my top 10 favourites

The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.

A rebellious convict is sent to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation in 1963 Oregon, and encourages his docile companions to take more control of their lives and defy the tyrannical head nurse.

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

A 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.

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded at JFK airport and must take up temporary residence there.

A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.