Two recent views:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) is spectacular and moving. Don't be put off by the premise of the guy with a stroke. This ain't no disease-of-the-week flick. Max von Sydow in a small role broke my heart.
Juno. On my way into the above film, I ran into a friend who was coming to see Juno for the second time in two days. Why? Because he was laughing so hard the first time, he missed half the dialogue. Again, don't be turned off by the teenage-pregnancy theme, this ain't no after-school special! A super performance by Ellen Page, a snappy soundtrack, zippy dialogue, and somehow manages to give every character a way out of a stereotype. After I saw it, I ordered a hamburger phone on ebay.