Then She Found Me (THINKFilm, 2008) Are we born into families, or do we fashion them by forging bonds with strangers?

The Wire, created by David Simon (HBO, 2002-2008)

Directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner Brothers, 2008) The truth understood by every 14-year-old comic book fan is that we love superheroes not because they are “faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound,” but because these steel-bodied crusaders can beat the living daylights out of the most satanic boogeymen.

Directed by Noam Murro (Miramax, 2008) In a land where brains and hard work are supposed to produce success and happiness, there are a lot of smart, miserable failures.

Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky (Sony Pictures Classics, 2007) Holocaust films often present concentration camp inmates as if they were only victims, not complex characters with their own unique stories and choices.

Directed by Kimberly Peirce (Paramount, 2008)Five years and more than 4,000 U.S.