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83 (film)
83 (2021) is Kabir Khan's Hindi biographical sports drama on India's 1983 Cricket World Cup win, starring Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev and Deepika Padukone as Romi Dev; praised by critics but a box-office flop.
A Bit of Light
A Bit of Light: 2022 British drama directed by Stephen Moyer, written by Rebecca Callard from her play, starring Anna Paquin and Ray Winstone; Raindance 2022 premiere, US release April 2024. Distinct from Ali Asgari's 2026 Iranian film of the same name.
A Hero
A Hero (Ghahreman, قهرمان) is Asghar Farhadi's 2021 Persian-language Iran-France drama about Rahim, a debtor's prisoner in Shiraz whose return of 17 found gold coins makes him a viral hero, then a suspect; it shared Cannes 2021's Grand Prix.
A Jazzman's Blues
A Jazzman's Blues is Tyler Perry's 2022 Netflix drama, his first screenplay (written 1995), starring Joshua Boone and Solea Pfeiffer as forbidden lovers Bayou and Leanne in the Jim Crow-era Deep South, 1937-1987.
A Little Red Flower (送你一朵小红花)
A Little Red Flower (送你一朵小红花) is a 2020 Chinese cancer drama by Han Yan, second in his life trilogy, starring Yi Yangqianxi and Liu Haocun; it earned 760 million yuan in four days.
Altar Boy
Altar Boy (2021) is a Canadian coming-of-age drama, Serville Poblete's debut feature, written by and starring Mark Bacolcol as a shy Filipino-Canadian teen; premiered at Whistler 2021, released by Mongrel Media in 2022. Distinct from The Altar Boys (2025), The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002), and the Altar Boyz musical.
Ammonite (film)
Ammonite is Francis Lee's 2020 British romantic drama starring Kate Winslet as fossil hunter Mary Anning and Saoirse Ronan as Charlotte Murchison, a fictional 1840s Lyme Regis romance premiered at TIFF 2020.
Another Round
Another Round (Druk) is a 2020 Danish-Swedish comedy-drama by Thomas Vinterberg starring Mads Mikkelsen as a teacher testing a 0.05% blood alcohol theory; Oscar winner for Best International Feature Film.
Babylon (2022 film)
Babylon (2022) is Damien Chazelle's 189-minute Paramount epic comedy-drama starring Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Diego Calva, set in late 1920s Hollywood during the silent-to-sound transition; it earned polarized reviews (RT 57%, Metacritic 61) and three below-the-line Oscar nominations.
Being the Ricardos
Being the Ricardos is a 2021 Aaron Sorkin biographical drama starring Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz, dramatizing one production week of I Love Lucy amid communist accusations, infidelity allegations, and Ball's pregnancy; released by Amazon Studios.
Benedetta (film)
Benedetta (2021) is Paul Verhoeven's French-language historical drama about nun Benedetta Carlini, based on Judith C. Brown's Immodest Acts; it competed at Cannes 2021, stars Virginie Efira, and holds 84% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Black Bear (film)
Black Bear (2020 film), Lawrence Michael Levine's meta drama starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, and Sarah Gadon; Sundance premiere January 24, 2020, two-part film-within-a-film structure, Momentum Pictures release December 4, 2020.
Blue Bayou (film)
Blue Bayou is a 2021 American drama written, directed, produced by, and starring Justin Chon, with Alicia Vikander. It premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard and depicts a Korean adoptee in Louisiana facing deportation under the Child Citizenship Act of 2000's citizenship gap.
Blue Jean
Blue Jean (2022) is Georgia Oakley's debut British drama, starring Rosy McEwen as a closeted lesbian PE teacher in 1988 Newcastle under Section 28. It won the Venice People's Choice Award, four BIFAs, and a BAFTA nomination, grossing $741,644 worldwide.
Boiling Point (2021 film)
Boiling Point (2021) is a British one-take drama by Philip Barantini starring Stephen Graham as chef Andy Jones during a disastrous London restaurant service; BAFTA-nominated, expanded from a 2019 short, later a BBC series.
Born to Be Human (生而为人)
Born to Be Human (生而為人) is a 2021 Taiwanese drama directed by Lily Ni, about a 14-year-old intersex boy given nonconsensual sex reassignment surgery; it won the Osaka Asian Film Festival's Yakushi Pearl Award.
Broker (2022 film)
Broker (브로커) is Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2022 South Korean drama about baby-box brokers, starring Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, and IU; it competed at Cannes 2022, where Song won Best Actor.
C'mon C'mon (film)
C'mon C'mon is a 2021 A24 black-and-white drama written and directed by Mike Mills, starring Joaquin Phoenix as radio journalist Johnny, who bonds with his nine-year-old nephew Jesse (Woody Norman) on a road trip; 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, $1.5M US gross.
Causeway (film)
Causeway (2022) is an A24/Apple TV+ drama, Lila Neugebauer's feature debut, starring Jennifer Lawrence as an injured Afghanistan veteran and Brian Tyree Henry as a New Orleans mechanic; Henry earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
Charm City Kings
Charm City Kings (2020) is a coming-of-age drama directed by Angel Manuel Soto, starring Jahi Di'Allo Winston and Meek Mill, inspired by the documentary 12 O'Clock Boys; it won a Sundance Special Jury Prize and premiered on HBO Max October 8, 2020.
Chevalier (2022 film)
Chevalier (2022) is a Searchlight biographical drama directed by Stephen Williams, written by Stefani Robinson, starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. as composer-fencer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges; premiered at TIFF 2022, released April 21, 2023, 76% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Concrete Cowboy
Concrete Cowboy is a 2020 American Western drama directed by Ricky Staub, based on Greg Neri's novel Ghetto Cowboy, starring Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin as an estranged father and son among Philadelphia's real Fletcher Street urban cowboys; released on Netflix April 2, 2021.
Confessions of Felix Krull (2021 film)
Confessions of Felix Krull (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull), 2021 German comedy-drama by Detlev Buck and Daniel Kehlmann adapting Thomas Mann's unfinished novel, starring Jannis Niewöhner, Liv Lisa Fries, and David Kross; released 2 September 2021, 114 minutes, Warner Bros. Germany.
Days (日子) (2020 film)
Days (日子, Rizi) is Tsai Ming-liang's 2020 Taiwanese drama starring Lee Kang-sheng and Anong Houngheuangsy; a wordless 46-shot slow film that premiered in competition at the 2020 Berlinale and won the Teddy Jury Award.
Dear Zoe (film)
Dear Zoe (2022) is an American coming-of-age drama directed by Gren Wells, adapted from Philip Beard's 2005 novel, starring Sadie Sink as grieving teen Tess DeNunzio, Theo Rossi, and Kweku Collins; released November 4, 2022, 94 minutes, rated R.
Double Down South
Double Down South is a 2024 American drama-thriller, also titled Southern Gothic, written and directed by Oscar winner Tom Schulman, starring Kim Coates and Lili Simmons in an illegal keno-pool gambling underworld in rural Georgia.
Drive My Car (ドライブ・マイ・カー) (film)
Drive My Car (ドライブ・マイ・カー) is Ryusuke Hamaguchi's 2021, 179-minute Japanese drama adapted from Haruki Murakami's short story, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Toko Miura; it won Cannes Best Screenplay and the 2022 Oscar for Best International Feature Film.
Emily (2022 film)
Emily (2022) is a biographical drama directed by Frances O'Connor, also known as a Brontë biopic. Emma Mackey stars as Emily Brontë in an imagined account of the writing of Wuthering Heights, with an invented romance with Weightman; released 2022, US February 2023.
Falling (2020 film)
Falling (2020 film): drama written and directed by Viggo Mortensen in his directorial debut, starring Lance Henriksen as Willis, a farmer with dementia, with Laura Linney; Sundance 2020 premiere, 112 minutes, Canada-UK co-production.
Flag Day (film)
Flag Day (2021) is a drama directed by and starring Sean Penn with his daughter Dylan Penn, adapted from Jennifer Vogel's memoir Flim-Flam Man about counterfeiter John Vogel; it competed at Cannes 2021. Not the 2026 Shea documentary.