A portrait of a single day in the late summer of 1956, toward the end of Bertolt Brecht's life, as he prepares to leave his lakeside home, surrounded by the women who form his extended family. (Film Forum)

A young Taipei watch vendor (Lee) falls in love with a girl (Chen) just as she leaves to go to Paris, inspiring him to set all the clocks in the city to French time.

This documentary contains dramatized episodes about the lives of Erika and Klaus Mann, the brilliant children of German writer Thomas Mann.

When his guidance counselor accidentally sends the wrong transcript with his application to Stanford, a smart high school senior (Hanks) must scramble to prove he deserves to be admitted.

A psychological thriller from the future in which one man (Sinise) faces a disorienting nightmare as he becomes a fugitive from the law, as well as friends and family, all of whom believe he is a danger to humanity. (Dimension Films)

Director Ridley Scott's adaptation of the true war story of the attack on a group of U.S. special forces sent into Somalia in 1993 to destabilize the government and bring food and humanitarian aid to the starving population.

Set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II, Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman (Blanchett) working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. (Warner Bros.)

The compelling story of Sam Dawson (Penn), a mentally challenged father raising his daughter Lucy with the help of an extraordinary group of friends. When a social worker suggests that Lucy should be placed in foster care, Sam forms an unlikely alliance with a high-powered attorney (Pfeiffer). Together they struggle to convince the system that Sam deserves to get his daughter back and, in the process, fuse a bond that results in a unique testament to the power of unconditional love. (New Line Cinema)

An epic romantic drama about two Czech pilots, serving together in the U.K.'s Royal Air Force during World War II, who fall in love with the same woman.

This ensemble murder mystery satire, set in 1930's England, revolves around an elegant hunting party weekend at a country estate, featuring an aristocratic family and their friends.

A hard-hitting Southern drama tempered by a story of powerful, life-changing love. It is the story of Hank (Thornton), an embittered prison guard working on Death Row in rural Georgia. He begins an unlikely but emotionally charged affair with Leticia (Berry), the wife of a man he has just executed. (Lions Gate Films)

Will Smith and director/writer Michael Mann take you into the heart and life of the boxer, the legend and, more importantly, the man, Muhammad Ali. [Columbia Pictures]

Based on E. Annie Proulx's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, the story traces one man's extraordinary journey to self-discovery when he returns to his ancestral home on the coast of Newfoundland. (Miramax Films)

Set against the backdrop of the 1950's Hollywood blacklist, a young, ambitious screenwriter (Carrey) loses his job and his identity, only to find new courage, love and the power of conviction in the heart of a small town's life. (Warner Brothers)

A human drama about the struggle of a true genius, inspired by events in the life of John Forbes Nash, Jr. [Universal Pictures]

An intense account of the effect of Alzheimer's disease on a couple's love affair.

Joe (Allen) is a divorced corporate drone whose dead-end personal and professional lives begin to turn around after the office bully humiliates Joe in front of his daughter.

This film is based upon a classic fairy tale of an infertile couple who adopt a tree stump as their baby.

Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Etheline (Anjelica Huston), had three children—Chas, Margot, and Richie—and then they separated. Chas (Ben Stiller) started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have an almost preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a playwright and received a Braverman Grant of $50,000 in the ninth grade. Richie (Luke Wilson) was a junior champion tennis player and won the U.S. Nationals three years in a row. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. [Touchstone Pictures]]

This ensemble mystery set in Australia examines the stories of four married couples, each touched by the discovery of a murdered woman.

Benjamin Bratt stars in the true story of the turbulent and creative life of Puerto Rican poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero. (Miramax Films)

The true story of the romance between novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch (Dench, Winslet) and John Bayley (Broadbent), from their meeting at Oxford, through over 40 years, including Murdoch's fight with Alzheimer's Disease.

Set in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, this is the story of Nafas (Pazira), a young female journalist who escaped the country to grow up in Canada and who returns incognito, smuggled in, to save her younger sister.

Set in the Brazilian badlands in 1910, Behind the Sun tells the story of two families locked in a generations-old deadly feud. It started out as a battle over land, but now it's escalated into a series of reprisals that is claiming the lives of the young men on both sides. (Miramax Films)

The odyssey of Fernanda, a nineteen-year-old Brazilian transvestite, who arrives in Milan in search of the perfect man.

A black and white "silent" comedy told only with images and international dialogue.

A drama about a corporate climber (Channing) and her new assistant (Stiles) - stuck overnight in an airport hotel, locked in a subtle game of control and manipulation. (IFC Films)

Bill wakes one morning to find himself imprisoned, his limbs numb, and his memory gone. In and out of sleep, he searches his dreams for scraps of truth as to where he is and what century he's in. With a blistering performance by Denis Leary, Final explores the boundary of memory and madness. (Cowboy Pictures)

A group of friends gather to mourn the death of a friend. To carry out his last wish, they embark on a journey to take his ashes from London to the sea.

Ciki and Nino, a Bosnian and a Serb, are soldiers stranded in No Man's Land -- a trench between enemy lines during the Bosnian war. They have no one to trust, no way to escape without getting shot, and a fellow soldier is lying on the trench floor with a spring-loaded bomb set to explode beneath him if he moves. The absurdity of their situation would be comical if it didn't have such dire consequences. (United Artists / MGM)

In this honest portrayal of an intergenerational gay relationship, two men must decide whether to continue their relationship or risk their families' - and society's - condemnation.

Baran is the story of Afghan refugees told through the eyes of an Iranian teenage boy named Lateef. His devotion to a person he barely knows leads him to the choice that will change his life forever. (Miramax Films)

Deals with the theme of a closeted gay man who is married, but falls in love with another man and out of the closet.

An epic adventure of love and courage in a rugged land, Texas Rangers revives the great tradition of the pure American Western. (Dimension Films)

ABCD is the story of Raj and Nina, first generation Asian Indian immigrant children who have grown up in America, and their mother, Anju, who is desperately trying in her old age to reconcile her long ago decision to come to America. (Laxmi Pictures)

Five interrelated stories intersect on one event.

A Navy pilot (Wilson) is shot down over enemy territory, and struggles to survive the relentless pursuit of a ruthless secret police enforcer, a deadly tracker, and countless hostile troops. With time running out, the injured pilot's commanding officer (Hackman) goes against orders to carry out a desperate rescue mission. (20th Century Fox)

A romantic drama based on the controversial true story of Jeanne De La Motte Valois, a countess whose name was stripped from her by the Royal Family during the late 18th Century. The story of her fight to restore her name and proper place in society is filled with mystery, intrigue and desire, with an infamous diamond necklace at the center of it all. (Warner Bros.)

The re-release of Jacques Demy's 1963 film starring Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann as a pair of gambling lovers.

Peter Weir's classic 1977 film stars Richard Chamberlain as a lawyer whose hold on reality falls apart when he attempts to defend five Aboriginal tribesmen accused of a mysterious murder.

Claire Denis, the award-winning director of Beau Travail, unleashes her provocative vision of desire. [Lot 47 Films]

Set in a tranquil town on the coast of Maine, In the Bedroom tells the story of a couple whose only child is involved in a love affair with a single mother. When the relationship comes to a sudden and tragic end, each person must face the intensely difficult decision of how to respond. [Miramax]

A ghost story set in a Catholic orphanage during the Spanish Civil War.

The story of two Sicilian brothers who emigrate to the northern Italian city of Turin is told over a six-year period (1958-1964), with each year represented by a dramatic vignette from one day in their lives. (Film Forum)

On a recent Halloween night four couples of differing backgrounds bring eight very different sets of hopes and aspirations to the dinner table of a Weehawken, New Jersey neighborhood party. When a fortune teller is invited to the house for entertainment, everything is thrown into disarray with the prediction that "one couple will be finished by the end of the year." (Gabriel Film Group)

The sex industry provides the backdrop for this story of obsession, submission, money and sexuality. (First Run Features)

An edgy, unpredictable crime thriller, starring Steve Martin as a prosperous dentist whose well-ordered existence is thrown into turmoil when an alluring new patient draws him into a seedy underworld of sex, drugs and murder. (Artisan Entertainment)

A smart, complex ensemble about a masterfully-minded gold robbery. (Warner Bros.)

When his mother is slain by a neighborhood thug as a result of her work as a vocal social activist, Seymour (Leguizamo), a mentally-challenged man, is shattered. The only witness to the murder, he goes looking for revenge. (Urbanworld Films)

Hal Larsen is the ultimate shallow guy. He finds beauty only in supermodels and centerfolds. But after an impromptu hypnosis by self-help guru Tony Robbins, Hal's view of women makes a 180-degree turn; he now sees their true inner beauty. (Twentieth Century Fox)

A sober, fictionalized reconstruction of a tale that shocked Stuttgart, Germany, and a gripping portrait of how institutionalized racism drives a disempowered individual to violence and inhumanity. (ArtMattan Productions)

Richard Linklater directs this three-character ensemble piece set within the confines of a tawdry motor lodge in Lansing, Michigan. After 10 years apart, three disparate people come together to play out the unresolved drama of their final days in high school. (Lions Gate Films)

A cleverly constructed and intricate comedy about how a subtle twist of fate can affect the lives of total strangers, Happenstance ingeniously tracks a group of seemingly unconnected individuals during the course of one long day. (Lot 47 Films)

Deserted by friends who are unable to deal with her grief, a young mother slowly unravels after losing her child to SIDS.

A mix of documentary, pseudo-documentary, and drama, this Thai movie follows an improvised story from one region of the country to another.

Set in 1949, this film from Joel and Ethan Coen is a tale of passion, crime and punishment, all presented in glorious black-and-white. (USA Films)

A psychiatrist (Bridges) is baffled by a mysterious patient (Spacey) at a mental hospital who claims to be from a distant planet called K-PAX.

In this modern werewolf tale, sisters Ginger and Brigitte are ostracized because of their obsession with darkness and death.

The story of a one-night stand that goes wrong for all the right reason. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Marseille in the year 2000 is the backdrop to this story of several characters whose lives overlap and influence one another in both tragic and uplifting ways. (New Yorker Films)

A genre-busting fable that blasts the American suburban drama into a wildly imaginative realm of time travel, alternative universes and the manipulation of one's fate. (IFC Films)

The poignant, often humorous journey of one man who decides to tear down his house -- and winds up rebuilding the world around him. (New Line Cinema)

This IMAX film follows a grandfather (Sharif) who takes his visiting granddaughter (Maberly) around the country to introduce her to the wonders of ancient Egypt.

A London bank heist provides two best friends with an unexpected chance to spice up their lives.

A lushly detailed early nineteenth century period piece concerning the last days of a family of once wealthy aristocrats. The film is an elegiac thriller -- a totally unforgettable, sinister and darkly comic cryptogram. (ARM/Cinema 25 Pictures Inc.)

The Castle -- the unlikely last stop in the brilliant career of three-star General Irwin (Redford). Court-martialed and stripped of his rank, Irwin has been sentenced to the maximum-security military prison, which is run with an iron fist by its warden, Colonel Winter (Gandolfini).

In this animated drama, a man walks through what may be a dream, flowing in and out of scenarios and encounters with strange characters. [Fox Searchlight]

The fresh, funny, touching and unbelievably true story of writer Beverly D'Onofrio (played by Barrymore, who ages from 15 to 35 in the role) and her often irreverent, always unique personal journey. (Columbia Pictures)

Set during the last days of World War II, this is the story of a Brooklyn man and his wife (Macy, Dern) who are mistaken for Jews by their anti-Semitic neighbors.

This intense film depicts the purely sexual relationship between a lonely man (Rylance) and a married woman (Fox).

Set in Argentina in 1965, this story follows the tumultuous relationship between two men who became lovers and ultimately ruthless bankrobbers in a notoriously famous footnote in the annals of crime history. (Strand Releasing)

Seven days before his wedding, the groom learns that he may have contracted HIV. The following week, as he awaits the results of an HIV test, turns out to be the most hectic time of his life.

Eddie (Marc) and Miles (DuPlessis) are teen runaways who meet and become friends in New Orleans. They hook up with a local drug dealer who sends them to New York City for a drug deal with the promise of easy money and a place to live. When the deal falls through, they find themselves penniless on the Lower East Side. They discover a vast underworld of abandoned buildings where kids live and are drawn into a world of sex, drugs, and survival. (Arrow Releasing)

This ensemble drama explores the intersecting lives of five exotic dancers who work at a San Fernando Valley strip club, The Blue Iguana.

A psychological thriller about a narcissistic Dallas attorney who vents his frustration on a telephone operator and finds himself the target of her vengeance.

From the mind of Brooklyn actor, performance artist and hip-hop activist Danny Hoch, this film spins out the stories of ten lives shocked by globalization, the prison industry and life in general. (Kicked Down Productions)

Portrays an unlikely bond between two total opposites. As their relationship develops, a friendship that seemed impossible becomes inevitable. (Paramount Classics)

This romantic comedy, set against the backdrop of the Gulf War, is a bittersweet comment on the hopes, dreams and travails of Israel's Russian immigrants.

When the suave, irresistible Joe (Willis), and his hypochondriac partner Terry (Thornton) escape from prison, they cut a swath from Oregon through California, robbing banks in order to finance their scheme for a new and somewhat legitimate life south of the border. (MGM)

In this complex tale of suspense, set in the unreal universe of Los Angeles, writer/director David Lynch explores the city's schizophrenic nature, an uneasy blend of innocence and corruption, love and loneliness, beauty and depravity. [Universal Focus]

Based on László Krasznahorkai's novel "The Melancholy of Resistance," this is an uncanny fable about powerlessness and tyranny. Set in a small Hungarian village at a moment of great crisis, a mysterious circus comes to town with a giant whale and news of an appearance by a Prince known for his strange powers. Soon the locals' emotions are stirred to a fever pitch of anticipation. (Anthology Film Archives)

The story of Anais (Reboux), an overweight 12-year-old, and her beautiful, thin 15-year-old sister, Elena (Mesquida).

When Georgia meets Paul at a bar, the two quickly realize that they have a love for illicit thrills in common. Soon they are pulling cons together. But things change when they try to scam a record executive who quickly turns the tables on the couple. (MPCA)

A judge discovers his wife's militant past in this story of rebel activists operating in Iran in the 1980s after the country's Islamic revolution.

A police drama about a veteran officer (Denzel Washington) who escorts a rookie (Ethan Hawke) on his first day with the LAPD's tough inner-city narcotics unit. [Warner Bros.]