2014
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1.
Take This Waltz
(2011)
A happily married woman falls for the artist who lives across the street. (116 mins.)
Director: Sarah Polley
2.
Proof
(2005)
The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settle his affairs. (100 mins.)
Director: John Madden
3.
Frances Ha
(2012)
A story that follows a New York woman (who doesn't really have an apartment), apprentices for a dance company (though she's not really a dancer), and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possibility dwindles. (86 mins.)
Director: Noah Baumbach
4.
Breaking Bad
(2008 TV Series)
A high school chemistry teacher turns to a life of crime in order to provide for his family's future. (45 mins.)
5.
A Big Love Story
(2012)
An obese ex-football player falls in love while he goes on a diet.
Director: Ryan Sage
6.
Viva São João!
(2002 Documentary)
Documentary about the popular celebrations in honor of St. John in Brazil, in this case, in the Northeast part of the country, where the celebrations are more traditional and widespread. (82 mins.)
Director: Andrucha Waddington
7.
Everything Is Illuminated
(2005)
A young Jewish American man endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village, that was ultimately razed by the Nazis, with the help of an eccentric local. (106 mins.)
Director: Liev Schreiber
8.
Beginners
(2010)
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover. (105 mins.)
Director: Mike Mills
9.
American Hustle
(2013)
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia. (138 mins.)
Director: David O. Russell
10.
Drinking Buddies
(2013)
Luke and Kate are coworkers at a brewery who spend their nights drinking and flirting heavily. One weekend away together with their significant others proves who really belongs together and who doesn't. (90 mins.)
Director: Joe Swanberg
11.
Dallas Buyers Club
(2013)
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease. (117 mins.)
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
12.
El mismo amor, la misma lluvia
(1999)
Cuenta la historia de Jorge Pellegrini y Laura Ramallo a lo largo de casi dos décadas. Comienza en 1980 y termina en nuestros dÃas... (100 mins.)
Director: Juan José Campanella
13.
The Music Never Stopped
(2011)
Tale of a father who struggles to bond with his estranged son Gabriel, after Gabriel suffers from a... (105 mins.)
Director: Jim Kohlberg
14.
Cashback
(2006)
After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic imagination runs wild. (102 mins.)
Director: Sean Ellis
15.
Shame
(2011)
In New York City, Brandon's carefully cultivated private life -- which allows him to indulge his sexual addiction -- is disrupted when his sister arrives unannounced for an indefinite stay. (101 mins.)
Director: Steve McQueen
16.
The Broken Circle Breakdown
(2012)
Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial. (111 mins.)
Director: Felix van Groeningen
17.
Meu Caro Amigo Chico
(2012 Documentary)
"My Dear Friend Chico" is a feature music-documentary by Joana Barra Vaz that bridges Portugal and Brasil... (130 mins.)
Director: Joana Barra Vaz
18.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
(2014)
When New York is put under siege by Oscorp, it is up to Spider-Man to save the city he swore to protect as well as his loved ones. (142 mins.)
Director: Marc Webb
19.
Delicacy
(2011)
A French woman mourning over the death of her husband three years prior is courted by a Swedish co-worker. (108 mins.)
Director: David Foenkinos, Stéphane Foenkinos
20.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
(2013)
When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined. (114 mins.)
Director: Ben Stiller
21.
Transformers: Age of Extinction
(2014)
Autobots must escape sight from a bounty hunter who takes control of the human serendipity: Unexpectedly, Optimus Prime and his remaining gang turn to a mechanic and his daughter for help. (165 mins.)
Director: Michael Bay
22.
Moonrise Kingdom
(2012)
A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out to find them. (94 mins.)
Director: Wes Anderson
23.
Into the Storm
(2014)
Storm trackers, thrill-seekers, and everyday townspeople document an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes touching down in the town of Silverton. (89 mins.)
Director: Steven Quale
24.
Perfect Sense
(2011)
A chef and a scientist fall in love as an epidemic begins to rob people of their sensory perceptions. (92 mins.)
Director: David Mackenzie
25.
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
(2011 Documentary)
Filmmaker and Founder of the Webby Awards, Tiffany Shlain, investigates the interconnections between the major issues of the 21st century and her own experience of these issues during a family crisis. (82 mins.)
Director: Tiffany Shlain
26.
Uma Vida Inteira
(2012 Short Film)
A Whole Life is a love story set in Sao Paulo between two young adults in their thirties. (15 mins.)
Director: Ricardo Santini, Bel Ribeiro
Stars: Bruno Autran, Alice Braga
27.
One Day
(2011)
After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day. (107 mins.)
Director: Lone Scherfig
28.
Begin Again
(2013)
A chance encounter between a disgraced music-business executive and a young singer-songwriter new to Manhattan turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents. (104 mins.)
Director: John Carney