Amy, directed by Asif Kapadia. This intimate documentary explores the musical gifts and troubled life of the singer Amy Winehouse. For more information, click here to visit the official film web site.

Cartel Land, directed by Matthew Heineman. The film reveals vigilantes fighting the drug wars on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. For more information, click here to visit the official film web site.

The Look of Silence, directed by Joshua Oppenheimer. This imaginative film, the successor to Oppenheimer's 2014 Oscar winner The Act of Killing, follows an Indonesian optician as he investigates his brother’s murder during that country's genocide in the 1960s. For more information, click here to visit the official film web site.

What Happened, Miss Simone? directed by Liz Garbus. The film probes the political activism and personal turbulence of the singer Nina Simone. For more information, click here to visit the official film web site.

Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, directed by Evgeny Afineevsky. The filmmaker embeds camera crews in the violent clashes between protesters and government forces that led to the president’s overthrow in 2014. For more information, click here to visit the official film web site.

— Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen