The Eight Mountains
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch
Set in the Italian Alps, this tender memory movie charts an intense friendship across both decades and continents.

Alessandro Borghi, left, as Bruno and Luca Marinelli as Pietro in “The Eight Mountains” by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

R.M.N.
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Cristian Mungiu
The director Cristian Mungiu, a powerhouse of the Romanian New Wave, examines a village’s explosive reaction to a bakery hiring some foreign workers.

Marin Grigore, center, and Judith Slate, seated at right beside him, in a scene from “R.M.N.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Comedy, Drama | Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig
Judy Blume’s groundbreaking novel about puberty — and so much more — finally gets the adaptation it deserves.

By LISA KENNEDY

Polite Society
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Action, Comedy | Directed by Nida Manzoor
This exuberant genre mash-up borrows from everything — westerns, musicals, heist capers, horror, Jane Austen and James Bond — to tell the story of two sisters.

Priya Kansara, left, with Ritu Arya in “Polite Society.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

Nuclear Now
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Oliver Stone
The director’s new documentary considers our complicated relationship to nuclear energy and argues that it is our best hope against climate change.

Oliver Stone’s new documentary wrestles with the enduring fears of nuclear power, including its association with war and disaster, our critic writes.
By BRANDON YU