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The Concubine (후궁) (film)
The Concubine (후궁), also released as Royal Concubine, is a 2012 South Korean erotic historical drama directed by Kim Dae-seung, starring Cho Yeo-jeong and set in the Joseon Dynasty.
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 Deep Blue Sea (2011 film)
The Deep Blue Sea is a 2011 British drama adapted and directed by Terence Davies from Terence Rattigan's 1952 play, starring Rachel Weisz as a judge's wife who leaves her marriage for an ex-RAF pilot.
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 Devil's Violinist
The Devil's Violinist (German: Der Teufelsgeiger) is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Bernard Rose, starring violinist David Garrett as the virtuoso Niccolò Paganini.
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Ned Benson's 2014 three-film drama project (Him, Her, Them) starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy as a couple after their child's death, told from shifting perspectives.
The Good Lie
The Good Lie is a 2014 Warner Bros. drama directed by Philippe Falardeau, written by Margaret Nagle, about the Lost Boys of Sudan resettling in Kansas City, starring Reese Witherspoon, Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, and Emmanuel Jal.
The Grandmaster (一代宗师) (film)
The Grandmaster (一代宗師, Yi dai zong shi) is Wong Kar-wai's 2013 martial arts film about Wing Chun master Ip Man, starring Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi, choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping, released in multiple cuts and winning 12 Hong Kong Film Awards.
The Help (film)
The Help is a 2011 American drama directed by Tate Taylor from Kathryn Stockett's novel, starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer; a $200 million sleeper hit later criticized for its white savior framing.
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 Hunter (2011 Australian film)
The Hunter (2011) is an Australian psychological thriller directed by Daniel Nettheim, adapted by Alice Addison from Julia Leigh's 1999 novel. Willem Dafoe plays mercenary Martin David, hired by a biotech firm to hunt the last Tasmanian tiger in Tasmania; it premiered at Toronto 2011 and won two AACTA Awards.
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 Immigrant (2013 film)
The Immigrant (2013) is a James Gray drama starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, and Jeremy Renner, set in 1921 New York, premiered in Competition at Cannes 2013, released by The Weinstein Company in the US in May 2014.
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 Karate Kid (2010 film)
The Karate Kid, also known as The Kung Fu Kid, is a 2010 American martial arts drama directed by Harald Zwart, a remake starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan.
The King's Speech
The King's Speech (2010) is Tom Hooper's historical drama starring Colin Firth as stammering King George VI and Geoffrey Rush as therapist Lionel Logue; it won four Oscars from twelve nominations and grossed $424 million.
The Lady (2011 film)
The Lady (2011 film) is a biographical drama directed by Luc Besson, starring Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi. It details her political life and marriage.
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 Last Song (2010 film)
The Last Song is a 2010 American drama film directed by Julie Anne Robinson, starring Miley Cyrus as a rebellious teenager reconnecting with her estranged father through music.
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 Lucky One (film)
The Lucky One (2012) is a Scott Hicks romantic drama, the seventh Nicholas Sparks adaptation, starring Zac Efron as Marine Logan Thibault, who credits a found photograph with his survival; released April 20, 2012 by Warner Bros., grossing $60.4M US with 20% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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 Miseducation of Cameron Post (film)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a 2018 drama directed by Desiree Akhavan, adapted from Emily M. Danforth's 2012 YA novel, starring Chloë Grace Moretz as a teen sent to the God's Promise conversion therapy center in 1993; it won Sundance's 2018 U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.
The Normal Heart (film)
The Normal Heart (2014) is Ryan Murphy's HBO television film of Larry Kramer's 1985 play, starring Mark Ruffalo as activist Ned Weeks during New York's early AIDS crisis (1981-1984); it won two Emmys from 16 nominations and drew 1.4 million premiere viewers.
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 Royal Tailor (상의원)
The Royal Tailor (상의원, Sanguiwon) is a 2014 South Korean period drama by Lee Won-suk about a rivalry between royal tailor Jo Dol-seok (Han Suk-kyu) and designer Lee Gong-jin (Go Soo) in the Joseon royal clothing bureau; 790,370 admissions, Daejong awards for costume and art direction.
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.