"Living" retells Akira Kurosawa's "Ikiru" and, with help from a career-best performance from Bill Nighy, tells a powerful story about what it means to live.

"Women Talking" features one of the year's best ensembles, under the smart direction of Sarah Polley, and ends up as one of the year's most powerful films.

"The Son" is buoyed by an effective turn from Hugh Jackman as a father who, in echoing the failures of his own father, effectively dooms his own son as well.