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Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) is Joel Alfonso Vargas's 2025 debut drama about a Bronx nutcracker seller facing fatherhood; Sundance premiere, Oscilloscope release, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Meet, Greet & Bye
Meet, Greet & Bye is a 2025 Star Cinema Philippine family drama directed by Cathy Garcia-Sampana, starring Maricel Soriano, Piolo Pascual, Joshua Garcia, Belle Mariano, and Juan Karlos Labajo; a cancer-stricken K-drama fan's children grant her wish to meet her idol.
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3 (Mirrors No. 3) is Christian Petzold's 2025 German drama, premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight, starring Paula Beer as a piano student taken in by Barbara Auer's Betty after a fatal car crash; titled after Ravel.
Montreal, My Beautiful
Montreal, My Beautiful (Montréal, ma belle) is a 2025 Canadian queer drama by Xiaodan He starring Joan Chen as Feng Xia, a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant in Montreal who falls for a younger Québécoise woman, Camille (Charlotte Aubin). Premiered at Festival du nouveau cinéma, released February 13, 2026.
My Father's Shadow
My Father's Shadow (2025), Akinola Davies Jr.'s debut drama co-written with Wale Davies, follows two boys and their estranged father through Lagos during the 1993 election crisis; first Nigerian film in Cannes Official Selection, Caméra d'Or Special Mention, BAFTA-winning.
No! You're Wrong. or: Spooky Action at a Distance
No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance is a 2025 surrealist drama, Crispin Hellion Glover's third feature, starring Glover and his late father Bruce Glover as Muldoon family fathers and sons across 1868-1948, shot on 35mm and shown only on tour.
Olmo (film)
Olmo is a 2025 coming-of-age comedy-drama by Fernando Eimbcke and Vanesa Garnica, a US-Mexico Plan B/Teorema film set in 1979 New Mexico, premiered at Berlinale Panorama, released by Greenwich in 2026.
Omaha (film)
Omaha (2025) is an American drama and Cole Webley's feature directorial debut, written by Robert Machoian, starring John Magaro as a widowed father driving his two children from Utah to Omaha, Nebraska, after eviction; premiered at Sundance 2025.
Out of Love (2025 film)
Out of Love (Les enfants vont bien) is a 2025 French drama by Nathan Ambrosioni, his third feature, starring Camille Cottin, Juliette Armanet, and Monia Chokri. It premiered in Karlovy Vary's Crystal Globe Competition, won Best Director, and was released in France on 3 December 2025.
Pools (film)
Pools is a 2025 American comedy-drama, Sam Hayes's feature debut, starring Odessa A'zion as Kennedy, a grieving college student on a midnight pool-hopping night in Lake Forest; 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, SXSW Sydney Audience Award winner.
Rebuilding (film)
Rebuilding is a 2025 American drama by Max Walker-Silverman, starring Josh O'Connor as a Colorado rancher rebuilding life after wildfire. Sundance 2025 premiere; Bleecker Street release; also known simply as Rebuilding.
Renoir (2025 film)
Renoir (ルノワール) is a 2025 coming-of-age drama by Japanese director Chie Hayakawa, in Competition at Cannes 2025. Set in 1987 suburban Tokyo, it follows 11-year-old Fuki (Yui Suzuki) coping with her father's terminal illness; the title references Renoir's painting La Petite Irène.
Ricky (2025 film)
Ricky (2025) is Rashad Frett's feature debut drama, premiering at Sundance January 24, 2025 and winning the US Dramatic Directing Award. Stephan James stars as a 30-year-old ex-offender reentering society in Hartford, Connecticut, with Sheryl Lee Ralph; Blue Harbor released it in April 2026.
Romería (film)
Romería is Carla Simón's 2025 Spanish-German drama, third in her autobiographical trilogy after Summer 1993 and Alcarràs. It premiered in Competition at Cannes 2025, follows 18-year-old Marina seeking her father's death certificate in Vigo, and earned 6 Goya 2026 nominations.
Rosemead (film)
Rosemead is a 2025 American drama, Eric Lin's directorial debut, starring Lucy Liu as a terminally ill immigrant mother protecting her schizophrenic son; based on Frank Shyong's 2017 LA Times article about Lai Hang.
Sentimental Value
Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi) is Joachim Trier's 2025 Norwegian family drama starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning; it won the 2025 Cannes Grand Prix and Norway's first Best International Feature Oscar.
Sirāt (صراط)
Sirāt (صراط) is a 2025 Spain-France road movie by Oliver Laxe, starring Sergi López, about a father and son searching Moroccan desert raves for a missing daughter. It won the ex-aequo Cannes Jury Prize and Cannes Soundtrack Award and earned 2026 Oscar nominations for Best International Feature and Best Sound.
Sorry, Baby (2025 film)
Sorry, Baby is a 2025 A24 comedy-drama, the debut feature written, directed by, and starring Eva Victor as Agnes, a New England professor recovering from sexual assault; Sundance Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award winner, 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sound of Falling
Sound of Falling (In die Sonne schauen) is a 2025 German drama by Mascha Schilinski about four girls on the same Altmark farm across a century; it won the 2025 Cannes Jury Prize and was Germany's 2026 Oscar submission.
Squali
Squali (Sharks) is a 2025 Italian coming-of-age drama, Daniele Barbiero's debut, adapted from Giacomo Mazzariol's novel Gli squali, starring Lorenzo Zurzolo and James Franco, released 16 October 2025; distinct from Alberto Rizzi's 2024 film of the same title.
Steve (2025 film)
Steve (2025) is a Netflix drama directed by Tim Mielants, adapted by Max Porter from his novella Shy, starring Cillian Murphy as a 1990s reform-school headteacher; premiered at TIFF, released September 19, 2025.
Sundays (film)
Los domingos (Sundays) is a 2025 Spanish drama by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa about 17-year-old Ainara, who wants to become a cloistered nun. It won the San Sebastián Golden Shell and five Goya Awards in 2026.
Sweetheart (2025 film)
Sweetheart (Gioia mia) is a 2025 Italian family drama, Margherita Spampinato's feature debut, starring Marco Fiore and Aurora Quattrocchi. It premiered at Locarno 2025, winning the CINÉ+ Special Jury Prize and a Best Performance Pardo, and won two 2026 David di Donatello awards.
The Birthday Party (2025 film)
The Birthday Party (2025) is Miguel Ángel Jiménez's drama-thriller starring Willem Dafoe as Greek tycoon Marcos Timoleon, adapted from Panos Karnezis's 2007 novel, premiering at Locarno 2025; distinct from Léa Mysius's 2026 Cannes film of the same title.
The Kidnapping of Arabella
The Kidnapping of Arabella (Il rapimento di Arabella) is Carolina Cavalli's 2025 Italian drama in which Benedetta Porcaroli's Holly runs off with a girl she believes is her younger self; Venice Orizzonti Best Actress winner, co-starring Chris Pine.
The Last Blossom
The Last Blossom (ホウセンカ, Housenka) is a 2025 Japanese anime film by ODDTAXI creators Baku Kinoshita and Kazuya Konomoto, made by Studio CLAP: a dying yakuza reminisces with a talking balsam flower; premiered at Annecy 2025, released by GKIDS in 2026.
The Last Rodeo
The Last Rodeo is a 2025 Angel Studios drama directed by Jon Avnet, starring and co-written by Neal McDonough as retired bull rider Joe Wainwright, who reenters the PBR Legends Competition to fund his grandson's surgery; released May 23, 2025.
The Light (2025 film)
The Light (Das Licht) is Tom Tykwer's 2025 German drama, Berlinale opening film, about the fractured Berlin family Engels and the mysterious Syrian housekeeper Farrah; 162 minutes, released 20 March 2025.
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (La misteriosa mirada del flamenco) is Diego Céspedes' 2025 Chilean-French feature debut: 1982 desert mining town, queer family blamed for a gaze-spread disease, Cannes Un Certain Regard Grand Prix winner and Chile's 2026 Oscar submission.
The President's Cake
The President's Cake (كعكة الرئيس) is Hasan Hadi's 2025 Iraqi debut drama: nine-year-old Lamia must bake Saddam Hussein's mandatory birthday cake under 1990s sanctions. It won Cannes' Caméra d'Or and was Iraq's Oscar-shortlisted entry.