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Historical and period drama films

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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.

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.

Hedda (2025 film)

Hedda (2025) is Nia DaCosta's drama adapting Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, set in 1950s England, starring Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, and Imogen Poots; premiered at TIFF, released by Amazon MGM October 22, 2025, then Prime Video October 29.

I Only Rest in the Storm

I Only Rest in the Storm (O Riso e a Faca) is Pedro Pinho's 2025 Portuguese-French-Brazilian-Romanian drama, premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard, following engineer Sérgio in Guinea-Bissau; Cleo Diára won Best Actress.

Light of the World (film)

Light of the World is a 2025 American hand-drawn animated film retelling the story of Jesus through the eyes of the Apostle John as a boy, released in September 2025.

Mother Bhumi

Mother Bhumi (地母) is a 2025 Malaysian drama by Chong Keat Aun starring Fan Bingbing as widowed farmer-healer Hong Im in 1990s Kedah; it won three Golden Horse Awards after premiering in Tokyo competition.

Orphan (2025 film)

Orphan (Árva) is László Nemes's 2025 Hungarian historical drama, set in 1957 Budapest, about Jewish boy Andor confronting a man claiming to be his father; Venice 2025 competition, Hungary's 2026 Oscar entry.

Our Share of Sand

Our Share of Sand: 2026 debut feature by Shalini Adnani (India-UK-Greece, 95 min). 12-year-old Maya returns to rural India, her father's sand-mining business, and a fatal accident; Venice Critics' Week premiere, Audience Award winner.

Pike River (film)

Pike River (2025) is a New Zealand drama directed by Robert Sarkies, starring Melanie Lynskey and Robyn Malcolm as Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse, who fought for justice after the 2010 Pike River Mine explosion killed 29 men.

Rose of Nevada

Rose of Nevada is a 2025 British time-travel drama by Mark Jenkin, starring George MacKay and Callum Turner, about a Cornish fishing boat lost 30 years that returns and takes its new crew back to 1993; premiered at Venice Orizzonti, released 2026.

Silent Friend

Silent Friend (Stille Freundin, Csendes barát) is a 2025 drama by Ildikó Enyedi about a ginkgo tree in Marburg's botanical garden linking three eras, 1908, 1972, and 2020, starring Tony Leung, Luna Wedler, and Léa Seydoux; it won the Venice FIPRESCI Prize and Marcello Mastroianni Award.

Steal Away (film)

Steal Away is Clement Virgo's 2025 Canadian-Belgian psychological thriller, adapted with Tamara Faith Berger from Karolyn Smardz Frost's Steal Away Home, starring Angourie Rice and Mallori Johnson; premiered at TIFF 2025, released theatrically in Canada July 17, 2026. Distinct from the Realm Studios Fisk Jubilee Singers project and other same-titled films.

The Choral

The Choral (2025) is a British WWI drama directed by Nicholas Hytner, written by Alan Bennett, starring Ralph Fiennes as choirmaster Dr. Henry Guthrie in Ramsden, Yorkshire, 1916; Sony Pictures Classics release, 113 minutes, TIFF 2025 premiere.

The King of Kings (2025 film)

The King of Kings (킹 오브 킹스) is a 2025 South Korean 3D animated film by Mofac Animation, the directorial debut of Seong-ho Jang, adapting Dickens' The Life of Our Lord; released by Angel Studios on April 11, 2025, it became the highest-grossing Korean film in US history.

The Last Supper (2025 film)

The Last Supper is a 2025 American faith-based drama directed by Mauro Borrelli, dramatizing Jesus's final night with his disciples, released in theaters on March 14, 2025.

The Panic

The Panic (2025) is an American period drama by Daniel Adams about the Panic of 1907, starring Cary Elwes as Charles Barney and Colm Meaney as J.P. Morgan; premiered October 16, 2025 at the Buffalo International Film Festival, US release 2026.

The Talent

The Talent (El talento) is a 2025 Spanish psychological thriller directed by Polo Menárguez, adapted from Arthur Schnitzler's 1924 novel Miss Elsa, starring Ester Expósito as cellist Elsa, with Pedro Casablanc and Mirela Balic, released in Spain September 5, 2025.

The Wizard of the Kremlin (film)

The Wizard of the Kremlin (Le Mage du Kremlin) is Olivier Assayas's 2025 political thriller, adapted from Giuliano da Empoli's novel, starring Paul Dano as spin doctor Vadim Baranov and Jude Law as Putin; premiered at Venice 2025, released 2026.

Two Prosecutors

Two Prosecutors (Два прокурора) is Sergei Loznitsa's 2025 drama, adapted from Georgy Demidov's gulag novella, about a 1937 Soviet prosecutor investigating NKVD torture; it competed at Cannes 2025 and won the Prix François Chalais.

We Shall Not Be Moved

We Shall Not Be Moved (No nos moverán) is a 2024 Mexican black-and-white debut feature by Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos, starring Luisa Huertas as a lawyer seeking her brother's 1968 Tlatelolco killer; Mexico's 98th Oscars submission and four-time Ariel winner.