One Day

After one day together - July 15th, 1988, their college graduation - Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew begin a friendship that will last a lifetime. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition who dreams of making the world a better place. He is a wealthy charmer who dreams that the world will be his playground. For the next two decades, key moments of their relationship are experienced over several July 15ths in their lives.

Director: Lone Scherfig. Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Romola Garai, Patricia Clarkson, Jamie Sives, Amanda Fairbank-Hynes, Jodie Whittaker, Georgia King, Rafe Spall, Ken Stott. 2011, 108 mins., drama.

Our Idiot Brother

Every family has one: the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother Ned, an erstwhile organic farmer whose willingness to rely on the honesty of mankind is a less-than-optimum strategy for a tidy, trouble-free existence. Ned may be utterly lacking in common sense, but he is their brother and so, after his girlfriend dumps him and boots him off the farm, his sisters once again come to his rescue.

Director: Jesse Peretz. Starring: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Hugh Dancy, Kathryn Hahn, Rashida Jones, Shirley Knight, T.J. Miller, Adam Scott. 2011, 90 mins., comedy.

The Art of Getting By

George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a beautiful and complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.

Director: Gavin Wiesen. Starring: Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Sasha Spielberg, Marcus Carl Franklin, Ann Dowd, Blair Underwood, Rita Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser, Alicia Silverstone, Sam Robards. 2011, 83 mins., comedy.

Another Earth

Rhoda and John are two people whose worlds collide after a tragic accident. Their intimate drama plays out against the astounding discovery of Earth 2, a parallel world that poses provocative and fascinating possibilities. Does a new Earth mean a chance at another life? Another destiny? Another self?

Director: Mike Cahill. Starring: William Mapother, Brit Marling, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, DJ Flava, Meggan Lennon, AJ Diana, Jordan Baker, Flint Beverage, Robin Taylor, Rupert Reid. 2011, 93 mins., drama.