A Beautiful MindBy Ron HowardThe incredible story of a brilliant Nobel Prize-winning mathematician whose wife helps him hatch his heart during a protracted struggle with schizophrenia.Feature
A. I. Artificial IntelligenceBy Steven SpielbergA complex, elusive, spellbinding, and visionary film that tutors us in the spiritual practice of ensouling the world of things in the name of love and through the faculty of our imagination.Feature
AmelieBy Jean-Pierre JeunetAn immensely entertaining French film about an imaginative young woman who has a wonderful capacity for doing acts of kindness.Foreign
BaranBy Majid MajidiA soul-stirring Iranian film depicting the alchemical process whereby an enemy can be transformed into a loved one.Foreign
Behind the SunBy Walter SallesA totally absorbing Brazilian drama about the loving and self-sacrificing act undertaken by a young boy to liberate two feuding families from an endless cycle of revenge and retaliation.Foreign
Diamond MenBy Daniel M. CohenAn immensely appealing story which probes the mutual benefits for two salesmen when they choose to go with the flow of their unlikely friendship.Feature
EurekaBy Shinji AoyamaThe healing journey of three survivors of an attack on a municipal bus in Japan, described by its director as a prayer for modern people searching for the courage to go on.Foreign
Ghost WorldBy Terry ZwigoffA witty look at an adolescent rebel's attempts to be an authentic person in the present day bogus culture of trivial pursuits.Feature
HimalayaBy Eric ValliA beautiful and thematically rich Nepalese film about the many lessons learned by some villagers from the high mountains during their annual yak caravan.Foreign
InnocenceBy Paul CoxA beguiling Australian film about the tender romance between two elderly individuals who remind us that each stage of life has its own kind of love.Foreign
IrisBy Richard EyreAn intimate and poignant portrait of the unconventional marriage of philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch and her literary critic husband John Bayley from their first encounter in the 1950s until her …Feature
Italian for BeginnersBy Lone ScherfigA Danish romantic comedy that provides a soul-satisfying anatomy of the different shades of loneliness and the universal yearning for love.Foreign
K-PAXBy Iain SoftleyA well-acted and spirited sci-fi drama with the message that we can all be medicine for one another if we only have eyes to see how.Feature
L.I.E.By Michael CuestaA daring drama about a poetic and vulnerable teen who is nurtured by someone most of us would consider to be abominable. Feature
LantanaBy Ray LawrenceA richly nuanced psychological drama, circles around the complicated subject of love and offers ample insights into the sources of emotional illiteracy.Feature
Last OrdersBy Fred SchepisiA sterling drama about four Englishmen who make a pilgrimage with the ashes of their departed buddy.Feature
Life as a HouseBy Irwin WinklerA soulful drama about the courage and persistence of a very alienated middle-aged man to give birth to himself in the world before leaving it.Feature
Monster's BallBy Marc ForsterA strangely entrancing drama about the redemptive power of love in the life of a Southern racist corrections officer who is imprisoned in anger and hatred.Feature
Moulin RougeBy Baz LuhrmannAn extravagant musical drama with stunning visuals that celebrates l'amour as an emotion that is at once transcendent and transforming.Feature
Mulholland DriveBy David LynchA phantasmagorical David Lynch extravaganza set in Hollywood about role-playing, desire, power, and mystery.Feature
No Man's LandBy Danis TanovicA vivid film about the insanity of war and the dreadful things it can do to those who drench themselves in hate. Foreign
Our SongBy Jim McKayAn extraordinary coming-of-age movie about three girls living in a poverty-stricken neighborhood whose daily wanderings and intimate dramas during the last weeks of summer reveal their deep reserves o…Feature
ShrekBy Andrew Adamson, Vicky JensonA witty and heart-warming animated comedy about some lovable losers who prove that inner beauty is the true asset in a world where quick judgments all too often cause untold pain.Animated
The Shipping NewsBy Lasse HallstromThe graceful and sensitive portrait of the ripening of a weak-willed man after he is nourished by a place and some special people.Feature
TogetherBy Lukas MoodyssonA wonderfully idiosyncratic and totally satisfying Swedish film set in a 1975 commune in Stockholm where openness to others slowly evolves as a spiritual practice.Foreign
Under the SunBy Colin NutleyAn enchanting Swedish film about the unusual love affair between a tongue-tied farmer with great nurturing skills and his strikingly beautiful housekeeper.Foreign