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- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsSally HawkinsOctavia SpencerMichael ShannonAt a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsVicky KriepsDaniel Day-LewisLesley ManvilleSet in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.
- DirectorProsit RoyStarsAnushka SharmaParambrata ChattopadhyayRajat KapoorArnab tries to help Ruksahana, who is found under mysterious circumstances in a house. He lets her stay at his home until he discovers something strange about her.
- DirectorFabio GrassadoniaAntonio PiazzaStarsJulia JedlikowskaGaetano FernandezCorinne MusallariAgainst a heavy cloak of secrecy, a 12-year-old girl smitten with her handsome classmate ventures deeper and deeper into the enchanted Sicilian forests to find him, unaware of just how thick is the mystery behind his strange disappearance.
- DirectorAngela RobinsonStarsLuke EvansRebecca HallBella HeathcoteThe story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsMichael PittLouis GarrelEva GreenA young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsJane MarchTony Ka Fai LeungJeanne MoreauIn 1929 French Indochina, a French teenage girl embarks on a reckless and forbidden romance with a wealthy, older Chinese man, each knowing that knowledge of their affair will bring drastic consequences to each other.
- DirectorAdrian LyneStarsJeremy IronsDominique SwainMelanie GriffithAn English professor falls for a minor, and has to face the consequences of his actions.
- DirectorAndrew BirkinStarsCharlotte GainsbourgAndrew RobertsonAlice CoulthardFour children live with their terminally ill mother. After she dies, they try to hold things together. In their isolated house, they begin to deteriorate mentally, whilst they hide their mom's decomposing corpse in a makeshift concrete sarcophagus.
- DirectorMarco MartinsStarsRafael MoraisJoana de VeronaBeatriz BatardaGuilherme and Sofia, brother and sister, grow up sharing experiences and slowly discovering their sexuality. The thing that Sofia doesn't know is how far Guilherme will go to keep her inside his own perverse, dark and perfect circle.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsMaribel VerdúGael García BernalDaniel Giménez CachoIn Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.
- DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsDaniel Day-LewisJuliette BinocheLena OlinCentral Europe, 1968: A Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.
- DirectorLisa CholodenkoStarsRadha MitchellAlly SheedyPatricia ClarksonA young female intern at a small magazine company and a drug-addicted lesbian photographer slowly fall in love while exploiting each other to advance their respective careers.
- DirectorPatricia RozemaStarsPascale BussièresRachael CrawfordHenry CzernyAn uptight and conservative woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman who works at a local carnival that comes to town.
- DirectorShoojit SircarStarsVarun DhawanBanita SandhuGitanjali RaoA group of interns are going through the usual grind when suddenly an accident changes their lives. The protagonist can't get let go of it and becomes obsessed with it. What does it all lead to? Is it love or something else?
- DirectorDaisuke GotôStarsHôryû NakamuraRyôko AsagiYumeka SasakiA young widow, Noriko, lives with her senile father-in-law, Shukichi, on a farm. He believes his favorite cow, long gone, is still alive. Noriko pretends to be the cow and lets him milk her - a satisfying arrangement for them both.
- DirectorDror ZahaviStarsFlorian HeidenAlexandra SchalaudekAugust ZirnerTeen brother and sister who rarely get to see each other fall in love with one another one summer.
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsTimothée ChalametArmie HammerMichael StuhlbargIn 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsAlexandra DahlströmRebecka LiljebergErica CarlsonTwo teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
- DirectorMichael PearceStarsJessie BuckleyGeraldine JamesOliver MaltmanA troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsAnn-Sofie KylinRolf SohlmanAnita LindblomTwo teenagers fall in love over the summer, in spite of cynical and disapproving adults who dismiss their relationship as being nothing but young love.
- DirectorRoss PartridgeStarsRoss PartridgeOona LaurenceJess WeixlerWhen a man meets a young girl in a parking lot he attempts to help her avoid a bleak destiny by initiating her into the beauty of the outside world. The journey shakes them in ways neither expects.
- DirectorRobert Jan WestdijkStarsKim van KootenRomijn ConenHugo MetsersMartijn is obsessed with his younger sister Daantje and visits her to make a documentary about her. He manages to invade Daantje's life with his video camera, but soon unresolved issues from a distant past come to the surface.
- DirectorMads MatthiesenStarsKim KoldElsebeth SteentoftLamaiporn Sangmanee HougaardDennis, a painfully shy 38-year-old bodybuilder who lives with his mother, sets off to Thailand in search of love.
- DirectorPavelStarsUjaan GangulyAparajita AdhyaJoy BadlaniTracing the life and times of Nobin Chandra Das, a budding sweet maker from Kolkata. Inspired by his beloved to create a new sweet, he invents the iconic dessert, Rosogulla.
- DirectorAli AbbasiStarsEva MelanderEero MilonoffJörgen ThorssonA customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence.
- StarsPriyanshu PainyuliAnshul ChauhanGareth William LyngwaThe story revolves around the two ex-schoolmates who bump into each other while on the trip to Shillong. Priyanshu, an aspiring music composer who is in Shillong chasing the girl of a rock band accidentally meets his schoolmate Anshul Chauhan who is on a solo bike trip across northeast. Two meet unexpectedly and fall in love, or maybe they don't, but both of them have been giving some really adorable vibes.
- DirectorMaria SadowskaStarsPiotr AdamczykMagdalena BoczarskaKarolina GruszkaMichalina Wislocka, the most famous and recognized sexologist of communist Poland, fights for the right to publish her book, which will change the sex life of Polish people forever.
- DirectorBenedict AndrewsStarsRuby StokesRooney MaraRiz AhmedWhen a young woman unexpectedly arrives at her much-older former lover's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of their dark past threaten to unravel his new life. What follows is an emotional and unflinching excavation of inappropriate love, with shattering consequences.
- DirectorRohena GeraStarsTillotama ShomeVivek GomberGeetanjali KulkarniA prosperous young Indian man falls in love with his servant, a widow with the dream of becoming a fashion designer.
- DirectorOlivier Masset-DepasseStarsAnne CoesensSagamore StéveninMichel AngelyEve and Damien have formed a loving couple for seven years now. Following a tragic event, their relationship begins to run out of steam. When Eve realizes that she might lose the man of her life, she tries everything to keep him.