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The Net (그물) (2016 film)
The Net (그물) is a 2016 South Korean drama by Kim Ki-duk, his 22nd film, starring Ryu Seung-beom as a North Korean fisherman who drifts across the inter-Korean border; released October 6, 2016, 113 minutes.
The Road to Mandalay
The Road to Mandalay (再見瓦城, Zaijian wa cheng) is a 2016 drama by Midi Z about Burmese migrants Lianqing and Guo in Thailand; Venice Days Fedeora winner, Golden Horse closing film, Metascore 80.
The Runner (2015 film)
The Runner (2015) is an American political drama, the writing and directing debut of Austin Stark, starring Nicolas Cage as Louisiana congressman Colin Price, whose career collapses in a sex scandal after the 2010 BP oil spill; also starring Sarah Paulson, Connie Nielsen, Peter Fonda, and Wendell Pierce.
The Sea of Trees
The Sea of Trees is a 2015 Gus Van Sant drama starring Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts, and Ken Watanabe, set in Japan's Aokigahara forest; booed at Cannes 2015 and widely panned.
The Second Mother
The Second Mother (Que Horas Ela Volta?) is Anna Muylaert's 2015 Brazilian comedy-drama about live-in maid Val (Regina Casé), whose daughter Jéssica's arrival in São Paulo upends class hierarchies; Sundance and Berlin prize winner and Brazil's 2016 Oscar submission.
The Stanford Prison Experiment (film)
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) is a Kyle Patrick Alvarez drama, written by Tim Talbott, starring Billy Crudup as Philip Zimbardo; Sundance award winner released by IFC Films, grossing $663,114.
The Walk (2015 film)
The Walk is a 2015 American biographical drama directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as French wire walker Philippe Petit, who crossed between the World Trade Center towers in 1974.
Those People
Those People is a 2015 American drama, Joey Kuhn's feature debut, about Upper East Side painter Charlie (Jonathan Gordon) torn between his best friend Sebastian (Jason Ralph) and pianist Tim (Haaz Sleiman); it won Outfest and NewFest audience awards.
Una (film)
Una (2016 film), also known by its source play Blackbird, is Benedict Andrews's debut feature drama adapted by David Harrower, starring Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn as a woman confronting the man imprisoned for abusing her 15 years earlier.
Viva (2015 film)
Viva is a 2015 Irish-Cuban drama directed by Paddy Breathnach, written by Mark O'Halloran, starring Héctor Medina and Jorge Perugorría; set in Havana's drag scene, it was Ireland's Best Foreign Language Film Oscar entry.
Walt Before Mickey
Walt Before Mickey (2015) is an independent biographical drama directed by Khoa Le, based on Timothy S. Susanin's 2011 book, starring Thomas Ian Nicholas as Walt Disney; released August 14, 2015, not affiliated with the Disney Company.
War Room (film)
War Room (2015) is an American faith-based drama directed by Alex Kendrick, starring Priscilla Shirer, T.C. Stallings, and Karen Abercrombie; a prayer-driven marriage drama that became the first evangelical Christian film to top the US box office, grossing over $70 million.
We Are Your Friends (film)
We Are Your Friends is a 2015 American drama directed by Max Joseph, starring Zac Efron as aspiring Hollywood DJ Cole Carter, with Wes Bentley and Emily Ratajkowski; a Working Title film that became a famous box-office bomb.
White Girl (2016 film)
White Girl (2016) is Elizabeth Wood's debut drama, starring Morgan Saylor and Brian Marc, premiered at Sundance 2016, acquired by Netflix, distributed by FilmRise, grossing $200,242 worldwide.
Woman in Gold (film)
Woman in Gold (2015), Simon Curtis drama starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds, dramatizes Maria Altmann and Randol Schoenberg's real legal battle to recover Klimt's Nazi-looted Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I from Austria.
XOXO (film)
XOXO is a 2016 American EDM-festival drama film directed by Christopher Louie, written by Dylan Meyer, starring Sarah Hyland and Graham Phillips; released by Netflix on August 26, 2016 on a $1.2 million budget.
Your Lie in April (四月は君の嘘) (film)
Your Lie in April (四月は君の嘘) is a 2016 Japanese live-action film by Takehiko Shinjo, starring Suzu Hirose and Kento Yamazaki, adapted from Naoshi Arakawa's manga, released by Toho on 10 September 2016.