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It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra. It is based on the short story and booklet "The Greatest Gift", self-published by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1943, which itself is loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol.
Silver Linings Playbook
2012 film directed by David O. Russell
The Apartment
1960 film directed by Billy Wilder
The Hours
2002 film directed by Stephen Daldry
Little Miss Sunshine
2006 film by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Lethal Weapon
1987 film directed by Richard Donner
Magnolia
1999 film by Paul Thomas Anderson
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012 film directed by Stephen Chbosky
(500) Days of Summer
2009 film directed by Marc Webb
Ordinary People
1980 film by Robert Redford
Thunderbolts*
Thunderbolts* is a 2025 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the team Thunderbolts. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 36th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Jake Schreier from a screenplay by Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo, and stars an ensemble cast featuring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer, Wendell Pierce, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In the film, a group of antiheroes are
Melancholia
2011 film directed by Lars von Trier
Revolutionary Road
2008 film directed by Sam Mendes
Manchester by the Sea
2016 film by Kenneth Lonergan
Leaving Las Vegas
1995 film directed by Mike Figgis
Nymphomaniac
2013 film by Lars von Trier
Pink Floyd – The Wall
1982 British live-action/animated musical drama film
Three Colours: Blue
1993 film by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Mary and Max
2009 clay animation film directed by Adam Elliot
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969 film directed by Sydney Pollack
Pain and Glory
2019 film directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Antichrist
2009 film directed by Lars von Trier
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
2013 Japanese animated film directed by Isao Takahata
The Virgin Suicides
1999 film directed by Sofia Coppola
A Single Man
2009 film by Tom Ford
Collateral Beauty
2016 film directed by David Frankel
Written on the Wind
1956 film directed by Douglas Sirk
Two Days, One Night
2014 film directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
Red Desert
1964 film by Michelangelo Antonioni
Fall
2022 film directed by Scott Mann
About a Boy
2002 film directed by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz
Anomalisa
Anomalisa is a 2015 American adult animated film directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson from a screenplay by Kaufman, based on his 2005 audio play of the same name that explores the Fregoli delusion, a term Kaufman used as a pen name for himself. It incorporates elements of psychological drama, romantic comedy, and self-reflexive fiction, in a similar vein as Kaufman's film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Anomalisa follows the British middle-aged customer service expert Michael Stone (David Thewlis), who perceives everyone (Tom Noonan) as identical except for Lisa Hesselman (Jenni
Side Effects
2013 film directed by Steven Soderbergh
Thirteen
2003 film by Catherine Hardwicke
Spencer
2021 film directed by Pablo Larraín
Garden State
2004 film directed by Zach Braff
Interiors
Interiors is a 1978 American drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, Diane Keaton, E. G. Marshall, Geraldine Page, Maureen Stapleton, and Sam Waterston.
Aftersun
Aftersun is a 2022 semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Charlotte Wells in her feature directorial debut. Starring Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, and Celia Rowlson-Hall, the film is loosely based on Wells' childhood and follows an 11-year-old Scottish girl on holiday with her father at a Turkish resort on the eve of his 31st birthday.
The Shipping News
2001 film by Lasse Hallström
Submarine
2010 film directed by Richard Ayoade
World's Greatest Dad
2009 film by Bobcat Goldthwait
Proof
2005 film by John Madden
Synecdoche, New York
2008 film by Charlie Kaufman
The Last Unicorn
1982 American animated fantasy film
Tully
2018 film by Jason Reitman
The End of Evangelion
1997 anime film directed by Hideaki Anno
The Fire Within
1963 film by Louis Malle
The Beaver
2011 film by Jodie Foster
Dear Evan Hansen
2021 film directed by Stephen Chbosky
The Fall
2006 film by Tarsem Singh
The Fallout
2021 film directed by Megan Park
Young Adult
2011 film directed by Jason Reitman
Ziegfeld Girl
1941 film by Robert Zigler Leonard, Busby Berkeley
The King of Staten Island
2020 film by Judd Apatow
Cake
2014 film directed by Daniel Barnz
It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010 film directed by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden
Corsage
2022 film directed by Marie Kreutzer
Norwegian Wood
2010 film by Tran Anh Hung
Wristcutters: A Love Story
2006 film directed by Goran Dukić
Veronika Decides to Die
2009 film by Emily Young