Poll: 2018 TIFF Gala Movie You Most Want to See?

Results of 494 votes:

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   First Man (2018)

    

   Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy star in Damien Chazelle's ('LaLaLand,' 'Whiplash') depiction of the life of the first human to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong.
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   A Star Is Born (2018)

    

   Bradley Cooper stars, along with Lady Gaga and Dave Chapelle, in his directorial debut, a story of artistic struggle, music, love, fame, and personal demons.
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   Beautiful Boy (2018)

    

   Recent Oscar nominees Steve Carrell and Timothee Chalamet star in this inspiring story based on best-selling memoirs of a father and son's struggle with addiction.
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   Widows (2018)

    

   This crime thriller about a group of women who are left with the debt of their dead husbands' criminal activities face the future on their own terms. The great cast includes Viola Davis, Colin Farrell…
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   Green Book (2018)

    

   Viggo Mortensen portrays a working class bouncer who becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist (Mahershala Ali), on a musical tour of the American South during the tumultuous 1960s.
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   Outlaw King (2018)

    

   Chris Pine portrays "the Outlaw King," in this David vs. Goliath story from the director of 'Hell or High Water.'
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   Galveston (2018)

    

   Melanie Laurent directed and co-wrote this crime drama about a dying hitman (Ben Foster) who returns to his hometown to plot revenge. Also stars Elle Fanning.
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   High Life (2018)

    

   Claire Denis directs Juliette Binoche and Robert Pattinson in this story of a father and daughter living in deep space as part of a reproduction experiment.
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   Everybody Knows (2018)

    

   Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem star in this mystery about secrets surfacing when a woman returns to her hometown for a wedding.
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    Husband Material (2018)

     

    This romance, directed by the writer of Ugly (2013), is set in the state of Punjab, in India.
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    Red Joan (2018)

     

    Judi Dench plays Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy.
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    The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)

     

    Maggie Gyllenhaal and Gael García Bernal lead the cast of this drama about a teacher who becomes obsessed with one of her students who she believes is a child prodigy.
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    Life Itself (2018)

     

    The third film from Dan Fogelman, a writer for 'This Is Us,' boasts an all-star cast (Annette Bening, Oscar Isaac, and Olivia Wilde, among others) as it tells a couple's story that reverberates throug…
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    Shadow (2018)

     

    Set during China's Three Kingdom's era, this is the story of a king and his people, who will be expelled from their homeland and will aspire to claim it.
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    The Hate U Give (2018)

     

    The dichotomous worlds of a teenager weigh down on her after she witnesses a police officer fatally shoot her best friend from childhood. Anthony Mackie and Amandla Stenberg star.
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    Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy (2018)

     

    The bio-pic of a woman (Kristen Stewart) living as a celebrated author who is actually the made-up literary persona of a relative. Features an impressive cast, including Laura Dern and Jim Sturgess.
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    The Lie (2018)

     

    Mystery surrounds the details of this thriller from the creator of The Killing, Veena Sud. Stars Peter Sarsgaard, Joey King, and Mireille Enos.
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    Hidden Man (2018)

     

    The third installment in the gangster trilogy that includes 'Let The Bullets Fly' and 'Gone With The Bullets,' this film tells the story of a young swordsman in 1930s China who tries to solve a five-y…
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    The Public (2018)

     

    When an Arctic blasts lands in downtown Cincinnati, the often homeless and marginalized patrons of a public library stage a sit, with the support of some of the regular staff but against the library a…
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    The Land of Steady Habits (2018)

     

    This highly anticipated comedy-drama stars Ben Mendelsohn as a financier who quits his job and divorces his wife (Edie Falco) to escape his wealthy, stifling community. When he befriends a drug-addict…
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    What They Had (2018)

     

    This family drama features Hillary Swank and Michael Shannon as the adult children whose mother's life-threatening illness is difficult for their father to accept.