16. The Tears We Hide

Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys" boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.

Paul Edgecomb, the head death row guard at a prison in 1930s Louisiana, meets an inmate, John Coffey, a black man who is accused of murdering two girls. His life changes drastically when he discovers that John has a special gift.

Two brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain the favor of their affectionate but strict, Bible-toting father as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.

An arrogant movie star"s life drastically changes when a teenage girl shows up.

A fading movie star falls for a lonely young woman in Tokyo.

In the near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.

Ivan Locke, a dedicated family man and successful construction manager, receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that threaten his carefully cultivated existence.

An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.

A year in the life of a middle-class family"s maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer"s disease.

After his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple"s young son deepens the wounds left by the separation.

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents" bitter custody battle.

A stage director and his actor wife struggle through a grueling divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes. Noah Baumbach"s incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.

Not being able to work because of the religious country"s prejudice against music, a talented Santour player has to deal with poverty, addiction and the absence of his ex-wife.

When a young mother"s home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.

A struggling mother of three forms an unexpected bond with the night nanny hired to help with her newborn baby.

The acerbic, hilarious Claire Bennett becomes fascinated by the suicide of a woman in her chronic pain support group. As she uncovers the details of Nina"s suicide and develops a poignant relationship with Nina"s husband, she also grapples with her own, very raw personal tragedy.

A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.

While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.

A Catholic school principal questions a priest"s ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.

A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy"s father dies.

Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.

Myra and Roy meet and fall in love on Waterloo Bridge during an air raid. Their love will be one of the war"s unspoken casualties.

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora"s family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.

As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another"s pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.