Women Talking (2022)
Drama
Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
Starring: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Frances McDormand, Ben Whishaw
Director: Sarah Polley
Amiko / This Is Amiko / Kochira Amiko (2022)
Drama
Amiko isn't like other children. Her endless energy and curious eccentricities make her an outcast at school and get her in trouble at home. When a painful family loss disrupts her seemingly idyllic seaside life, her sense of isolation intensifies, yet it doesn't stop Amiko from inviting people into her world.
Starring: Osawa Kana, Arata Iura, Machiko Ono
Director: Yusuke Morii
Aftersun (2022)
Drama
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.
Starring: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Sally Messham
Director: Charlotte Wells
The Long Shadow (2019)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A young female Sheriff's Deputy in rural Louisiana takes on her town's old money establishment when the woman she loves – an attorney fighting to stop a rail deal that threatens to displace the town's poor – is murdered.
Starring: Aasha Davis, Yetide Badaki, Jim Klock, Linc Hand, Teri Wyble, Tess Harper
Director: Daniel Lafrentz
The Fish Tale / Sakana no ko (2022)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
Elementary school student Mibou's daily revolves around his love for fish. He sees, draws, and eats them every day. His father is worried about Mibou, because he seems different from other kids. His mother, in contrast, watches him warmly and supports him. Even after Mibou becomes a high school student, he still only thinks about fish. He is also on good terms with a neighborhood thug and gets attention from people. Soon, Mibou begins to live alone. He meets many different people and somehow gets affection from them. He also takes the only path he can go.
Starring: Non, Yûya Yagira, Kaho, Hayato Isomura, Amane Okayama, Hiroki Miyake, Haruka Igawa, Sakana-Kun
Director: Shûichi Okita
Empire of Light (2022)
Drama | Romance
A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.
Starring: Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones, Colin Firth, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie
Director: Sam Mendes
The Sparring Partner / Jing yi wui long (2022)
Crime | Drama
Based on a shocking case in real life, a young man partners with his friend to murder and dismember his parents. Pleading not guilty to the crime, defense attorneys face each other as nine jurors grapple with the truth.
Starring: Yeung Wai-lun, Pui Tung Mak, David Siu, Michael Chow, Jan Lamb, Gloria Yip
Director: Ho Cheuk-Tin
Dukhtar / Daughter (2014)
Drama | Thriller
In the mountains of Pakistan, a mother and her ten-year-old daughter flee their home on the eve of the girl's marriage to a tribal leader. A deadly hunt for them begins.
Starring: Samiya Mumtaz, Mohib Mirza, Saleha Aref, Asif Khan, Ajab Gul, Adnan Shah
Director: Afia Nathaniel
The Lost Daughter (2021)
Drama
A woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.
Starring: Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Jessie Buckley, Ed Harris, Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Bathory / Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008)
Biography | Drama | Fantasy | History
With an unquenchable thirst for blood, Countess Elizabeth Bathory was one of the most prolific serial killers in history.
Starring: Anna Friel, Karel Roden, Vincent Regan, Hans Matheson, Franco Nero, Anthony Byrne
Director: Juraj Jakubisko
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
Biography | Drama | Music
Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she has a tumultuous affair.
Starring: Andra Day, Leslie Jordan, Natasha Lyonne, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Kevin Hanchard
Director: Lee Daniels
The Strays (2023)
Drama | Thriller
A Black woman's meticulously crafted life of privilege starts to unravel when two strangers show up in her quaint suburban town.
Starring: Ashley Madekwe, Jorden Myrie, Bukky Bakray, Samuel Paul Small, Maria Almeida, Justin Salinger
Director: Nathaniel Martello-White
Riverside Mukolitta / Kawapperi Mukolitta (2021)
Drama | Family
Takeshi Yamada arrives in a small village in the Hokuriku region. There, he begins to work at a small factory which makes shiokara. Through the introduction of the CEO of the factory, he begins to live in at an old and cheap apartment building. One day, his apartment building neighbor Kozo Shimada visits Takeshi and asks to take a bath in his bathroom. Since then, Takeshi begins to make relations with the residents at the apartment building and he becomes friends with Kozo. Later, Kozo learns the secret on why Takeshi came to the village.
Starring: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Tsuyoshi Muro, Hikari Mitsushima, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Noriko Eguchi, Tasuku Emoto
Director: Naoko Ogigami
The Countess / La comtesse (2009)
Biography | Drama | History | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.
Starring: Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt, Anamaria Marinca, Sebastian Blomberg, Charly Hübner
Director: Julie Delpy
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
Biography | Drama | Music
A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
Starring: Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders, Tamara Tunie, Nafessa Williams, Clarke Peters
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Splendid Isolation (2022)
Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Not much is known about the catastrophe Anna and Hannah have escaped from or the efforts they have made to reach the desolate island. Once they find an abandoned house in the dunes, and water, Anna goes back to her routine of caring for Hannah. Distance is both a necessity and a torture for Anna and Hannah, who are lovers. Hannah's fragile condition reminds the two women that their time together is coming to an end. One day Hannah sees someone on the beach. A bitter fate hits the women. The intruder is Death, who followed them to the island.
Starring: Anneke Sluiters, Khadija El Kharraz Alami, Abke Haring
Director: Urszula Antoniak
Devotion (2022)
Action | Drama | War
A pair of U.S. Navy fighter pilots risk their lives during the Korean War and become some of the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.
Starring: Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell, Christina Jackson, Thomas Sadoski, Daren Kagasoff, Joe Jonas
Director: J.D. Dillard
Sharper (2023)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Motivations are suspect, and expectations are turned chaos, as a con artist takes on Manhattan billionaires.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith, Briana Middleton, John Lithgow
Director: Benjamin Caron
Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
Based on the true story about long-married couple Jerry and Marge Selbee, who win the lottery and use the money to revive their small town.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Annette Bening, Rainn Wilson, Larry Wilmore, Michael McKean, Ann Harada
Director: David Frankel
Bones and All (2022)
Drama | Horror | Romance
Maren, a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society.
Starring: Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, Michael Stuhlbarg, André Holland, Chloë Sevigny
Director: Luca Guadagnino
