The story: A recently returned Iraq war veteran is assigned to the Casualty Notification Service, where he confronts his own buried feelings about his experience.
A reporter (Ewan McGregor) meets a man (George Clooney) who claims to be part of an experimental U.S. military unit that trains soldiers to harness their psychic powers.
The Coen brothers direct this 1960s-set comedy about a physics professor (Michael Stuhlbarg) who seeks guidance from three rabbis when his life begins to fall apart.
Steven Soderbergh directs this film, based on the true story of a whistle blower (Matt Damon) who works with the government to prove the existence of price fixing at agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland.
The story: Nicolas Cage plays a rogue police detective in post-Katrina New Orleans, where he shakes down drug dealers and murderers while scrounging coke, heroin and other illicit goodies on the side. Mendes plays his girlfriend, a hooker with -- what else? -- a heart of gold.
The story: This comedy is based on the real-life exploits of a group of DJs who rocked 1960s Britain when they took to the high seas with their bootleg radio broadcasts.
The true story of a black girl -- born to a pair of white South Africans with black ancestry, during the era of apartheid -- and the journey she takes when her skin color begins to have a negative impact on her life.
Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story, in which Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world -- a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.
Based on the children's book, this animated adventure tells the story of an inventor who makes food fall from the sky like rain, a prospect that sounds wonderful until he realizes his food-producing machine is out of control.
The story: Civil rights lawyer William Kunstler was one of the most valorized and hated men of the 20th century as he took on the era's most controversial cases, including representing the "Chicago 8" after the 1968 Democratic convention and helping the inmates of Attica prison after their uprising.
Based on a true story, this drama focuses on the relationship between a victimized German woman and a Russian soldier during the Red Army invasion of Berlin.
Prompted by a question from his young daughter, comic Chris Rock sets out to explore the importance of hair in black culture. Rock interviews celebrities such as Ice-T and Raven Symone, and visits hair salons, stylist competitions and an Indian temple to learn about hair culture.
A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults set out to get their hands on it.
The story: A overweight teenager in 1980s Harlem battles psychological and physical violence at the hands of her toxically abusive mother and searches for redemption in a literacy program.
A look at the early life of designer Coco Chanel (Audrey Tautou) at the point when she meets a wealthy heir (Benot Poelvoorde) who makes her his lover and fashion consultant.
Aaron Eckhart stars as a self-help guru still struggling with the loss of his wife who finds himself falling for a new woman (Jennifer Aniston) equally concerned about letting go of her own baggage.
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