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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.
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.
Out Standing
Out Standing (Seule au front) is a 2025 Canadian biographical drama by Mélanie Charbonneau, adapted from Sandra Perron's memoir, about Canada's first female infantry officer and her 1995 resignation; it premiered at TIFF 2025 and won a Canadian Screen Award for Adapted Screenplay.
Peter Hujar's Day
Peter Hujar's Day is a 2025 Ira Sachs film starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, recreating verbatim a 1974 taped interview between photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz, adapted from her 2021 book.
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.
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.
Preparation for the Next Life (film)
Preparation for the Next Life is Bing Liu's 2025 romantic drama debut, adapted from Atticus Lish's PEN/Faulkner-winning novel, starring Sebiye Behtiyar and Fred Hechinger as an undocumented Uyghur immigrant and a PTSD-suffering US veteran in New York.
Primavera (film)
Primavera (2025) is an Italian-French historical drama, Damiano Michieletto's feature debut, freely based on Tiziano Scarpa's Stabat Mater. Tecla Insolia plays orphan violinist Cecilia opposite Michele Riondino's Vivaldi at Venice's Ospedale della Pietà; released 25 December 2025, it won the Chicago Audience Award and four David di Donatello Awards.
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.
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.
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.
Rule Breakers (film)
Rule Breakers is a 2025 Angel Studios drama directed by Bill Guttentag about Roya Mahboob and the Afghan Dreamers, Afghanistan's first all-girls robotics team, released March 7, 2025, starring Nikohl Boosheri and Ali Fazal.
Run to You (전력질주) (film)
Run to You (전력질주), 2025 South Korean sports drama directed by Lee Seung-hoon, starring Ha Seok-jin, Lee Shin-young, and TWICE's Dahyun; inspired by Kim Kuk-young's 10.07s national 100m record, released 10 September 2025 at Lotte Cinema.
Saipan (film)
Saipan (2025) is an Irish-British sports drama by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn, starring Steve Coogan as Mick McCarthy and Éanna Hardwicke as Roy Keane, dramatizing the infamous 2002 World Cup training-camp fallout, premiered at TIFF 2025, released December 2025 in Ireland.
Salvable
Salvable is a 2025 British crime drama, the debut feature of directors Bjorn Franklin and Johnny Marchetta, starring Toby Kebbell as an ageing boxer drawn into underground fighting by Shia LaBeouf's ex-convict friend; released May 2, 2025 by Lionsgate, Metascore 54.
Sarah's Oil
Sarah's Oil is a 2025 American biographical drama directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, inspired by Sarah Rector, the Oklahoma girl who became a millionaire at 11. Starring Naya Desir-Johnson and Zachary Levi; released November 7, 2025 by Amazon MGM Studios.
Satisfaction (2025 film)
Satisfaction (2025) is Alex Burunova's feature debut, a psychological drama starring Emma Laird, Fionn Whitehead, and Zar Amir Ebrahimi about composers Lola and Philip on a Greek island; SXSW 2025 premiere, Evolution Mallorca debut award.
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.
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.
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.
Soul on Fire
Soul on Fire (2025) is a Sony AFFIRM Films biographical drama directed by Sean McNamara, based on John O'Leary's memoir On Fire, about his survival of a 1987 fire that burned 100 percent of his body; released October 10, 2025, grossing $7.3 million.
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.
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere is a 2025 20th Century Studios biopic directed by Scott Cooper, starring Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen making the 1982 album Nebraska; released October 24, 2025, it earned $45.2 million worldwide.
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.
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.