Richly layered and thematically provocative, The Chumscrubber renders a portrait of the fractured and fractious quality of life in American suburbia with crystalline precision. (Newmarket Films)

When Madeleine (Davidtz), a British-born dealer in regional, "outsider" art, travels from Chicago to North Carolina to pursue a local painter for her gallery, she and her brand-new, younger husband George (Nivola) extend the trip to include an introduction to his family. Madeleine confronts the difficulty of two cultures colliding, and discovers the tumultuous outcome as these separate ways of life must coexist. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Filmed along Australia's breathtakingly beautiful Hawkesbury River, Anna Reeves' deliciously surprising Oyster Farmer is a comedy about love, community and freshly shucked oysters. [Cinema Guild]

Alone and self-sufficient since childhood, Tony shuns emotions as illogical and immature. After finding his true vocation as a technical illustrator, he becomes fascinated with Eiko, whom he marries. His life changes, he feels vibrantly alive, and for the first time, he understands and fears loneliness. But when Eiko's all consuming obsession for designer clothes ends in tragedy, Tony finds himself alone again, sitting in his wife's closet, gazing at her treasured couture pieces, the whispering ghosts of her soul. Finally, Tony places an ad in the paper searching for a woman who fits Eiko's measurements perfectly. (Strand Releasing)

Based on the international best-seller, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is set in the early 1970's during the later stages of China's "Cultural Revolution," as two city-bred teenage best friends, Luo (Kun Chen) and Ma (Ye Liu), are sent to a backward mountainous region for Maoist re-education. (Empire Pictures)

A valentine to 70s Chinese cinema - from Bruce Lee mania and Chang Cheh kungfu flicks to the Taiwanese melodrama tearjerkers - Riley Ip's Just One Look evokes a time past with a loving eye for details and an infectious sense of wonderment. (Asian Cinevision)

The redemptive story of a streetwise Memphis hustler trying to find his voice and realize his long-buried dreams. (Paramount Classics / MTV Films)

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall -- London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night’s end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages (familiar to anyone who's ever been in love) unfold in counterpoint to the nine live-concert songs of the story's title. (Tartan Films)

Three young German radicals enjoy breaking into the homes of the wealthy as an act of political rebellion. When they are forced to deal with a businessman who has caught them in the act, the trio makes a rash decision and their futures are quaked. Ideals are tested as generations collide, passions rage, and loyalties shatter. (IFC Films)

Last Days is filmmaker Gus Van Sant's fictional meditation on the inner turmoil that engulfs a brilliant, but troubled musician in the final hours of his life. (Picturehouse)

November is a psychological thriller exploring a woman's struggle to transcend trauma through a surreal blend of emotion and memory. The narrative and visual style are comprised of dreamlike moments and images stemming from her subjective experience, blurring the line between reality and the unconscious. (Sony Pictures Classics)

An homage to Akira Kurosawa's debut film, the inspirational judo saga "Sanshiro Sugata," Throwdown is equal parts rousing sports film, tragedy, gangster thriller, buddy movie, love story, and urban rhapsody. (Anthology Film Archives)

Don Roos deftly weaves together multiple stories to create a sharp, witty look at love, family and the sheer unpredictability of life itself. A feast of buried secrets, missed opportunities and welcome second chances, this wildly original comedy proves that the happiest ending of all is the one you least expect. (Lions Gate Films)

Set far away from the complexities of modern life, in a large farmhouse in update New York, this is a story about love and fear, race and sexuality, truth and compromise, and having the courage to let go. (Strand Releasing)

The Warrior follows the visually stunning and emotionally exhilarating journey of an ancient Indian warrior who travels from the golden deserts of Rajasthan to the snowcapped peaks of the Himalaya in search of the one thing he has never known - peace - only to be chased by the forces of violence. (Miramax Films)

This film centers on the tense relationship between an Israeli mother and her rebellious daughter.

A dramatic narrative feature based upon the real stories of girls from the streets and juvenile jail, who lent their voices and unique stories to the filmmakers. These are girls who struggle with all the highs and lows of teenage life in an inner-city world that makes its own rules. (Fader Films)

A gripping crime drama starring John Leguizamo as Manolo Bonilla, a star reporter for a Miami-based tabloid TV show, who is determined to unearth a serial killer in a small town in Ecuador. (Palm Pictures)

Sky is a strikingly good-looking hooker. Steve is a small-time dope dealer who got caught by the police carrying the wrong dose. They meet each other in their friend Jean-Claude's Antwerp night club. Steve and Sky get together. But not completely, or then a little too much. (Favourite Films)

Based on a film by the creators of the Japanese version of the "The Ring" comes this haunting, chilling, film about a young mother who goes to extreme lengths to solve a mystery and protect her daughter. (Touchstone Pictures)

Bui doi - "less than dust" - is a slur aimed at Vietnamese children with American fathers. This film, set in 1990, relates the odyssey of a young "bui doi" as he escapes Vietnam, endures refugee camp, and survives a brutal ocean crossing and indentured servitude with a human-trafficking ring. Nevertheless, he manages to keep hope, humanity, and a generous spirit alive as he searches for connection with his long-lost family. (Sony Pictures Classics)

In this sequel to Bergman's 1973 film "Scenes from a Marriage," Marianne and Johan meet again after thirty years without contact, when Marianne suddenly feels a need to see her ex-husband again. She decides to visit Johan at his old summer house in the western province of Dalarna. And so, one beautiful autumn day, there she is, beside his reclining chair, waking him with a light kiss. (Sony Pictures Classics)

In this follow-up to his critical smash "Read My Lips," Jacques Audiard has adapted and updated James Toback’s cult 1978 noir "Fingers" to come up with this memorable character study about a young man torn between a life of crime and classical music. (Wellspring Media)

Acclaimed Chinese director Jia Zhangke casts a compassionate eye on the daily loves, friendships and desperate dreams of the twenty-somethings from China’s remote Provinces who come to live and work at Beijing’s World Park. (Zeitgeist Films)

A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells's seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it. (Paramount Pictures)

This lyrical and mysterious new film by maverick Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethaku chronicles the mystical love affair between a young soldier and the country boy he seduces, soon to be disrupted by the boy's sudden disappearance. [Strand Releasing]

Conceived as a low-budget, hi-impact verite thriller for the political set, This Revolution, follows Jake Cassevetes (Crooker), a network war shooter just back from Iraq who is assigned to cover the run-up to the RNC. (Guerilla News Network)

The story of a passionate love affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation - religious, political and sexual. [Sony Pictures Classics]

Dallas 362 is a gritty, semi-autobiographical portrait of the complex dynamics between friends and family. Ultimately, it is a story of the journey one man takes and the choices he must make to find his way home. (ThinkFilm)

Based on the best-selling and highly controversial French novel of the same name, Lila Says is an incredibly seductive story of sexual awakening. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Memories of Murder tells the harrowing true story of the hunt for a sadistic serial rapist and murderer terrorizing a small province in 1980s South Korea. Marking the first of many successful collaborations between four-time Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho and leading man Song Kang Ho, the film follows the paths of three increasingly desperate detectives as they attempt to decipher the violent mind of a killer in a futile effort to solve the case. [Neon]

Christian Slater stars in this political thriller involving oil shortages, Wall Street and the Russian mafia.

Set in the East-End of London, Pure is a story about the bond between a mother, her children and the pull of drugs. (Indican Pictures)

Based on the novel of the same name by acclaimed author Zhivko Chingo, The Great Water is a story of emotional dislocation and childhood resilience, of friendship and betrayal. The story follows the childhood of Lem Nikodinoski. Now a high-ranking political figure in the communist government and elderly Lem is rushed to a hospital fighting for his life. As he nears death, his only memories are of his life when he was twelve. (Picture This! Entertainment)

Heights follows five characters over twenty-four hours on a fall day in New York City. As the interrelated stories proceed, the connections between the lives of the five characters begin to reveal themselves and their stories unravel. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Me and You and Everyone We Know is a poetic and penetrating observation of how people struggle to connect with one another in an isolating and contemporary world. [IFC Films]

This film vibrantly charts the emotional and physical hothouse effects that bloon one summer for two young women. [Focus Features]

A road movie about a family that is forced to come together, for better or worse. (Daddy W Productions)

A psychological thriller, a coming-of-age drama, a gay love story, and a black comedy, Ethan Mao tells the story of an 18-year-old boy reaching the point of no return. (Margin Films)

A humorous, honest, multi-faceted look into how one man turns his midlife crisis into a midlife opportunity. (Eleveation Filmworks)

Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. [Warner Bros.]

Joint Security Area is the "Apocalypse Now" of the Korean War -- a shimmering, hyper-real epic that charts the spiritual fallout of international politics. (Subway Cinema)

This historical epic tells the story of a contemporary boy living in America who uncovers a secret connection to the Great Omar Khayyam, 11th Century Persian Mathematician, Astronomer, and Poet of the famous "Rubaiyat."

Based on the groundbreaking TV series, The Honeymooners is the story of two best friends, bus driver Ralph Kramden (Cedric the Entertainer) and sewer worker Ed Norton (Epps) who hatch a get-rich-quick scheme to get them out of Brooklyn and onto easy street. Standing by their husbands are devoted wives Alice (Union) and Trixie (Hall), who help their guys make ends meet by waitressing at a neighborhood diner. (Paramount Pictures)

A white-knuckle journey into the heart of fear, this is the terrifying story of two girls' battle for survival at the hands of a sadistic psychopath. (Lions Gate Films)

Hunky writer Markus (writer/director Andreas) returns home to find his boyfriend of four years naked with another man. Newly single, he begins waiting table at a swinging Chelsea hotspot where the indelible supporting cast of co-workers offers conflicting directions on the off-road map to love and lust in New York City. (TLA Releasing)

A sumptuous film about three people living on the fringe or wild side of society. (Wellspring)

Based on Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, this timeless story is set in early 18th century Peru.

5x2 is a haunting and realistic evocation of the evanescence of love, and how adult relationships evolve over time. Returning to a more intimate scale following his international smash "Swimming Pool," Ozon's chamber drama is an anatomy of a failed marriage told in reverse chronology. (ThinkFilm)

A residential neighborhood in Tokyo, 2003. Yoko, a freelance writer researching musical legend Jiang Ewn-Ye, befriends Hajime, the owner of a secondhand bookstore. They spend many hours together in the district's coffee shops and train stations. Yoko feels she can tell the quiet, calm Hajime anything. When she is with him, she experiences an unusual peace of mind, a calmness of spirit. For his part, Hajime loves Yoko profoundly, but remains silent. Raised in rural Hokkaido by her near-blind uncle, Yoko now enjoys a good relationship with her father and step-mother. But when she returns to her father's house and tells them she is pregnant, and that she has no intention of marrying the Taiwanese father, they worry deeply for Yoko's future. (Wild Bunch)

Set in the Ozark mountains, Chrystak combines red-dirt realism with the fabulist Southern literary tradition – part Flannery O'Connor, part Johnny Cash – to tell a wild and haunting tale of the power of true love. (First Look)

In the middle of the Great Depression, when an America in the grips of a devastating economic downturn was nearly brought to its knees, there came along a most unlikely hero who had crowds cheering on their feet as he proved just how hard a man would fight to win a second chance for his family and himself. That common-man hero was James J. Braddock, a.k.a. the "Cinderella Man"-who was to become one of the most surprising and inspirational sports legends in history. (Universal Pictures)

From the dangerous waves off a long-forgotten pier to the concrete wasteland of a city slum, Lords of Dogtown brings to cinematic life the rebel beginnings of some unforgettable sports culture stars. (Sony)

The past meets the present when Milwaukee's best fishermen, Albert Burroughs, a young man perceived to be mentally disabled, finds himself the target of two separate con artist out to steal his money. (Tartan Films)

A coming of age story about a 15-year-old provincial girl who moves to Rome and finds her new tony private school is a microcosm of the cultural and political divisions of Italian society. (Empire Pictures)

A touching and often wickedly funny portrayal of life on a late Victorian farm in South Africa. (Karoo Horizon Pictures)

A dramatic mother-daughter portrait set in Tel Aviv.

The Longest Yard is the story of pro quarterback Paul Crewe (Sandler) and former college champion and coach Nate Scarboro (Reynolds) who are doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in a football game "fixed" to turn out quite another way. (Paramount Pictures)

Shot entirely on the streets of New York City, Bomb the System is the first feature in over 20 years to delve into the world of graffiti art. (Palm Pictures)

The agonizing tale, based on a true story, of a young Catholic Priest who is incarcerated in the Dachau concentration camp.

A romantic comedy about a daughter struggling to understand her mother's heart, which ultimately allows her to understand her own. A story of unspoken loves, contemporary and cultural taboos, and the journey of two women towards living their lives honestly. [Sony Pictures Classics]

A portrait of the unlikely friendship between a pregnant teenager and her employer, a strange and lonely seamstress.

A powerful and unsettling drama exploring conversion therapy, the scientifically unproven method of turning homosexuals straight. (Fixing Frank Films Corp)

2009 Lost Memories unfolds from an intriguing premise: what if An Jung-geun had failed to assassinate Ito Hirobumi in Harbin, 1909, and this single incident opened a completely different history, one in which Japan had never lost the Second World War, and Korea had never gained independence. (ADV Films)

A training program for the FBI's psychological profiling division, known as Mindhunters, is infilitrated by a serial killer

On and beneath the meanest streets of Glasgow, fiery gangster Bart (Hoskins) is merciless with debtors, would-be rivals, and anyone else to whom he even takes a passing dislike. How does Bart maintain his chokehold? Through his unwitting enforcer Danny (Li), who he has "raised" since boyhood. (Rogue Pictures)

A disturbing relationship develops between an attractive widow (Huppert) and her teenage son (Garrel).

A riveting thriller set in the drug underworld of the UK. (Sony Pictures Classics)

This film expertly mixes comedy, tragedy and melodrama to tell the emotionally gripping story of the intersecting lives of two former lovers. (Wellspring Media)

This film portrays the untold story of the bitter rivalry between Modigliani and Picasso. Two men whose envy of each other is fuelled by their brilliance, their arrogance, their passions. (Bauer Martinez Studios)

With this confident and auspicious step into the boxing film arena, Eddie O'Flaherty has conceived a sophisticated study of first big breaks and emotional last chances. (Freestyle Releasing)

A provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America. Diving headlong into the diverse melting pot of post-9/11 Los Angeles, this compelling urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of a multi-ethnic case of characters' struggles to overcome their fears as they careen in and out of one another's lives. (Lions Gate Films)

Based on the acclaimed novel by Scott Heim, Mysterious Skin explores the hearts and minds of two very different boys who come to find the key to their future happiness lies in the exorcism of their collective demons. [Tartan Films]

For years, friends and actors Maurice, Sami, Simon, Elie, and Edouard have been waiting for their big break. The future looks bright when famous American director Rudolph Grichenberg (Coyote) offers Maurice the part of Shylock in his Yiddish screen adaptation of "The Merchant of Venice". But his fortunes reverse quickly when Maurice learns that his beloved wife Perla is seriously ill. With his friends' help, Maurice takes on the greatest role of his life, and in playing his part, illuminates the meaning of art, love, and truth. (First Run Features)

The lives of two very different brothers become simultaneously intertwined and thrust apart in this intense and powerful drama. (IFC Films)

A world-renowned art collector's wife dies in a car crash, and the distraught midwestern magnate asks his trusted African-American driver to help him raise his son. The boy then grows up torn between the two men's very different worlds, and eventually falls in love with the driver's niece. The two young people face the tribulations of an interracial relationship against the backdrop of the '60s Civil Rights Movement and the war in Vietnam. [Castle Hill Productions]

A battered woman finds an unlikely hero in a transient young man who breaks into empty homes while the residents are away.

A stylish, erotically charged thriller based on actual events, À Tout de Suite tells the story of sexy, free-spirited Lili, a Parisian art student who falls for a charismatic bank robber and joins him on the run. [Cinema Guild]

When you graduate college you easily sashay into the world of adulthood, start a career, and get serious, right? Wrong. Marnie has left college, but not her drinking habits and her bad taste in bad men. What's more, Marnie can't seem to find a permanent job. It would be sad if it weren't so funny. (Goodbye Cruel Releasing)

Martel intimately explores the burgeoning sexuality and religious fervor of two teenage girls, Amalia (Alche) and her best friend, Josefina (Zylberberg). Artfully piecing together a mosaic of nuanced details, fragments of sounds, and small moments, Martel creates a potent and specific portrait of adolescent life. [Lita Stantic Producciones SA]

The dull lives of two elderly sisters on the coast of Cornwall are interrupted by a shipwrecked Polish sailor who rekindles old sibling rivalries, jealousies and unfulfilled dreams. (Roadside Attractions)

Based on the true story of the biggest underground escape attempt from East to West Berlin, The Tunnel is a cracking slice of old-fashioned, widescreen entertainment. (Roxie Releasing)

A suspenseful thriller of international intrigue set inside the political corridors of the United Nations and on the streets of New York. (Universal)

It takes some people years to fall in love at first sight. A Lot Like Love is a romantic comedy about destiny, connection and the frequently fuzzy line between chance and friendships and happily ever after. (Touchstone Pictures)

From the creators of Rudy and Hoosiers, based on a true story, The Game of Their Lives follows the US National Soccer Team, which shows that with passion and commitment, anything is possible – even the greatest upset in the history of the World Cup. (IFC Films)