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Left-Handed Girl
Left-Handed Girl (左撇子女孩) is a 2025 Taiwanese drama, Shih-Ching Tsou's solo directorial debut co-written and edited by Sean Baker, about a Taipei night-market family and a left-handed girl's 'devil hand'; Cannes Critics' Week, Netflix, Taiwan's 98th Oscars entry.
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.
Little Trouble Girls
Little Trouble Girls (Kaj ti je deklica) is Urška Djukić's 2025 Slovenian debut drama about 16-year-old Lucija's sexual awakening at a Catholic choir convent retreat; Berlin FIPRESCI winner and Slovenia's 98th Oscar submission.
Living the Land
Living the Land (生息之地) is a 2025 Chinese rural family drama written and directed by Huo Meng, about a ten-year-old boy left with his uncle in 1991 Henan.
Long Day's Journey into Night (2025 film)
Long Day's Journey into Night (2025) is Jonathan Kent's film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play, starring Jessica Lange (Mary Tyrone, reprising her Tony-winning Broadway role) and Ed Harris (James Tyrone), with Ben Foster and Colin Morgan; premiered at Dublin 2025, released by Quiver in 2026.
Lost Land
Lost Land (LOST LAND／ロストランド, Hara Watan) is a 2025 drama by Japanese director Akio Fujimoto, the first Rohingya-language feature, following two siblings from a Bangladesh refugee camp toward Malaysia; it won the Orizzonti Special Jury Prize at Venice 2025.
Love Me Tender (2025 film)
Love Me Tender (2025) is a French drama by Anna Cazenave Cambet, adapted from Constance Debré's autofiction novel, starring Vicky Krieps as Clémence, a mother fighting a custody battle after coming out; Cannes Un Certain Regard premiere, Queer Palm nominee.
Love, Brooklyn
Love, Brooklyn is a 2025 American romantic comedy-drama, the feature debut of director Rachael Abigail Holder, starring André Holland, Nicole Beharie, and DeWanda Wise. Premiered at Sundance 2025; released by Greenwich Entertainment August 29, 2025; about love and gentrification in Brooklyn.
Lucca's World
Lucca's World (Los dos hemisferios de Lucca) is a 2025 Mexican Netflix drama directed by Mariana Chenillo, based on Bárbara Anderson's book about her son with cerebral palsy and the family's journey to India for experimental Cytotron treatment.
Lucky Lu
Lucky Lu (幸福之路) is a 2025 drama, Lloyd Lee Choi's feature debut, starring Chang Chen as a New York Chinese delivery rider whose e-bike is stolen days before his family arrives; it premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight.
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.
Magic Hour (2025 film)
Magic Hour is a 2025 American drama film directed by Katie Aselton, starring Aselton and Daveed Diggs. It premiered at SXSW on March 11, 2025, and was released theatrically in 2026.
Marc by Sofia
Marc by Sofia (2025) is Sofia Coppola's first documentary, a portrait of designer Marc Jacobs, her friend of 30 years, built around his Spring 2024 collection; premiered out of competition at Venice 2025, released by A24 in 2026.
Marked Men: Rule + Shaw
Marked Men: Rule + Shaw is a 2025 American romantic drama directed by Nick Cassavetes, adapted from Jay Crownover's novel Rule; it stars Chase Stokes and Sydney Taylor, released January 22, 2025, streaming on Hulu in the US.
Maserati: The Brothers
Maserati: The Brothers is a 2026 biographical drama directed by Oscar winner Bobby Moresco about the Maserati family, filmed in Bologna, Modena, and Rome's Cinecittà, starring Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino, Jessica Alba, Andy Garcia, and Michele Morrone, opening October 15, 2026 in Italy.
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.
Mother (Мајка) (2025 film)
Mother (Мајка) is Teona Strugar Mitevska's 2025 English-language drama starring Noomi Rapace as Mother Teresa during one week in August 1948 Calcutta; it opened Venice Orizzonti, won the FIPRESCI Award, and is distinct from Zornitsa Sofia's Bulgarian film Майка.
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.
Mr Burton
Mr Burton (2025) is a Welsh biographical drama directed by Marc Evans, starring Toby Jones as teacher Philip Burton and Harry Lawtey as young Richard Jenkins, later Richard Burton; UK release 4 April 2025, distinct from other Burton namesakes.
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.
Odyssey (2025 film)
Odyssey (2025 film), a British psychological thriller by Gerard Johnson, not Nolan's The Odyssey (2026). Polly Maberly plays debt-ridden London estate agent Natasha Flynn; premiered at SXSW 2025, UK release 7 November 2025, Icon Film Distribution, 110 minutes, BBFC 18.
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.
On Swift Horses
On Swift Horses is a 2024 queer romantic drama directed by Daniel Minahan, adapted from Shannon Pufahl's 2019 novel, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, and Sasha Calle; released by Sony Pictures Classics April 25, 2025.
On the End
On the End (2025) is Ari Selinger's feature debut, a comedy-drama-romance starring Tim Blake Nelson and Mireille Enos as Tom Ferreira and Freckles, a real Montauk couple fighting eviction amid gentrification.
On the Sea (film)
On the Sea (2025) is a British queer drama by Helen Walsh, her second feature after The Violators. Barry Ward plays Jack, a married North Wales mussel farmer drawn to deckhand Daniel (Lorne MacFadyen); premiered at Edinburgh 2025, UK release July 2026.
Once We Were Us
Once We Were Us (만약에 우리) is a 2025 South Korean romantic drama starring Koo Kyo-hwan and Moon Ga-young as former lovers who reunite a decade after separating.