La La Land (
2016) | IMDb:
8
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Margaret (
2011) | IMDb:
6.5
A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people's lives.
Starring:
Anna Paquin
,
J. Smith-Cameron
,
Mark Ruffalo
,
Jeannie Berlin
,
Jean Reno
,
John Gallagher Jr.
The Kids Are All Right (
2010) | IMDb:
7
Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.
Starring:
Annette Bening
,
Julianne Moore
,
Mark Ruffalo
,
Mia Wasikowska
,
Josh Hutcherson
,
Yaya DaCosta
Directed by:
Lisa Cholodenko
Meet Monica Velour (
2010) | IMDb:
5.8
For Tobe, a nerdy, horny, frizzy-haired cineaste who doesn't quite fit in with the average contemporary teen, the pinnacle of womanhood is Monica Velour, a soft-core actress who reached the zenith of her career in the 1980s. When Tobe learns that his love idol is headlining hundreds of miles away at the Gentlemen's Petting Zoo in Indiana, he drives off with carefree glory, filled with the hope of meeting her.
Garden State (
2004) | IMDb:
7.4
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from various maladies - opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional attachments, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.
Directed by:
Zach Braff