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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.
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror is a 2025 documentary, also called Strange Journey, directed by Linus O'Brien, son of creator Richard O'Brien. It premiered at SXSW 2025, runs 89 minutes, and chronicles the Rocky Horror stage show, 1975 film, and midnight-screening cult phenomenon.
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.
Surviving Ohio State
Surviving Ohio State is a 2025 HBO documentary directed by Eva Orner and produced by George Clooney about Richard Strauss, the Ohio State physician who abused at least 177 male students from 1978 to 1998, and the survivors' fight for accountability.
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.
Swiped (2025 film)
Swiped (2025) is a 20th Century Studios biographical drama, also called the Whitney Wolfe Herd film, directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg with Lily James as the Tinder co-founder and Bumble founder; it premiered at TIFF September 9, 2025 and streams on Hulu from September 19, 2025.
The Betrayers (film)
The Betrayers is a 2026 Canadian-Ukrainian drama directed by David Bezmozgis, adapting his 2014 novel about Baruch Kotler, a disgraced Israeli politician and Soviet dissident who meets his KGB betrayer in Yalta; it premiered at TIFF 2026.
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 Blue Trail
The Blue Trail (O Último Azul) is Gabriel Mascaro's 2025 Brazilian dystopian drama starring Denise Weinberg as 77-year-old Tereza, who flees forced relocation to an elderly colony and journeys down the Amazon; it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at Berlinale 2025.
The Captive (2025 film)
The Captive (El cautivo), 2025 Spanish-Italian historical drama by Alejandro Amenábar about Miguel de Cervantes' 1575-1580 captivity in Algiers, starring Julio Peña and Alessandro Borghi; premiered at Toronto 2025, second most-viewed Spanish film of 2025, on Netflix January 2026.
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 Chronology of Water
The Chronology of Water (2025) is Kristen Stewart's feature directorial debut, adapted from Lidia Yuknavitch's 2011 memoir, starring Imogen Poots; premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard and released by The Forge and BFI Distribution.
The Dashed Lines
The Dashed Lines (As liñas descontinuas) is a 2025 Galician-language Spanish drama by Anxos Fazáns, her second feature, starring Mara Sánchez and Adam Prieto; premiered at Tallinn Black Nights 2025, Gijón screenplay winner.
The Dumpling Queen
The Dumpling Queen (水饺皇后) is a 2025 Chinese biographical drama directed by Andrew Lau, starring Ma Li as Zang Jianhe, the Wanchai Ferry dumpling founder; it topped the 2025 May Day box office with 1.92亿 yuan.
The Fence (film)
The Fence (Le Cri des Gardes) is Claire Denis's 2025 drama adapting Bernard-Marie Koltès's play Black Battles with Dogs, starring Isaach de Bankolé, Matt Dillon, Mia McKenna-Bruce, and Tom Blyth at a West African construction site; it premiered at TIFF 2025 and competed at San Sebastián.
The Great Arch
The Great Arch (French: L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche) is a 2025 French-Danish biographical drama directed by Stéphane Demoustier about architect Johan Otto von Spreckelsen.
The History of Sound
The History of Sound is a 2025 romantic drama directed by Oliver Hermanus, adapted by Ben Shattuck from his short story, starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor as 1917 Boston Conservatory musicians who record Maine folk songs; Cannes 2025 competition, MUBI release, Metascore 64.
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 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 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 One for the Road
The Last One for the Road (Le città di pianura) is Francesco Sossai's 2025 Italian-German road movie about two fiftysomething drinkers and a student, a Cannes Un Certain Regard premiere and eight-time David di Donatello winner.
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 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 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 Lost Bus
The Lost Bus is a 2025 Paul Greengrass survival thriller for Apple Original Films, starring Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera as real Camp Fire (2018) heroes Kevin McKay and Mary Ludwig, adapted from Lizzie Johnson's book Paradise.
The Love That Remains
The Love That Remains (Ástin Sem Eftir Er) is a 2025 Icelandic drama directed by Hlynur Pálmason, following a separated couple co-parenting their three children on the Icelandic coast.
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 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 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.
The Prince (2026 film)
The Prince (2026) is an American satirical drama directed by Cameron Van Hoy, written by David Mamet, starring Scott Haze as an addict son of a political dynasty, with Nicolas Cage, J.K. Simmons, Giancarlo Esposito, and Andy García; publicly framed around Hunter Biden but presented by its makers as nonpartisan.