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href="https://www.allmovie.com/artist/barry-jenkins-an18347">Barry Jenkins</a></p> <p class="movie-year"> 2016 </p> <div class="editors-rating"> <div class="allmovie-rating rating-allmovie-9">9</div> </div> </div> <div class="movie num-2 middle-left"> <a class="img-link poster-link" href="/movie/the-revenant-am12626" data-tooltip="{"id":"am12626","thumbnail":true}" title="The Revenant"> <img data-src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/12626/185/12626.jpg" alt="The Revenant" class="movie-poster lazyload" style="aspect-ratio: 0.66666666666667" onerror="this.src='https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/noimage/allmovie-no-image.png'"> </a> <p class="title"> <a href="/movie/the-revenant-am12626" data-tooltip="{"id":"am12626","thumbnail":true}" title="The Revenant"> The Revenant </a> </p> <p class="directors">Directed by <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/artist/alejandro-g-i%C3%B1%C3%A1rritu-an1453">Alejandro G. 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