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Award-winning films and series that earned our consideration. From Oscar contenders to the shows redefining television.
Richard Gadd's searing autobiographical limited series tells the true story of a comedian stalked by a woman he showed kindness to, unraveling into a devastating exploration of trauma, complicity, and the stories we tell about ourselves.
Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winner follows Ani, a Brooklyn sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, only to have the fairytale violently dismantled when his family sends enforcers to annul the union.
Edward Berger's propulsive Vatican thriller follows Cardinal Lawrence as he oversees the most secretive election in the world, only to discover that every candidate harbors a secret capable of shaking the Church to its foundations.
The third season of FX's culinary pressure cooker follows Carmy and his team as they chase a Michelin star, pushing the boundaries of ambition and self-destruction in equal measure.
Coralie Fargeat's savage body horror follows an aging actress who discovers a black-market drug that generates a younger, better version of herself, with rules that prove impossible to follow.
Payal Kapadia's luminous Grand Prix winner follows two Malayali nurses navigating love, loneliness, and displacement in Mumbai, where the city itself becomes a character shaped by light and longing.
Brady Corbet's staggering 215-minute epic follows a Hungarian-Jewish architect who emigrates to America after World War II, only to find that the promise of reinvention comes at a devastating cost.
Jesse Eisenberg's deeply personal comedy-drama follows two mismatched cousins on a Holocaust heritage tour in Poland, where grief, humor, and family resentment collide with devastating honesty.
Denis Villeneuve completes his adaptation of Frank Herbert's masterwork with a visually staggering epic that transforms Paul Atreides from reluctant hero into something far more ambiguous and dangerous.
FX's lavish adaptation of James Clavell's novel is a masterpiece of historical drama, following an English navigator shipwrecked in feudal Japan as warring lords plot to seize supreme power.
Steven Zaillian's gorgeous black-and-white adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel follows Tom Ripley through 1960s Italy as he murders, impersonates, and improvises his way into a life he was never meant to have.
Alfonso Cuarón's hypnotic Apple TV+ limited series stars Cate Blanchett as a documentary filmmaker whose carefully constructed life unravels when a mysterious novel exposes a secret from her past.
The fourth season of Apple's espionage thriller sends Jackson Lamb and his band of disgraced spies into the murky world of Cold War legacies, proving once again that the best spy show on television is also the funniest.
HBO's ferocious finance drama returns with its most ambitious season, following Harper, Yasmin, and Robert as they navigate a post-Pierpoint world where the real currency is leverage and the stakes are existential.
Celine Song's luminous debut follows two childhood friends from Seoul who reconnect in New York decades later, exploring the space between the lives we live and the lives we might have lived.
15 picks total