An Education

A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl (a captivating Carey Mulligan) whose life changes in every way when she meets a suave and appealing man nearly twice her age (Peter Sarsgaard). With a smart and witty screenplay by Nick Hornby, the film “captures the very limited possibilities for female liberation in early-’60s London—with massive social change on the distant horizon, but not here yet—in exquisite detail” (Salon). Three Oscar nominations.