Lourdes

2009

Confined to a wheelchair for most of her life, lonely Christine (Sylvie Testud) devises a plan to change her circumstances by journeying to Lourdes, the small town in the foothills of the Pyrenees, where many flock to be healed. The journey yields startling results for our isolated hero in director Jessica Hausner's Austrian drama, an official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival.

2.9 Average Rating

First Love

1977

Sensitive and bittersweet, director Joan Darling's romantic drama stars William Katt and Susan Dey as Elgin and Caroline, a college couple experiencing the sensual, heady bliss of -- you guessed it -- first love. But while the two care passionately about each other, Caroline's involvement with an older man threatens to sabotage her burgeoning relationship with Elgin. John Heard, Beverly D'Angelo and Swoosie Kurtz co-star.

2.9 Average Rating

American Wake

2004

Director Maureen Foley's moving drama follows parallel stories of a fireman and a musician who both struggle with the gap between family expectations and their own self-discovery. Having fulfilled his late father's dream by becoming a firefighter, Jack (Billy Smith) now labors to make sense of his life. Meanwhile, talented young fiddler Niall (Sam Amidon) is torn between pursuing his father's goals for him and following his own musical dreams.

2.9 Average Rating

Chicago Boricua

2004

First-time writer-director Marisol Torres helms this edgy character study set in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, where group of young Puerto Ricans grapple with issues of identity: Beauty queen Tata (Christina De Leon) may need to fake her ethnicity to compete; college student Lola (Aimee Garcia) falls for bad boy Willy (Ramses Jimenez); and a real estate agent, German (Eric Aviles), resists exploiting his roots.

2.9 Average Rating

Diggers

2006

Paul Rudd, Maura Tierney, Lauren Ambrose and Ron Eldard star in this coming-of-age story about a group of friends who reluctantly follow in their families' footsteps and face what they deem a bleak existence as clam diggers on Long Island. Directed by Katherine Dieckmann, this touching dramedy follows the companions as they struggle to cope with their predestined futures while dreaming of better lives.

2.8 Average Rating

The Watermelon Woman

1996

While doing research for a movie about a forgotten African-American actress, black video-store clerk Cheryl (writer-director Cheryl Dunye, playing herself) discovers that her subject shared a secret love affair with a white female director. In a stroke of intergenerational coincidence, Cheryl soon finds herself in love with a white woman. The movie captured the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival.

2.8 Average Rating

Morvern Callar

2002

Morvern Callar, a poor Scottish clerk, wakes to find that her boyfriend has committed suicide. Sensing an opportunity, Morvern claims authorship of his unpublished novel. When the money starts pouring in, Morvern and her pal Lanna take off for Spain.

2.8 Average Rating

Female Perversions

1996

This movie tests Louise J. Kaplan's novel, through the character of Eve, a young, successful attorney. Caught between her career aspirations and her desire to help her kleptomaniac sister, Eve walks a tightrope between toughness and vulnerability.

2.8 Average Rating

Day Night Day Night

2006

A 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. Inspired in part by a story in a Russian newspaper and playing off cinematic depictions of Joan of Arc, the film transpires on the girl's face.

2.8 Average Rating

My Year Without Sex

2009

In the wake of a near-fatal brain aneurysm, thirtysomething Melbourne mom Natalie (Sacha Horler) and her affable hubby, Ross (Matt Day), enter a period of doctor-ordered abstinence while they raise their children Louis (Jonathan Segat) and Ruby (Portia Bradley). Wrestling with myriad problems in the bedroom and out, Natalie has a year to remember in this warm and funny dramedy from Australian writer-director Sarah Watt.

2.8 Average Rating

Wildflowers

2000

Raised in a commune and now drifting away from her well-meaning single-parent father, teenager Cally (Clea DuVall) meets the radical artist Sabine (Daryl Hannah) in a café and is instantly drawn to her. When Sabine leaves her notebook behind, Cally begins to infiltrate the older woman's life, gathering clues about the things they have in common and eventually seducing Sabine's boyfriend (Eric Roberts).

2.8 Average Rating

Shades of Fear

1993

Mystery lurks in the shadowy corners of a luxurious ocean liner as a young woman traveling on her own enters into a romantic liaison with a handsome stranger who may be an accomplished art forger and a cold-hearted killer. Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt and Jonathan Pryce star.

2.8 Average Rating

The Girl from Monaco

2008

Middle-aged lawyer Bertrand (Fabrice Luchini) chafes at the presence of Christophe (Roschdy Zem), a bodyguard assigned to protect him during a dangerous case. Things worsen when Bertrand catches the eye of free-spirited weather girl Audrey (Louise Bourgoin), Christophe's old flame. Audrey brings out long-dormant feelings in the counselor, who finds himself competing against his guardian for her affections in this charming, French-language romantic comedy.

2.8 Average Rating

Old Joy

2006

When old friends Mark (Daniel London) and Kurt (Will Oldham) embark on a weekend camping trip in the Oregon Cascades, they find themselves exploring much more than nature in this meditation on friendship, memory and generational malaise. As the men journey deeper into the wilderness -- first losing, and then finding, their way -- they struggle to find common ground in the divergent paths they've chosen.

2.7 Average Rating

Meek's Cutoff

2011

Set in 1845, this drama follows a group of settlers as they embark on a punishing journey along the Oregon Trail. When their guide leads them astray, the expedition is forced to contend with the unforgiving conditions of the high plain desert.

2.7 Average Rating

La Lingerie

2008

When Miu hits a romantic dry spell, she turns to her girlfriends CC, Celine and Donut for support. But as her pals dispense advice from the lingerie shop where one of them works, they reveal that their own love lives aren't exactly sizzling hot.

2.7 Average Rating