DOPE

Director: Rick Famuyiwa

Key Cast:  Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons

Description:  Life changes for Malcolm, a geek who's surviving life in a tough neighborhood, after a chance invitation to an underground party leads him and his friends into a Los Angeles adventure.

SWISS ARMY MAN

Director: Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

Key Cast:  Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliff, Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Description: A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Key Cast:   Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke

Description: High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer.

BROOKLYN

Director: John Crowley

Key Cast:   Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson

Description: An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.

SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE

Director: Leslye Headland

Key Cast:   Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Jordan Carlos

Description: A good-natured womanizer and a serial cheater form a platonic relationship that helps reform them in ways, while a mutual attraction sets in.

A WALK IN THE WOODS

Director: Ken Kwapis

Key Cast: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson

Description: After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.

STRANGERLAND

Director:  Kim Farrant

Key Cast: Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving

Description: A family finds their dull life in a rural outback town rocked after their two teenage children disappear into the desert, sparking disturbing rumors of their past.

 THE OVERNIGHT

Director:  Patrick Brice

Key Cast: Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman

Description: Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family "playdate" becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.

HOT GIRLS WANTED

Director:  Jill Bauer, Ronna Gradus

Key Cast: Farrah Abraham, John Anthony, Rachel Bernard

Description: A documentary about young women who have been drawn into the sex trade - and how easy it is for a web-savvy generation to end up making porn.

THE  FUNDAMENTALS  OF CARING

Director:  Rob Burnett

Key Cast: Craig Roberts, Paul Rudd, Selena Gomez

Description: A man suffering an incredible amount of loss enrolls in a class about care-giving that changes his perspective on life.

THE BIRTH OF A NATION

Director:  Nate Parker

Key Cast: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Anne Miller

Description: Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.

SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU

Director: Richard Tanner

Key Cast: Tika Sumpter, Parker Swayers, Vanessa Bell Calloway

Description: The film chronicles the summer 1989 afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michele Obama, on a first date across Chicago's South Side.

BRAHMAN NAMAN

Director:  Qaushiq Makherjee

Key Cast: Shashank Arora, Tanmay Dhanania, Chaitanya Varad

Description: A champion college quizzing team try to win the all-India finals and lose their virginities.

LO AND BEHOLD: REVERIES OF

A CONNECTED WORLD

Director:  Werner Herzog

Key Cast: Elon Must, Lawrence Krauss, Lucianne Walkowicz

Description: Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.

DON JON

Director:  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Key Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore

Description: A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.

THE SKELETON TWINS

Director:  Craig Johnson

Key Cast: Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson

Description: Having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, estranged twins reunite with the possibility of mending their relationship.

WHIPLASH

Director:  Damien Chazelle

Key Cast:: Johnny Simmons, Nate Lang, J.K. Simmons

Description: A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.

THE BIRTH OF A NATION

Director:  Nate Parker

Key Cast: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Anne Miller

Description: Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

Director:  Kenneth Lonergan

Key Cast: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler

Description: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler

WHIPLASH

Director:  Damien Chazelle

Key Cast:: Johnny Simmons, Nate Lang, J.K. Simmons

Description: A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.

DINOSAUR 13

Director : Todd Douglas Miller

Key Cast:: Stan Adelstein, Lanice Archer, Robert Bakker

Description: A documentary about the discovery of the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil ever found.

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Director : Liz Garbus

Key Cast: James Baldwin, Stokely Carmichael, Walter Cronkite

Description: A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."

The Bronze

Director : Bryan Buckley

Key Cast: Melissa Rauch, Gary Cole, Haley Lu Richardson

Description: A foul-mouthed former gymnastics bronze medalist with local celebrity status reluctantly trains a rising Olympics aspirant.

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Director : Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady

Key Cast: Norman Lear, John Amos, Bea Arthur

Description: A look at the life, work and political activism of one of the most successful television producers of all time, Norman Lear.