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Empire of Lust (순수의 시대)
Empire of Lust (순수의 시대, Sunsu-ui sidae) is a 2015 South Korean historical drama by Ahn Sang-hoon, set in 1398 Joseon around the First Strife of Princes, starring Shin Ha-kyun, Jang Hyuk, Kang Han-na, and Kang Ha-neul; released March 5, 2015, 113 minutes, adults-only rating.
Entertainment (2015 film)
Entertainment (2015) is an American comedy-drama directed by Rick Alverson, written with Gregg Turkington and Tim Heidecker, starring Turkington as a Neil Hamburger-like comedian touring the Mojave Desert; Sundance 2015 premiere, Magnolia release, $55,506 gross.
Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story is a 2019 Lifetime TV movie directed by Karen Moncrieff, starring Christina Ricci, Joshua Bowman, and Judith Light, a fictionalized amnesia-thriller retelling of Bly's 1887 Ten Days in a Mad-House asylum exposé.
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Every Thing Will Be Fine: 2015 Wim Wenders 3D drama, also known as Everything Will Be Fine, starring James Franco as writer Tomas Eldan after a fatal car accident; premiered out of competition at Berlinale 2015, critically panned (28% RT).
Fagara
Fagara (花椒之味, Hua jiao zhi wei) is a 2019 Hong Kong family drama directed by Heiward Mak, produced by Ann Hui, adapted from Amy Cheung's novel My Spicy Love, starring Sammi Cheng, Megan Lai, and Li Xiaofeng as three half-sisters who reunite at their father's funeral to run his hot pot restaurant.
Farming (film)
Farming is a 2018 British autobiographical drama, the directorial debut of Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, about a Nigerian boy fostered to a white Essex family who joins a skinhead gang; premiered at Toronto 2018, released 2019.
Fathers and Daughters
Fathers and Daughters (Padri e Figlie), 2015 drama by Gabriele Muccino starring Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried; a widowed Pulitzer-winning novelist raises his daughter as the film alternates timelines; 29% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Fences (film)
Fences (2016) is Denzel Washington's film adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 play, starring Washington and Viola Davis as Troy and Rose Maxson in 1950s Pittsburgh; Davis won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
First Cow
First Cow is Kelly Reichardt's 2020 A24 frontier drama, adapted from Jonathan Raymond's novel The Half-Life, about a cook and a Chinese immigrant in 1820s Oregon secretly milking the territory's first cow to bake and sell oily cakes.
First Reformed
First Reformed, Paul Schrader's 2017 A24 drama starring Ethan Hawke as pastor Ernst Toller, an austere Academy-ratio crisis-of-faith film inspired by Bresson, Bergman, and Ida, Oscar-nominated for screenplay.
Ford v Ferrari
Ford v Ferrari (Le Mans '66) is James Mangold's 2019 drama starring Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as Ken Miles, dramatizing Ford's GT40 victory over Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans; it won two Oscars from four nominations.
Forever My Girl
Forever My Girl is a 2018 American romantic drama film directed by Bethany Ashton Wolf, starring Alex Roe and Jessica Rothe, adapted from Heidi McLaughlin's novel.
Frantz
Frantz is a 2016 French-German drama by François Ozon, starring Paula Beer and Pierre Niney, set in post-WWI Germany, loosely adapting Rostand's play and Lubitsch's Broken Lullaby, shot mostly in black and white.
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.
Gabriel and the Mountain
Gabriel and the Mountain (Gabriel e a Montanha), 2017 Brazilian-French drama by Fellipe Barbosa about economist Gabriel Buchmann, who died of hypothermia in 2009 on Mount Mulanje, Malawi; Cannes Critics' Week, two awards.
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.
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018) is the third Pure Flix faith-based drama, directed by Michael Mason, following Pastor Dave Hill's legal fight after his church burns on Hadleigh University's campus; it grossed $7.4 million worldwide.
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Goodbye Christopher Robin (Simon Vaughan screenplay; also known as Untitled A.A. Milne) is Simon Curtis's 2017 British biographical drama starring Domhnall Gleeson as A.A. Milne, about how Winnie-the-Pooh's fame strained his son Christopher Robin.
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.
Grass (풀잎들) (2018 film)
Grass (풀잎들, Pul-ip-deul) is a 2018 black-and-white South Korean drama by Hong Sang-soo, 66 minutes, starring Kim Min-hee as a café observer; premiered at Berlin Forum, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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 Flying Bird
High Flying Bird (2019) is a Steven Soderbergh Netflix sports drama, written by Tarell Alvin McCraney, starring André Holland as agent Ray Burke during an NBA lockout, shot on an iPhone.
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.
Honey Boy (film)
Honey Boy (2019) is an American drama written by Shia LaBeouf and directed by Alma Har'el, loosely based on LaBeouf's childhood as a child actor with his abusive alcoholic father; it premiered at Sundance 2019, winning a Special Jury Award for Vision and Craft.
Hotel by the River (강변호텔)
Hotel by the River (강변호텔, Gangbyeon Hotel) is Hong Sang-soo's 2018 black-and-white Korean drama about an aging poet at a Han River hotel; it premiered at Locarno 2018, where Ki Joo-bong won Best Actor.
I Am Not a Witch
I Am Not a Witch is Rungano Nyoni's 2017 debut feature, a Zambian-set magical realist satire about a girl exiled to a witch camp, tethered by a ribbon; it won the 2018 BAFTA for Outstanding Debut.
I Dream in Another Language
I Dream in Another Language (Spanish: Sueño en otro idioma) is a 2017 Mexican drama-fantasy film in which a young linguist tries to record a dying language.
I, Daniel Blake
I, Daniel Blake is a 2016 Ken Loach drama, written by Paul Laverty, starring Dave Johns and Hayley Squires, about a Newcastle joiner denied benefits after a heart attack; it won the 2016 Cannes Palme d'Or and a BAFTA.