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A Bit Before Midnight
A Bit Before Midnight (Un peu avant minuit, also One Minute to Midnight) is a 2026 French drama by Nicolas Pariser, his fourth feature, starring Melvil Poupaud, Chiara Mastroianni, and Golshifteh Farahani; it competed at the 83rd Venice Film Festival and opens in France December 2, 2026.
A Brief Affair (film)
A Brief Affair (Breve storia d'amore) is a 2025 Italian romantic comedy, Ludovica Rampoldi's directorial debut, starring Pilar Fogliati, Adriano Giannini, and Valeria Golino; released 27 November 2025 by 01 Distribution.
A Foggy Tale
A Foggy Tale (大濛, Da meng) is a 2025 Taiwanese historical drama by Chen Yu-hsun, set in 1954 White Terror Taiwan, starring Caitlin Fang, Will Or, and 9m88; it won five Golden Horse Awards including Best Narrative Feature.
A Year of School
A Year of School (Un anno di scuola) is Laura Samani's 2025 Italian-French coming-of-age film, freely adapted from Giani Stuparich's 1929 novella, set in 2007 Trieste, premiered in Venice Orizzonti where Giacomo Covi won Best Actor.
All That's Left of You
All That's Left of You (اللي باقي منك) is Cherien Dabis's 2025 multigenerational Palestinian drama, premiering at Sundance, spanning 1948 to 2022, shot in Jordan, Cyprus, and Greece after evacuation from Palestine, and Jordan's Oscar shortlisted submission.
Anemone (film)
Anemone is a 2025 drama, the feature debut of director Ronan Day-Lewis, co-written with and starring his father Daniel Day-Lewis alongside Sean Bean and Samantha Morton; estranged brothers, the Troubles, NYFF premiere, October 3, 2025 release.
Becoming Human (film)
Becoming Human (Chiet Chea Manusa, ជាតិជាមនុស្សា) is Polen Ly's 2025 Cambodian drama debut: a cinema's guardian ghost, Thida, weighs rebirth against remaining a ghost after meeting journalist Hai. Premiered at Venice 2025; Cambodia's 99th Academy Awards submission.
Behind the Scenes (2025 film)
Behind the Scenes is a 2025 Nigerian Nollywood comedy-drama directed by Funke Akindele and Tunde Olaoye, starring Scarlet Gomez as a generous real estate mogul; it became the first Nollywood film to gross over ₦2 billion.
Belén (film)
Belén is a 2025 Argentine courtroom drama directed by and starring Dolores Fonzi, based on Ana Correa's book Somos Belén and the real 2014 Tucumán case of a woman imprisoned after a miscarriage; Argentina's 2026 Oscar entry, San Sebastián Silver Shell winner.
Below the Clouds
Below the Clouds (Sotto le nuvole) is Gianfranco Rosi's 2025 black-and-white documentary on Naples under Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields; it won the Special Jury Prize at Venice 82 and completes his Italy trilogy after Sacro GRA and Fire at Sea.
Big Deal (film)
Big Deal (소주전쟁, Soju War) is a 2025 South Korean drama directed by Choi Yun-jin, starring Yoo Hae-jin and Lee Je-hoon in an M&A battle over fictional Gukbo Soju during the 1997 IMF crisis, loosely based on the real Jinro sale; released May 30, 2025 by Showbox.
Billy Knight (film)
Billy Knight (2025) is an American drama, the feature directorial debut of Alec Griffen Roth, starring Al Pacino, Charlie Heaton, and Diana Silvers. It premiered August 8, 2025 at Rhode Island; not the basketball person.
Blue Film (2025 film)
Blue Film (2025) is Elliot Tuttle's debut queer drama thriller, also called a chamber two-hander. Camboy Aaron Eagle (Kieron Moore) takes $50,000 from masked client Hank Grant (Reed Birney), his former teacher and a convicted pedophile; premiered at Edinburgh 2025, US release May 2026.
Blue Heron (film)
Blue Heron is a 2025 Canada-Hungary drama, the feature debut of Sophy Romvari, about a Hungarian immigrant family on Vancouver Island destabilized by son Jeremy; Locarno Swatch First Feature Award winner, 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Blue Moon (2025 film)
Blue Moon (2025) is Richard Linklater's biographical comedy-drama, also called a Lorenz Hart biopic, starring Ethan Hawke as the lyricist at Sardi's on Oklahoma!'s 1943 opening night; Oscar-nominated, Sony Pictures Classics release.
Bouchra
Bouchra, originally titled For Aicha, is a 2025 adult animated feature by Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki about a queer Moroccan filmmaker in New York, made in Blender with real phone calls to her mother in Casablanca.
Boy (2025 film)
Boy is a 2025 South Korean romantic crime drama directed by Lee Sang-deok, starring Seo In-guk, about two brothers running a Texas hot spring in Pogu City.
Brides (2025 film)
Brides (2025) is a UK-Italy drama, the debut feature of director Nadia Fall, written by Suhayla El-Bushra, starring Ebada Hassan and Safiyya Ingar as British Muslim teens who run away to Syria, inspired by the 2015 Bethnal Green trio case.
Bubble & Squeak (film)
Bubble & Squeak (2025) is Evan Twohy's absurdist comedy debut, based on his play, starring Himesh Patel and Sarah Goldberg as newlyweds accused of smuggling 39 cabbages into a fictional country where they are banned; premiered in Sundance's U.S. Dramatic Competition, filmed in Estonia, Metascore 38.
Bunnylovr
Bunnylovr (小迷兔) is a 2025 American indie drama, Katarina Zhu's directorial debut, premiering in U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2025. A Chinese American camgirl (Zhu) faces a toxic client and her dying estranged father; Utopia released it theatrically April 10, 2026.
By Design (2025 film)
By Design is a 2025 American absurdist comedy-drama by Amanda Kramer, premiering in Sundance's NEXT section, in which Juliette Lewis's Camille swaps bodies with a designer chair and is liked better as furniture; Mamoudou Athie and narrator Melanie Griffith co-star.
Calle Málaga
Calle Málaga (also Calle Malaga) is a 2025 Maryam Touzani drama starring Carmen Maura as a 79-year-old Spaniard in Tangier resisting her daughter's sale of her home; Venice 2025 Audience Award winner and Morocco's 2026 Oscar submission.
Chopin, a Sonata in Paris
Chopin, a Sonata in Paris (Chopin, Chopin!) is a 2025 Polish biographical drama by Michał Kwieciński starring Eryk Kulm as Chopin in Paris 1835–1849, with a near-72-million-złoty budget and a 10 October 2025 Polish release.
Christy (2025 American film)
Christy is a 2025 American biographical sports drama directed by David Michôd. It stars Sydney Sweeney as Christy Martin, the boxer who rose to fame in the 1990s.
Christy (2025 Irish film)
Christy (2025) is Brendan Canty's debut feature, an Irish coming-of-age drama about a foster-care teenager moving in with his half-brother in Cork, starring Danny Power; distinct from the Sydney Sweeney boxing biopic of the same year.
Colours of Time (film)
Colours of Time (La Venue de l'avenir) is a 2025 French comedy-drama by Cédric Klapisch, premiered Out of Competition at Cannes, in which four cousins who inherit a Normandy house retrace their ancestor Adèle's 1895 Belle Époque Paris.
Couture (film)
Couture (Coutures) is Alice Winocour's 2025 French-American drama starring Angelina Jolie as a filmmaker diagnosed with breast cancer during Paris Fashion Week; first fictional film shot inside Chanel's atelier, premiered at TIFF 2025.
Deaf (film)
Deaf (Sorda) is a 2025 Spanish drama, Eva Libertad's debut feature, starring deaf actress Miriam Garlo as Ángela, a deaf mother-to-be with a hearing partner; Berlinale Panorama Audience Award, Málaga Golden Biznaga, three Goyas, and 2026 LUX Audience Award winner.
Devmanus (देवमानुस) (film)
Devmanus (देवमाणूस) is a 2025 Marathi crime drama directed by Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar, a remake of the Hindi film Vadh, starring Mahesh Manjrekar, Renuka Shahane, Subodh Bhave, and Siddharth Bodke; released 25 April 2025 by Luv Films.
Die My Love
Die My Love (2025) is Lynne Ramsay's psychological drama adapted from Ariana Harwicz's 2012 novel, starring Jennifer Lawrence as Grace, a new mother unraveling in rural Montana with Robert Pattinson; Cannes 2025 Competition premiere, Mubi release, Metascore 72.