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Southpaw (film)
Southpaw (2015) is an American boxing drama directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by Kurt Sutter, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as champion Billy Hope, with Rachel McAdams and Forest Whitaker; originally developed for Eminem, released by The Weinstein Company, grossing $52.4M in the US.
Spare Parts (2015 film)
Spare Parts (2015), directed by Sean McNamara, dramatizes the 2004 Carl Hayden High School robotics team that beat MIT with an $800 underwater robot named Stinky, based on Joshua Davis's WIRED article La Vida Robot.
Spotlight (film)
Spotlight (2015), directed by Tom McCarthy and written with Josh Singer, dramatizes the Boston Globe Spotlight team's 2002 exposure of Catholic Church abuse cover-up; it won Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay Oscars.
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.
Stonewall (2015 film)
Stonewall is a 2015 American historical drama film directed by Roland Emmerich, dramatizing the 1969 Stonewall riots. Criticized as whitewashing history, it was a box office failure.
Strangerland
Strangerland (2015) is Kim Farrant's feature debut, an Australian-Irish psychological drama starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, and Hugo Weaving about two teenagers who vanish before a dust storm in outback town Nathgari; premiered at Sundance 2015, Metascore 42.
System Crasher
System Crasher (Systemsprenger) is Nora Fingscheidt's 2019 German drama debut about Benni, a nine-year-old expelled from every care placement, starring Helena Zengel; it won the Berlinale Alfred Bauer Prize and eight Lolas.
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 33
The 33 (2015) is Patricia Riggen's English-language drama about the 2010 San José mine collapse in Chile, starring Antonio Banderas as Mario Sepúlveda; filmed in Colombian salt mines and the Atacama Desert, released August 6, 2015 in Chile and November 13, 2015 in the US.
The Aftermath (2019 film)
The Aftermath (2019) is a post-WWII romantic drama directed by James Kent, starring Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård, and Jason Clarke, adapted from Rhidian Brook's 2013 novel about a shared Hamburg house; it earned 26% on Rotten Tomatoes and $1.6 million US gross.
The Anthem of the Heart (心が叫びたがってるんだ。)
The Anthem of the Heart (心が叫びたがってるんだ。, Kokosake) is a 2015 A-1 Pictures original anime film by the Anohana trio Nagai, Okada, and Tanaka, about a girl cursed to silence who finds her voice through a class musical; it earned over 1 billion yen and got a 2017 live-action remake.
The Assistant (2019 film)
The Assistant is Kitty Green's 2019 workplace drama starring Julia Garner as Jane, assistant to an unseen film mogul inspired by Harvey Weinstein; premiered at Telluride, released by Bleecker Street, 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Birth of a Nation (2016 film)
The Birth of a Nation is a 2016 American historical drama about Nat Turner's 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia, written, directed by, and starring Nate Parker, his directorial debut.
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 Childhood of a Leader (film)
The Childhood of a Leader is Brady Corbet's 2015 directorial debut, co-written with Mona Fastvold, a fictional fable of a future fascist's childhood at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, starring Tom Sweet, Bérénice Bejo, Liam Cunningham, and Robert Pattinson, with a Scott Walker score; it won two awards at Venice.
The Club
The Club (El Club) is Pablo Larraín's 2015 Chilean drama about disgraced priests exiled to a seaside house; it won the Berlin Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize, was Chile's 88th Academy Awards entry, and earned a Golden Globe nomination.
The Commune
The Commune (Kollektivet) is a 2016 Danish drama by Thomas Vinterberg, adapted from his stage play about his commune childhood, starring Ulrich Thomsen and Trine Dyrholm, who won the 2016 Berlin Silver Bear for Best Actress.
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan is a 2018 drama film directed by Xavier Dolan, his first in English, about a TV star's exposed correspondence with an 11-year-old boy.
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.
The Dresser (2015 film)
The Dresser (2015) is a BBC Two television film directed by Richard Eyre, adapting Ronald Harwood's 1980 play, starring Anthony Hopkins as Sir and Ian McKellen as Norman during a WWII King Lear performance; aired on Starz in 2016.
The Empty Hands
The Empty Hands (空手道) is a 2017 Hong Kong karate drama directed by Chapman To, starring Stephy Tang as Mari Hirakawa, who must fight to reclaim her father's dojo from ex-yakuza Chan Keung.
The Final Master
The Final Master (師父, Shifu, also The Master) is Xu Haofeng's 2015 Chinese martial arts film about a Wing Chun master (Liao Fan) using an apprentice to defeat eight Tianjin schools; Golden Horse Best Action Design winner.
The First Lap (초행)
The First Lap (초행, Chohaeng) is a 2017 South Korean drama by Kim Dae-hwan, starring Kim Sae-byuk and Cho Hyun-chul as a cohabiting couple visiting parents amid marriage pressure; it won Locarno's Best Emerging Director award.
The Florida Project
The Florida Project is Sean Baker's 2017 A24 drama about six-year-old Moonee, her mother Halley, and motel manager Bobby (Willem Dafoe) living week to week at the real Magic Castle motel in Kissimmee, near Disney World; a $3 million Cannes Directors' Fortnight film with 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Founder
The Founder (2016) is a John Lee Hancock biographical drama starring Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc, who built McDonald's into a franchise empire after taking it from Mac and Dick McDonald; $15M budget, $24M worldwide gross.
The Happy Prince
The Happy Prince (2018) is Rupert Everett's directorial debut biopic of Oscar Wilde's final years in exile, premiering at Sundance and Berlin, released by Sony Pictures Classics, grossing $464.5K in the US.
The Hero (2017 film)
The Hero (2017) is an American drama directed by Brett Haley, starring Sam Elliott as aging Western actor Lee Hayden facing pancreatic cancer; Sundance premiere, The Orchard release, $4.1M box office.
The Himalayas (히말라야)
The Himalayas is a 2015 South Korean drama film directed by Lee Seok-hoon, based on mountaineer Um Hong-gil's 2005 Everest expedition to recover his dead climbing partner.