AU REVOIR, LES ENFANTS, 1987

Ah, a boys-at-boarding-school movie where Robin Williams won't jump around and inspire us all.

Directed by Louis Malle.

CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, 1989

This delightfully dark (and frankly, not that overlooked) Woody Allen picture about the aforementioned topics was made before half the actors ran off to join "Law and Order" and "ER."

Directed by Woody Allen.

GATTACA, 1997

Finally, a movie about what would happen if the fascists control both the space program and genetic engineering.

Directed by Andrew Niccol.

BROKEN FLOWERS, 2005

Former Don Juan Bill Murray (really) learns from an anonymous letter he has a son and sets out to find which of his former girlfriends is the lucky mother.

Directed by Jim Jarmusch.

THE ICE STORM, 1997

Spiderman and Frodo and their parents get a little rowdy in the '70s in the 'burbs in the ice.

Directed by Ang Lee.

LONE STAR, 1996

Half Western. Half mystery. Half family drama.

Directed by John Sayles.

21 GRAMS, 2003

Is it in all of Naomi Watts' contracts that she appear topless? Or in all of Sean Penn's contracts to portray a man with a torturted soul?

Directed by Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu.

THE STATION AGENT, 2003

You know how it is when you want to play alone with your trains but you keep accidentally making friends.

Directed by Thomas McCarthy.

GEORGE WASHINGTON, 2000

Forget about your Mount Vernon-dwelling, pointy-hatted president. It's much better than that.

Directed by David Gordon Green.

THE PAPER CHASE, 1973

Not really about paper. No big chase scene. But lots of drama about, um, law school.

Directed by James Bridges.

SWIMMING POOL, 2003

What do you get when you cross an uptight British writer with a teenage French sexpot? A little inspiration and a lot of casual toplessness.

Directed by Francois Ozon.

INSOMNIA, 1997

The first-time director did such a great job. Now, let's round up Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Academy-Award winner Hilary Swank and set the movie in Alaska so we can get rid of those pesky subtitles. Now you're talkin'!

Directed by Erik Skjoldbaerg.

ANATOMY OF A MURDER, 1959

A tale of rape, murder, courtroom theatrics and panties in Ishpeming, Michigan.

Directed by Otto Preminger.

TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, 1944

Humphrey Bogart, in an exotic locale with a bar and a pianist, smokes a lot and eventually joins the Free French against the Vichy government with a beautiful woman in tow. A completely original plot!

Directed by Howard Hawks.

VELVET GOLDMINE, 1998

On the plus side: A bombastic Ewan McGregor and a killer soundtrack. On the negatory side: Christian Bale's hair and a limp Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

Directed by Todd Haynes.

LA NOTTE, 1961

Perhaps not a typical overlooked movie, but we won't be getting more of these meandering films of callous disconnect as Antonioni died yesterday.

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.

THE SEVENTH SEAL, 1957

A Crusader looking to stave off death challenges the grim reaper to a board game.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman.

BROKEN BLOSSOMS, 1919

One part poetic performance, one part heart-breaking story, one part casual racism.

Directed by D.W. Griffith.

WALKABOUT, 1971

Two stranded kids' trek through the wilderness is interrupted by an Aborigine boy and Jenny Agutter's nude swim.

Directed by Nick Roeg.

PETULIA, 1968

Petulia is married to Richard Chamberlain. So why's it so hard to have an affair with George C. Scott?

Directed by Richard Lester.