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- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsShirley JonesMercedes McCambridgePamela Sue MartinAn unmarried teacher in a school for unwed mothers finds herself becoming too emotionally attached to her students and their problems.
- DirectorTate TaylorStarsViola DavisEmma StoneOctavia SpencerAn aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
- DirectorNiki CaroStarsCharlize TheronJeremy RennerFrances McDormandA fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
- DirectorMichael MayerStarsColin FarrellDallas RobertsRobin WrightA boy who has experienced many losses in his life grows to manhood and enters into a love triangle with a woman and his boyhood friend.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsNick NolteSissy SpacekJames CoburnA deeply troubled small-town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while other events jeopardize his sanity.
- DirectorCharles MatthauStarsPiper LaurieSissy SpacekWalter MatthauBecoming an orphan in 1935, Collin moves to his dad's cousins Verena and Dolly. Verena is a rich, bossy businesswoman. Dolly, Collin and the maid revolt, moving to a tree house.
- DirectorTia BrelisStarsSissy SpacekAnna ChlumskyAaron Michael MetchikThree children have had it with their mother, and magically make her disappear. They then head out to the "Mommy Market" for a replacement mother.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsKevin CostnerGary OldmanJack LemmonNew Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
- DirectorRoger DonaldsonStarsSissy SpacekJeff DanielsKeith SzarabajkaA political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsJack LemmonSissy SpacekMelanie MayronWhen an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsSissy SpacekTommy Lee JonesLevon HelmThe fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s.
- DirectorHenry BromellStarsJeremy IronsNeve CampbellSissy SpacekRenowned writer F. Scott Fitzgerald is living the last months of his life with his youthful secretary, confidant and protege who later wrote a memoir of their time together.
- DirectorRod HolcombStarsSissy SpacekBeau BridgesKeir DulleaA struggling mother takes in a mysterious stranger. Is she opening her heart to love...or harbouring a criminal.
- DirectorDerick MartiniStarsChloë Grace MoretzBlake LivelyRory CulkinA Nebraska teen gets more than she bargained for when she sets out for the bright lights of Las Vegas.
- DirectorDrew BarrymoreStarsElliot PageDrew BarrymoreKristen WiigIn Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock-loving misfit finds a way of dealing with small-town misery after discovering a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
- DirectorRobert HarlingStarsShirley MacLaineBill PaxtonJuliette LewisAfter the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but she has a grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter and another grandson living almost on the poverty line.
- DirectorScott KalvertStarsLeonardo DiCaprioLorraine BraccoMarilyn SokolA teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJohnny DeppLeonardo DiCaprioJuliette LewisA young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.
- DirectorCraig BolotinStarsC. Thomas HowellJuliette LewisHelen ShaverLong Island, NY, summer 1961: Preteen Alice follows, from across the street, the glamorous love life of Sheryl, 17, with bowling alley Rick. A friendship develops as Alice helps Sheryl see Rick.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroNick NolteJessica LangeA convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
- DirectorMichael BortmanStarsPeter BergVincent D'OnofrioNoah WyleHow the discovery of a father's affair affects each member of his family.
- DirectorDon McBreartyStarsJuliette LewisLayla AlizadaBruce GrayA lawyer reluctantly takes on the pro bono asylum case of a woman who has fled the brutal Taliban regime in Afghanistan and arrived in the United States seeking freedom.
- DirectorAdam ArkinStarsJuliette LewisKelsey KeelShirley KnightA 12-year-old girl re-evaluates her relationship with her developmentally disabled parents.
- DirectorAmy BergStarsDiane LaneBrynne NorquistEva Grace KellnerA detective looks to unravel a mystery surrounding missing children and the prime suspects: two young women who, seven years ago, were put away for an infant's death.
- DirectorKirk JonesStarsCameron DiazMatthew MorrisonJ. Todd SmithFollows the lives of five interconnected couples as they experience the thrills and surprises of having a baby and realize that no matter what you plan for, life does not always deliver what is expected.