Amour

Surely there is no other film that makes you feel what it will feel like to get old, tired, slow and ill.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1602620/

From Up on Poppy Hill

All of Ghibli's movies do one thing right - they place you in a time that no longer exists but that we all long for. Even on another continent.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798188/ (Original title: Kokuriko-zaka kara)

The Sessions

Helen Hunt hands-down deserved her nomination for portraying the utterly strange life of a sex therapist.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1866249/

The East

Your usual morality suspense plot-- only this time, written by an actress and director who were actually IN an anarchist collective.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1869716/

Humpday

The filmmakers have performed a neat trick: turned a bizarre concept into something both surreal and real at the same time.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1334537/

Carnage

Pretentious in its staged nature, but engaging and intriguing in its view of life.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1692486/

Epic

But, but... bats are useful! detritus is necessary! mice actually are adorable!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848537/

Gravity

Don't forget to wear your seat belt.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454468/

Moonrise Kingdom

If the first 10 minutes of Edward Norton as the scoutmaster isn't tickling your funny bone, you won't enjoy this film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1748122/

The Company You Keep

I'm fairly certain Redford and Dobbs could not have more clearly telegraphed the denouement.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1381404/

The Bling Ring

How do you excuse the zeitgeist of bling by showing oodles of it (and how fun it is)?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2132285/