Film-Forward

Biopic

Hidden Figures

It’s the triumphant historical drama we all need right now.

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

The three-person dynamic involving Wonder Woman creator William Marston; his wife, Elizabeth; and their assistant-turned-mutual lover, Olive Byrne.

13 Minutes

How many alternative history stories have there been of the attempts to assassinate Hitler?

The Lost City of Z

The adaptation of David Grann’s 2009 nonfiction best seller centers on Percy Fawcett, the British mapmaker who searched for an ancient city that he believed thrived with advanced technology.

A Quiet Passion

A biopic of Emily Dickinson that delves into the poet’s life of self-restraint. It’s not just a character study but a look at a bygone era.

The Founder

The biopic of businessman Roy Kroc, a movie that, like fast food, faithfully follows a recipe.

Jackie

An equally straightforward title for this biopic could be Deconstructing Jackie.

Loving

In so many ways, Loving is this year’s Spotlight, another re-creation of the righting of a wrong—the movies focus on different issues but have a similarly hushed, just-the-facts, plainspoken approach.

Neruda | NYFF 2016

Chilean director Pablo Larraín turns a standard biopic inside out in this stylish thriller with a literary bent.