BelleBy Anna AsanteA costume drama featiuring a beautiful mixed race heroine, an idealistic law student, and older aristocrats whose most cherished traditions are challenged.Feature
BoyhoodBy Richard LinklaterOne of the best and most memorable films ever made about the art of improvisation as a path of wisdom, creativity, and personal renewal.Feature
Cesar ChavezBy Diego LunaThe journey of Cesar Chavez from migrant worker to American hero as a nonviolent labor leader and civil rights activist.Feature
Code BlackBy Ryan McGarryA sobering and idealistic call for more emergency room "mercy medicine" as an alternative to treating only paying patients.Documentary
Force MajeureBy Reuben OstlundA top-notch Swedish psychodrama about a marriage besieged by the fallout from a scary but harmless avalanche.Foreign
Kill the MessengerBy Michael CuestaA compelling drama made memorable by a Jeremy Renner's mercurial performance as the passionate investigative journalist Gary Webb.Feature
Life ItselfBy Steve JamesA powerful, illuminating, and heart-affecting documentary about the long career of Roger Ebert and his courageous battle with cancer.Feature
Love Is StrangeBy Ira SachsA moving drama about an aging gay couple forced to improvise when their life together in love is put in jeopardy.Feature
Mr. TurnerBy Mike LeighAn extraordinary portrait of the last stages in the life and career of Joseph Mallord William Turner, the painter of light.Feature
SelmaBy Ava DuVernayA stirring and enlightening movie about civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his crusade for equality.Feature
Song of the SeaBy Tomm MooreAn Irish folktale about facing our fears, embracing death and human frailty, walking in wonder and returning home as transformed beings.Animated
St. VincentBy Theodore MelfiA heart-affecting cinematic parable about the saints among us who enable us to come alive in new ways.Feature
The Grand Budapest HotelBy Wes AndersonA madcap, inventive, and wonder-inducing creation about the arts of living from the inimitable writer and director Wes Anderson.Feature
The HomesmanBy Tommy Lee JonesA spiritual pioneer drama about the mysteries of the heart and the paradoxes of the human adventure which cannot be explained easily.Feature
The Strange Little CatBy Ramon ZurcherA vivid and wonder-inducing example of everyday spirituality during one day in the life of a family in a Berlin apartment. Foreign
VioletteBy Martin ProvostA triumphant biopicture about an immensely creative bisexual woman who has been called France's greatest unknown writer. Foreign
VirungaBy Orlando von EisiendelAn inspiring documentary about four people who demonstrate heroism while trying to protect a wildlife sanctuary in the midst of a civil war.Documentary
WildBy Jean-Marc ValleeA soul-stretching movie about surviving in the wilderness, a solid mother and daughter relationship, and bringing out the best in yourself.Feature