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Leave No Trace (film)
Leave No Trace (2018) is Debra Granik's drama, adapted with Anne Rosellini from Peter Rock's novel My Abandonment, starring Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie as an off-grid father and daughter near Portland, Oregon; released by Bleecker Street with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (君の膵臓をたべたい)
Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (君の膵臓をたべたい) is the 2017 Toho live-action drama directed by Tsukikawa Sho, starring Minami Hamabe and Takumi Kitamura, adapted from Yoru Sumino's novel; distinct from the 2018 anime film.
Life Itself (2018 film)
Life Itself (2018) is a Dan Fogelman romantic drama starring Oscar Isaac and Olivia Wilde as a New York couple whose tragedy links generations in New York and Spain; it earned about $8 million and scored 12% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Lionheart (2018 film)
Lionheart (2018) is Genevieve Nnaji's directorial debut, a Nigerian comedy-drama about Adaeze saving her father's Enugu bus company; the first Netflix original film from Nigeria, disqualified from the Oscars for its English dialogue.
Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey
Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey (Liza Liza: Skies Are Grey) is a 2017 American coming-of-age drama directed by Terry Sanders, starring Mikey Madison in her film debut; set in summer 1966, made for $200,000, titled after Gershwin's 1929 song "Liza."
Long Day's Journey Into Night (地球最后的夜晚) (2018 film)
Long Day's Journey Into Night (地球最后的夜晚) is Bi Gan's 2018 Chinese neo-noir art film, his second feature after Kaili Blues. It premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard, closes with an hour-long 3D sequence shot, won three Golden Horse Awards, and grossed US$41 million in China.
Long Time No Sea
Long Time No Sea (只有大海知道) is a 2018 Taiwanese family musical drama, Heather Tsui's debut feature, about a Tao boy on Orchid Island training for a national dance competition.
Lost in London
Lost in London, also known as Lost in London LIVE, is a 2017 comedy-drama written, directed by, and starring Woody Harrelson, billed as the first live feature film.
Lucky (2017 American film)
Lucky (2017 American film) is a comedy-drama directed by John Carroll Lynch, marking his directorial debut, and stars Harry Dean Stanton in his final major role.
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2017 biographical drama directed by Peter Landesman, starring Liam Neeson as FBI associate director Mark Felt, the Watergate whistleblower "Deep Throat"; Sony Pictures Classics release, 34% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Marshall (film)
Marshall (film) is a 2017 American biographical legal drama directed by Reginald Hudlin. It stars Chadwick Boseman as Thurgood Marshall, who defends a black chauffeur in Connecticut.
Mary Shelley (film)
Mary Shelley (2017) is Haifaa Al-Mansour's English-language debut biopic, starring Elle Fanning as the Frankenstein author. Premiered at TIFF 2017, released by IFC Films May 25, 2018; 40% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 49.
Megan Leavey (film)
Megan Leavey (2017), also released as Rex, is a biographical war drama directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, starring Kate Mara as the Marine corporal and her bomb-sniffing dog Rex; released June 9, 2017 by Bleecker Street.
Missing Johnny
Missing Johnny (強尼‧凱克) is Huang Xi's 2017 Taiwanese debut drama, executive produced by Hou Hsiao-hsien, starring Rima Zeidan, Lawrence Ko, and Sean Huang; it won four Taipei Film Awards and was banned from mainland Chinese release in 2018.
More than Blue
More than Blue (比悲傷更悲傷的故事) is a 2018 Taiwanese romance film directed by Gavin Lin, starring Jasper Liu and Ivy Chen, adapted from a 2009 Korean film; Taiwan's best-selling domestic film of 2018.
Mudbound (film)
Mudbound (2017), Dee Rees's Netflix drama adapted from Hillary Jordan's 2008 novel, follows white and Black families sharing Mississippi Delta farmland after WWII; four Oscar nominations, including Rachel Morrison's historic cinematography nod.
Nada a Perder
Nada a Perder (Nothing to Lose) is a 2018 Brazilian biographical drama directed by Alexandre Avancini about Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God; based on his book trilogy, it set Brazilian box office records amid controversy.
New Trial (재심)
New Trial (재심, Jaesim) is a 2017 South Korean courtroom drama directed by Kim Tae-yun, starring Jung Woo and Kang Ha-neul, based on the 2000 Iksan Yakchon Junction taxi driver murder case and the real retrial that exonerated a wrongly convicted teenager.
Novitiate (film)
Novitiate (2017) is Maggie Betts' narrative feature debut drama, starring Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo, and Julianne Nicholson, about a young postulant in 1964 Tennessee whose faith is shaken by Vatican II reforms; Sundance premiere, Sony Pictures Classics, 85% Tomatometer.
On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul (Testről és lélekről) is a 2017 Hungarian drama by Ildikó Enyedi in which two slaughterhouse workers share a dream of meeting as deer; it won the 2017 Golden Bear and was Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.
Our Souls at Night
Our Souls at Night: 2017 Netflix romantic drama directed by Ritesh Batra, adapted from Kent Haruf's final novel, starring Jane Fonda and Robert Redford as widowed Colorado neighbors who share a bed platonically; fourth Fonda–Redford film, Venice 2017 premiere, Metascore 69.
Phantom Thread
Phantom Thread (2017) is Paul Thomas Anderson's gothic romance set in 1950s London couture, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock, with Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville; six Oscar nominations, one win for costume design.
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is a 2017 biographical drama directed by Angela Robinson, starring Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, and Bella Heathcote as William Moulton Marston, his wife Elizabeth, and Olive Byrne, whose polyamorous relationship inspired Wonder Woman.
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Roman J. Israel, Esq. is a 2017 American legal drama written and directed by Dan Gilroy, starring Denzel Washington as an idealistic Los Angeles defense attorney.
Stan & Ollie
Stan & Ollie (2018) is a biographical comedy-drama directed by Jon S. Baird, written by Jeff Pope, starring Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel and John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy on their final 1953 British variety tour.
Still Human (沦落人)
Still Human (淪落人) is a 2018 Hong Kong drama, Oliver Chan Siu-kuen's debut, starring Anthony Wong and Crisel Consunji as a paralyzed man and his Filipina helper; it won three Hong Kong Film Awards from eight nominations.
T2 Trainspotting
T2 Trainspotting, also known as Trainspotting 2, is a 2017 British comedy-drama film directed by Danny Boyle, reuniting Ewan McGregor and the original cast as Mark Renton returns to Edinburgh.
The Book of Henry
The Book of Henry is a 2017 Focus Features drama directed by Colin Trevorrow, written by Gregg Hurwitz, starring Naomi Watts, Jaeden Lieberher, and Jacob Tremblay; a critically panned box-office failure about a dying boy genius's murder plan.
The Burial of Kojo
The Burial of Kojo is Blitz Bazawule's 2018 Ghanaian magical-realist debut feature about Esi, her father Kojo, and uncle Kwabena; ARRAY-distributed, Netflix-released March 2019, Urbanworld and Luxor award winner.
The Disaster Artist (film)
The Disaster Artist (2017) is James Franco's biographical comedy-drama about Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero making The Room, adapted from Sestero and Bissell's 2013 memoir, released by A24, grossing $21.1M, and winning Franco a Golden Globe.