European and American independent films

Directed by jonathan dayton Valerie Faris, released in 2006.

The personality of the Hoover family is very strange. Everyone has his own problems, but at the same time, everyone doesn't want to spend time listening to others' problems, so the dining table at home often becomes a battlefield for quarrels. It was not until one day that Oliver, a 7-year-old daughter, heard the news of the "Miss Sunshine" beauty contest on the radio during the quarrel and screamed with excitement, which finally temporarily calmed the ongoing fierce quarrel. After discussion, the Hoovers decided to accompany Oliver Jr. on a dream-seeking journey and drive all the way from Albuquerque to California to participate in the Miss Sunshine beauty contest. Along the way, in addition to the technical problems of this old Volkswagen station wagon going on strike at home, the Hoovers have to undergo a spiritual test. On my little daughter's dream-seeking road, everyone's dreams are experiencing constant collision and disillusionment. Although the scenery is picturesque all the way, this family of six has gradually learned to trust, encourage and support each other, and gradually felt the beauty of life.

Margo was at the wedding

Director: noah baumbach was released in 2007.

Margo (Nicole Kidman) is an ordinary single mother. She lived with her youngest son Claude (Zan Pais) for many years, until she met the plain Malcolm (Jack Black). They fell in love and soon reached the point of talking about marriage. On the eve of the wedding, Margo takes her son Claude to visit her sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and explain her intention to get married. Facing the beautiful and capable sister Margo marrying an ugly man markham who looks totally unworthy of her, sister Pauline felt very puzzled. Margo, who could not get her sister's support, was also angered. An earth-shattering war at home broke out between the sisters, and many ulterior family secrets passed many years.

Savage family

Release date: 2007

Director: Tamara Jenkins

Wendy Savage is a playwright who lives in new york. I haven't achieved much in my career, and I work hard to make ends meet. Her love life is also a mess. She has always been single, but she has been sleeping with an oversexed married man intermittently in her neighbor's house. Wendy always thought that she had become a complete failure.

By contrast, Wendy's brother Jon, who lives in Buffalo, is obviously much more proud. He has a decent job as a university teacher, and many of his works have been published in new york. However, Jon, who seems to be in the spring breeze, also has his own troubles. First of all, his latest project ran aground at work, which made him a headache. In addition, his girlfriend is about to leave the United States and return to Poland, which makes him entangled in every way. The two brothers and sisters have their own lives and troubles, and live in two cities not far apart, but the two who have been at odds for a long time have never contacted each other like strangers. However, after their father suddenly developed Alzheimer's disease, the two of them had to take care of their father and get together again. In this process, they re-recognize the responsibility of the family and the meaning of affection. Finally, when my father was placed in a nursing home in Buffalo, his father died, but their lives went on. After all these twists and turns, life is bound to change.

The paradise of wrist knife

Director: Grant Dutschke released in 2007.

Never commit suicide casually, because you never know what kind of world you will fall into. Zia committed suicide by cutting her wrist, but instead of coming out, she fell into a strange suicide paradise. Having nothing to do, Zia became friends with two suicides and embarked on a journey to find love together. During the journey, she gradually saw the blind spot of her previous life. ...

Love of inflatable dolls

Director: craig gillespie was released in 2007.

Lars (Ryan Gosling) is a simple and honest man who seldom talks. Because of his introverted personality, Lars has few friends. Usually he only associates with his family, and no one has visited him for several years. In fact, in his heart, Lars is also eager to communicate with others, but his lonely life all the year round has made him forget.

How to communicate with others, people around him gradually get used to his silence. But suddenly one day, Lars went to his brother Gus' house and said that a girl named Bianca, whom he met online, had visited him at home. Gus and his wife went home to have a party with Lars, but what they saw when they entered the door made Gus and his wife stay for a long time-the so-called visiting netizen was the life-size inflatable doll ordered by Lars from the Internet. But Lars talked to her and told jokes as if the inflatable doll was really Bianca. As soon as Gus arrived in Leaving Las Vegas, he went to consult his family doctor dagmar about his brother's illness. Dagmar thought that this was Lars' subjective illusion, and the cause of the illusion remains to be investigated. But in order to avoid the deterioration of the situation, everyone must first obey his brother's wishes and pretend to do it. So, in order to save Lars, people around them began to actively cooperate with the doctor's instructions and took Lars and Bianca on an alternative spiritual journey.

Juno

Director: Jason Reitman was released in 2008.

Juno, a girl who is not outstanding in appearance and usually unknown, became the focus of attention because she was knocked up overnight by a sports man in the class. All the questioning eyes of teachers and students and the rogue behavior of the little boy's father shirking responsibility have not shaken the independent Juno's determination to give birth to a child. With the support and help of kind and democratic parents and kind and intelligent sisters, Juno found a pair of near-perfect caregivers for the dying child. Unmarried pregnant girls, treacherous handsome men, bitter nagging parents, young couples who have been begging for children for many years, all the people who looked on coldly with gaping eyes in the whole incident. ...