Bio-pic wise i always have found Pollack to be very compelling. its like Raging Bull--with paint!

For weirder stuff i recommend Pi (well, its spelt with the mathematic symbol), Being John Malcovich, or Evil Dead 2 (a little gory but its ultimately a slapstick comedy); Tetsuo is good too if you can stomach it, and Bergman's Persona still impresses me with its abstractness.
Inconvenient Truth is also an excellent film that is sure to create discussion afterwards. If you like documentarys i also highly recommend Fog of War, and the recently released War Tapes is pretty interesting too.