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BUGONIA • Focus Features
Based on “Save the Green Planet!” by Jang Joon-hwan
Will Tracy | Writer
Yorgos Lanthimos | Director
Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ari Aster. Lars Knudsen, Miky Lee | Producers
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FRANKENSTEIN • Netflix
Based on “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley
Guillermo del Toro | Writer
Guillermo del Toro | Director
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber | Producers
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HAMNET • Focus Features
Based on “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell
Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell | Writers
Chloé Zhao | Director
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg | Producers
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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER • Warner Bros. Pictures
Based on “Vineland” by Thomas Pynchon
Paul Thomas Anderson | Writer
Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers
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TRAIN DREAMS • Netflix
Based on “Train Dreams” by Denis Johnson
Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar | Writers
Clint Bentley | Director
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler | Producers
| » BAFTA LONGLIST » AARP Movies For Grownups Award Nominee |
NUREMBERG • Sony Pictures Classics
Based on “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist” by Jack El-Hai
James Vanderbilt | Writer
James Vanderbilt | Director
Richard Saperstein, Bradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, Frank Smith, William Sherak, Benjamin Tappan, Cherilyn Hawrysh, István Major, George Freeman | Producers
| » BAFTA NOMINEE » Gotham Award Winner » British Independent Film Award Nominee |
PILLION • A24
Based on “Box Hill” by Adam Mars-Jones
Harry Lighton | Writer
Harry Lighton | Director
Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton | Producers
| » BAFTA NOMINEE » British Independent Film Award Nominee |
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND • Focus Features
Based on “The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island” by Tom Basden & Tim Key
Tom Basden, Tim Key | Writers
James Griffiths | Director
Rupert Majendie | Producer
| » BAFTA LONGLIST » Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award Nominee » Indiana Film Journalists Association Award Nominee » Puerto Rico Critics Association Award Nominee |
28 YEARS LATER • Columbia Pictures
Alex Garland | Writer
Danny Boyle | Director
Andrew Macdonald, Peter Rice, Bernie Bellew, Danny Boyle, Alex Garland | Producers
| » USC SCRIPTER AWARD NOMINEE |
Peter Hujar’s Day • Janus Films
Based on “Peter Hujar’s Day” by Linda Rosenkrantz
Ira Sachs | Writer
Ira Sachs | Director
Jonah Disend, Jordan Drake | Producers
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NO OTHER CHOICE • NEON
Based on “The Ax” by Donald Westlake
Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, Lee Ja-hye | Writers
Park Chan-wook | Director
Park Chan-wook , Jisun Back , Michèle Ray-Gavras , Alexandre Gavras | Producers
| » Chicago Film Critics Association Award Nominee » Houston Film Critics Society Award Nominee » Indiana Film Journalists Association Award Nominee » Minnesota Film Critics Association Award Nominee » North Carolina Film Critics Association Award Nominee » Pittsburgh Film Critics Association Award Runner-Up » Puerto Rico Critics Association Award Runner-Up » St. Louis Film Critics Association Award Nominee |
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY • Netflix
Based on “Knives Out” by Rian Johnson
Rian Johnson | Writer
Rian Johnson | Director
Ram Bergman, Rian Johnson, Katie McNeill | Producers
| » Gotham Award Nominee |
PREPARATION OF THE NEXT LIFE • Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios
Based on “Preparation for the Next Life” by Atticus Lish
Martyna Majok | Writer
Bing Liu | Director
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins | Producers
| » AARP Movies For Grownups Award Nominee |
DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE • Focus Features
Based on “Downton Abbey” by Julian Fellowes
Julian Fellowes | Writer
Simon Curtis | Director
Gareth Neame, Julian Fellowes, Liz Trubridge | Producers
| » San Diego Film Critics Society Award Nominee |
THE LONG WALK • Lionsgate
Based on “The Long Walk” by Stephen King
JT Mollner | Writers
Francis Lawrence | Director
Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Francis Lawrence, Cameron MacConomy | Producers
| » Indiana Film Journalists Association Award Runner-Up » Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award Nominee |
THE LIFE OF CHUCK • NEON
Based on “The Life Of Chuck” by Stephen King
Mike Flanagan | Writer
Mike Flanagan | Director
Mike Flanagan, Trevor Macy | Producers
| » Indiana Film Journalists Association Award Nominee |
THE NAKED GUN • Paramount Pictures
Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, Akiva Schaffer | Writers
Akiva Schaffer | Director
Seth MacFarlane, Erica Huggins | Producers
| » Indiana Film Journalists Association Award Nominee |
SUPERMAN • DC Studios / Warner Bros. Pictures
James Gunn | Writer
James Gunn | Director
Peter Safran, James Gunn | Producers
| » Florida Film Critics Circle Award Nominee |
LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN • GKIDS
Based on “The Character of Rain” by Amélie Nothomb
Liane-Cho Han, Aude Py, Maïlys Vallade, Eddine Noël | Writers
Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han | Directors
Henri Magalon, Edwina Liard, Claire La Combe, Nidia Santiago | Producers
| » Hawaii Film Critics Society Award Nominee |
THE HOUSEMAID • Lionsgate
Based on “The Housemaid” by Freida McFadden
Rebecca Sonnenshine | Writer
Paul Feig | Director
Todd Lieberman, Laura Allen Fischer, Paul Feig, Carly Kleinbart | Producers
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