The Tribeca Film Festival kicks off on April 15, and this year's lineup features dozens of films from all over the world. With so many choices, it's easy to become overwhelmed, so we went ahead and picked five essential titles you must watch.

Far From Men
Starring the singular Viggo Mortensen, Far From Men is the most rugged adventure story you’ll ever see adapted from an Albert Camus short story.  Taking place during the beginning of the Algerian revolution, the film from director David Oelhoffen is in intelligent dialogue with both its source material and the rich tradition of American westerns.  Algeria is shown with the sweeping majesty of John Ford’s Monument Valley, while the country’s revolutionary context cleverly subverts the usual politics of the Western.  But this isn’t just a genre exercise; it’s an affecting portrait of two men, thrown together as antagonists but discovering common ground.  Deceptively simple, in Far From Men, a simple journey becomes a meditation on the nature of free will and choice.   - Joe Blessing

Come Down Molly
Molly (Eléanore Hendricks), once a wild child, is now a new mother. Frustrated with her mundane life and too large a share of the responsibilities from her not-there husband, she decides to take off on a shroom-filled weekend in the Rocky Mountains with her best guy friends from middle school. Shot experimentally over several free roaming weeks in breathtaking Colorado nature, the actors were encouraged to improvise; around these organic factors formed a beautifully subtle and artfully true comedy about coming to terms with new stages of life. Though it calls itself a comedy, and not unreasonably, the film has a peaceful melancholy about it that comes in equal parts from Hendricks’ stunning performance, Colorado’s gorgeous twilight, and a needling score. All told, Come Down Molly will leave you feeling a little closer to your senses, if not planning your next “trip” cross country. - Sophia Harvey

Toto and his Sisters
Directed by Alexander Nanau the film tells the real-life story of three siblings growing up without any parents in Ferentari, one of the toughest sections in Bucharest. Following the children over several years, this film gives the viewer an intimate look into the struggles these kids face coming up surrounded by drugs and extreme poverty. The film styles itself a documentary but falls somewhere between non-fiction and scripted film; whatever its category turns out to be, the film is truly powerful.  - Chris Dielschnieder

Virgin Mountain
Fúsi (Gunna Jónsson) is an overweight 40-something bachelor who still lives with his overprotective mother (Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir) and seems to have no plans of "growing up". Then he meets two women who change his life; his eight year old neighbor (Franziska Una Dagsdóttir) who becomes his unlikely confidante and "therapist", and a troubled garbage worker (Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir) who dreams of owning a flower shop. Thanks to them Fúsi goes from being a bullied wallflower, to becoming a confident man who realizes he deserves to be loved. If the synopsis makes the film sound corny, rest assured that director Dagur Kári handles it differently, observing it with dry humor and a reluctance to fall for Hollywood clichés. - Jose Solis