107 articles
Freeheld
Freeheld is a 2007 Oscar-winning documentary short by Cynthia Wade and its 2015 feature dramatization by Peter Sollett, about dying New Jersey detective Laurel Hester's fight to leave her pension to partner Stacie Andree.
Genius (2016 film)
Genius is a 2016 biographical drama directed by Michael Grandage, starring Colin Firth as Scribner's editor Maxwell Perkins and Jude Law as Thomas Wolfe, with Nicole Kidman in support.
Goat (2016 film)
Goat (2016) is Andrew Neel's fraternity-hazing drama adapted from Brad Land's 2004 memoir, starring Ben Schnetzer and Nick Jonas as brothers at the fictional Phi Sigma Mu; released by Paramount September 23, 2016, 96 minutes, R-rated, 79% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Graduation (2016 film)
Graduation (Bacalaureat) is a 2016 Romanian drama by Cristian Mungiu about a doctor who compromises his principles to secure his daughter's UK scholarship; it shared Cannes 2016 Best Director.
Happy Hour (2015 film)
Happy Hour (ハッピーアワー) is Ryusuke Hamaguchi's 2015 Japanese drama, 317 minutes long, about four Kobe women in their late thirties whose friendship is tested by a divorce and a disappearance; cast from his Kobe improvisational workshop, it won Locarno Best Actress and a script Special Mention.
High Strung (2016 film)
High Strung is a 2016 American dance drama directed by Michael Damian, starring Keenan Kampa and Nicholas Galitzine as a ballet student and a subway violinist.
Holding the Man (film)
Holding the Man (2015) is an Australian biographical drama directed by Neil Armfield, adapted by Tommy Murphy from Timothy Conigrave's memoir, starring Ryan Corr and Craig Stott as the couple Tim Conigrave and John Caleo.
In Dubious Battle (film)
In Dubious Battle is James Franco's 2016 drama adapting Steinbeck's 1936 strike novel, scripted by Matt Rager, starring Nat Wolff, Franco, D'Onofrio, Gomez, and Duvall; premiered at Venice 2016, scoring 26% on Rotten Tomatoes.
In the Heart of the Sea (film)
In the Heart of the Sea is a 2015 American film directed by Ron Howard about the 1820 sinking of the whaling ship Essex by a giant sperm whale.
Indignation (film)
Indignation (2016) is James Schamus's directorial debut, adapting Philip Roth's 2008 novel about Marcus Messner, a Jewish Newark student who moves to Ohio's Winesburg College in 1951 to dodge the Korean War draft, starring Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, and Tracy Letts.
Ip Man 3
Ip Man 3 is a 2015 Hong Kong 3D martial arts film starring Donnie Yen as Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man, featuring a much-publicized fight with Mike Tyson.
Irudhi Suttru (இறுதி சுற்று)
Irudhi Suttru (இறுதிச்சுற்று), also titled Saala Khadoos in Hindi, is Sudha Kongara's 2016 bilingual Tamil-Hindi boxing drama starring R. Madhavan as a coach and real-life fighter Ritika Singh as a fisherwoman boxer; it won National Film Award and Filmfare honors.
Ithaca (film)
Ithaca is Meg Ryan's 2015 directorial debut, a drama adapted from William Saroyan's The Human Comedy, starring Alex Neustaedter as 1942 telegraph messenger Homer Macauley, with Meg Ryan, Sam Shepard, Jack Quaid, and producer Tom Hanks; filmed in Virginia.
Ixcanul
Ixcanul (2015) is Jayro Bustamante's debut drama, the first feature film in Kaqchikel Maya, about a 17-year-old woman's arranged marriage on a Guatemalan coffee plantation; it won the Berlinale Alfred Bauer Prize and was Guatemala's first Oscar submission.
Jackie (2016 film)
Jackie is a 2016 biographical drama directed by Pablo Larraín and starring Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy, showing her grief and planning of the state funeral after John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Journey to the West (西游) (2015 film)
Journey to the West is a 2015 French-Taiwanese slow-cinema art film directed by Tsai Ming-liang, starring Lee Kang-sheng and Denis Lavant, largely wordless at 56 minutes.
Kaili Blues (路边野餐)
Kaili Blues (路边野餐, Lu bian ye can) is Bi Gan's 2015 debut feature, a dreamlike Chinese road film about a Guizhou doctor searching for his nephew, famous for its roughly 40-minute long take and Locarno awards.
Knight of Cups (film)
Knight of Cups is Terrence Malick's 2015 drama starring Christian Bale as a lost Hollywood screenwriter, his first film set entirely in Los Angeles, structured as tarot-card chapters, premiered at Berlin 2015, released 2016 by Broad Green Pictures.
Krisha
Krisha is a 2015 American psychological drama, Trey Edward Shults's feature debut, starring his aunt Krisha Fairchild as a woman returning to a Thanksgiving family reunion; it won SXSW's Grand Jury and Audience Awards and A24 released it in 2016.
Lost and Love (失孤)
Lost and Love (失孤) is a 2015 Mandarin-language drama film directed by Peng Sanyuan, starring Andy Lau as a farmer who spends years searching for his abducted son.
Loving (2016 film)
Loving (2016) is Jeff Nichols's biographical drama starring Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga as Richard and Mildred Loving, whose case Loving v. Virginia ended US bans on interracial marriage in 1967; Cannes premiere, Negga Oscar nomination.
Mad World (一念无明) (2016 film)
Mad World (一念无明) is a 2016 Hong Kong drama directed by Wong Chun, starring Shawn Yue, Eric Tsang, Elaine Jin, and Charmaine Fong. Made for HK$2 million in 16 days under the First Feature Film Initiative, it won Golden Horse and Hong Kong Film Awards for Best New Director and supporting acting.
Manchester by the Sea (film)
Manchester by the Sea (2016), Kenneth Lonergan's drama starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, and Lucas Hedges; a Boston janitor returns home as his nephew's guardian. 96% RT, two Oscars.
Manifesto (2015 film)
Manifesto (2015) is Julian Rosefeldt's experimental film, also a 13-screen installation, in which Cate Blanchett plays 13 characters reciting art and political manifestos from the Communist Manifesto to Dogme 95; it won three German Film Awards.
Max (2015 film)
Max is a 2015 American family adventure film directed by Boaz Yakin, about a traumatized military dog in Texas whose bond with his handler's brother leads them to investigate the handler's death.
Moonlight (2016 film)
Moonlight (2016) is Barry Jenkins's three-chapter drama about Chiron, a young Black man in Miami, adapted from Tarell Alvin McCraney's play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue; it won the 2017 Best Picture Oscar.
Mothers and Daughters (2016 film)
Mothers and Daughters (2016) is an American ensemble drama directed by Paul Duddridge and Nigel Levy, starring Selma Blair, Susan Sarandon, Sharon Stone, Courteney Cox, Christina Ricci, and Mira Sorvino; released May 6, 2016, Metascore 29.
Mountains May Depart (山河故人)
Mountains May Depart (山河故人) is Jia Zhangke's 2015 three-part drama spanning 1999, 2014, and 2025, following Shen Tao's love triangle in Fenyang, Shanxi, and her son's emigration to Australia; Cannes competitor, Golden Horse screenplay winner, re-released December 2025.
Mr. Church
Mr. Church is a 2016 American comedy-drama directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Eddie Murphy as a cook hired for six months who stays fifteen years with a dying mother and her daughter; inspired by Susan McMartin's real friendship, it grossed $685,780 and scored 25% with critics.
My Name Is Emily
My Name Is Emily is a 2015 Irish coming-of-age road movie written and directed by Simon Fitzmaurice, starring Evanna Lynch as a runaway teenager seeking her father.