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A Complete Unknown
A Complete Unknown (2024) is James Mangold's Searchlight Pictures musical drama starring Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, covering 1961–1965 from Greenwich Village to the electric Newport Folk Festival, with eight Oscar nominations including Best Picture.
A Good Person
A Good Person is a 2023 American drama film written and directed by Zach Braff, starring Florence Pugh as a young woman and Morgan Freeman as a grieving father.
A Guilty Conscience
A Guilty Conscience (毒舌大狀) is a 2023 Hong Kong Cantonese courtroom drama, Jack Ng's directing debut, starring Dayo Wong as barrister Adrian Lam. First local film to pass HK$100 million and 2023's Hong Kong box office champion; it won Best Film at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards.
Air (2023 film)
Air is a 2023 American biographical sports drama directed by Ben Affleck, dramatizing how Nike signed rookie Michael Jordan in 1984 and created the Air Jordan brand.
Albany Road
Albany Road (2024) is an independent road film written and directed by Christine Swanson, starring Renée Elise Goldsberry and Lynn Whitfield, self-financed by Faith Filmworks, filmed in Champaign, Illinois, and released November 15, 2024.
All Ears
All Ears (不虚此行) is a 2023 Chinese drama film directed by Liu Jiayin, starring Hu Ge as a Beijing screenwriter who starts writing eulogies for the dead.
All Shall Be Well (从今以后) (film)
All Shall Be Well (從今以後) is Ray Yeung's 2024 Hong Kong drama about an elderly lesbian couple; after Pat dies without a will, Angie loses legal claim to their flat. It won the 2024 Berlinale Teddy Award for Best Feature Film.
All We Imagine as Light
All We Imagine as Light is Payal Kapadia's 2024 Malayalam-Hindi drama about three Mumbai hospital women; first Indian Cannes competitor in 30 years and first Indian Grand Prix winner.
April (2024 film)
April (Aprili) is a 2024 Georgian-French-Italian drama by Dea Kulumbegashvili, her second feature after Beginning. Obstetrician Nina (Ia Sukhitashvili) is investigated after a stillbirth while secretly performing illegal abortions; it won the Venice Special Jury Prize.
Armand (film)
Armand (2024) is Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel's Norwegian debut drama, also called La tutoría, starring Renate Reinsve. It won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes 2024, the first Norwegian film to do so, and was Norway's 97th Academy Awards entry.
Article 20
Article 20 (第二十条, also 正当防卫) is Zhang Yimou's 2024 Chinese legal comedy-drama about prosecutor Han Ming and PRC Criminal Law Article 20 on justifiable self-defense; it grossed 2.454 billion yuan, fourth in 2024, and won Hundred Flowers awards.
Big World (小小的我) (film)
Big World (小小的我) is a 2024 Chinese drama directed by Yang Lina, written by You Xiaoying, starring Jackson Yee as Liu Chunhe, a 20-year-old with cerebral palsy. Released 27 December 2024; grossed about 765.9 million yuan; Tokyo festival audience award.
Black Dog (狗阵) (2024 film)
Black Dog (狗阵) is a 2024 Chinese drama directed by Guan Hu, starring Eddie Peng, about an ex-convict who bonds with a stray dog before the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
BlackBerry (film)
BlackBerry (2023) is a Canadian comedy-drama biopic directed by Matt Johnson, adapted from the book Losing the Signal, starring Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, and Johnson as Research in Motion's founders, dramatizing the smartphone's rise and fall.
Boomerang (2024 German-Iranian film)
Boomerang (2024) is an 83-minute German-Iranian drama, the feature debut of Tehran-based artist Shahab Fotouhi, following a crumbling marriage and a teenage romance in Tehran; it premiered at Venice's Giornate degli Autori and won Best Film and Best Score at the Otranto Film Festival.
Bosco (film)
Bosco (2024 Peacock film), also known as Bosco movie, is Nicholas Manuel Pino's prison drama starring Aubrey Joseph as Quawntay 'Bosco' Adams, who escaped a federal maximum-security prison in 2006; released February 2, 2024, distinct from the unrelated 2024 Northern Irish drama of the same name.
Brave the Dark
Brave the Dark (2025) is an Angel Studios drama directed by Damian Harris, starring Jared Harris as teacher Stan Deen and Nicholas Hamilton as Nate, based on the true 1980s Pennsylvania story; released January 24, 2025, grossing $4.5 million.
Call Me Chihiro
Call Me Chihiro (ちひろさん) is a 2023 Japanese Netflix drama directed by Rikiya Imaizumi, starring Kasumi Arimura as a former sex worker working at a seaside bento shop, adapted from Hiroyuki Yasuda's manga Chihiro-san.
Catching Dust
Catching Dust is a 2023 drama-thriller and Stuart Gatt's directorial debut, starring Erin Moriarty, Jai Courtney, Dina Shihabi, and Ryan Corr; it premiered at Tribeca 2023 and was released in the US by Vertical in August 2024.
Caught by the Tides
Caught by the Tides is a 2024 Chinese drama film directed by Jia Zhangke. It premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and stars Zhao Tao.
Cerrar los Ojos
Cerrar los Ojos (Close Your Eyes) is Víctor Erice's 2023 Spanish-Argentine drama, his first feature since 1992, about a retired director probing actor Julio Arenas's disappearance; Cannes Premiere, 11 Goya nominations, one win.
Close Your Eyes (2022 film)
Close Your Eyes (Cerrar los ojos) is Víctor Erice's 2022-shot, 2023-premiered Spanish-Argentine drama about a director probing a lead actor's 1990 disappearance; his first feature in 31 years, starring Manolo Solo, José Coronado, and Ana Torrent.
Consent (2023 French film)
Le Consentement (Consent) is a 2023 French-Belgian drama by Vanessa Filho adapting Vanessa Springora's 2020 memoir about her teenage relationship with writer Gabriel Matzneff, starring Kim Higelin and Jean-Paul Rouve, released 11 October 2023 with two César nominations.
Coo-Coo 043
Coo-Coo 043 (一家子兒咕咕叫) is a 2022 Taiwanese family drama by Chan Ching-lin about a racing pigeon's return after seven years; it won Best Narrative Feature and Best New Performer at the 59th Golden Horse Awards.
Count (카운트) (2023 film)
Count (카운트, also Countdown) is a 2023 South Korean boxing comedy-drama directed by Kwon Hyeok-jae, starring Jin Sun-kyu as Olympic gold medalist Park Si-heon, based on the 1988 Seoul Olympics Roy Jones Jr. controversy; released February 22, 2023 by CJ ENM.
Crossing (2024 film)
Crossing (2024) is a drama by Swedish-Georgian director Levan Akin, also known from And Then We Danced. Retired teacher Lia searches Istanbul for her trans niece Tekla with neighbor Achi, meeting lawyer Evrim. It won the Teddy Jury Award at the 2024 Berlinale and holds 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Daddio (film)
Daddio is a 2024 American drama film directed by Christy Hall. It stars Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn in a taxi ride from JFK to Manhattan.
Darkest Miriam
Darkest Miriam is a 2024 Canadian drama directed by Naomi Jaye, adapted from Martha Baillie's novel The Incident Report, starring Britt Lower as a grieving Toronto librarian who receives threatening letters signed Rigoletto while starting a romance with Slovenian cab driver Janko; it premiered at Tribeca 2024.
Daughter's Daughter
Daughter's Daughter (女兒的女兒) is a 2024 Taiwanese drama by Huang Xi starring Sylvia Chang as a mother deciding the fate of her dead daughter's IVF embryo; Golden Horse Best Original Screenplay winner.
Decoded (解密) (film)
Decoded (解密) is a 2024 Chinese drama film directed by Chen Sicheng, adapted from Mai Jia's novel, starring Liu Haoran and John Cusack as codebreaker Rong Jinzhen and his teacher, released 3 August 2024.