'Winter Light'

One of the 900 Ingmar Bergman films on the list and this might be his best. It's rumored to be Bergman's favorite and also the second part in the so-called "Trilogy of Faith" from Bergman.

Considered highly biographical, it follows the spiritual crisis of a small-town priest, who is in clear distress over his own belief in God and the seemingly frivolity of life.

He is confronted by the school headmistress, and former lover, who has denied her own faith and sees and smells the internal struggle inside the priest. Soon, he counsels a local fisherman, himself undergoing a period of frustration and despair. At this point, the priest admits its own disbelief. After the he leaves, the fisherman commits suicide.

Despite all the cards laid out on the table, nothing changes. The priest remains without his former lover and the charade continues some more.

If nothing else -- granted, it's not an uplifting film -- it's a beautiful film, maybe Bergman's most gorgeous and that's saying a little something.