Introduction. The Search for Wisdom -- Part I. The Coens on Comedy and Tragedy -- 1. The Coens Tragic Comedy: The Big Lebowski -- 2. The Coens Comic Tragedy: A Serious Man -- Part II. Philosophy and Film as Spiritual Exercises -- 3. Maximus as Stoic Warrior in Gladiator -- 4. Jack Crabb as Divagating Skeptic in Little Big Man -- 5. The Strange Attraction of the Epicurean Swerve in My Dinner with Andriٶ -- Part III. Sublime Conversations -- 6. Sublime Conversations in Movies -- 7. Transcendental Conversations in Movies -- Part IV. Conclusion -- 8.