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Transit
Transit (2018) is Christian Petzold's German-French drama adapting Anna Seghers's 1944 exile novel, set in present-day Marseille, starring Franz Rogowski and Paula Beer, a Berlinale competition entry with 9 wins and 26 nominations.
Tulip Fever
Tulip Fever (2017) is Justin Chadwick's period drama, from Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Deborah Moggach's 1999 novel, starring Alicia Vikander and Dane DeHaan; a long-delayed flop scoring 10% on Rotten Tomatoes and $2.4 million at the US box office.
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.
Waiting for the Barbarians (film)
Waiting for the Barbarians (2019 film) is Ciro Guerra's English-language debut, adapted by J.M. Coetzee from his 1980 novel, starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, and Robert Pattinson; it premiered in competition at Venice 76 and earned mixed reviews (53% on Rotten Tomatoes).
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.
Waves (2019 film)
Waves (2019) is an American drama written and directed by Trey Edward Shults, released by A24 on November 15, 2019. It stars Kelvin Harrison Jr., Sterling K. Brown, and Taylor Russell as a South Florida family facing loss; scored by Reznor and Ross.
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.
Wonder (film)
Wonder is a 2017 American drama film directed by Stephen Chbosky, adapted from R.J. Palacio's novel, starring Jacob Tremblay as Auggie Pullman, a boy with facial differences starting school.
Wonder Wheel (film)
Wonder Wheel is a 2017 American period drama written and directed by Woody Allen, set in 1950s Coney Island and starring Kate Winslet, Jim Belushi, and Justin Timberlake.
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.
Youth (芳华) (2017 film)
Youth (芳华, Fang Hua) is Feng Xiaogang's 2017 Chinese war-drama adapted from Yan Geling's novel, starring Huang Xuan and Miao Miao as PLA cultural-troupe members; released 15 December 2017 after a censorship-related withdrawal, earning 1.422 billion yuan in China.
Zama (2017 film)
Zama (2017) is Lucrecia Martel's fourth feature, an adaptation of Antonio Di Benedetto's 1956 novel, premiering at Venice. It stars Daniel Giménez Cacho as a colonial magistrate waiting for a royal transfer that never comes.