthew Warchus's comedy-drama written by Stephen Beresford, dramatizes Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, London gay activists who funded Welsh strikers in the 1984–85 miners' strike; Cannes Queer Palm and BAFTA-winning, released 12 September 2014.
Promised Land (2012 film)
Promised Land (2012) is a Gus Van Sant drama written by and starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski, from a Dave Eggers story, about gas-company landmen seeking fracking drilling rights in the fictional town of McKinley, Pennsylvania; Focus Features released it December 28, 2012.
Queen and Country (film)
Queen and Country is John Boorman's 2014 comedy-drama sequel to Hope and Glory, following 18-year-old Bill Rohan (Callum Turner) through 1952 National Service during the Korean War; it premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight and was announced as Boorman's final film.
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (単騎、千里を走る。)
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (千里走单骑; 単騎、千里を走る。) is Zhang Yimou's 2005 China-Japan drama starring Ken Takakura as a father filming nuoxi opera in Yunnan for his dying son; it opened the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival and later drew an Anshun dixi attribution lawsuit.
Road to Paloma
Road to Paloma (2014) is Jason Momoa's directorial debut, a 91-minute American road drama in which he stars as Robert Wolf, a Mojave man fleeing the FBI after avenging his mother's murder, co-written with Mollohan and Hirschbein and distributed by WWE Studios and Anchor Bay.
Roma (2018 film)
Roma (2018) is Alfonso Cuarón's black-and-white drama about Cleo, a domestic worker in 1970s Mexico City, inspired by his housekeeper Libo. Golden Lion winner, 10 Oscar nominations, three wins, Netflix release.
Rush (2013 film)
Rush (2013) is Ron Howard's action-drama, written by Peter Morgan, dramatizing the 1976 Formula 1 rivalry between James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl), with a 74 Metascore and fabricated scenes noted.
Rust and Bone
Rust and Bone (De rouille et d'os), Jacques Audiard's 2012 French-Belgian drama starring Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts, adapted from Craig Davidson's stories; Cannes competitor and four-time César winner.
Safe Haven (film)
Safe Haven is a 2013 American romantic drama thriller directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel and based on Nicholas Sparks' 2010 novel.
Saraband
Saraband (2003) is Ingmar Bergman's final film, a Swedish television drama sequel to Scenes from a Marriage, reuniting Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson as Marianne and Johan, structured as ten duets around Bach's Cello Suite No. 5.
Saving Mr. Banks
Saving Mr. Banks (2013) is a John Lee Hancock biographical drama starring Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers, dramatizing Disney's 20-year pursuit of the Mary Poppins film rights and the 1961 pre-production, with noted fictionalized elements.
Selma (film)
Selma (2014) is Ava DuVernay's historical drama starring David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting-rights marches; it won the Oscar for the song "Glory" and was the first theatrical feature with King as a main character.
Shelter (2014 film)
Shelter (2014 film): Paul Bettany's directorial debut drama starring Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie as homeless lovers in New York; premiered at TIFF 2014, released by Screen Media in November 2015, distinct from Melgar's documentary and the Statham film.
Shoplifters (万引き家族) (film)
Shoplifters (万引き家族, Manbiki Kazoku) is Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2018 Japanese drama about a poor Tokyo household bound by shoplifting; it won the 2018 Cannes Palme d'Or and was Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.
Short Term 12
Short Term 12 (2013) is Destin Daniel Cretton's independent drama, expanded from his Sundance-winning short, about foster-care supervisor Grace (Brie Larson); it won SXSW's Grand Jury and Audience Awards on a $400,000 budget.
Skoonheid
Skoonheid (Beauty), 2011 drama by Oliver Hermanus, first Afrikaans film at Cannes (Un Certain Regard), Queer Palm winner, about a closeted Afrikaner man's obsession ending in violence.
Smashed (film)
Smashed (2012) is an American drama directed by James Ponsoldt, co-written with Susan Burke, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul as a couple divided by her sobriety; Sundance premiere, Sony Pictures Classics, 83% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Snow on tha Bluff
Snow on tha Bluff: 2011 American found-footage docudrama by Damon Russell starring Atlanta drug dealer Curtis Snow as himself in the Bluff neighborhood; premiered at Slamdance 2011, released 2012, later referenced by J. Cole's 2020 song of the same name.
Somewhere (film)
Somewhere (2010) is a drama written and directed by Sofia Coppola, starring Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning at the Chateau Marmont; it won the 2010 Venice Golden Lion.
Starlet (film)
Starlet is a 2012 American independent drama, Sean Baker's fourth feature, co-written with Chris Bergoch. Dree Hemingway plays Jane, an adult film performer who finds money in a yard-sale thermos and befriends 85-year-old Sadie (Besedka Johnson, debut role) in the San Fernando Valley; released by Music Box Films, grossing $146,222.
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.
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor, also called Tyler Perry's Temptation, is a 2013 drama adapted from Perry's 2008 play, starring Jurnee Smollett, Lance Gross, and Robbie Jones; released March 29, 2013 by Lionsgate, grossing $52.0M with a 22% Tomatometer.
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 Attorney (변호인)
The Attorney (변호인) is Yang Woo-suk's 2013 South Korean courtroom drama starring Song Kang-ho, based on the 1981 Burim case and Roh Moo-hyun's early law career; it passed 10 million admissions in 33 days and won the Paeksang Best Film award.
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.