Renee Zellweger is Sonia, a young woman who must decide between her desire for independence and the security of the perfect life she knows

A painfully shy and self-conscious girl catches the eye of the coolest guy at their stuffy New York prep school

A young man offends an entire town by declaring their mountain-- a prized local landmark-- to be a "hill." The eccentric and funny townspeople rally around their "mountain" and a fiery young woman charms the puzzled out-of-town cartographer into seeing things their way

A young boy in a small Italian village is befriended by the projectionist at the movie theater, the Cinema Paradiso. As the boy grows up, he learns to love films, and is encouraged by his good friend to pursue his dream of one day making movies

When a half-Eskimo boy named Avik leaves his arctic home with a British mapmaker to seek medical attention in Canada, it marks the first steps in an epic personal journey. In Montreal, Avik meets Albertine a half-Indian girl with whom his life will be forever linked. Spanning decades and distance through war and adversity, their star crossed relationship becomes a grand romantic adventure

Sarafina is a schoolgirl at school in Soweto, South Africa. She learns only the history of the whites in South Africa but her history teacher (Goldberg) secretly teaches the students to be proud of their heritage and make a stand against apartheid. The film features beautiful South African music, choirs and percussion

The controversial topic of the Stolen Generation is played out in this true story about three Aboriginal girls. Taken from their home and separated from their mothers, they are sent to a remote settlement 1,500 miles away. In response they attempt the impossible and embark on a daring escape and epic journey to find their way back home - across an unforgiving landscape that will test their very will to survive.