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The Innocents (2016 film)
The Innocents (Les Innocentes, also Agnus Dei) is a 2016 French-Polish-Belgian historical drama by Anne Fontaine, inspired by Madeleine Pauliac's diary, about a Red Cross doctor aiding pregnant raped nuns in 1945 Poland; distinct from Eskil Vogt's 2021 Norwegian film of the same name.
The Insult (قضية رقم 23)
The Insult (قضية رقم 23, L'Insulte) is Ziad Doueiri's 2017 Arabic courtroom drama about a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee whose drainpipe dispute escalates into a national trial; Lebanon's first Oscar nominee, with Venice Best Actor for Kamel El Basha.
The Intervention (film)
The Intervention is a 2016 American comedy-drama and Clea DuVall's directorial debut, in which four couples' Savannah weekend getaway is secretly a marriage intervention; premiered at Sundance 2016, released August 26, 2016.
The Journey (2016 film)
The Journey (2016 film), Nick Hamm political comedy-drama written by Colin Bateman, starring Timothy Spall as Ian Paisley and Colm Meaney as Martin McGuinness; fictionalizes a 2006 St Andrews car journey, premiered Venice 2016, grossed $482,209.
The Kindergarten Teacher (2018 film)
The Kindergarten Teacher (2018) is Sara Colangelo's American remake of Nadav Lapid's Israeli film Haganenet, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal as a Staten Island teacher obsessed with a five-year-old poetic prodigy; Sundance Directing Award winner, released by Netflix.
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
The Last Black Man in San Francisco is Joe Talbot's 2019 A24 debut drama, co-written with Jimmie Fails, about reclaiming a Fillmore Victorian house; Sundance award winner, 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Last Face
The Last Face is a 2016 drama directed by Sean Penn, written by Erin Dignam, starring Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem as aid workers in Liberia and South Sudan. Premiered in Competition at Cannes 2016, it earned a Metacritic 16 and grossed $1,161,751.
The Last Princess (film)
The Last Princess (덕혜옹주, Deokhyeongju) is a 2016 South Korean historical drama directed by Hur Jin-ho, starring Son Ye-jin as Princess Deokhye, the last Joseon princess taken to Japan, with Park Hae-il; released August 3, 2016, about 5.6 million admissions.
The Lighthouse of the Orcas
The Lighthouse of the Orcas (El faro de las orcas) is a 2016 Spanish-Argentine drama by Gerardo Olivares, based on ranger Roberto Bubas's book Agustín corazón abierto, starring Maribel Verdú and Joaquín Furriel, about an autistic boy and Patagonian orcas.
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 Only Living Boy in New York (film)
The Only Living Boy in New York is a 2017 American drama directed by Marc Webb, written by Allan Loeb, starring Callum Turner, Jeff Bridges, Kate Beckinsale, Pierce Brosnan, and Cynthia Nixon; a college graduate enters an affair with his father's mistress.
The Other Side of the Wind
The Other Side of the Wind is an unfinished Orson Welles film satirizing Hollywood, shot between 1970 and 1976 and completed by his collaborators for a 2018 Netflix release.
The Pirates of Somalia (film)
The Pirates of Somalia (Dabka) is Bryan Buckley's 2017 biographical drama starring Evan Peters as journalist Jay Bahadur, with Barkhad Abdi and Al Pacino, based on Bahadur's 2011 book about embedding with Somali pirates in Puntland.
The Poet and the Boy (시인의 사랑)
The Poet and the Boy (시인의 사랑) is Kim Yang-hee's 2017 South Korean debut drama about a Jeju poet (Yang Ik-june), his wife (Jeon Hye-jin), and a boy (Jung Ga-ram); Jeonju Cinema Project, Toronto Discovery, 12,685 admissions.
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 Salesman (2016 film)
The Salesman (Forushande, فروشنده) is Asghar Farhadi's 2016 Iranian-French drama about actors Emad and Rana; it won Cannes Best Screenplay and Best Actor and the 2017 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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 Secret Scripture (film)
The Secret Scripture is Jim Sheridan's 2016 film adaptation of Sebastian Barry's Man Booker-shortlisted 2008 novel, starring Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave, Eric Bana, Jack Reynor, and Theo James; it premiered at Toronto 2016 and received a 37 Metascore.
The Show (2017 film)
The Show, originally titled This Is Your Death, is a 2017 American thriller directed by and co-starring Giancarlo Esposito, with Josh Duhamel and Famke Janssen, about a reality show whose contestants kill themselves on air; it premiered at SXSW and earned a Metascore of 35.
The Song of Names
The Song of Names is a 2019 François Girard drama, also called Le chant des noms, adapted from Norman Lebrecht's novel, starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen as a man searching for a violin prodigy who vanished before his 1951 debut.
The Souvenir
The Souvenir (2019) is Joanna Hogg's semi-autobiographical drama about a film student (Honor Swinton Byrne) in a destructive 1980s London affair with Anthony (Tom Burke); Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, followed by The Souvenir: Part II (2021).
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.
The Wife (2017 film)
The Wife (2017) is a drama directed by Björn Runge, adapted by Jane Anderson from Meg Wolitzer's 2003 novel, starring Glenn Close as Joan Castleman, wife of a Nobel-winning novelist (Jonathan Pryce). Premiered at TIFF 2017; released 2018 by Sony Pictures Classics; Close earned an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe win.
This Beautiful Fantastic
This Beautiful Fantastic is a 2016 British-American comedy-drama written and directed by Simon Aboud, starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson. Released in the US March 10, 2017; 61% on Rotten Tomatoes; grossed $353,808 worldwide.
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.
To the Bone (film)
To the Bone (2017) is Marti Noxon's Netflix drama debut, starring Lily Collins as Ellen, a 20-year-old with anorexia nervosa in a group home, with Keanu Reeves; praised and criticized for its anorexia portrayal.
Tracey (翠丝) (2018 film)
Tracey (翠絲) is Jun Li's 2018 Hong Kong drama debut, the first HK feature on transgender identity, starring Philip Keung as a 51-year-old optometrist who transitions; Ben Yuen won a Golden Horse Best Supporting Actor award.