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Santosh, India 2024: Recently-widowed Santosh takes on her husband’s job as a police officer and, working with a more experienced colleague, investigates the death of a local Dalit girl.
The Teachers’ Lounge, Germany 2023
An idealistic young teacher finds herself in a difficult position balancing the demands of her peers, her pupils and their parents in a gripping and thought-provoking German drama portraying the school as a microcosm of a society’s culture wars.
I'm Still Here, Portuguese and French 2024
One afternoon in 1971, Rubens Paiva, a former congressman and outspoken critic of Brazil's newly instituted military dictatorship, was taken from his home in Rio de Janeiro by government officials, told nothing more than that he must give a "deposition" to authorities, and disappeared.
Vermiglio, Italy 2024
1944, Vermiglio, a remote mountain village. The arrival of Pietro, a deserter, into the family of the local teacher, and his love for the teacher's eldest daughter, will change the course of everyone's life.
The Holdovers (2024) USA
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school remains on campus during Christmas break to babysit a handful of students with nowhere to go. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War.
American Fiction (2024) USA
American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, it follows a frustrated African-American novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical "black" books, only for it to be mistaken for serious literature and published to high sales and critical praise.
There's Still Tomorrow (2024) Italy
In this moving comedic drama set in postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life. An Italian box office phenomenon and winner of six Italian Academy Awards.
La Chimera (2024) Italy
La Chimera is a whimsical Italian comedy-drama. Arthur, an archaeologist turned grave robber, decides to visit his former girlfriend's mother in Italy after getting out of jail. However, he reconnects with his crew and starts robbing graves again.
Crossing (2024) English, Swedish, Turkish, Georgian
Lia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever.
Levan Akin's Crossing offers a culturally representative immersive experience in Istanbul, Turkey.
Anora (2024) USA
Anora is a 2024 American romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Sean Baker. A young stripper from Brooklyn meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Emilia Perez (2024) Latin American Spanish
Emilia Pérez (Latin American Spanish: [eˈmilja ˈpeɾes]) is a 2024 Spanish-language French musical crime film written and directed by Jacques Audiard. It is based on Audiard's opera libretto of the same name, which he loosely adapted from a chapter of the 2018 novel Écoute by French writer Boris Razon. milia Perez (2024)
A Mexican cartel leader retains a struggling attorney to help him fake his own death and help him transition as a woman, fulfilling his life long desire.
A Real Pain (2025) English, Polish
A Real Pain is a 2024 comedy-drama film written and directed by and starring Jesse Eisenberg.[7] An international co-production between Poland and the United States, the film stars Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin as mismatched cousins who reunite for a Jewish heritage tour through Poland in honor of their late grandmother, but tensions between them surface amidst the backdrop of their family history
Nickel Boys (2025) USA
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men.
Elwood Curtis' college dreams are shattered when he's sentenced to Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory in the Jim Crow South. Clinging to his optimistic worldview, Elwood strikes up a friendship with Turner, a fellow Black teen who dispenses fundamental tips for survival.
September 5 (2024) English and German
September 5 is a 2024 German historical drama thriller film directed, co-written, and produced by Tim Fehlbaum. The ensemble cast includes Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, and Leonie Benesch. The film chronicles the Munich massacre of 1972 from the perspective of the ABC Sports crew and their coverage of the events.[4] September (2025)
The film received nominations for Best Original Screenplay at the 97th Academy Awards, and Best Motion Picture – Drama at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards.
Sister Midnight (2025) Hindi
Sister Midnight is a 2024 dark comedy film directed and written by Karan Kandhari in his directorial debut. In Mumbai, an arranged marriage spirals into darkness as the spineless husband watches his wife morph into a ruthless, feral force within their marital confines.
Kingdom (2025) Telugu
Kingdom is a 2025 Indian Telugu-language spy action thriller film written and directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri.A cop haunted by his brother's disappearance accepts a covert mission to infiltrate a crime syndicate, but discovers its leader is a man from his past.
Deliver Me From Nowhere (Springsteen biopic) (2025) USA
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere is a 2025 American biographical musical drama film starring Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen. Written and directed by Scott Cooper
The Mastermind (2025) USA
The Mastermind is a 2025 heist film written and directed by Kelly Reichardt. It stars Josh O'Connor, Alana Haim, Hope Davis, John Magaro, Gaby Hoffmann and Bill Camp. Set in 1970, the film follows a struggling family man who plots to steal art from a suburban museum while the US rages over the Vietnam War.
It Was just An Accident (2025)
It Was an Accident is a 2025 thriller film written and directed by Jafar Panahi. The film is a co-production between Iran, France, and Luxembourg. An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor.
National Velvet (1944) USA
Mi Taylor, a former jockey mentors a young girl, Velvet Brown, groom a wild horse to win England's Grand National steeplechase. Stars Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney.
Bringing up Baby (1938) USA
A zoology professor, Dr. David Huxley, is about to be married to his assistant. Also, his four-year-old project is about to be completed, but he needs 1 million dollars. Stars Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn.
The Seed of The Sacred Fig (2024) Iran
An Iranian film from 2024. An investigating judge struggles with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran caused by the death of a young woman.
Evil does not exist (2023) Iran
Evil Does Not Exist is a 2023 Japanese drama film written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. With a cast of non-professional actors, the film follows a single father who lives in a village that is disrupted by a real estate project and the consequences its development will have to their environment.