Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) (2008)

This multi-award winning movie (22 wins so far, including the ones on my list) employs the original gimmick of being an animated documentary, which works beautifully since much of the action is recollections and dreams. Director Ari Folman voices himself, a war veteran who is struggling to uncover his memories about the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre in which a Lebanese militia group massacred Palestinian civilians in two Israeli refugee camps. Bashir Gemayel was president of Lebanon from 23 August 1982 until his assassination two weeks later on 14 September 1982, and his assassination supposedly prompted the massacre. Don't take your kids: there is violence (obviously), nudity (though animated), and a scene from a porn videotape. Read Folman's comments about the porn. This was powerful. Very good. But I was sleepy that day, nodded off, and missed some of it (that's what happens when I try to see 3 movies in one weekend--the operative word is "try").