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Le Beau Serge was the first film of French critic-turned-director Claude Chabrol. Though not a murder melodrama, the film is heavily influenced by the works of Chabrol's idol Alfred Hitchcock, Shadow of a Doubt in particular. Ailing city dweller Francois (Jean-Claude Brialy) makes a therapeutic return visit to his home town in the country. Here he visits childhood friend Serge (Gerard Blain), and is appalled to find how far Serge has plummeted into alcoholism and self-pity. (amazon.com)

A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy paraplegic and an unemployed man with a criminal record who's hired to help him. (imdb)

Two days in the life of priest Father Fred Stadtmuller whose New Mexico parish is so large he can only spread goodness and light among his flock with the aid of a mono-plane. The priestly pilot is seen dashing from one province to the next at the helm of his trusty Piper Club administering guidance (his plane, the Flying Padre) to unruly children, sermonizing at funerals and flying a sickly child and its mother to a hospital. (imdb)

A motivational speaker discovers that the inheritance his father left for him is in the form of an elephant. (imdb)

A nurse from the Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. (imdb)

The good guys go into prison unluckily. When they are outside, they decide to be socialized. On the other hand, there is a boy who is very ill. He needs medical treatment in America. But, it costs too much. Our heroes try to rob a bank in order to find money... (IMDB Comments)

Phrases of Stephen Foster, set to music by Joel Heartling, are set to film in this autobiographical piece: a solitary female voice, occasionally joined by a chorus, sings phrases of sorrow as we watch a solitary man in shadows in an unadorned house: he stretches out, he picks his feet, he walks across a room, he rocks in a chair. Occasionally he watches two young children at play; the film sometimes speeds up. Handwritten words, like "dark void" and "waiting longing," cross the screen.

Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind. (sundance.org)

A guy tries to determine what he will do in the final moments of his life. (imdb)

A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be