Screenplay: ‘The Revenant’
In the 1820s, a frontiersman named Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Screenplay: ‘The Lady in the Van’
In 1973 London, playwright Alan Bennett (Alex Jennings) develops an unlikely friendship with Miss Shepherd (Maggie Smith), a homeless woman who lives in a van in his driveway for the next 15 years.
Screenplay: ‘Macbeth’
After murdering King Duncan (David Thewlis) and seizing the throne, Macbeth (Michael Fassbender) becomes consumed with guilt and paranoia as the tyrannical ruler of Scotland.
Screenplay: Noah Baumbach’s ‘While We’re Young’
Middle-aged filmmaker Josh Srebnick (Ben Stiller) and his wife, Cornelia (Naomi Watts), are happily married, but stuck in a rut.
Screenplay: ‘Woman In Gold’
Sixty years after fleeing Vienna, Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), an elderly Jewish woman, attempts to reclaim family possessions that were seized by the Nazis.
Screenplay: John Maclean’s Slow West
A bounty hunter (Michael Fassbender) keeps his true motive a secret from the naive Scottish teenager (Kodi Smit-McPhee) he’s offered to serve as bodyguard and guide while the youth searches for his beloved in 1800s Colorado.
Screenplay: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck’s Mississippi Grind
Convinced that his newfound friend (Ryan Reynolds) is a good-luck charm, a gambling addict (Ben Mendelsohn) takes the man on a road trip to a high-stakes poker game in New Orleans.
Screenplay: ‘I’ll See You In My Dreams’
A widow and former songstress discovers that life can begin anew at any age. With the support of three loyal girlfriends, Carol (Blythe Danner) decides to embrace the world
Screenplay: ‘Room’
Held captive for years in an enclosed space, a woman (Brie Larson) and her 5-year-old son (Jacob Tremblay) finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time
Screenplay: ‘Testament of Youth’
During World War I, Oxford University student Vera Brittain (Alicia Vikander) postpones her studies to serve as a nurse while her suitor, her brother and a secret admirer face death in the trenches.
Screenplay: Paul Weitz’ ‘Grandma’
Elle Reid (Lily Tomlin) has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when her granddaughter Sage (Julia Garner) unexpectedly shows up needing 600 dollars before sundown.
Screenplay: Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig’s ‘Mistress America’
A college freshman (Lola Kirke) cures her disappointment and loneliness by allowing herself to be pulled into the wacky schemes of her future stepsister (Greta Gerwig).
Screenplay: ‘Danny Collins’
Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can’t give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40 year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act.
Screenplay: ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’
A headstrong Victorian beauty (Carey Mulligan) has her choice of three different suitors: a sheep farmer, a dashing soldier and a prosperous, older bachelor (Michael Sheen)
Screenplay: ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’
In 1970s San Francisco, a precocious 15-year-old (Bel Powley) embarks on an enthusiastic sexual odyssey, beginning with her mother’s current lover (Alexander Skarsgård).
Screenplay: ‘Learning to Drive’
A literary agent (Patricia Clarkson) whose husband left her and a Sikh driving instructor (Ben Kingsley) on the verge of an arranged marriage find that each has something to learn from the other about starting life anew.
Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’
While racing toward the town of Red Rock in post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunter John “The Hangman” Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive prisoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh) encounter another bounty hunter (Samuel L. Jackson) and a man who claims to be a sheriff.
Screenplay: ‘Beasts of No Nation’
As civil war rages in Africa, a fierce warlord (Idris Elba) trains a young orphan (Abraham Attah) to join his group of guerrilla soldiers.
Screenplay: ‘Carol’
Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) spots the beautiful, elegant Carol (Cate Blanchett) perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department store.
Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Steve Jobs’
‘Steve Jobs’ takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter.
