I've seen these too (interesting for different reasons)

The Fountainhead - King Vidor (1949). The serious dilemma between fullfilling one's personal targets or sell the soul for a wealthy life.
I Married A Witch - Rene clair (1942). And the witch is that little blonde Veronica Lake.
La fortuna de vivir - Jean Becker (1998). Canto a la vida en la Francia de entreguerras.
Tobacco Road - John Ford (1941). Lively comedy about a hillbilly family and their farm.
Frozen River - Courtney Hunt (2008). Hard times for two women on the Canada border.
Mamá está en la peluquería - Lea Pool (2008). Mamá se ha ido y la vida sigue en la Canada francófona.
Me and Orson Welles - Richard Linklater (2009). Those two and the shakespearean theater in New York 1937.
12 Angry Men - Sidney Lumet (1957). Henry Fonda as a good man who convince them all of a reasonable doubt.
Comer, beber, amar - Ang Lee (1994). Cocina china y las vicisitudes de una familia.
The Japanese Wife - Adarna Sen (2010). A love story by mail.
Scott Pilgrim vs The World - Edgar Wright (2010). A comic turned movie in cold Toronto.
La mejor juventud - Marco Tulio Giordana (2003). Larga y ligera saga sobre una creible familia italiana.
The Shining Hour- Frank Borzage (1948). Joan Crawford between to lovers.
Every Day - Richard Levine (2010). Every day life often is not easy at all...