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A Part of You
A Part of You (En del av dig) is a 2024 Swedish coming-of-age drama directed by Sigge Eklund, starring Felicia Maxime, Edvin Ryding, and Zara Larsson, released on Netflix May 31, 2024, about a teen grieving her sister's death.
A Real Pain
A Real Pain (Prawdziwy ból) is a 2024 comedy-drama film written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, starring Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin as cousins on a Jewish-heritage tour of Poland.
A Traveler's Needs (여행자의 필요)
A Traveler's Needs (여행자의 필요, Yeohaengjaui pilyo) is a 2024 South Korean comedy-drama by Hong Sang-soo, his 31st film and third with Isabelle Huppert, who plays Iris, a Frenchwoman teaching French in Seoul; it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 2024 Berlinale.
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a 2024 black comedy drama directed by Rungano Nyoni, starring Susan Chardy as a Zambian woman uncovering family secrets at a funeral.
On Falling
On Falling (2024) is Laura Carreira's debut drama about Aurora, a Portuguese warehouse picker in Edinburgh, a UK/Portugal Sixteen Films and BRO Cinema co-production that won San Sebastián's Silver Shell and the BFI Sutherland Award.
Papa (爸爸)
Papa (爸爸) is a 2024 Hong Kong crime drama directed and written by Philip Yung, starring Lau Ching-wan, Jo Koo, Dylan So, and Lainey Hung. Adapted from the 2010 Tsuen Wan murder case, it premiered at Tokyo International Film Festival and won three Hong Kong Film Awards.
Paradise (2023 film)
Paradise is a 2023 Indian-Sri Lankan drama directed by Prasanna Vithanage, following a couple whose anniversary trip in Sri Lanka turns into a hunt for stolen belongings.
Parthenope (film)
Parthenope is a 2024 Italian-French drama written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino, starring Celeste Dalla Porta, Stefania Sandrelli, Gary Oldman, Silvio Orlando, and Luisa Ranieri. It premiered in competition at Cannes 2024, won the CST technical award, and follows a Neapolitan woman's life from 1950 to today.
Paying for It (film)
Paying for It is a 2024 Canadian comedy-drama directed by Sook-Yin Lee, adapted from ex-partner Chester Brown's 2011 graphic novel about paying for sex after their breakup; premiered at TIFF 2024, 85 minutes, starring Dan Beirne and Emily Lê.
Pedro Páramo (2024 film)
Pedro Páramo (2024) is a Mexican Netflix drama directed by Rodrigo Prieto, adapting Juan Rulfo's 1955 novel; screenplay by Mateo Gil, starring Manuel García-Rulfo and Tenoch Huerta, released November 6, 2024, winner of 7 Ariel awards.
Pepe (2024 film)
Pepe (2024) is an experimental film by Dominican director Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias, narrated by the ghost of a hippo from Pablo Escobar's Colombian zoo; it won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2024 Berlinale.
Perfect Days (パーフェクト・デイズ)
Perfect Days (パーフェクト・デイズ) is a 2023 Wim Wenders drama starring Kōji Yakusho as Hirayama, a Tokyo toilet cleaner; it won Cannes Best Actor and was Oscar-nominated for Best International Feature.
Priscilla (film)
Priscilla (2023) is Sofia Coppola's A24 biographical drama adapted from Priscilla Presley's memoir Elvis and Me, starring Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi; Spaeny won the Venice Volpi Cup, and the film contains no Elvis songs.
Purna Bahadur Ko Sarangi (पूर्णबहादुर को सारङ्गी)
Purna Bahadur Ko Sarangi (पूर्णबहादुरको सारङ्गी) is a 2024 Nepali drama directed by Saroj Poudel, starring Bijay Baral as a Gandharva sarangi-playing father. It became the highest-grossing Nepali film with NPR 56.3 crore in Nepal.
Queen of the Ring (film)
Queen of the Ring is a 2025 biographical sports drama about wrestler Mildred Burke, written and directed by Ash Avildsen, based on Jeff Leen's book, starring Emily Bett Rickards; released March 7, 2025, grossing $657,661.
Rare Objects (film)
Rare Objects (2023) is a drama directed, co-written, produced by, and co-starring Katie Holmes, adapting Kathleen Tessaro's novel; IFC Films released it April 14, 2023; it grossed $10,454 and scored 40% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Riley (film)
Riley (2023) is Benjamin Howard's debut feature, an American coming-of-age drama starring Jake Holley as closeted high school football star Dakota Riley, based on Howard's own coming-out experience; premiered at Calgary 2023, released digitally by Dark Star Pictures in 2025.
Road to Boston (보스턴 1947)
Road to Boston (1947 보스톤) is Kang Je-gyu's 2023 Korean biographical drama about Son Kee-jung, Nam Seung-ryong, and Suh Yun-bok, whose 1947 Boston Marathon win (2:25:39) was the first by an Asian runner; 1.03 million admissions.
Saturday Night (2024 film)
Saturday Night (2024) is Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan's real-time comedy-drama about the 90 minutes before SNL's first broadcast on October 11, 1975, starring Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels, released by Columbia Pictures.
Sebastian (2024 film)
Sebastian (2024) is Mikko Mäkelä's second feature, a UK-Finland-Belgium queer drama starring Ruaridh Mollica as Max, a 25-year-old London writer who escorts under the name Sebastian to research his debut novel; Sundance 2024 premiere, Kino Lorber US release.
Self (film)
Self (2024) is a six-minute Pixar SparkShorts stop-motion/CGI short directed by Searit Huluf, released on Disney+ February 2, 2024, about a wooden doll's ill-fated wish to fit in, exploring self-sabotage and Ethiopian immigrant identity.
Sheepdog (film)
Sheepdog is a 2024 American drama written, directed by, and starring Steven Grayhm as veteran Calvin Cole, court-ordered into trauma therapy; with Virginia Madsen and Vondie Curtis-Hall, released theatrically January 16, 2026, focusing on post-traumatic growth.
Shirley (2024 film)
Shirley (2024) is a Netflix biographical drama directed by John Ridley, starring Regina King as Shirley Chisholm, the first Black congresswoman and 1972 Democratic presidential candidate; released March 22, 2024, Metascore 57.
Shoshana (film)
Shoshana (2023), Michael Winterbottom's UK-Italian historical thriller formerly titled Promised Land, dramatizes the romance between Zionist writer Shoshana Borochov and British policeman Thomas Wilkin in Mandate-era Tel Aviv, premiering at TIFF 2023.
Silent Love (サイレントラブ) (2024 film)
Silent Love (サイレントラブ) is a 2024 Japanese romance drama directed by Eiji Uchida, starring Ryosuke Yamada and Minami Hamabe, music by Joe Hisaishi, released January 26, 2024, 116 minutes, GAGA.
Sing Sing (2024 film)
Sing Sing (2024) is an A24 prison drama directed by Greg Kwedar, starring Colman Domingo and formerly incarcerated actors from the real Rehabilitation Through the Arts program; three Oscar nominations, 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Small Things Like These
Small Things Like These: Claire Keegan's 2021 Booker-nominated novella and Tim Mielants' 2024 film starring Cillian Murphy as coal merchant Bill Furlong, set in 1985 New Ross, Ireland, confronting Magdalene laundry abuses.
Souleymane's Story
Souleymane's Story (L'Histoire de Souleymane) is Boris Lojkine's 2024 French drama about a Guinean delivery cyclist preparing for an OFPRA asylum interview; it won Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prize and Best Actor and four Césars.
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot is a 2024 Angel Studios faith-based drama directed by Joshua Weigel, starring Nika King and Demetrius Grosse as Donna and W.C. Martin, whose Texas church adopted 77 foster children; it earned $11.7M worldwide and an A+ CinemaScore.
Sweet Dreams (2024 film)
Sweet Dreams (2024 film), Lije Sarki's Paramount comedy-drama starring Johnny Knoxville as Morris, a rehab resident who coaches a softball team of recovering addicts; released April 12, 2024, distinct from Sendijarević's 2023 colonial satire.