Genre: Drama
About Time [short film]
After years of no communication, a pair of exes find themselves together once again. Unable to connect, they take an edible, which acts as a catalyst for an evening of old wounds and new revelations.
After Life (1998) (Wandâfuru raifu)
A cast of characters waiting in limbo must decide which memory they want to preserve before moving on in this fantastical and poignant drama.
After the Storm (2016) (Umi yori mo mada fukaku)
A deadbeat dad is trapped with his family waiting out a typhoon. There, the fractured clan reckons with their past as they look to an uncertain future.
All We Imagine As Light
The lives of three women living in working-class Mumbai are explored in this soulful study of the transformative power of friendship and womanhood.
Alone with You [short film] (Lewahdena)
Tensions flare between 30 year-old Nadine and her boyfriend Karim as they go to elaborate means to dispose of their used condom before her parents return home. The different cultural expectations imposed on the two become apparent, bringing unspoken conflicts to the surface.
Better Man
Based on the true story of the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams.
Black Shadow [short film] (Negra sombra)
In this short, we see a delicate and deeply moving portrait of Maria, a grieving woman. Small fragments of Maria’s life and surroundings help give the work a sense of poetry and mystery that lingers long after the end of the viewing experience.
Blitz
London, WWII. 9-year-old George, sent to the countryside by his mother, embarks on an epic journey to return home and reunite with his family.
Broker (2022)
An overwhelmed new mother partners with two baby traffickers to find the perfect well-paying parents for her infant in this heartbreaking human story.
The Brutalist
Escaping postwar Europe, a visionary architect (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost.
By the Stream (Suyoocheon)
A retired director is hired by a local university to direct a short play in this wistful meditation on regret, connection, and the creative process.
Cabo Negro
Two young queer Moroccans seek refuge and human connection as they wait at a luxury villa for a wealthy American who is nowhere to be found.
Caught by the Tides (Feng Liu Yi Dai)
In a career-spanning odyssey, Jia Zhang-Ke delivers an epic look at the romantic destiny of his perennial heroine, Qiaoquio (Zhao Tao).
Color Book
In this intimate and affecting neorealist drama, a father takes his son to his first baseball game. But a series of obstacles will test him along the way.
Compensation (1999)
Newly restored, this bold, original Chicago drama follows two love stories, set nearly a century apart, that echo each other in salient ways.
Conclave
During the secretive process of selecting a new Pope, a Cardinal finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the foundation of the Church.
Ghost Trail (Les Fantômes)
A Syrian exile in France hunts the man responsible for torturing him — and countless other political prisoners — in a tension-filled game of cat and mouse.
The Girl with the Needle (Pigen med nålen)
Karoline, a pregnant factory worker in post-WW1 Copenhagen, accepts a job at an adoption agency where she uncovers a terrible secret.
Go in Peace [short film] (Al nan la paix)
When Evens and his mom planned a trip to the consulate office, they were hoping for a quick errand. They end up waiting hours to learn the status of Evens’ travel documents, and everyone in the overcrowded waiting room grows more aggravated — and interconnected — with each other.
Grand Tour
1917. A British civil servant flees his post in Burma to avoid his fiancee. Undeterred, she embarks on a journey across Asia to find him.
Happy Holidays
A minor car accident triggers a cascading chain of events exposing lies and unspoken truths in this panoramic portrait of a patriarchal society.
Hard Truths
Legendary British filmmaker Mike Leigh directs this fierce, compassionate, and darkly humorous study of family and the thorny ties that bind us.
Harvest
A medieval English village is threatened when a nefarious landowner makes plans for profit-driven agriculture in this breathtaking atmospheric fable.
Here
The director, writer and stars of Forrest Gump reunite for an emotional journey through generations of human experience.
Honeymoon [short film]
Two best friends, Fay and Sandra, go on a road trip across Greece as one makes plans to leave everything behind and move to France. After a transphobic attack by a former acquaintance, the two end up traveling by different means as the limits of their friendship, flirtation, and intimacy are tested.
I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui)
Brazil, 1971. Amid a military dictatorship, a mother of five is forced to reinvent herself after a violent and arbitrary act by the authorities.
The Kingdom (Le Royaume)
A teenager’s bond with her outlaw father is tested during a hot Coriscan summer in this heart-pounding coming-of-age thriller.
The Knife
After an African-American father confronts an intruder in his home, his actions spark a tense and confrontational investigation with far-reaching consequences.
Lana [short film]
As Lana grapples with finding her own voice while living under the roof of a strict parent, her real-world responsibilities get heavier. With her father’s immigration status under increasing scrutiny, she’s forced to imagine a new view of her family and herself.
Like Father, Like Son (2013) (Soshite chichi ni naru)
A couple learns that, due to a hospital mix-up years ago, they must welcome their unknown biological son — and bid farewell to the boy they’ve long loved.
The Man Without a Past (2002) (Mies vailla menneisyyttä)
In this touching deadpan comedy, a welder, who finds himself in Helsinki and experiencing total amnesia, sets out to rebuild his life with a ragtag group of outsiders.
Memoir of a Snail
In this unique stop-motion animation, a melancholy misfit recounts the tragic but beautiful tale of her life to her pet snails.
Misericordia (Miséricorde)
Jérémie returns to his sleepy hometown to attend a funeral. When a mysterious disappearance disturbs the community, a cloud of suspicion begins to form.
My Favourite Cake (Keyke Mahboobe Man)
Widowed Mahin, 70, lives alone in Tehran. Out to tea one afternoon, she’s inspired to break from her routine and revitalize her love life.
My Sunshine
Coached by a former skating champion, two school children train as an ice dancing duo and navigate a blossoming bond in this gentle coming-of-age tale.
Nickel Boys
Based on the award-winning novel, the film chronicles the powerful friendship between two Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of a reform school in Florida.
Nobody Knows (2004) (Daremo shiranai)
When their mother disappears, a young boy and his three siblings must figure out how to get by on their own in this at once heartfelt and heartbreaking drama.
O [short film]
A lonely man struggles to hide his alcohol addiction during an important reunion with an estranged loved one. A naturalistic and unflinching glimpse into one man’s inner turmoil, this stark and intimate portrait is told with profound humanity.
Okie
When a famous novelist returns to his rural Illinois hometown, he receives a mixed welcome that’s equal parts admiration and resentment.
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
On an empty road in the night, Shula stumbles across her uncle’s dead body. As his funeral begins, family secrets prompt a reckoning.
The Package (1989)
Gene Hackman and Tommy Lee Jones star in this densely plotted, Chicago-set thriller about an army veteran who becomes a pawn in a sprawling conspiracy.
Peacock
In need of a “cultured boyfriend”? A “perfect son”? Matthias is available for rent in this incisive comedy that levels up the “rent-a” genre.
The Piano Lesson
A family clash over an heirloom piano explodes. The battle between brother and sister — one hopes to sell it, the other refuses to give it up — unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived and who defines a family legacy.
The Quiet Son (Jouer avec le feu)
When his sons’ paths begin to radically diverge, a father must figure out how to love and support them both in this intimate, urgent family drama.
The Return
After 20 years away, Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) returns home to win back his queen (Juliette Binoche) and kingdom from a group of power-hungry suitors.
The Return of the Projectionist (Le Retour du projectionniste)
In rural Azerbaijan, an aging projectionist teams up with an aspiring young filmmaker to bring movies back to their small town.
Rita
Seen through the eyes of 7-year-old Rita, a mother (Paz Vega) struggles to protect her children in this poignant look at innocence and violence in the home.
The Room Next Door
In Almodóvar’s latest exquisite look at women’s inner lives, Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton star as old friends whose relationship is put to the test.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
When Iman’s handgun mysteriously goes missing, he reaches a breaking point in this tense domestic drama crossed with a paranoid political thriller.
Shoplifters (2018) (Manbiki kazoku)
A tight-knit unit of petty thieves and outsiders comes together to shelter an abandoned child, but an unforeseen incident threatens to tear apart their newfound family.
Sicilian Letters (Iddu)
After serving time, a corrupt politician is enlisted by Italy’s secret service to take down Sicily’s last godfather using only handwritten letters.
Small Things Like These
Cillian Murphy delivers a powerhouse performance as a devoted family man who wrestles with speaking out in the face of wrongdoing in his small town.
Space Coast [short film]
A group of friends come to terms with the end of childhood in a dying tourist town home to the former space program.
Space Plug [short film]
A baby is born into a mysterious white room in outer space. There, they grow up nourished by an extraterrestrial creature, but plagued by a desperate desire to break free. Deeply unnerving and wildly inventive, this one-of-a-kind sci-fi journey bursts with style and intrigue.
The Sparrow in the Chimney
Still grieving the death of her overbearing mother, Karen hosts a family gathering that turns fiery as the ghosts of her past reveal themselves.
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
A Black CIA agent secretly uses his training to lead a guerrilla army against the U.S. government in a powerful tale of resistance and liberation.
Suçuarana
Wandering in search of her mother’s homeland, a woman forms an unlikely bond with workers in an abandoned factory in this mystical road movie.
Super Happy Forever
A heartbroken Sano returns to the seaside resort where he fell in love with his wife five years earlier in this unconventional, affecting romance.
The Damp Season [short film]
In this drama about family ties, a young girl comes across the teenaged version of her immigrant mother from whom she has long been estranged. A newfound empathy for her mother leads them to reconnect.
The Museum [short film]
After being offered the chance to showcase his art in Chicago’s most famous museum, a black sculptor reflects on decades of rejection. Elliot’s film is a melodic portrayal of the bias of history, and the institutions that control its interpretations.
To a Land Unknown
Stranded in Athens, displaced Palestinian cousins devise a dark scheme in order to reach Germany and start a new life.
Toxic (Akiplėša)
In a small industrial town, two 13-year-old girls enroll in a modeling school where they are confronted with extreme, impossible beauty standards.
Transamazonia
A healer and her evangelist father are at the center of a conflict between an indigenous community and illegal loggers in this mystical eco-thriller.
Transplant
Whiplash meets Grey’s Anatomy in this intense psychological drama about an ambitious Korean-American resident training under a notorious heart surgeon.
Universal Language (Une Langue Universelle)
Three overlapping stories set in a surreal, not-too-distant future create a deadpan picture of life in Winnipeg that’s both hilarious and heartwarming.
Unstoppable
This inspiring drama follows Anthony Robles, who was born with one leg but whose unbreakable resolve empowered him to defy the odds and pursue his dreams.
Vermiglio
Set amid the majestic Italian Alps, this intimate drama chronicles a year in the life of a young war bride and her sisters in the wake of WWII.
Viet and Nam
Coal miners in love find solace in one another as a mother searches for her husband’s remains in this haunting tale of longing and memory.
The Village Next to Paradise
The humble dreams of a group of Somali misfits form the backbone of this gentle, gorgeously realized ode to the persistence of life in the face of death.
Vox Humana [short film]
Speculation surrounds a man who lives in the forest. Some believe that he may be the cause of several recent natural disasters. A zoologist arrives to speak to him in hopes of reaching an understanding.
Vulcanizadora
Middle-aged buddies walk in the woods towards an unknown destination. Are these overgrown adolescents blowing off steam, or is something darker afoot?
We Are Not Alone [short film]
A young Nigerian immigrant enlists the help of a stranger to communicate with an extraterrestrial vessel approaching Earth that may hold the promise of taking her away from a lonely world. With stunningly creative visuals, this beautiful sci-fi drama displays a deeply compassionate understanding of the unfulfilled promises and unexpected connections of the immigrant experience.
When the Light Breaks (Ljósbrot)
A group of art students reckon with a sudden, inexplicable loss over the course of a long Icelandic summer day.
Who Do I Belong To (Mé el Aïn)
An isolated village in northern Tunisia is beset by strange events when matriarch Aicha’s son returns from war with a mysterious pregnant bride.