This is great -- all of these suggestions are new to me. With more time to dredge my memory, I also remember really enjoying Amelie and a most (not all) of Hal

This is great -- all of these suggestions are new to me. With more time to dredge my memory, I also remember really enjoying Amelie and a most (not all) of Hal Hartley's movies. So I guess that boils down to "independent movies with interesting characters and/or dialogue"? Thank you again!